Panorama

Season 2000

TV-PG
Long-running factual programme reporting on all aspects of life in Britain.

Where to Watch Season 2000

34 Episodes

  • Casualties
    E1
    CasualtiesAn investigation into Paramedics. Panorama uncovers evidence of poor training, lack of skills and chaotic organisation, which are costing thousands of lives every year.
  • Back to the Kitchen Sink
    E2
    Back to the Kitchen SinkWomen who try to combine fulltime jobs with bringing up children are giving up the struggle. New evidence suggests that the children of working mothers may suffer too if their parents try to "have it all".
  • Dr Shipman: The Man Who Played God
    E3
    Dr Shipman: The Man Who Played GodKiller doctor Harold Shipman was locked away today for murdering 15 of his patients, but the true toll could run into hundreds.
  • Human Traffic
    E4
    Human TrafficBritain attracts 6,000 asylum seekers every month. From April 2000 the Government is cutting cash benefits to asylum seekers and launching a massive programme to relocate them from out of the South East to all over Britain.
  • Speed
    E5
    SpeedThe most dangerous child killer in Britain is the motorist. The death toll could be substantially cut if cars in residential streets were forced to slow down.
  • The Lost Children: Stolen Hearts
    E6
    The Lost Children: Stolen HeartsAn investigation into Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool where the organs of 850 children were kept in pots on laboratory shelves - for years.
  • Losing Control
    E7
    Losing ControlNew Labour's tasken a bruising over its handling of New Britain. Tony Blair's top man in Wales has been dumped, the contest to be Mayor of London has left No 10 looking severly embarrassed, and support in Scotland is under threat.
  • The Whole Truth?
    E8
    The Whole Truth?Gerry Conlon, one of the Guildford Four, speaks out about the growing number of innocent people wrongly accused of serious crimes. Panorama reveals that the law to clarify what should be disclosed, has made the situation worse.
  • Spin Doctors
    E9
    Spin DoctorsAlmost every day, government press releases claim to be spending "extra" money, "new" money, or handing out a cash "boost". But- did you know that "new", "extra", and "boosts", no longer quite mean what they say?
  • Blighted
    E10
    BlightedIn Cheshire an ICI toxic dump has poisoned a village. In London and the South East thousands of new homes are being built on polluted land. The Government promises that most of the new houses Britain needs will be built on recycled land. But how safe are we from the legacy of industrial contamination?
  • Atomic Alert
    E11
    Atomic AlertTwo companies, British Nuclear Fuels - who've been found guilty of "systematic management failure", and Lockheed Martin - officially criticised over safety at several American sites, are part of the new consortium at Aldermaston.
  • Dot Com Fever
    E12
    Dot Com FeverAs Dot Com fever sweeps through Britain, Panorama investigates the internet phenomenon that is becoming Britain's millennium gold rush.
  • Ivory Wars
    E13
    Ivory WarsPanorama reports on the flourishing illegal trade in ivory spurred on by demand from the far east, which has resulted in elephant orphanages in Kenya.
  • Kids On Pills
    E14
    Kids On PillsThe prescription of psychiatric drugs to young children has rocketed in the last few years. Drugs such as Ritalin and Prozac are being increasingly used to treat what psychiatrists argue are recognised behavioural disorders. There is growing concern on both sides of the Atlantic that pills are now being used as a substitute for good parenting.
  • The Dying Game
    E15
    The Dying GameFergal Keane investigates the fastest growing AIDS epidemic in the world. Four million South Africans are already HIV positive. 1700 more are infected everyday.
  • The Two Billion Pound Ball Game
    E16
    The Two Billion Pound Ball GameThe impending auction of football's TV rights will result in a two billion pound bonanza for the beautiful game. The competing TV companies are promising better coverage than ever before but there's a cost for both the fans and football itself.
  • The Mortgage Timebomb
    E17
    The Mortgage TimebombAnxiety is gripping millions of homeowners as the hear that they could be thousands of pounds short of paying off their endowment-linked mortgage. David Lomax reveals how companies which pushed endowments in the past, are now giving bad advice on how to deal with the shortfall.
  • The Pensions Bubble
    E18
    The Pensions BubbleIt's the golden retirement dream - leave work early and live it up on a generous occupational pension. And many people have managed to make that dream a reality. But now companies are changing the rules and calling time on the pensions party.
  • Gangmasters
    E19
    GangmastersUndercover investigation into the criminals who send gangs of illegal workers to companies that supply some of our biggest supermarket chains.
  • England's Shame
    E20
    England's ShameA look at violence during Euro 2000
  • The Truth About Rubbish
    E21
    The Truth About RubbishWe're all chucking out more than ever before, but we're about to face attempts to force us to change our ways.
  • The Nailbomber
    E22
    The NailbomberNeo-nazi David Copeland launched a a nailbombing campaign in London in 1999, culminating in the bombing of the Admiral Duncan pub in Soho which killed three people. In this special investigation Panorama investigates and confronts the right wing extremists who inspired him to do what he he did.
  • Cyber Attack!
    E23
    Cyber Attack!With the world still reeling from the Lovebug virus, which infected millions of computers, an investigation into the security of personal information on the Internet.
  • Pump Wars
    E24
    Pump WarsThe inside stories from the biggest popular protest Tony Blair's ever faced.
  • Britain's Secret War On Drugs
    E25
    Britain's Secret War On DrugsPanorama uncovers the controversial British-backed biological weapon that's being developed to destroy the world's heroin drug crops.
  • Who Bombed Omagh?
    E26
    Who Bombed Omagh?Twenty nine people, many of them children, died on a summer Saturday in the worst atrocity of the troubles. Two years on, no one has yet been brought to justice.
  • Gap And Nike: No Sweat?
    E27
    Gap And Nike: No Sweat?Gap and Nike say their top-selling clothes are made under the strictest ethical codes. Paul Kenyon uncovers some disturbing realities.
  • Digging The Dirt
    E28
    Digging The DirtThe secret story of the Gore v. Bush presidential fight. Negative adverts, allegations of dirty tricks, the involvement of America's most notorious pornographer - it's all part of this hidden world.
  • Young Robbers
    E29
    Young RobbersThe number of street muggings in Britain rose by over a quarter last year and most of the victims were children. Panorama reveals the controversial tactics being used by West Midlands Police to crackdown on these young robbers.
  • Power To Abuse
    E30
    Power To AbuseThe Roman Catholic Church in Wales is in turmoil over its second child abuse scandal in two years with a priest yet again receiving a lengthy prison sentence for indecently assaulting children. Phil Parry investigates the background to these cases and the role of the man in charge of the Church, Archbishop John Aloysius Ward.
  • Life On TV
    E31
    Life On TVReality TV is the social phenomenon of the millennium. Programmes like Big Brother and Survivor have taken the TV schedules by storm on both sides of the Atlantic, but they have also raised disturbing issues about the exploitation of participants.
  • Underwater Britain
    E32
    Underwater BritainA Panorama special reveals what is behind this autumn's weird weather, and how it will affect our lives.
  • In the Name of the Children
    E33
    In the Name of the ChildrenIt is the crime guaranteed to horrify every jury - the sexual abuse of children by the carers entrusted to look after them. But are there men being branded paedophiles and sentenced to long terms of imprisonment for crimes they did not commit?
  • The Bent Cop
    E34
    The Bent CopA police detective turned supergrass tells the remarkable story of corruption in the Metropolitan Police's Regional Crime Squad. A tale of policemen engaged in robbery, drug dealing and violence. He talks exclusively of how he and fellow officers became criminals. Then the dramatic change of heart that led him to blow the whistle.

 

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