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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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2005 Episodes

Episode 1 EP 1
Jazz Clubs

Archive film from 1961 on the plight of youth and their passion for jazz.

Episode 2 EP 2
Exit Strategy

As Iraq holds historic elections, John Simpson looks at the state of Iraq today. Will the elections put the country on the road to peace or…

Episode 3 EP 3
Crime Wave

In one small city 17 young men committed 100's of crimes. The police found they all shared a grim secret: they had been abused as children …

Episode 4 EP 4
Lawful Impediment?

On Thursday plans for a civil marriage between Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles were announced. But some experts who have been look…

Episode 5 EP 5
What Has Labour Done for the NHS?

Do the figures add up? Panorama investigates what lies behind the numbers that frequently make headline news and what is happening to the m…

Episode 6 EP 6
Scotland's Secret Shame

Sectarianism and religious bigotry have long been accepted as part of a way of life in Scotland. The divide between Protestant and Catholic…

Episode 7 EP 7
The Dollar a Day Dress

Panorama travelled the world to create "The dollar a day dress" - a symbol of how the world trade system harms the poor. Reporter Steve Bra…

Episode 8 EP 8
Iraq, Tony and the Truth

Two years after Tony Blair took British forces into Iraq, John Ware examines how the Prime Minister made the case for war. As allegations p…

Episode 9 EP 9
Nothing to Declare

Her Majesty's Customs and Excise is under investigation by the police after a criminal sting resulted in a disastrous anti-fraud operation.…

Episode 10 EP 10
Why Bullies Win

Panorama looks at the way we tackle bullying in schools - and asks why thousands of children are left with nowhere to turn.

Episode 11 EP 11
Cops and Robbers

Panorama assesses the true picture of crime in Britain. Amidst claim and counter claim, Cops and Robbers examines whether crime is rising o…

Episode 12 EP 12
Britain's New Migrants

Over the period of a year Panorama has filmed the reality of economic migration, following 11 East Europeans who came to the UK seeking wor…

Episode 13 EP 13
Cannabis: What Teenagers Need to Know

Britain has the highest proportion of young cannabis smokers of any European country - 38 per cent have tried the drug by the age of 16. Un…

Episode 14 EP 14
Dead Mums Don't Cry

Why are so many women in poorer countries dying in pregnancy and childbirth? In one African hospital, Dr. Grace Kodindo is running out of m…

Episode 15 EP 15
Hostage

Panorama talks to the hostages who came home from Iraq and the families who lived through the crisis only to see their loved ones murdered.

Episode 16 EP 16
Never Again

Ten years ago after the Rwandan genocide world leaders said they would never again delay and argue while innocent people were killed. Panor…

Episode 17 EP 17
London Under Attack

Following a year-long BBC investigation, Peter Taylor explores the terrorist threat. He reveals why it so difficult to track the people who…

Episode 18 EP 18
Undercover Hospital Cleaner

Part one of a two-part special undercover in Britain's Hospitals. The programme investigates one of the country's biggest 3-star hospitals …

Episode 19 EP 19
Shock Troops

Panorama looks at the care given to servicemen from more recent conflicts who've suffered severe, often disabling psychological wounds, but…

Episode 20 EP 20
Undercover Nurse

Following last week's expose on hospital hygiene, horrifying evidence of what can happen within the - National Health Service when you are …

Episode 21 EP 21
Britain's Heroin Fix

Britain is losing the war against drugs - on the streets of our cities the price of heroin has halved in the past decade fuelling addiction…

Episode 22 EP 22
Guns, Knives and Children

Candid prison interviews with some of Britain's most brutal young offenders provide a disturbing insight into the increasingly violent worl…

Episode 23 EP 23
A Question of Leadership

John Ware examines questions raised by senior members of the Muslim community themselves: Questions about the direction and role of the Mus…

Episode 24 EP 24
Brown's Miracle Economy

The Prime Minister calls him "the best chancellor for 100 years." He is the man who has overseen the longest economic expansion in modern t…

Episode 25 EP 25
A Right Royal Shambles

The Prince of Wales's marriage to Camilla Parker Bowles was widely seen as a fiasco fraught with PR disasters, doubts about its legality an…

Episode 26 EP 26
Blair v Blair

In the wake of the London bombings the Government is proposing new anti-terrorist laws. Will they really make us safer? If so, at what cost…

Episode 27 EP 27
Love Hurts

Half a million young UK adults are thought to have a sexually transmitted infection, with HIV, gonorrhoea, syphilis and chlamydia showing h…

Episode 28 EP 28
What Future for Kurt?

With the government promising that no family should suffer "postcode poverty", can a bright seven-year-old escape the whirlpool of poverty,…

Episode 29 EP 29
Troops Out

An increasing number of British people want a timetable for the withdrawal of the troops from Iraq. In a debate from the Imperial War Museu…

Episode 30 EP 30
Facing the Pandemic

As fears grow of a new strain of avian flu that could kill millions, the first of 2 investigations reveals the results of a 4 month study o…

Episode 31 EP 31
Bird Flu: Ask the Experts

Following last week's investigation into the spread of bird flu and the risk it poses of a human-flu pandemic, representatives from the Gov…

Episode 32 EP 32
Asbos On Trial

Tony Blair says tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for his Government and the number of ASBOs issued has been doubling year o…

Episode 33 EP 33
The Battle For Europe

As Britain's presidency of the EU moves towards its climax with the leaders summit, Tony Blair continues to call on Europe's heads of gov't…

Episode 34 EP 34
What Happened Next?

For the third year running, and in direct response to audience demand, Panorama returns to some of the most important stories it has covere…

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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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