Panorama began broadcasting on 11th November 1953 as a fortnightly show. Described by the Radio Times of the day as a βreflection of the contemporary sceneβ it included reviews of the contemporary arts as well as featuring documentary pieces. The first season of Panorama concluded its run on 4th August 1954 (Information taken from the Radio Times via BBC Genome project programme index at https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk)