Panorama (1953)

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Inaugural edition. Leads with a report on the "brainwashing" of British spy Edgar Sanders after he was captured by the Soviets. Other items include a National Coal Board representative answering complaints about the quality of coal, a discussion about the state of the fishing industry and an art review section.

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W Somerset Maugham

W Somerset Maugham has written a book about his favourite novels. In this interview, Malcolm Muggeridge questions him about his choices, beginning with one of the authors who didn't make it into his top ten. In selecting his personal favourites, and with some provocation from Muggeridge, Maugham reveals something of his own philosophy on the character of a good novelist.Please note, the original recording includes a brief dip in sound quality during this interview.

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Malcolm Muggeridge and Sir Ronald Storrs discuss Lawrence of Arabia.

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Salvador Dali

First transmitted in 1955. Malcolm Muggeridge talks with Spanish surrealist artist, Salvador Dali, who says that even if viewers only understand a little of his poor English, it will be a wonderful thing for them. Muggeridge questions him about how he cares for his magnificent moustache, his career as an artist and his interest in 'nuclear mysticism'.

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Ed Murrow

First transmitted in 1955, Malcolm Muggeridge talks with American broadcast journalist Ed Murrow about the art of interviewing, commercial television, sponsorship and his memories of Britain during the war years.

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Richard Dimbleby, with the Panorama team of special contributors, brings you a special Italian edition direct from a studio in Milan.

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Tonight's edition is the first in a new series and includes a special holiday report from Richard Dimbleby on the Jerez Wine Festival in Spain, which this year was dedicated to Great Britain

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Current affairs programme, with a notorious film about the abundant spaghetti harvest in the Swiss valley of Ticino, near Locarno, caused by a mild winter and the near elimination of the spaghetti weevil. Also featuring a report from Poland by Chris Chataway and wine tasting with Josceline Dimbleby and a panel of experts.

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Union of South Africa

Woodrow Wyatt investigates the impact of new apartheid laws, such as the Group Areas Act. Wyatt interviews politicians from all parties, including Prime Minister JG Strijdom and the president-general of the ANC, Chief Albert Mvumbi Luthuli. On the version available on BBC iPlayer; there is some dropout of film on this programme, and it ends abruptly.

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Richard Dimbleby re-opens Television's Window on the World.

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This week's edition includes a Report from Syria: Woodrow Wyatt and the 'Panorama' cameras have penetrated into Syria, Russia's foothold in the Middle East, to bring you an exclusive film report on the present situation there.

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09/12/1957

Christopher Chataway reports on the domestic budgets of families across the country. Households from County Durham, London and Devon are compared and housewives explain how they make their housekeeping money last throughout the week.Woodrow Wyatt interviews various Electrical Trades Union (ETU) members about recent elections in the ETU, which seem to have been influenced by Communists.

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The return of Panorama, The Weekly Window on the World. Each Monday Panorama cameras bring home the challenge of Places - People - Problems that make news. Introduced by Richard Dimbleby and the team of Panorama commentators including Woodrow Wyatt, Christopher Chataway, George Scott, Robert Kee, John Freeman

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The Challenge of the Sixties

Reports from India, Africa, America, and Russia highlight the problems that face the world during the next ten years. Special contributors include: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, Adlai E. Stevenson, Professor J. Robert Oppenheimer & Dr Ralph J. Bunche

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Appeal for Aswan Dam

The new Aswan Dam could soon submerge completely many magnificent monuments in Egypt. A film of the threatened area was shown recently in Panorama, and archaeologists discussed the resultant loss to mankind. Today an appeal for the preservation of these great monuments is being launched at a ceremony at UNESCO House in Paris. By means of Eurovision, the BBC has made a recording of this ceremony.

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Panorama: Panorama goes to The Democratic Convention

Panorama's film team in Los Angeles combines with a thirty-two television camera production to bring you the full story of how the Democratic Candidate for the White House won his fight for the nomination. Introduced by Richard Dimbleby. Your Convention guides: Robin Day and Ludovic Kennedy

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The Year of the Polaris

A special two-part report on Polaris, America's latest and most awesome H-bomb missile. Part One: A CBS Report by Edward R. Murrow

Britain and the Polaris

A special two-part report on Polaris, America's latest and most awesome H-bomb missile. Part Two: An assessment of the Implications for Britain and the West of this revolutionary new weapon.

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The American Election

Richard Dimbleby, Robin Day, Robert Kee, Ludovic Kennedy report on the closing stages of the American Presidential Election. This special edition comes from a Panorama studio in Washington, D.C.

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Cuba: Anti-Castro Rebels

Exiles share their reasons for leaving Castro's Cuba. Among those interviewed are leaders of opposition groups, including a former Cuban Ambassador. In Washington, Robin Day leads a discussion with two members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the extent of the US government's involvement in plans to overthrow Castro.

