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The world’s longest running current affairs programme was first aired at 8:15pm on 11 November 1953. Panorama was the brainchild of Dennis Bardens and Andrew Miller Jones and was originally intended as 'a fortnightly reflection of the contemporary scene'. Yet despite an audience of almost half of the adult viewing public, the first show was very nearly the last, following a number of technical hitches and a shaky performance by host Patrick Murphy .Despite this uncertain start, Panorama gained new ground and in 1955 it was revamped as a ‘window on the world’, extending its running time to an hour and recasting Richard Dimbleby as the front man.