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Panorama

TV Show 1953 6.3/10 2365 episodes
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Synopsis

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

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2013 Episodes

Episode 1 EP 1
Immigration Undercover

Reporter Paul Kenyon goes undercover with the new type of gang smuggling illegal immigrants out of the UK as well as in, right under the no…

Episode 2 EP 2
The Great Disability Scam?

Only half of people with a disability are in work. Panorama investigates if one of the government's most ambitious welfare reforms can solv…

Episode 3 EP 3
The Great Abortion Divide

Victoria Derbyshire investigates the great abortion divide between Northern Ireland and most of the United Kingdom, and asks if it is time …

Episode 4 EP 4
Inside Barclays: Banking on Bonuses

After a series of controversies, bosses at Barclays say they're changing the culture of the bank. But what went wrong? Reporter Richard Bil…

Episode 5 EP 5
What's Really in our Food?

Panorama investigates the horse meat scandal and reveals more concerns about what is really in our food. Richard Bilton questions the 'ligh…

Episode 6 EP 6
Mission Accomplished? Secrets of Helmand

Reporter Ben Anderson joins Allied troops preparing to hand over to Afghan forces next year, finding the Afghan army and police to be poorl…

Episode 7 EP 7
America's Gun Addiction

Following the Newtown massacre, Panorama meets the teachers who want to use guns to protect their schools and reveals America's national cr…

Episode 8 EP 8
The Spies Who Fooled the World

On the eve of the tenth anniversary of the Iraq War, Panorama reveals how key aspects of the secret intelligence used to justify the invasi…

Episode 9 EP 9
The Derby Fire: Secrets and Lies

The Derby fire, in which six children died, was an attack on a family that shocked the country. Panorama asks were warnings missed?

Episode 10 EP 10
North Korea Undercover

Panorama reporter John Sweeney spends eight days undercover inside North Korea, the most rigidly-controlled nation on Earth.

Episode 11 EP 11
Secrets of Britain's Sharia Councils

Panorama reporter Jane Corbin goes undercover to investigate what is really happening in Britain's Sharia Councils - Islamic religious cour…

Episode 12 EP 12
The Russians Are Coming

Reporter Darragh MacIntyre investigates a death in a Russian prison that has brought the threat of violence to the UK, and the death of a w…

Episode 13 EP 13
Jobs for the Boys?

Former England and Arsenal footballer Sol Campbell investigates why the unemployment rate for young black British men is roughly double tha…

Episode 14 EP 14
Hillsborough - How They Buried the Truth

A Panorama investigation reveals how police, politicians, lawyers and judges all played a part in burying the truth about Britain's worst f…

Episode 15 EP 15
Cancer: Hope for Sale?

Richard Bilton investigates a controversial American doctor who claims he can cure cancer. Why has he been allowed to sell an unproven and …

Episode 16 EP 16
Cash for Questions Undercover

A Panorama special going undercover to reveal lobbying practices which raise serious questions about standards in political life.

Episode 17 EP 17
Blacklist Britain

Richard Bilton does the first TV interview with the bookkeeper for the organisation which ran a secret blacklist subscribed to by some of t…

Episode 18 EP 18
Traffic Fines - Highway Robbery?

With councils fining drivers in ever-greater numbers after capturing them on CCTV, Panorama tries to find new ways to cut down on the mount…

Episode 19 EP 19
Elderly Care: Condition Critical?

Using secret filming and exclusive research into the mortality rates of care and nursing homes for the elderly in England, Panorama exposes…

Episode 20 EP 20
Kids Lost in Care

Panorama investigates the standard of residential care for vulnerable children. In homes where care is not up to scratch, some young people…

Episode 21 EP 21
The Truth about Pills and Pregnancy

Current affairs. Many women have to take medicines while pregnant. But could they be risking the health of their unborn child? Reporter She…

Episode 22 EP 22
The Trouble with Trump

Current affairs. Reporter John Sweeney asks if the Scottish government knew enough about self-proclaimed billionaire Donald Trump before ac…

