B Specials

S19 E01 • Monday, Sep 6, 1971 • Sep 6

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

The Cinderella Service

S19 E02 • Monday, Sep 13, 1971 • Sep 13

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?

The Fight for the Wild Places

S19 E03 • Monday, Sep 20, 1971 • Sep 20

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.

Episode 4

S19 E04 • Monday, Sep 27, 1971 • Sep 27

Episode 5

S19 E05 • Monday, Oct 4, 1971 • Oct 4

The Edward Heath Interview

S19 E06 • Monday, Oct 11, 1971 • Oct 11

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.

China - Two into One Won’t Go

S19 E07 • Monday, Oct 18, 1971 • Oct 18

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.

Episode 8

S19 E08 • Monday, Oct 25, 1971 • Oct 25

Episode 9

S19 E09 • Monday, Nov 1, 1971 • Nov 1

Episode 10

S19 E10 • Monday, Nov 8, 1971 • Nov 8

Episode 11

S19 E11 • Monday, Nov 15, 1971 • Nov 15

Episode 12

S19 E12 • Monday, Nov 22, 1971 • Nov 22

Episode 13

S19 E13 • Monday, Nov 29, 1971 • Nov 29

Episode 14

S19 E14 • Monday, Dec 6, 1971 • Dec 6

Episode 15

S19 E15 • Monday, Dec 13, 1971 • Dec 13

Episode 16

S19 E16 • Monday, Dec 20, 1971 • Dec 20

Review of the Year: The Sights and Sounds of ‘71

S19 E17 • Monday, Dec 27, 1971 • Dec 27

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.

Please Sit, Can I Leave School?

S19 E18 • Monday, Jan 3, 1972 • Jan 3

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.

Episode 19

S19 E19 • Monday, Jan 10, 1972 • Jan 10

Episode 20

S19 E20 • Monday, Jan 17, 1972 • Jan 17

Episode 21

S19 E21 • Monday, Jan 24, 1972 • Jan 24

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.

Episode 22

S19 E22 • Monday, Jan 31, 1972 • Jan 31

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.

Episode 23

S19 E23 • Monday, Feb 7, 1972 • Feb 7

Episode 24

S19 E24 • Monday, Feb 14, 1972 • Feb 14

Episode 25

S19 E25 • Monday, Feb 21, 1972 • Feb 21

“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?

Episode 26

S19 E26 • Monday, Feb 28, 1972 • Feb 28

Episode 27

S19 E27 • Monday, Mar 6, 1972 • Mar 6

Episode 28

S19 E28 • Monday, Mar 13, 1972 • Mar 13

Episode 29

S19 E29 • Monday, Mar 20, 1972 • Mar 20

Episode 30

S19 E30 • Monday, Mar 27, 1972 • Mar 27

Episode 31

S19 E31 • Monday, Apr 10, 1972 • Apr 10

Episode 32

S19 E32 • Monday, Apr 17, 1972 • Apr 17

Episode 33

S19 E33 • Monday, Apr 24, 1972 • Apr 24

Episode 34

S19 E34 • Monday, May 1, 1972 • May 1

Episode 35

S19 E35 • Monday, May 8, 1972 • May 8

Episode 36

S19 E36 • Monday, May 15, 1972 • May 15

Episode 37

S19 E37 • Monday, May 22, 1972 • May 22

Episode 38

S19 E38 • Monday, Jun 5, 1972 • Jun 5

Episode 39

S19 E39 • Monday, Jun 12, 1972 • Jun 12

Episode 40

S19 E40 • Monday, Jun 19, 1972 • Jun 19

Episode 41

S19 E41 • Monday, Jun 26, 1972 • Jun 26

Episode 42

S19 E42 • Monday, Jul 3, 1972 • Jul 3

Episode 43

S19 E43 • Monday, Jul 10, 1972 • Jul 10

Episode 44

S19 E44 • Monday, Jul 17, 1972 • Jul 17

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

S19 E45 • Monday, Jul 24, 1972 • Jul 24

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.

The Price of Your Car

S19 E46 • Monday, Jul 31, 1972 • Jul 31

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?

Episode 47

S19 E47 • Monday, Aug 7, 1972 • Aug 7

Episode 48

S19 E48 • Monday, Aug 14, 1972 • Aug 14

Episode 49

S19 E49 • Monday, Aug 21, 1972 • Aug 21