Panorama
Synopsis
Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
2016 Episodes
EP 1
BBC Panorama goes undercover to expose harrowing evidence of children and young people being hurt and threatened by custody officers who ar…
EP 2
100,000 people in the UK have multiple sclerosis - an incurable condition that can result in permanent disability. Panorama has exclusive a…
EP 3
Vladimir Putin has been accused of corruption on a breathtaking scale. His critics say he's used his power to amass a secret fortune, so is…
EP 4
When a seven-year-old boy and his mother were targeted and shot on their doorstep, it became clear that a gang war in Salford had reached a…
EP 5
Pope John Paul II ruled the Catholic Church for 27 years until 2005. He was one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century, r…
EP 6
Organised crime is the single biggest threat to the integrity of the police. With exclusive interviews and never-before-seen footage, Panor…
EP 7
Panorama travels to Brazil to investigate the mystery of the Zika virus. The city of Recife is at the centre of an epidemic of cases of mic…
EP 8
The episode will explore the truth behind shaken babies. Parents will face jail or lose their children, if courts find them guilty of harmi…
EP 9
Examining how the so-called Islamic State's terror network has been operating secretly in Europe, and Western intelligence agencies' battle…
EP 10
Sixteen years ago, the government promised to protect people from the cold. It vowed to end fuel poverty by 2016, but the deadline has pass…
EP 11
The rich and powerful have hidden billions of dollars in tax havens. They thought their financial secrets were safe, but now a huge leak of…
EP 12
Sara Green was a teenager betrayed by a mental health system designed to protect her. Using Sara's own words taken from her diary, Panorama…
EP 13
As the UK steel industry fights for its survival, John Humphrys is in Port Talbot in South Wales to investigate whether it has a future and…
EP 14
Panorama investigates the ruthless world of the dog trade. Using secret filming, reporter Sam Poling tracks the supply chain of the country…
EP 15
Growing resistance to commonly prescribed antibiotics is one of the biggest public health threats of modern times, with the potential to ca…
EP 16
In a powerful, multi-textured documentary filmed over almost two years, one family living with dementia reveals what life is really like be…
EP 17
Panorama looks at the breakthrough that could change the lives of everyone and everything on the planet. Gene editing is revolutionising me…
EP 18
In his first year as president of world athletics, Lord Coe has had to deal with the fallout from the biggest corruption scandal the sport …
EP 19
It's America's worst nightmare: an armed gunman on the rampage. But what is it like to be caught up in the carnage of a mass shooting? Pano…
EP 20
As the country awaits next week's verdict from the long-delayed Iraq Inquiry into why we went to war and what the lessons should be, Jane C…
EP 21
Adrian Chiles goes home to the West Midlands to meet Leave voters from both sides of the political divide and find out why Britain voted fo…
EP 22
Panorama goes undercover to expose how the Government's latest pension freedoms are being abused by some companies to get their hands on pe…
EP 23
With Donald Trump poised to become the official Republican candidate for America's presidency, Panorama visits the racially divided town of…
EP 24
Hundreds of young people go missing in Britain every day. The police admit that vulnerable youngsters are being left at risk but say they a…
EP 25
BBC reporter Rupert Wingfield-Hayes was expelled from North Korea for showing disrespect and `distorting facts'. He now tells the full stor…
EP 26
With the new prime minister facing tough decisions on government spending cuts, Panorama reporter Richard Bilton investigates the impact of…
EP 27
A special investigation into the shocking state of Britain's most hazardous nuclear site. With a high-level whistleblower, hundreds of leak…
EP 28
Wendy Bendel's partner killed himself after struggling with a 20-year gambling addiction. In a confession he wrote for Wendy, he singled ou…
EP 29
With the Labour leadership election less than a week away, BBC deputy political editor John Pienaar asks if Labour is on the brink of self-…
EP 30
The battle for Aleppo, Syria's largest city and once home to over two million people, is in its fourth year. Divided between opposition-hel…
EP 31
Britain is in the grip of a health epidemic that's threatening to overwhelm the NHS. More and more of us are being diagnosed with type 2 di…
EP 32
The way in which millions of pounds were made out of BHS has been branded the 'unacceptable face of capitalism'. 11,000 people lost their j…
EP 33
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are two of the most hated and distrusted presidential candidates ever. As the election approaches, Jeremy …
EP 34
Panorama goes undercover to find the sweatshops making clothes for the British high street. Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees and childr…
EP 35
Rolls-Royce has grown dramatically in the past 20 years and has won business in some of the most corrupt countries on the planet. But has s…
EP 36
An investigation into the disconnect between the claims of the government and rail industry - which maintain that Britain's railways are a …
EP 37
America's 2016 election season has been the most bitter and ugly in living memory. Hilary Andersson meets angry Americans on both sides of …
EP 38
Panorama goes undercover in two nursing homes and finds evidence of cruelty and neglect. Reporter Janice Finch booked into the homes as a r…
EP 39
Fertility treatment can be an expensive business. Reporter Deborah Cohen investigates how some clinics sell add-ons - the extra drugs, test…
EP 40
With their stronghold of Mosul under fierce attack and Raqqa next in the frame, IS has intensified its global propaganda offensive, calling…
EP 41
John Simpson, one of the BBC's best-known foreign correspondents, has been at the heart of breaking news for more than half a century. A f…
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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.