Panorama
Synopsis
Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
1997 Episodes
EP 1
The NHS is strapped for cash, yet hospital managers and doctors agree that moving some services onto single sites could release huge sums w…
EP 2
The first of a two-part investigation into evidence which suggests there is a revolution in crime fuelled by drug addiction.
EP 3
The second of two special reports, this week asking if tougher prison sentences really cut crime. Gavin Hewitt reports.
EP 4
Britain will soon have to decide whether to join a single currency in Europe. David Dimbleby invites key commentators, leaders of industry …
EP 5
Can working women successfully balance their careers and family? New research suggests that children, of working mothers are more likely to…
EP 6
Updating his 1994 report on the killing of Tutsis in Rwanda, Fergal Keane returns to the country to tell the story of 13-year-old Valentina.
EP 7
As Yasuo Hamanaka comes to trial in Tokyo, Michael Robinson investigates the western brokers who made millions from his speculation on the …
EP 8
It is the name given to the most dangerous inmates in British prisons today, and psychopaths are generally considered to be untreatable. Pa…
EP 9
As Britain's road network reaches saturation point forecasters predict an increase in gridlock, road rage and pollution. New roads designed…
EP 10
Investigation into paedophilia in children's homes in North-West.
EP 11
Although it has been legally available for 30 years, and has become one of the most common operations performed, abortion remains controver…
EP 12
The first of four Panorama specials in which David Dimbleby conducts live interviews with the leaders of the three main political parties. …
EP 13
Tonight's guests are Dafydd Wigley, leader of Plaid Cymru, and Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish National Party.
EP 14
The third of four programmes in which David Dimbleby conducts live interviews with the leaders of the main political parties. Tonight's gue…
EP 15
The last of four programmes putting the leaders of the main political parties under the spotlight. Tonight, David Dimbleby interviews the P…
EP 16
How water industry makes money.
EP 17
Investigation into Iranian terrorist network.
EP 18
Potential problems of radiotherapy treatment.
EP 19
On eve of vote for a new leader, a look back at Major's premiership.
EP 20
An investigation into the London Underground system reveals 40-year-old trains, signals and tracks that have been patched up since the war,…
EP 21
A National Health Service prescription form is supposed to provide the sick with free medicine, but in the hands of crooked doctors and che…
EP 22
Prescribed by the NHS and distributed by health workers, the drug methadone is designed to help wean addicts off heroin. But it is also a p…
EP 23
An investigation into reason for crash of TWA 800.
EP 24
A report on illegal immigrants smuggled into Britain.
EP 25
David Dimbleby presents a special live edition of Panorama from Edinburgh on the eve of the historic voting which could give Scotland its o…
EP 26
A Mercedes has crashed in a tunnel in Paris. A princess and her companion are dead.
EP 27
An investigation into increase in number of young arsonists in Britain.
EP 28
Government policy on single-parent families.
EP 29
Child sexual abuse by women may be more prevalent than people care to admit. Panorama talks to victims, to offenders and to experts who bel…
EP 30
Report on controversial NHS care in community program.
EP 31
In the second of two reports on the Health Service, Panorama highlights problems facing hospitals this winter as a result of increasing wai…
EP 32
Vivian White reports on changes in political attitudes to issues such as gays in the military and homosexual marriage, parenting and educat…
EP 33
An exclusive report on case of surrogate mother Karen Roche.
EP 34
The presence of new variant CJD in British blood supplies.
EP 35
A report on Royal Family's plans for future of Monarchy.
EP 36
Thirty-one years on, should life still mean life for Myra Hindley?
EP 37
The earth's heating up, our weather's becoming more extreme, scientists warn man is to blame. Tonight on Panorama will our leaders seize th…
EP 38
How football, glory game, has become money game.
EP 39
A debate over Britain's new Eurofighter aircraft.
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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.