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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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1997 Episodes

Episode 1 EP 1
Medicine's Missing Millions

The NHS is strapped for cash, yet hospital managers and doctors agree that moving some services onto single sites could release huge sums w…

Episode 2 EP 2
Drug Crime

The first of a two-part investigation into evidence which suggests there is a revolution in crime fuelled by drug addiction.

Episode 3 EP 3
Crime and Punishment

The second of two special reports, this week asking if tougher prison sentences really cut crime. Gavin Hewitt reports.

Episode 4 EP 4
The Great Euro Debate

Britain will soon have to decide whether to join a single currency in Europe. David Dimbleby invites key commentators, leaders of industry …

Episode 5 EP 5
Missing Mum

Can working women successfully balance their careers and family? New research suggests that children, of working mothers are more likely to…

Episode 6 EP 6
Facing Up to Genocide - Valentina's Story

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.

Episode 7 EP 7
The Copper Ring

As Yasuo Hamanaka comes to trial in Tokyo, Michael Robinson investigates the western brokers who made millions from his speculation on the …

Episode 8 EP 8
Predators

It is the name given to the most dangerous inmates in British prisons today, and psychopaths are generally considered to be untreatable. Pa…

Episode 9 EP 9
U-Turn

As Britain's road network reaches saturation point forecasters predict an increase in gridlock, road rage and pollution. New roads designed…

Episode 10 EP 10
Hear No Evil

Investigation into paedophilia in children's homes in North-West.

Episode 11 EP 11
Abortion: Behind Closed Doors

Although it has been legally available for 30 years, and has become one of the most common operations performed, abortion remains controver…

Episode 12 EP 12
The Leader Interview: Tony Blair

The first of four Panorama specials in which David Dimbleby conducts live interviews with the leaders of the three main political parties. …

Episode 13 EP 13
The Leader Interview: Dafydd Wigley/Alex Salmond

Tonight's guests are Dafydd Wigley, leader of Plaid Cymru, and Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish National Party.

Episode 14 EP 14
The Leader Interview: Paddy Ashdown

The third of four programmes in which David Dimbleby conducts live interviews with the leaders of the main political parties. Tonight's gue…

Episode 15 EP 15
The Leader Interview: John Major

The last of four programmes putting the leaders of the main political parties under the spotlight. Tonight, David Dimbleby interviews the P…

Episode 16 EP 16
Water Torture

How water industry makes money.

Episode 17 EP 17
The Terror Network

Investigation into Iranian terrorist network.

Episode 18 EP 18
A Costly Cure?

Potential problems of radiotherapy treatment.

Episode 19 EP 19
Yesterday's Men?

On eve of vote for a new leader, a look back at Major's premiership.

Episode 20 EP 20
Down the Tube

An investigation into the London Underground system reveals 40-year-old trains, signals and tracks that have been patched up since the war,…

Episode 21 EP 21
Prescription for Fraud

A National Health Service prescription form is supposed to provide the sick with free medicine, but in the hands of crooked doctors and che…

Episode 22 EP 22
Kill Or Cure

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…

Episode 23 EP 23
The Fall Of Flight 800

An investigation into reason for crash of TWA 800.

Episode 24 EP 24
Migrant Mafia

A report on illegal immigrants smuggled into Britain.

Episode 25 EP 25
The Scottish Parliament

David Dimbleby presents a special live edition of Panorama from Edinburgh on the eve of the historic voting which could give Scotland its o…

Episode 26 EP 26
Diana - The Last Day

A Mercedes has crashed in a tunnel in Paris. A princess and her companion are dead.

Episode 27 EP 27
Playing with Fire

An investigation into increase in number of young arsonists in Britain.

Episode 28 EP 28
Hard Labour

Government policy on single-parent families.

Episode 29 EP 29
The Ultimate Taboo

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…

Episode 30 EP 30
Crisis In Care: Safe In Their Hands

Report on controversial NHS care in community program.

Episode 31 EP 31
Crisis In Care: A Risk Worth Taking

In the second of two reports on the Health Service, Panorama highlights problems facing hospitals this winter as a result of increasing wai…

Episode 32 EP 32
Gay Times

Vivian White reports on changes in political attitudes to issues such as gays in the military and homosexual marriage, parenting and educat…

Episode 33 EP 33
The Surrogate

An exclusive report on case of surrogate mother Karen Roche.

Episode 34 EP 34
The British Disease

The presence of new variant CJD in British blood supplies.

Episode 35 EP 35
The People's Monarchy?

A report on Royal Family's plans for future of Monarchy.

Episode 36 EP 36
Myra Hindley

Thirty-one years on, should life still mean life for Myra Hindley?

Episode 37 EP 37
The Greenhouse Wars

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…

Episode 38 EP 38
The Money Game

How football, glory game, has become money game.

Episode 39 EP 39
The Sky's The Limit

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.

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