Panorama

Season 2008

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

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59 Episodes

One Click from Danger
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One Click from DangerAn update to our film 'One Click from Danger' about internet paedophiles exploiting vulnerable youngsters online.
Destination UK
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Destination UKPanorama's Paul Kenyon follows one of the most dangerous illegal immigration routes into Europe. A route used by thousands of migrants seeking a better life.
17/01/2008
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17/01/2008Current affairs programme bringing the best in reporting from Britain and around the world.
Britain's Protection Racket
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Britain's Protection RacketPanorama goes undercover in Britain's security industry and discovers criminals continue to operate in the business.
Cocaine: Alex James in Colombia
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Cocaine: Alex James in ColombiaAlex James confessed to spending a million pounds on champagne and cocaine in his Blur years. He travels to Colombia to see the damage caused by the drug.
Bursting the House Price Bubble
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Bursting the House Price BubblePanorama discovers how the buy-to-let dream for some investors has turned into a nightmare.
No More Mandelas
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No More MandelasFergal Keane witnessed the end of apartheid. He returns to South Africa for Panorama, to find out what happened to the hope from that time.
Bottled Water - Who Needs It?
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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.
On Whose Orders?
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On Whose Orders?Panorama investigates allegations of abuse by the British Army against former Iraqi prisoners who are now claiming compensation.
Taking Back The Streets
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Taking Back The StreetsRichard Bilton examines the dilemma of Garry Newlove, the father beaten to death in the streets. Is a new community action the answer to teenage gangs?
Shaken Babies?
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Shaken Babies?Investigates the row behind shaken-baby syndrome. Last year, childminder Keran Henderson was convicted of shaking an 11-month-old baby to death. Her friends and family say she couldn't have done it, despite medical reports suggesting otherwise.
Teenage Sex For Sale
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Teenage Sex For SaleGerry Northam investigates ruthless gangs who are targeting teenage girls and offering drugs and excitement. Within weeks, the children are made to work as prostitutes - having sex with a queue of men. This isn't Eastern European people trafficking but British girls on British streets.
Jersey - Island of Secrets
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Jersey - Island of SecretsIt is six weeks since police started their search of Haut de la Garenne children's home on Jersey. Other homes and careworkers now being named by alleged abuse victims and many believe there has been a deliberate cover up.
Divide and Rule
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Divide and RuleTen years on from the Good Friday Agreement, Declan Lawn returns to Northern Ireland to see how far lives have changed.
Feeling the Pinch
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Feeling the PinchBBC Business presenter Declan Curry asks if Britain has what it takes to weather the storm of the global forces buffeting our economy.
Something in the Air
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Something in the AirCan polluted air on board planes damage your health? Panorama carries out its own tests to discover just what's in the air we breathe when we fly.
How Clean is Your Hospital?
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How Clean is Your Hospital?The superbug c.difficile is rife in our hospitals. Sally Magnusson reveals how sloppy hygiene, understaffing and overcrowded wards contributed to its spread.
Mission Impossible
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Mission ImpossiblePanorama talks to ex-militia leaders accused of murdering men, women and children. They now face war crimes charges.
Prisons Unlocked
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Prisons UnlockedPanorama investigates claims that unsuitable and dangerous convicts are being sent to open prisons to help solve the overcrowding crisis.
Tested to Destruction
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Tested to DestructionAre schoolchildren in England given too many exams? Vivian White reports.
The Challenge of the 60s
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The Challenge of the 60sExperts and diplomats including Lord Hurd, Christopher Mallaby and Bernard Lovell assess the predictions made about the world's future in an edition of Panorama from 1960.
Britain on the Sick
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Britain on the SickShelley Jofre examines the Government's tough new benefit rules.
22/05/2008
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22/05/2008Current affairs programme presented by Jeremy Vine.
One Click from Capture
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One Click from CaptureA look at how Panorama's simple experiment of putting a young girl's details onto social networking websites ended with the arrest of an online predator.
The Property Game
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The Property GameVigorous investigation of a topical issue. Richard Bilton meets the winners and losers in the property market. Is the British love affair with home ownership over?
What Happened After Taking On the Taliban?
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What Happened After Taking On the Taliban?Panorama meets the soldiers featured in last year's Taking On the Taliban special, to find out what they're doing now.
Daylight Robbery - What happened to the $23billion?
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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.
Young Gunmen
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Young GunmenPanorama investigates the rise of armed teenage street gangs and discovers how shockingly ingrained the culture of guns and violence is in parts of Britain. The programme sees how teenage gangs and their turf wars devastate whole communities, and meets parents of teenagers who are being dragged into gang culture.
Primark: On the Rack
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Primark: On the RackPanorama puts Primark's claims that it can deliver cheap, fast fashion without breaking ethical guidelines to the test.
