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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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2000 Episodes

Episode 1 EP 1
Casualties

An investigation into Paramedics. Panorama uncovers evidence of poor training, lack of skills and chaotic organisation, which are costing t…

Episode 2 EP 2
Back to the Kitchen Sink

New research suggests more and more women who try to combine full-time jobs with bringing up children are giving up the struggle. Sarah Pow…

Episode 3 EP 3
Dr. Shipman - The Man Who Played God

On the day Dr. Shipman is convicted of murdering 15, A Panorama special reveals the full extent of his campaign of murder against the elder…

Episode 4 EP 4
Human Traffic

From April the Government will cut cash benefits to asylum seekers, and it is also launching a programme to relocate refugees from the Sout…

Episode 5 EP 5
Speed

Every year around 5,000 children are killed or badly injured on Britain's roads. Government ministers are currently reviewing speed limits …

Episode 6 EP 6
The Lost Children

Tonight's programme investigates the cases of bereaved parents who have been shattered to learn that the hearts and other organs of their d…

Episode 7 EP 7
Losing Control

Vivian White looks at the problems facing the government and addresses the questions that remain unanswered about who runs Britain under th…

Episode 8 EP 8
The Whole Truth?

Gerry Conlon, who was one of the Guildford Four, speaks out about the growing number of innocent people wrongly accused of serious crimes.

Episode 9 EP 9
Moral Combat - NATO at War

After NATO's bombing campaign, Allan Little takes a challenging look at the reasons for the war in Kosovo, examining why, and how, the West…

Episode 10 EP 10
Spin Doctors

This programme enters the world of Labour's health spin doctors, to unravel the truth from the increasingly powerful government propaganda …

Episode 11 EP 11
Blighted

In Cheshire a toxic dump has poisoned a village. In London and the South East thousands of new homes are being built on polluted land. How …

Episode 12 EP 12
Atomic Alert

Two companies criticised over their safety records are in a consortium chosen by the Government to run the top-secret nuclear weapons site …

Episode 13 EP 13
Dot Com Fever

Tom Mangold investigates the internet phenomenon that is becoming Britain's millennium gold rush as investors, hoping to become millionaire…

Episode 14 EP 14
Ivory Wars

Panorama reports on the flourishing illegal trade in ivory spurred on by demand from the far east, which has resulted in elephant orphanage…

Episode 15 EP 15
Kids on Pills

Reporting on the concern being expressed, here and in America, that drugs such as Ritalin and Prozac are being prescribed to children to tr…

Episode 16 EP 16
The Dying Game

Panorama investigates the AIDS crisis in South Africa and asks what can be done about it. With South Africa expecting one million AIDS orph…

Episode 17 EP 17
The Two Billion Pound Ball Game

The impending auction of football TV rights will result in a 2 billion pound bonanza for the domestic game. But critics argue that too much…

Episode 18 EP 18
The Mortgage Timebomb

Anxiety is gripping millions of homeowners following the news that endowment-linked mortgages will fall thousands of pounds short when they…

Episode 19 EP 19
Panorama: Pensions Bubble

An investigation into evidence that changes in the rules on occupational pensions could leave people worse off than expected when they reti…

Episode 20 EP 20
Gangmasters

Paul Kenyon investigates the criminals who exploit illegal immigrants as cheap labour for food companies supplying Britain's biggest superm…

Episode 21 EP 21
England's Shame

In a special investigation, Panorama goes undercover with English supporters at Euro 2000 - And takes a revealing look at the men behind th…

Episode 22 EP 22
The Truth About Rubbish

The Government aims to double the amount of recycling in the UK - but will householders ever get used to separating and sorting rubbish? Vi…

Episode 23 EP 23
The Nail Bomber

Panorama confronts the men it says inspired the London Nail Bomber David Copeland. The programme reveals that Copeland was inspired by know…

Episode 24 EP 24
Cyber Attack!

Following the "love bug" virus which infected millions of computers worldwide, Panorama investigates the vulnerability of personal financia…

Episode 25 EP 25
Pump Wars

The investigative current affairs series returns with the inside stories of this month's fuel price protests, the biggest popular movement …

Episode 26 EP 26
Britain's Secret War on Drugs

Panorama goes inside the former biological warfare factory that is producing a fungus capable of destroying the world's illicit heroin harv…

Episode 27 EP 27
Who Bombed Omagh?

Panorama names individuals who have been questioned by police over the Omagh bombing. The atrocity, carried out by The Real IRA, claimed 29…

Episode 28 EP 28
Gap and Nike: No Sweat?

Panorama reveals that Gap and Nike have been using a factory in Cambodia which breaks their own strict codes of conduct and anti-sweatshop …

Episode 29 EP 29
Digging the Dirt

Peter Marshall looks behind the scenes to uncover the tactics used in the race to become President of the United States. Panorama uncovers …

Episode 30 EP 30
Young Robbers

Shelley Jofre investigates the growing problem of robbing and mugging between young people. The programme shows how the West Midlands polic…

Episode 31 EP 31
Power to Abuse

Reporter Phil Parry has uncovered disturbing new evidence of how the Roman Catholic Church in Wales behaved as paedophile priests abused ch…

Episode 32 EP 32
Life on TV

Mariella Frostrup reports from inside the reality television revolution. It's sometimes cruel, it's voyeuristic and often it's humiliating,…

Episode 33 EP 33
Underwater Britain

The country may be getting back to normal after the floods, but the evidence is that there could be plenty more in store. Panorama investig…

Episode 34 EP 34
In the Name of the Children

For decades, children in care have suffered the horror of sexual abuse. Police investigations to catch sex abusers have spread throughout B…

Episode 35 EP 35
The Bent Cop

Panorama tells the story of a police officer's slide in to corruption and his remarkable change of heart. In the first television interview…

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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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