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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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2008 Episodes

Episode 1 EP 1
One Click from Danger

An update to our film 'One Click from Danger' about internet paedophiles exploiting vulnerable youngsters online.

Episode 2 EP 2
Destination UK

Paul Kenyon follows the most dangerous illegal immigration route into Europe, used by tens and thousands of migrants a year seeking a bette…

Episode 3 EP 3
Britain's Protection Racket

Panorama goes undercover to expose the flaws in Britain's seven-billion-pound security industry.

Episode 4 EP 4
Cocaine: Alex James in Colombia

Former cocaine-using Blur bassist Alex James travels to Colombia. He meets the drug farmers, sellers and enforcers, and hears the message t…

Episode 5 EP 5
Bursting the House Price Bubble

Investigation into sharp practice in the housing market which has kept house prices artificially high and plunged homeowners into negative …

Episode 6 EP 6
No More Mandelas

After witnessing the end of apartheid, Fergal Keane returns to South Africa to find out what happened to the hope from that time.

Episode 7 EP 7
Bottled Water - Who Needs It?

Reporter Tom Heap sets out to discover if the popularity of bottled water is merely a triumph of marketing over common sense.

Episode 8 EP 8
On Whose Orders?

Jeremy Vine interviews Tony Blair's Attorney General Lord Goldsmith and General Sir Mike Jackson, asking how rules preventing abuse and tor…

Episode 9 EP 9
Taking Back The Streets

Richard Bilton examines the dilemma of Garry Newlove, the father beaten to death in the streets. Is a new community action the answer to te…

Episode 10 EP 10
Shaken Babies?

Investigates the row behind shaken-baby syndrome. Last year, childminder Keran Henderson was convicted of shaking an 11-month-old baby to d…

Episode 11 EP 11
Teenage Sex For Sale

Gerry Northam investigates ruthless gangs who are targeting teenage girls and offering drugs and excitement. Within weeks, the children are…

Episode 12 EP 12
Jersey - Island of Secrets

Current affairs programme with Jeremy Vine. It is six weeks since police started their search of Haut de la Garenne children's home on Jers…

Episode 13 EP 13
Divide and Rule

Ten years on from the Good Friday Agreement, Panorama examines what power-sharing has done for those living with Northern Ireland's deep se…

Episode 14 EP 14
Feeling the Pinch

Credit crunch, rising fuel prices and talk of recession - we've been warned of a tough year ahead. But how will we really be affected? Decl…

Episode 15 EP 15
Something in the Air

Pilots almost passing out at the controls; passengers who say they've been made ill by toxic fumes. Can polluted air on board planes damage…

Episode 16 EP 16
How Clean is Your Hospital?

Sally Magnusson goes inside a trust which lost 90 patients to the superbug c.difficile, which accounts for four times as many deaths as MRS…

Episode 17 EP 17
Mission Impossible

The UN polices conflicts around the world, but can it police itself? Raphael Rowe reveals how the organisation is struggling to eradicate t…

Episode 18 EP 18
Prisons Unlocked

Panorama investigates claims that unsuitable and dangerous convicts are being sent to open prisons to help solve the overcrowding crisis.

Episode 19 EP 19
Tested to Destruction

Current affairs. Are schoolchildren in England given too many exams? Vivian White reports.

Episode 20 EP 20
The Challenge of the 60s

Experts and diplomats including Lord Hurd, Christopher Mallaby and Bernard Lovell assess the predictions made about the world's future in a…

Episode 21 EP 21
Britain on the Sick

Current affairs programme presented by Jeremy Vine. Shelley Jofre examines the Government's tough new benefit rules.

Episode 22 EP 22
One Click from Capture

A look at how Panorama's simple experiment of putting a young girl's details onto social networking websites ended with the arrest of an on…

Episode 23 EP 23
The Property Game

Vigorous investigation of a topical issue. Richard Bilton meets the winners and losers in the property market. Is the British love affair w…

Episode 24 EP 24
What Happened After Taking On the Taliban?

Current affairs. Panorama meets the soldiers featured in last year's Taking On the Taliban special, to find out what they're doing now.

Episode 25 EP 25
Daylight Robbery - What happened to the $23billion?

Jane Corbin investigates the cases which threaten to reveal the corruption behind the past five years of war in the Middle East.

Episode 26 EP 26
Young Gunmen

Current affairs. Panorama investigates the rise of armed teenage street gangs, speaking to former gangsters, the police and the young gunme…

Episode 27 EP 27
Primark: On the Rack

Panorama puts Primark's claims that it can deliver cheap, fast fashion without breaking ethical guidelines to the test.

Episode 28 EP 28
Taking Back The Streets

Panarama investigates the rise of armed teenage street gangs and discovers how shockingly ingrained the culture of guns and violence is in …

Episode 29 EP 29
NHS for Sale

Sally Magnusson investigates the creeping privatisation of the NHS.

