Panorama (TV programme) that the programme's audience would have "dwindled" had it remained on Monday nights. In January 2007 Heggessey's successor, Peter Fincham, moved "Panorama" back from Sunday nights to a prime time Monday evening slot at 8.30 pm, although it was now shorter than it had previously been, running to half an hour. This decision was at least partly in response to a demand from the Board of Governors of the BBC for the channel to show more current affairs programming during prime time. Panorama (TV programme) Panorama is a British investigative current affairs documentary programme that is aired on BBC Television.
Stop the Week Stop the Week Stop the Week was a BBC Radio 4 discussion programme chaired by Robert Robinson, which ran from 1974–1992. The BBC Radio's Current Affairs Department decided that it wanted a programme that would act as a bookend to Monday morning's "Start the Week" with Richard Baker, which had been running for about four years. "Stop the Week" ran on a Saturday evening, and its brief was to be a weekly magazine of satire, topical guests and music. The Hungarian émigré Michael Ember, also the producer of "Start the Week", was chosen as the producer. The programme was presented