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Panorama Goes to Moscow

Panorama cameras report from the Soviet capital on May Day. Introduced by Richard Dimbleby with reports by Robin Day, Ludovic Kennedy. The programme includes the recorded highlights of the May Day Parade in Red Square.

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South Africa (1)

South Africa on the eve of Republic Day The first of two special reports by James Mossman. Introduced by Richard Dimbleby. With reports from Panorama's regular team of commentators Robin Day, Robert Kee, Ludovic Kennedy, John Morgan.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury looks back on his sixteen years as Primate of all England and South Africa on the eve of Republic Day. The second of two special reports by James Mossman. Introduced by Richard Dimbleby with reports from Panorama's regular team of commentators: Robin Day, Robert Kee, Ludovic Kennedy, John Morgan.

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HRH The Duke of Edinburgh talks to Richard Dimbleby about Commonwealth Technical Training Week, and John Morgan reports from Madrid on what life is like in Spain today.

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Meeting Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro takes a group of journalists around Cuba, touring the places changed by the revolution. Among the scenes are reminders of the recent attempt to topple him.

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Panorama Goes to Berlin

In the days leading up to the construction of the Berlin Wall, this special edition of Panorama has Richard Dimbleby reporting live from the city on the spot where a single nail in the cobblestones signifies the divide between Eastern communism and Western democracy. Meanwhile, Ludovic Kennedy visits a refugee camp in West Berlin and talks to those who have fled from the East, people in New York and Bristol give their opinions on the Cold War, and Foreign Secretary Lord Home talks about the stance of the British government as the crisis escalates.

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Panorama Goes to Italy

Panorama cameras look at People-Places-Problems that make news in Italy on the eve of the Vatican Council with reports from Panorama's regular team of commentators Robin Day, Ludovic Kennedy, John Morgan, James Mossman. Directed in Rome by John Vernon In association with the Italian Television Service

Panorama: 500th Episode

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Cuban Missile Crisis Ends

The news and current-affairs programme looks at the implications of the end of the Cuban missile crisis. Hosted by Richard Dimbleby, studio discussions are chaired by Robin Day in Washington and James Mossman at home, with guests including the Right Honourable Harold Wilson and the Right Honourable Earl of Home, who discuss Britain's role in the crisis. John Morgan reports from checkpoint Bravo in Berlin on whether the Soviet position there will change as a result of Khrushchev's climbdown. Sir William Hayter, a former Ambassador to Moscow, is certain that this is not the beginning of world peace.

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Mods and Rockers

John Morgan interviews groups of mods and rockers about their lifestyles.

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His Holiness Pope Paul VI visits the city of New York to speak at the United Nations. For tonight's Panorama, Richard Dimbleby reports live from New York by Early Bird satellite.

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1965 Panorama of the Year

Vietnam... Churchill... Rhodesia Ringo married; Malcolm X shot; The Queen in Germany; The Pope in New York Too much happened this year to remember tonight but here are some of the sights and sounds of 1965.

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Cancer

Cancer - the disease that strikes hardest, and is talked about least. Cancer is best faced in the open. Early diagnosis can save lives. What causes cancer? How is it treated? Can some cancers be prevented? How long before the different cancers can be cured? This special Panorama report by James Mossman is introduced by David Dimbleby.

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A fair day’s pay for a fair day's work. But how much pay, and how long a day? How do we compare one man’s income with another's? John Morgan reports on what men and women in industry and the professions think about their earnings, and asks ‘Is an Incomes Policy possible?’

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Belgium

Belgium, at the heart of united Europe, now itself threatened by disunity. A special Panorama report at the start of the Queen's visit.

On Mental Illness

Every ninth woman in Britain today will spend some time in a mental hospital. So will every fourteenth man. Nearly half our hospital beds are occupied by mental patients. But do we do enough for the mentally sick? Or are we still inclined to put them out of sight and out of mind? As attitudes change, a special report by James Mossman.

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Vietnam: Journal of a War

The war in Vietnam grows more agonising. The South Vietnamese, at war with the Viet Cong and with each other, are themselves the victims of a war in which more civilians than soldiers have been killed. Are the Americans winning the war to keep Vietnam free from Communism? Can they win it, where perhaps it matters most, in the minds of the Vietnamese? Michael Charlton and a Panorama unit have travelled for six weeks m South Vietnam to prepare this special report on a country at war

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California: Year 2000

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California: Year 2000

Nowhere in the world is technology more advanced than in California. As a result, ideas about education, about work, about leisure are in a ferment. Nowhere is the future so close. Will ours be like this? From California, John Morgan looks ahead to Year 2000.

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