Episode 30 EP 30
China's Secret War

Panorama provides evidence of how China is supplying the Sudanese government with arms to enable it to wage a campaign of violence in Darfu…

Episode 31 EP 31
Friends in High Places

Panorama investigates the government's proposals for a third runway at Heathrow which, critics argue, will have a dramatic effect on the en…

Episode 32 EP 32
Can We Afford to Fill Up?

With the price of fuel rocketing at the pumps, Jane Corbin reports on how fuel prices are affecting Britain and what alternatives might be …

Episode 33 EP 33
Racing's Dirty Secret

Panorama investigates horse racing and reveals why those running the sport are so concerned about gamblers betting on horses not to win, bu…

Episode 34 EP 34
China's Olympic Promise

As the Games approach, award-winning journalist John Sweeney travels across China to discover whether foreign journalists are being allowed…

Episode 35 EP 35
Notes on a Dirty Island

Travel writer Bill Bryson presents a personal and passionate account of how Britain has become a rubbish tip since his arrival from the USA…

Episode 36 EP 36
The NHS Postcode Lottery: It Could Be You

Shelley Jofre takes a road trip around the UK and discovers how the quality of treatment from the NHS very much depends on where you live.

Episode 37 EP 37
True Brits

Current affairs with Jeremy Vine. An investigation into how factors such as mass immigration and devolution are forever changing the concep…

Episode 38 EP 38
How the Economy Got Personal

Current affairs. Jeremy Vine presents personal stories of regular Britons affected by the credit crunch.

Episode 39 EP 39
Can Money Grow on Trees?

Panorama asks whether the money markets can achieve what campaigners and law enforcement have so far failed to, and make trees more valuabl…

Episode 40 EP 40
Terror in the Skies?

Peter Taylor uncovers the inside story of the operation which thwarted a terrorist plot to cause explosions and led to increased security a…

Episode 41 EP 41
Omagh: What the Police Were Never Told

Peter Taylor uncovers the inside story of the operation which thwarted a terrorist plot to cause explosions and led to increased security a…

Episode 42 EP 42
How Safe is my Money?

Jane Corbin looks at how the crisis facing the world's financial insitutions could impact on the nation's banks, mortgages, insurance and p…

Episode 43 EP 43
You Can Run...

But can you hide? Simon Boazman investigates how much information is held on him, whether it is secure and if he can reduce his data trail.

Episode 44 EP 44
Next Stop, Downing Street?

Nick Robinson accompanies Conservative Party leader David Cameron to Birmingham as he attempts to persuade voters he is prime minister mate…

Episode 45 EP 45
The Secret Policeman Returns

In the wake of the resignation of Britain's top police officer, Panorama investigates racism in Britain's police force. Mark Daly - who exp…

Episode 46 EP 46
Should We Be Scared of Russia?

Mark Franchetti meets Vladimir Putin's inner circle in an attempt to decipher Russia's intentions on domestic and international fronts.

Episode 47 EP 47
Obama and the Pitbull: An American Tale

Matt Frei investigates Barack Obama's rise in the opinion polls, and asks if the current financial crisis has put him on the home straight.

Episode 48 EP 48
Britain in the Red - Your Questions Answered

Jeremy Vine asks why our economy ran into trouble, and who is to blame for the credit crunch and banking crisis which threatens to affect u…

Episode 49 EP 49
Three Bloody Summers

The British Commander on the ground admits the war against the Taliban cannot be won by force alone in this eye-opening assessment of the A…

Episode 50 EP 50
Can't Pay, Won't Pay

With the credit crunch affecting everyone, Panorama reveals the lengths some lenders are now going to in order to get borrowers to pay off …

Episode 51 EP 51
What Happened to Baby P?

A six-month investigation by the programme reveals the mistakes and missed opportunities that led to the death of a 17-month-old boy known …

Episode 52 EP 52
Addicted to Aid

Reporter Sorious Samura visits Uganda and his home country of Sierra Leone to reveal how aid money is lost, stolen and frittered away.

Episode 53 EP 53
Comeback Coal

An investigation into the Government's support of a new wave of opencast coal mining, in spite of fierce opposition from local communities.

Episode 54 EP 54
Shannon: The Mother of All Lies

Panorama presents the inside story on the disappearance of Shannon Matthews, as it investigates the events that led to Karen Matthews being…

Episode 55 EP 55
I'll Die When I Choose

Politician and Parkinson's sufferer Margo MacDonald uncovers the truth about assisted dying, meeting those with illnesses like hers who are…

Episode 56 EP 56
Britain's Terror Heartland

Jane Corbin makes the hazardous journey to the frontline in the War on Terror, the remote and forbidding mountains along the Pakistan-Afgha…

Episode 57 EP 57
The Year Britain's Bubble Burst

It has been a cataclysmic year for our banks and economy, and a year in which the role of the BBC's Business Editor has been in the spotlig…

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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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