Taking Back The Streets
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Taking Back The StreetsPanarama investigates the rise of armed teenage street gangs and discovers how shockingly ingrained the culture of guns and violence is in Britain.
NHS for Sale
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NHS for SaleSally Magnusson investigates the creeping privatisation of the NHS.
China's Secret War
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China's Secret WarPanorama provides evidence of how China is supplying the Sudanese government with arms to enable it to wage a campaign of violence in Darfur - all for oil.
Friends in High Places
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Friends in High PlacesPanorama investigates the government's proposals for a third runway at Heathrow which, critics argue, will have a dramatic effect on the environment.
Can We Afford to Fill Up?
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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 available.
Racing's Dirty Secret
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Racing's Dirty SecretPanorama investigates horse racing and reveals why those running the sport are so concerned about gamblers betting on horses not to win, but to lose.
China's Olympic Promise
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China's Olympic PromiseAs the Games approach, award-winning journalist John Sweeney travels across China to discover whether foreign journalists are being allowed to report freely.
Notes on a Dirty Island
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Notes on a Dirty IslandTravel writer Bill Bryson presents a personal and passionate account of how Britain has become a rubbish tip since his arrival from the USA in 1972.
The NHS Postcode Lottery: It Could Be You
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The NHS Postcode Lottery: It Could Be YouShelley 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.
True Brits
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True BritsAn investigation into how factors such as mass immigration and devolution are forever changing the concept of 'Britishness'.
How the Economy Got Personal
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How the Economy Got PersonalJeremy Vine presents personal stories of regular Britons affected by the credit crunch.
Can Money Grow on Trees?
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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 valuable alive than dead.
Terror in the Skies?
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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 at British airports.
Omagh: What the Police Were Never Told
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Omagh: What the Police Were Never ToldPanorama reveals the secret intelligence which was withheld from the detectives when 29 people and two unborn babies were murdered in Omagh.
How Safe is my Money?
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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 pensions.
You Can Run...
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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.
Next Stop, Downing Street?
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Next Stop, Downing Street?Nick Robinson accompanies Conservative Party leader David Cameron to Birmingham as he attempts to persuade voters he is prime minister material.
The Secret Policeman Returns
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The Secret Policeman ReturnsIn the wake of the resignation of Britain's top police officer, Panorama investigates racism in Britain's police force. Mark Daly - who exposed racism amongst police recruits in The Secret Policeman five years ago - returns to uncover the truth about being a Black Ethnic Minority Cop today.
Should We Be Scared of Russia?
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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.
Obama and the Pitbull: An American Tale
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Obama and the Pitbull: An American TaleMatt Frei investigates Barack Obama's rise in the opinion polls, and asks if the current financial crisis has put him on the home straight.
Britain in the Red - Your Questions Answered
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Britain in the Red - Your Questions AnsweredJeremy Vine asks why our economy ran into trouble, and who is to blame for the credit crunch and banking crisis which threatens to affect us all.
Three Bloody Summers
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Three Bloody SummersThe British Commander on the ground admits the war against the Taliban cannot be won by force alone in this eye-opening assessment of the Afghanistan conflict.
Can't Pay, Won't Pay
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Can't Pay, Won't PayWith the credit crunch affecting everyone, Panorama reveals the lengths some lenders are now going to in order to get borrowers to pay off their debts.
What Happened to Baby P?
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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 only as Baby P.
Addicted to Aid
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Addicted to AidReporter Sorious Samura visits Uganda and his home country of Sierra Leone to reveal how aid money is lost, stolen and frittered away.
Comeback Coal
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Comeback CoalAn investigation into the Government's support of a new wave of opencast coal mining, in spite of fierce opposition from local communities.
Shannon: The Mother of All Lies
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Shannon: The Mother of All LiesPanorama presents the inside story on the disappearance of Shannon Matthews, as it investigates the events that led to Karen Matthews being convicted for the kidnap of her own daughter.
I'll Die When I Choose
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I'll Die When I ChoosePolitician and Parkinson's sufferer Margo MacDonald uncovers the truth about assisted dying, meeting those with illnesses like hers who are desperate to die.
Britain's Terror Heartland
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Britain's Terror HeartlandJane Corbin makes the hazardous journey to the frontline in the War on Terror, the remote and forbidding mountains along the Pakistan-Afghan border.
The Year Britain's Bubble Burst
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The Year Britain's Bubble BurstIt 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 spotlight as never before. With exclusive interviews with the major players, Robert Peston reflects on how these momentous events will affect us all.