1956/1957

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

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.

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.