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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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1990 Episodes

Episode 1 EP 1
Triumph Over Tyranny

After fleeing the capital as revolutionary fervour spread, Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife were captured and returned to …

Episode 2 EP 2
Suffering for a Solution

David Lomax reports on how patients are suffering as a result of the 1990 ambulance dispute.

Episode 3 EP 3
Sinking Into Squalor
Episode 4 EP 4
Bunking Off

Every day this term more than 200,000 pupils will play truant from Britain's schools. In London alone a quarter of all 15-year-olds will be…

Episode 5 EP 5
The Winter of Perestroika

As crises mount for President Gorbachev, what about the Russians - the people who will ultimately determine the fate of his revolution?

Episode 6 EP 6
The Police: In for Questioning

Britain's police are facing a crisis of public confidence. In the wake of the Guildford Four case, the break up of the West Midlands Crime …

Episode 7 EP 7
Ulster's Regiment - A Question of Loyalty?

August's shooting of a young Catholic, Loughlin Maginn, was the 2,744th murder since the N. Ireland troubles began. But it will be remember…

Episode 8 EP 8
The Debriefing of Colonel G
Episode 9 EP 9
Who's Afraid of Germany?

East Germans vote next Sunday in their first free elections in over 50 years. But already the hundreds of thousands who have voted with the…

Episode 10 EP 10
Poll Taxing Their Loyalty

In England and Wales 38 million people are about to receive their first poll tax bills - many will be higher than Government predictions.

Episode 11 EP 11
Concrete v. Countryside

In the 90s, Britain will need new roads, houses and industrial developments if it is to prosper in Europe. But birds, plants and animals ar…

Episode 12 EP 12
Falling Through the Net

The very poor in Britain live at the margin. Any crisis, from a house burning down to something as everyday as a child needing new shoes, c…

Episode 13 EP 13
House Prices, Home Truths

More than three million people have joined Britain's army of homeowners since Mrs. Thatcher came to power. But for many, high mortgage rate…

Episode 14 EP 14
The Red Army Revolution

The mighty Red Army that Lenin created to defend the Motherland is coming home from camps across Eastern Europe. But it is returning to an …

Episode 15 EP 15
Doctoring the Reforms

18 months ago, the Gov't launched a radical reform of the NHS. It wanted to turn a £20 billion state monolith into an internal market that …

Episode 16 EP 16
The Crimes of the Comrades

All over eastern Europe, dark secrets from the past are being unearthed. Many countries face the dilemma of what to do with the former comm…

Episode 17 EP 17
The Big Heat

Steve Bradshaw reports on the effects of global warming.

Episode 18 EP 18
Rioting for Rights?

One self-confessed ringleader of the Strangeways riot has claimed to Panorama that the disturbance was originally planned as a protest agai…

Episode 19 EP 19
Selling Our Schools

As the Government's changes to the education system start to take effect, how well are Britain's schools coping? Roisin McAuley reports on …

Episode 20 EP 20
Selling Socialism

With Westminster rife with pre-election fever and Labour ahead in the opinion polls, the Leader of the Opposition, the Rt Hon Neil Kinnock …

Episode 21 EP 21
A Woman's Work

After a rather difficult political year, the Conservatives are now preparing to fight their fourth election campaign under the leadership o…

Episode 22 EP 22
Saddam's Secret Arms Ring

How did the west allow Saddam Hussein to build up his terrifying arsenal of weapons? Jane Corbin reveals the scale of Saddam's arms product…

Episode 23 EP 23
Saddam's Fifth Column

To many Palestinians, Saddam Hussein is a new saviour. Panorama analyses the Saddam-fever that is sweeping through Jordan and the West Bank…

Episode 24 EP 24
Uncle Sam v. Saddam

David Dimbleby and Tom Mangold report from America on the latest developments in the Gulf crisis. Is a compromise still possible? How long …

Episode 25 EP 25
The Gulf in Our Defences

Britain's defences were undergoing their most drastic review for over a generation when Iraq provoked the Gulf crisis. Fred Emery reports o…

Episode 26 EP 26
Labour's Liverpool Nightmare

Reporter Steve Bradshaw investigates the legacy of Militant Tendency in Liverpool.

Episode 27 EP 27
Who Pays for the Party?

Gavin Hewitt has been examining who actually pays for the Conservative Party. Why do individuals and companies give and what do they expect…

Episode 28 EP 28
The White Tribe of Africa: Part 1 - Drowning in Blood

An examination of the cause and effect of the savage violence which has been sweeping South Africa, a threat to the peace process which, in…

Episode 29 EP 29
The White Tribe of Africa: Part 2 - No Way Back

President F W de Klerk's promise to abolish all race laws and share power with the black majority has set white against white in South Afri…

Episode 30 EP 30
Sins of the Fathers

In an attempt to make the family a lasting commitment, the Government is changing the law to track down fathers who abandon their families …

Episode 31 EP 31
The Price of Freedom

David Dimbleby in Potsdam presents a debate with representatives from several European countries on their adjustment to the new freedoms on…

Episode 32 EP 32
Mr. Major's Medicine

The Chancellor of the Exchequer's decision to take Britain into the Exchange Rate Mechanism provoked short-lived euphoria. Now the British …

Episode 33 EP 33
Battle for No.10
Episode 34 EP 34
The Cruellest Thing

Fred Emery presents a Panorama special about the demise of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, looking at the final week of her premi…

Episode 35 EP 35
International Aids Day

As the world marks international Aids day, Panorama reports on the relentless spread of the disease into the general population. The author…

Episode 36 EP 36
Mr Ridley's Europe

Anthony Howard accompanies former cabinet minister Nicholas Ridley on a journey around Europe, highlighting his opinions of the European Co…

Episode 37 EP 37
Guildford: The Untold Story

The Department of Public Prosecutions is considering whether to prosecute a group of junior Surrey detectives who are alleged to have fabri…

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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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