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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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2014 Episodes

Episode 1 EP 1
I Want My Baby Back

Panorama reporter John Sweeney investigates the secretive world of the family courts and asks whether some parents may have unfairly lost t…

Episode 2 EP 2
Police: Shooting to Kill?

Reporter Alistair Jackson investigates the tactics of the country's police firearms units, and officers who have killed break their silence…

Episode 3 EP 3
Putin's Games

Panorama investigates claims that lucrative contracts for the Winter Olympics have been handed to President Putin's friends, and that billi…

Episode 4 EP 4
Educating North Korea

Reporter Chris Rogers travels to North Korea, where a university paid for by the west is attempting to open the minds of the secretive stat…

Episode 5 EP 5
Immigration Undercover: The Student Visa Scandal

Reporter Richard Watson goes undercover to expose Britain's multimillion-pound trade in immigration visas and the frauds that allow bogus f…

Episode 6 EP 6
Britain Underwater

As Britain is battered yet again by extreme weather, reporter Richard Bilton investigates the causes of the flooding that has devastated so…

Episode 7 EP 7
Kidnapped: Betrayed by Britain?

Panorama investigates the disappearance in Dubai of a British businessman, as the UK government stands accused of ignoring warnings that th…

Episode 8 EP 8
Hungry Britain?

With hundreds of thousands of people across the country now getting free handouts of food, reporter Darragh MacIntyre investigates the dram…

Episode 9 EP 9
The Revolution that Shook the World

As Russia and the West square up to each other over Ukraine, Paul Kenyon reports from inside the flashpoint military bases of Crimea as the…

Episode 10 EP 10
A Week in A&E: Condition Critical?

Vivian White spends a week in a hospital in Stockton, hearing from doctors and nurses about the relentless pressure of working to strict go…

Episode 11 EP 11
The Great NHS Robbery

Panorama investigates fraud in the National Health Service. With the NHS under financial pressure, Fiona Walker hears claims that it is los…

Episode 12 EP 12
The Mayor and Our Money

John Ware reports on the system of directly-elected mayors, focussing on Tower Hamlets in London. Has it led to too much power being concen…

Episode 13 EP 13
The Pope's Revolution

On the eve of the Queen's historic trip to the Vatican, Jane Corbin examines Pope Francis' shake-up of the Catholic Church. Are his reforms…

Episode 14 EP 14
Don't Take My Car: Bailiffs Undercover

Panorama goes undercover to expose the bailiffs who seize cars and demand huge fees in what has become a multimillion-pound business: chasi…

Episode 15 EP 15
Don't Cap My Benefits

As the government's benefits changes begin to bite, Panorama gains exclusive access to one of London's worst-hit boroughs and follows the p…

Episode 16 EP 16
Who's Paying Your Doctor?

With the NHS drug bill topping £10 billion in 2013, this investigation examines the tactics employed by drug companies to tap into that luc…

Episode 17 EP 17
Bernie Ecclestone: Lies, Bribes and Formula One

Panorama's Darragh Macintyre investigates the truth about F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, and asks why he is still in charge after two courts sa…

Episode 18 EP 18
Behind Closed Doors: Elderly Care Exposed

Panorama investigates what life can be like inside the world of elderly care with the aid of undercover filming, and asks if parts of the s…

Episode 19 EP 19
From Jail to Jihad?

The current affairs programme investigates the radicalisation of some Muslims within the prison system, as Raphael Rowe interviews extremis…

Episode 20 EP 20
Behind the Balaclavas

Paul Kenyon follows the men who have become some of the most powerful in the Ukraine conflict, including a former history teacher and a for…

Episode 21 EP 21
Savile: The Power to Abuse

Shelley Jofre investigates why Jimmy Savile was given access to vulnerable patients at Broadmoor Hospital and asks how the DJ got so close …

Episode 22 EP 22
Brazil: In the Shadow of the Stadiums

Brazil is hosting the 2014 World Cup, but the build-up has been overshadowed by violent protests against the spiralling cost of staging the…

Episode 23 EP 23
Undercover: Justice for Sale?

