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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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1981 Episodes

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Whatever Happened To Afghanistan?

A year ago rumble of Russian tanks invading Afghanistan was met by a chorus of condemnation from around world.

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Italy's Other Earthquake

Money is now pouring in to rebuild lives and homes of survivors of Italy's earthquake.

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How the Left Won

This week, at a special conference at Wembley, Labour Party will decide how to choose its leader.

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The Politics of Hunger

Before the year 2000, the world is likely to face famine on a scale hitherto unknown. Today .more than half the African countries still fac…

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Who's Afraid of Rupert Murdoch?

At 49, the Australian millionaire is set to become one of the world s most powerful press tycoons. His critics say he makes and breaks poli…

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The Right to Privacy - The Need to Know

How far should the state look into our lives, and what should be done with the information that is collected? Computers now contain million…

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Has the Lady Turned?

After two years in pursuit of a radical economic experiment, has the Government now decided to change course? The capitulation to the miner…

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The Last of the Big Spenders?

The Conservative Government has told local authorities to cut back and spend less. The highest-spending council in Britain is Camden in Lon…

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Gold and Diamonds - The Kremlin Connection

'You can carry enough diamonds on your naked body to set you up for life,' said Ian Fleming. Diamonds and gold - the most precious substanc…

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France's Seven-Year Itch

For seven years Giscard d'Estaing has been the dominant force in French politics, and French prosperity has been the envy of Europe. But hi…

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The Re-arming of America

The United States, in keeping with President Reagan's election promise, has just begun the largest and most expensive peace-time military b…

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The DPP

Sir Thomas Hetherington is the Director of Public Prosecutions, the man who has to decide whether to prosecute in important or difficult ca…

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South Africa: To the Last Drop of Blood

Peter Taylor reports from within South Africa on the black opposition - an opposition which is becoming increasingly frustrated and violent…

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The PLO - The Road to Respectability

The Palestinian Liberation Organisation, responsible for some of the world's worst acts of terrorism, has found a new respectability. Less …

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Crash - Whatever Happened To Flight 1008?

In April 1980, Dan Air Flight 1008 crashed en-route from Manchester to Tenerife, claiming 146 lives. The programme covers the disaster from…

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The Islamic Bomb

After the Israeli raid on Iraq's nuclear reactor, Pakistan alone is developing the Islamic worlds first nuclear weapon. With millions of po…

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The Class of 81

For-the past 12 months Panorama has been following the fortunes of the 250 school leavers at Craig-bank Secondary School in Glasgow. John S…

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The Provo's Last Card

Panorama's Peter Taylor reports from the Maze prison during the hunger strike campaign and addresses the political and military consequence…

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Labour: Which Direction Will the Party Go?

Labour's choice of a deputy leader is the culmination of a momentous struggle for the party's future.

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KGB -Russia's Secret Service in the West

Soviet Intelligence has a huge presence in every Western country; some four out of every ten Russian diplomats are KGB officers. They wage …

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How Many More Skeletons?

In this report from a longer programme, Tom Mangold speaks to Leo Long, one of the men whom Anthony Blunt recruited into his Cambridge spy …

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Libya: Trading in Terror

In Britain, Libyan hit squads murder Colonel Gaddafi's exiled opponents. All over the world the Libyans back terrorist groups - including t…

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Trade Unions and the Law

Panorama tonight examines the Government's controversial proposals to limit the power of trade unions. The Rt Hon Norman Tebbit , mp, Secre…

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Experimenting with Life

Next year there'll be a boom in test tube babies. Laboratory fertilisation is becoming commonplace, and human embryos are now being frozen …

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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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