Panorama — 1971/1972

01 B Specials

Sep 6, 1971

Alan Hart reports from Ulster on efforts of disbanded B-Specials to campaign for a new force.

02 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 facilities of the Health Service and asks: How safe is it to have an accident in Britain today?

03 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 mining operations which could affect this part of the Devon countryside for the next 50 years; shots whose echoes can be heard in other National Parks, as mining companies are being given permission to prospect for valuable minerals.

04 Episode 4

Sep 27, 1971

05 Episode 5

Oct 4, 1971

06 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 major problems he now faces.

07 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 in the UN moves against the Chinese Nationalists, Julian Pettifer reports from Taiwan.

08 Episode 8

Oct 25, 1971

09 Episode 9

Nov 1, 1971

10 Episode 10

Nov 8, 1971

11 Episode 11

Nov 15, 1971

12 Episode 12

Nov 22, 1971

13 Episode 13

Nov 29, 1971

14 Episode 14

Dec 6, 1971

15 Episode 15

Dec 13, 1971

16 Episode 16

Dec 20, 1971

17 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 insured your car with the V & G; if you tried to follow the great debate, or missed out on your school milk - then this programme is about you. The rest of us lived through it all - Ibrox, Ulster, Europe, Etna, Rhodesia, Pakistan. Harold Wilson wrote a book - Ted Heath spoke French. Rudi Dutschke went home - Chay Blyth came home. Mao came in - Chiang went out. Arsenal the double - Trevino the treble. And Harvey Smith gave us the sign of the times.

18 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 pupils.

19 Episode 19

Jan 10, 1972

20 Episode 20

Jan 17, 1972

21 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 moment of personal triumph and asked him how he wants to shape and influence the Europe we are in the process of joining.

22 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 in sport.

23 Episode 23

Feb 7, 1972

24 Episode 24

Feb 14, 1972

25 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 peace in Asia or an election in America? What does his visit really mean?

26 Episode 26

Feb 28, 1972

27 Episode 27

Mar 6, 1972

28 Episode 28

Mar 13, 1972

29 Episode 29

Mar 20, 1972

30 Episode 30

Mar 27, 1972

31 Episode 31

Apr 10, 1972

32 Episode 32

Apr 17, 1972

33 Episode 33

Apr 24, 1972

34 Episode 34

May 1, 1972

35 Episode 35

May 8, 1972

36 Episode 36

May 15, 1972

37 Episode 37

May 22, 1972

38 Episode 38

Jun 5, 1972

39 Episode 39

Jun 12, 1972

40 Episode 40

Jun 19, 1972

41 Episode 41

Jun 26, 1972

42 Episode 42

Jul 3, 1972

43 Episode 43

Jul 10, 1972

44 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.

45 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 Belfast on events in Northern Ireland since Bloody Friday.

46 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 safer car? Or be willing to be stopped at random by a policeman for a breath test? Or be legally compelled to wear a seat belt? Tonight Panorama looks at the rising cost and suffering of road accidents, and asks what price are we prepared to pay to make our cars and roads safer?

47 Episode 47

Aug 7, 1972

48 Episode 48

Aug 14, 1972

49 Episode 49

Aug 21, 1972