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Includes an item on the Sadler's Wells Theatre.
Including a filmed item on guided missiles.
Bob Pelham takes part in a roving eye report from the British Industries Fair.
Panorama visits the southern US state of Virginia, where racial segregation is still rigidly enforced.
Including a live demonstration of the "saw through" illusion by magician P. C. Sorcar.
In the week of the tenth anniversary of the BBC Telivision Service's resumption of transmission after the War, Panorama devotes a large part of this edition to a behind the scenes look at television broadcasting.
Including a filmed report by Woodrow Wyatt from Bahrain.
Writer Brendan Behan accidentally swears on television during a drink fueled interview. Other items include an interview with War Office staff on civil defence and a discussion on finishing schools.
Including an interview with the Prime Minister of Ceylon and an account of modern Sweden.
Including an appearance by English playwright John Osborne.
The programme leads with a review of developments in the Suez crisis. Also includes a report on labour shortages on the British Railways.
Including an interview with Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd.
Woodrow Wyatt investigates the chances of surviving a hydrogen bomb attack and asks whether civil defence could help.
Including a filmed report on the Dalai Lama and Buddhist ceremonies in Tibet.
Includes interviews with British car drivers on the eve of the Motor Show.
Including a report from Hungary filmed in October, narrated by Hungarian writer George Mikes. The film shows a population joyful of a seemingly successful revolution, unaware that by the time of the film's transmission, Soviet tanks were to move into Hungary.
The programme, in its coverage of the escalating Suez crisis, takes the novel approach of cutting to a news bullitin during the transmission of this edition to give the added impression of urgency. This was done at the behest of Cecil McGivern, then Deputy Director of Television Broadcasting.
Including a report by Adrian Crawley from Baghdad, Edward Ward speaking from the Hungarian Frontier, an interview by Christopher Chataway of an Australian newspaperman and a broadcast by Alistair Cooke from the United Nations in New York.
Including a live appearance by jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong.
