• Air date: 27 Jul '70 10 episodes
      Long-running factual programme reporting on all aspects of life in Britain.
  • List of Episodes (10)
    • 1. Episode 1

      14 Sep '70
      Panorama features Nicholas Harman's film profile of Margaret Thatcher, Minister of State for Education, and a report on Zambia. Amid the controversy over new policies for comprehensive schools, Panorama follows Margaret Thatcher during an average day as Minister of State for Education. The programme includes footage of Thatcher at her homes in Kent and Chelsea, a visit to Highbury Grove Comprehensive School in Islington and an extensive interview.
    • 2. Episode 2

      05 Oct '70
    • 3. Ulster

      09 Nov '70
      Alan Hart reports from Ulster and investigates how much support there is for the extremists active in the Roman Catholic community.
    • 4. In China

      07 Dec '70
    • 5. Episode 5

      21 Dec '70
    • 6. Episode 6

      25 Jan '71
    • 7. Brian Faulkner

      21 Jun '71
      A film profile of Brian Faulkner, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
    • 8. Free School Milk

      26 Apr '71
      A report from Panorama exploring the Conservative plan to withdraw free milk for children over seven years old and increase the price of school dinners. Mothers and teachers voice their concerns, but Margaret Thatcher defends her cuts and promises to plough the money that is saved back into school buildings. Public Record documents released in 2001 show Margaret Thatcher to have been very worried about the public reaction to the end of free milk, though she also proposed cuts in other areas.
    • 9. Episode 9

      28 Jun '71
    • 10. Playground of the Western World

      23 Aug '71
      "The grand object of travel," said Dr Johnson 200 years ago, "is to see the shores of the Mediterranean." It's even truer today. Every year five million Britons leave their inhibitions and our damp climate behind, and head for those fabled shores. Most go for the sun - for a golden tan that will draw so many admiring glances back at the office. But there are other attractions.