Panorama: 1960/1961
Season 8 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 7.
- 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 8 Progress Shield
The Year of the Polaris
Oct 17, 1960 · 55 min
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
Oct 17, 1960 · 20 min
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
The American Election
Nov 7, 1960
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 W
Cuba: Anti-Castro Rebels
Jan 23, 1961 · 45 min
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
Panorama Goes to Moscow
May 1, 1961
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 highligh
South Africa (1)
May 15, 1961
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 commentator
South Africa (2)
May 22, 1961
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 Moss
29/5/1961
May 29, 1961
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.
Meeting Fidel Castro
Jun 26, 1961
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.
Panorama Goes to Berlin
Jul 31, 1961
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