An investigation by Panorama discovers experts in handwriting, CCTV analysis and animal behaviour prepared to help clients hide the truth i…

Episode 24 EP 24
Britain's Homeless Families

Richard Bilton meets families forced out by private landlords and asks whether the government's increasing reliance on the private rental s…

Episode 25 EP 25
Hacking: Power, Corruption and Lies

Panorama Special in which Robert Peston investigates the questions behind the phone hacking trial which saw David Cameron's former spokesma…

Episode 26 EP 26
Bedlam Behind Bars

With access to two US jails, reporter Hilary Andersson finds that American prisons are having to accommodate vast numbers of inmates with s…

Episode 27 EP 27
Isis: Terror in Iraq

An investigation into Isis and how it is ripping Iraq apart. Paul Wood speaks to members of the terror group and sees the fighting in Iraq …

Episode 28 EP 28
Drivers Who Kill

Every day five people die on Britain's roads - but they seldom make headlines. Is this complacency leading to a lack of justice for victims…

Episode 29 EP 29
Last Chance Academy

The story of one school's groundbreaking battle to save problem pupils from the scrap heap and bring exam success.

Episode 30 EP 30
Stolen Childhoods: The Grooming Scandal

Alison Holt investigates the grooming and sexual exploitation of children which has devastated lives in the South Yorkshire town of Rotherh…

Episode 31 EP 31
Putin's Gamble

Vladimir Putin stands accused of launching an undeclared war against Ukraine. As fears of a wider war grow, John Sweeney challenges the Rus…

Episode 32 EP 32
Scotland's Decision

In the week Scotland goes to the ballot box, reporter Allan Little explores what has happened in the past four decades to transform the que…

Episode 33 EP 33
Scotland: The People's Voice

In the aftermath of Scotland's referendum, Panorama follows the lives of ordinary voters who took part in the momentous decision.

Episode 34 EP 34
The War of the Tunnels

Jane Corbin investigates the conflict involving Israel and Gaza and goes deep into the tunnels where battles have been fought.

Episode 35 EP 35
Born Asleep

Every year in the UK, over 3,000 babies are stillborn. Panorama's Paul Kenyon meets the clinicians who say they could save hundreds of babi…

Episode 36 EP 36
Workers on the Breadline

Millions of British workers are being paid too little to live on and some are on such low wages they cannot afford to eat properly. Richard…

Episode 37 EP 37
The Farage Factor

UKIP and its people's army have shaken the political establishment by attracting voters and defecting Tory MPs. Reporter Darragh MacIntyre …

Episode 38 EP 38
Inside the Taliban

On the eve of the withdrawal from Afghanistan of most American, British and other NATO forces, Panorama has gained unique access inside a T…

Episode 39 EP 39
To Walk Again

In a world exclusive, Panorama tells the story of a paralysed man who is able to walk again after a pioneering transplant using the regener…

Episode 40 EP 40
Drugs and Money: Dog Racing Undercover

An undercover investigation which calls into question the integrity of greyhound racing and the reliability of the sport's self-regulatory …

Episode 41 EP 41
The Girl Who Vanished

Eleven years on from the disappearance of Blackpool schoolgirl Charlene Downes, Shelley Jofre investigates why nobody has been brought to j…

Episode 42 EP 42
The Fake Sheikh Exposed

Panorama's John Sweeney investigates claims that journalist Mazher Mahmood, known as the Fake Sheikh, created crimes and fabricated evidenc…

Episode 43 EP 43
Ebola Frontline

Panorama spent a month in Sierra Leone with British-born Dr Javid Abdelmoneim, filming his every moment working at an Ebola treatment centr…

Episode 44 EP 44
Did the Bank Wreck My Business?

Andrew Verity meets the entrepreneurs who say their businesses have been unfairly shut down because of the actions of the bailed-out banks.

Episode 45 EP 45
Domestic Abuse: Caught on Camera

Panorama reveals harrowing footage and other evidence of domestic violence incidents, and hears from wives, mothers and children who have a…

Episode 46 EP 46
The Innocent Serial Killer?

Scots nurse Colin Norris is serving a minimum of 30 years for the murder of four elderly patients. Mark Daly reveals new evidence that cast…

Episode 47 EP 47
Apple's Broken Promises

Richard Bilton takes an undercover look at what life is like for the workers making the iPhone 6 in China and the children working in dange…

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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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