Episode 23 EP 23
Broken by Battle

Panorama investigates the true personal cost of the war in Afghanistan on British troops, going beyond the limits of the Ministry of Defenc…

Episode 24 EP 24
Jungle Outlaws: The Chainsaw Trail

Panorama investigates illegal logging in the rainforest and the timber trail from Africa to West Europe. Raphael Rowe spent six months trac…

Episode 25 EP 25
Tainted Love: Secrets of the Dating Game

Legal notice - this episode is the subject of a legal complaint. Reporter Fiona Walker investigates how unscrupulous dating websites are pr…

Episode 26 EP 26
The Brothers Who Bombed Boston

Panorama explores how the two suspected Boston Marathon bombers - brothers raised and educated in the US - became radicalised, and asks if …

Episode 27 EP 27
Locked Up For Being Ill?

Current affairs. With police estimating that dealing with mental health patients takes up 25 percent of their time, Paul Kenyon discovers a…

Episode 28 EP 28
Tax, Lies and Videotape

Current affairs. Panorama goes undercover in the City to investigate the truth about UK tax policy, discovering how London is still home to…

Episode 29 EP 29
The Honeymoon Murder: Who Killed Anni?

With access to secret police files, Jeremy Vine looks at the case against the Bristol businessman accused of killing his young bride on hon…

Episode 30 EP 30
Dying for a Bargain

Panorama investigates how our clothes - including those of some big high street brands - are really made, finding evidence of an industry t…

Episode 31 EP 31
Terror in Nairobi

Panorama investigates the network al-Shabab uses to cross the Somali-Kenyan border at will and this terror group's appeal to radicalised Mu…

Episode 32 EP 32
Saving Syria's Children

In a special edition, Panorama travels with British doctors inside Syria to exclusively reveal the devastating impact of the war on childre…

Episode 33 EP 33
Malala: Shot for Going to School

One year ago, Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban on her school bus. In this Panorama special, she talks exclusively to Mishal Husain …

Episode 34 EP 34
Britain's New Banking Scandal

Panorama reporter Adam Shaw lifts the lid on what could be Britain's biggest financial mis-selling scandal - the hard sell of so-called int…

Episode 35 EP 35
Murder in the Alps

With exclusive access to eyewitnesses and investigators, Panorama reveals how and asks why a British family and a French cyclist were bruta…

Episode 36 EP 36
Our Dirty Nation

Cleaning up Britain's rubbish costs more than a billion pounds each year. Journalist and Labour peer Joan Bakewell argues that we all need …

Episode 37 EP 37
After Savile: No More Secrets?

In Britain, turning a blind eye to child abuse in a school, hospital or a church is not a crime; Panorama talks to victims, police and seni…

Episode 38 EP 38
The Great House Price Bubble?

With house prices hitting record highs at the same time as living standards continue to be squeezed, Adam Shaw goes in search of affordable…

Episode 39 EP 39
Britain's Secret Terror Force

Reporter John Ware interviews former members of a secret undercover unit run by the British Army in the early 1970s as they reveal how they…

Episode 40 EP 40
Amazon: The Truth Behind the Click

How well does online retailer Amazon treat its workers? Conditions in the company's giant warehouses have been condemned by unions as among…

Episode 41 EP 41
Where's Our Aid Money Gone?

Current affairs. With the Global Fund's inspector general sacked for 'unsatisfactory' performance after exposing corruption, Richard Bilton…

Episode 42 EP 42
Energy Bills: Power Failure?

Current affairs. Energy bills have gone up by around a quarter in the past four years and politicians from all sides say they are determine…

Episode 43 EP 43
All in a Good Cause

Current affairs. Do we really know about the charities we support? Declan Lawn hears from donors and charity workers who believe the quest …

Episode 44 EP 44
The Romanians are Coming?

Reporter Paul Kenyon joins British police in a Romanian village where most of the men have left to pursue work in the black markets of Lond…

Episode 45 EP 45
Woolwich: The Untold Story

With two British Muslim converts found guilty of the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, Panorama asks if the security services among others misse…

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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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