Panorama returns to prime time TV

The programme was launched on 11 November 1953

Panorama is the world's long-running current affairs television show and will return to peak time from January 2007 as part of BBC One's winter schedule.

The show, which moved to Sunday nights in October 2000, will have a regular weekly slot at 2030 on Mondays.

When it switches to Mondays, Panorama will have 48 30-minute shows and four one-hour specials.

Most films will be simulcast live at bbc.co.uk/panorama.

They will be available to watch on the website on demand after transmission.

Launched in November 1953, Panorama was initially broadcast fortnightly but became weekly in September 1955.

The show created history in 1961 when it interviewed the Duke of Edinburgh - the first time a member of the Royal Family has been quizzed on television.

In 1995 Martin Bashir's interview with Diana, Princess of Wales was seen by a record 22.8 million viewers.