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Panorama

TV Show 1953 6.3/10 2365 episodes
Documentary News

Synopsis

Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.

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2004 Episodes

Episode 1 EP 1
A Fight To The Death

Whilst we await Lord Hutton's verdict, Panorama provides a factual account of the fight between the government and the BBC and some of the …

Episode 2 EP 2
Tackling Tomorrow's Tearaways

The Government is spending millions on schemes to identify children who may become tomorrow's criminals. The idea - if you get to kids youn…

Episode 3 EP 3
Secrets of the Camps

Panorama exposes the secret camps in Zimbabwe where Robert Mugabe's government trains thousands of youths to torture and kill.

Episode 4 EP 4
What's the Point of the BBC?

What is the BBC for? Is it too big, too commercial, dumbed down? Is it still a trusted public service broadcaster whose licence fee should …

Episode 5 EP 5
Out of Guantanamo

In a Panorama Special, the story of two British families whose sons were held at Guantanamo and testimony about the treatment some detainee…

Episode 6 EP 6
The Truth About Tax

Tax is back in the news again - as pensioner protests grow against Council Tax, experts warn that taxes may have to go up, and the Conserva…

Episode 7 EP 7
Terror: Are We Next?

After the Madrid train bombs, Jane Corbin reveals how the war in Iraq has given Al Qaeda a new lease of life and investigates the terrorist…

Episode 8 EP 8
Saddam on the Run

In April 2003, as Saddam's statue was being toppled in Baghdad, US Marines were locked in a deadly gun battle with Saddam Hussein and his s…

Episode 9 EP 9
The Killers

Ten years after he encountered the scene of a massacre in Rwanda during the genocide of 1994, Fergal Keane returns to investigate how ordin…

Episode 10 EP 10
The Invisible Kids

The problems of drug addiction have been known about in the UK for at least a generation. But there is one group of individuals, the most v…

Episode 11 EP 11
London Under Attack

This film is a mock exercise of what might happen in London if there was a terror attack now. In a unique fusion of drama, detailed researc…

Episode 12 EP 12
Shamed

Panorama reports on the scale of the abuse and torture of prisoners in Iraq and elsewhere. Jane Corbin investigates who had command respons…

Episode 13 EP 13
Couldn't Give a XXXX for Last Orders

Cut-price booze and lax licensing laws have left many towns at the mercy of weekend binge-drinkers. As pressure mounts on the Gov't to inte…

Episode 14 EP 14
Covering Up

Panorama looks at Muslim Identity in 2004, through the eyes of four young British Muslim women - who tell us why they are proud to cover up…

Episode 15 EP 15
The Superdollar Plot

How a Birmingham criminal set in motion a huge undercover police operation after the US $100 bills he handed in at a bureau de change turne…

Episode 16 EP 16
Clinton: The Interview

In an exclusive and wide ranging interview for Panorama, David Dimbleby quizzes the former President on his record, his political passions …

Episode 17 EP 17
Can Condoms Kill?

The Vatican claims condoms encourage promiscuity and do not effectively prevent the transmission of the HIV virus; Furthermore they claim t…

Episode 18 EP 18
A Failure of Intelligence

How did Tony Blair make the case for war to the British people and to Parliament? The Panorama team investigates what the intelligence serv…

Episode 19 EP 19
Fighting for Care

Why, even after a major government review, is one of this country's most vital care systems for frail, elderly people still being under-min…

Episode 20 EP 20
Buying the Games

With just days before the Olympics begin, one race has already started: to decide which city will host the Games in 2012. During a year-lon…

Episode 21 EP 21
School Siege: The Survivors' Stories

The inside story of the Beslan school siege from some of those who survived. Damian Grammaticas, who covered the siege for the BBC, investi…

Episode 22 EP 22
Miracle Baby Grows Up

Mothers, doctors and children all contribute to a highly emotional debate about whether it is always right to save babies that are born on …

Episode 23 EP 23
Taken On Trust

Are we being told the truth about the drugs we take? Shelley Jofre's investigation reveals that crucial safety information regarding a wide…

Episode 24 EP 24
The Trouble with Sugar

In May the World Health Organisation warned that there is a direct connection between eating too much sugar and a whole host of diseases li…

Episode 25 EP 25
Your Child's Been Stabbed

From flick knives to meat cleavers, more and more teenagers are carrying blades. Rageh Omaar takes to the streets to investigate why and fi…

Episode 26 EP 26
Families at War

President Bush has pointed to his record in the "war on terror" as a reason why voters should re-elect him, but what do the families who lo…

Episode 27 EP 27
The Chosen One

Few American presidents have been as pilloried and parodied as much as George W Bush. But as the US goes to the polls, why do so many of it…

Episode 28 EP 28
Winner Takes All Britain?

The top 1% of wage earners are taking an ever larger slice of the national income. Steve Bradshaw investigates whether Britain is becoming …

Episode 29 EP 29
The New Killing Fields

Are the people of Darfur in Sudan the latest victims of ethnic cleansing? Hillary Anderson goes behind rebel lines to uncover evidence of s…

Episode 30 EP 30
2 Much 2 Young

Welcome to the world of the tweens - that's the word marketing men have coined for children aged between eight and twelve. They say today's…

Episode 31 EP 31
What Happened Next?

A programme showing the impact of some of Panorama's documentaries of 2004. The subjects included the Olympic Games, Seroxat, the rise of k…

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Panorama (1953) have?

Since its debut in 1953, Panorama has aired over 1,500 episodes, with new editions still broadcast weekly.

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