About this season
Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
Episodes (42)
1. Episode 1
Aired 17 September 1956
Tonight's edition is the first in a new series and includes a special holiday report from Richard Dimbleby on the Jerez Wine Festival in Spain, which this year was dedicated to Great Britain
2. Episode 2
Aired 24 September 1956
3. Episode 3
Aired 1 October 1956
4. Episode 4
Aired 8 October 1956
5. Episode 5
Aired 15 October 1956
6. Episode 6
Aired 22 October 1956
7. Episode 7
Aired 29 October 1956
8. Episode 8
Aired 5 November 1956
9. Episode 9
Aired 12 November 1956
10. Episode 10
Aired 19 November 1956
11. Episode 11
Aired 26 November 1956
12. Episode 12
Aired 3 December 1956
13. Episode 13
Aired 10 December 1956
14. Episode 14
Aired 17 December 1956
15. Episode 15
Aired 24 December 1956
16. Episode 16
Aired 7 January 1957
17. Episode 17
Aired 14 January 1957
18. Episode 18
Aired 21 January 1957
19. Episode 19
Aired 28 January 1957
20. Episode 20
Aired 4 February 1957
21. Episode 21
Aired 11 February 1957
22. Episode 22
Aired 18 February 1957
23. Episode 23
Aired 25 February 1957
24. Episode 24
Aired 4 March 1957
25. Episode 25
Aired 11 March 1957
26. Episode 26
Aired 18 March 1957
27. Episode 27
Aired 25 March 1957
28. Episode 28
Aired 1 April 1957 • 45 min
Current affairs programme, with a notorious film about the abundant spaghetti harvest in the Swiss valley of Ticino, near Locarno, caused by a mild winter and the near elimination of the spaghetti weevil. Also featuring a report from Poland by Chris Chataway and wine tasting with Josceline Dimbleby and a panel of experts.
29. Episode 29
Aired 8 April 1957
30. Episode 30
Aired 15 April 1957
31. Episode 31
Aired 29 April 1957
32. Episode 32
Aired 6 May 1957
33. Episode 33
Aired 13 May 1957
34. Episode 34
Aired 20 May 1957
35. Episode 35
Aired 27 May 1957
36. Episode 36
Aired 3 June 1957
37. Episode 37
Aired 17 June 1957
38. Union of South Africa
Aired 24 June 1957 • 43 min
Woodrow Wyatt investigates the impact of new apartheid laws, such as the Group Areas Act. Wyatt interviews politicians from all parties, including Prime Minister JG Strijdom and the president-general of the ANC, Chief Albert Mvumbi Luthuli. On the version available on BBC iPlayer; there is some dropout of film on this programme, and it ends abruptly.
39. Episode 39
Aired 1 July 1957
40. Episode 40
Aired 8 July 1957
41. Episode 41
Aired 15 July 1957
42. Episode 42
Aired 22 July 1957