Panorama: 1971/1972
Season 19 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Panorama Season 18.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 19 Progress Shield
B Specials
Sep 6, 1971
Alan Hart reports from Ulster on efforts of disbanded B-Specials to campaign for a new force.
The Cinderella Service
Sep 13, 1971
The most important cause of death among the under-45s is accidental death. Need it be? Robert MacNeil examines the under-staffed and over-stretched accident and emergency facilitie
The Fight for the Wild Places
Sep 20, 1971
Tonight Nicholas Harman reports from the edge of the Dartmoor Park on the opening shots being fired in a public enquiry which starts next week in Exeter about plans to expand minin
The Edward Heath Interview
Oct 11, 1971
On the eve of the Conservative Party Conference, Robin Day goes to Downing Street to talk to the prime minister, the Rt Hon Edward Heath MP, about his record in office and the majo
China - Two into One Won’t Go
Oct 18, 1971
In 1949, Gen Chiang Kai-shek fled mainland China for Taiwan. He still hasn't found the right time to return; and as President Nixon prepares to meet Chairman Mao, and world opinion
Review of the Year: The Sights and Sounds of ‘71
Dec 27, 1971
If you worked in at UCS, or went on strike at the Post Office; if you waited for the sack at Rolls-Royce; if you can't understand decimals; if you used to read the Daily Sketch, or
Please Sit, Can I Leave School?
Jan 3, 1972
A report on the revolution that must hit our secondary schools if the 16-year-old school-leaving age is to mean more than an extra year's boredom and frustration for final year pup
Episode 21
Jan 24, 1972
Two days ago, Britain was set on a new course when we signed the Treaty of Accession to the EEC. In Brussels this weekend, Panorama talked exclusively to the Prime Minister at this
Episode 22
Jan 31, 1972
On the eve of the Winter Olympics in Japan, the President of the Games Avery Brundage speaks out on the great 'shamateurism' conflict and Panorama investigates the role of amateurs
Episode 25
Feb 21, 1972
“What do the Chinese communists want? They want the world.” (Richard Nixon, 1960) But now it’s President Nixon who wants the Chinese, and today he's gone calling. Why? To win the
Episode 44
Jul 17, 1972
Tonight, as the school year ends, Panorama reports on the problem of why some children leave school unable to read or write.
Panorama Special: The Docks Dispute - Part 1
Jul 24, 1972
Michael Charlton reports on the Docks Dispute and how far it is likely to spread, while Alan Watson chairs a debate about the new Industrial Relations Act. Alan Hart reports from B
The Price of Your Car
Jul 31, 1972
This year nearly 100,000 people will be casualties on our roads. There are ways to reduce accidents - but they all cost money. Would you be prepared to pay £250 extra to have a saf