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

Where to Watch Panorama • 1994

38 Episodes

  • Nose to Tail
    A1
    Nose to TailWill government plans to spend £23 billion on Britain's roads ease traffic jams or encourage more people to take to their cars? Reporter John Penycate talks to people affected by schemes such as the widening of the M25 and M62.
  • Current Fears
    A2
    Current FearsSimon Studholme died of leukaemia in 1992. His bedroom was next to electricity meter and outside house stands an electricity substation.
  • For the Sake of the Children
    A3
    For the Sake of the ChildrenWith 1994 designated Year of Family, it is disturbing trends emerging from 1980s show more children than ever will go.
  • Battling for Air
    A4
    Battling for AirTwo thousand people die of asthma each year in Britain. The number of sufferers is growing, and blame is being leveled at air pollution.
  • Avsnitt 5
    A5
    Avsnitt 5
  • Who's Sorry Now
    A6
    Who's Sorry NowFive years ago government created personal pensions industry -and a big problem. The government now promises industry's system of "self-regulation" is to be tightened up, but reporter Vivian White reveals that.
  • The Sacrifice Zone
    A7
    The Sacrifice ZoneAmerica began to conduct atomic tests at Yucca Flats in Nevada soon after Second World War, and "down-winders" across border in Utah were repeatedly told they were safe.
  • Truth Is a Difficult Concept
    A8
    Truth Is a Difficult ConceptThe Scott Inquiry into exports to Iraq has put inner workings of government on public display as never.
  • Breast Cancer
    A9
    Breast CancerAn investigation into one of the biggest killers of middle-aged women in Britain - breast cancer. The programme reports on how doctors are either unaware of or are apparently ignoring the latest research on treatment.
  • The Red Peril
    A10
    The Red PerilAfter the success of Vladimir Zhirinovsky in Russia's recent elections, Panorama examines the threat to world peace. The strong feelings of national pride and resentment in Russia could form the seed-beds of nationalist aggression.
  • Mandela's Promised Land
    A11
    Mandela's Promised LandIn 1987 the BBC's Michael Buerk was refused a renewal of his work permit to report from South Africa - effectively he was expelled, as part of the increasing government clampdown on coverage of the apartheid regime.
  • Gravy Training
    A12
    Gravy TrainingGovernment schemes to train long-term unemployed sound like a good idea but this investigation reveals they are often very expensive, ineffective and merely a way to massage unemployment figures.
  • Avsnitt 13
    A13
    Avsnitt 13
  • Avsnitt 14
    A14
    Avsnitt 14
  • The Price of Power
    A15
    The Price of Power
  • Seacroft Is Britain
    A16
    Seacroft Is BritainOn the South Seacroft estate in Leeds, syringes lie in gutters and drug dealers cruise the streets in fast cars confident the police won't catch them. For the children in this area, drugs are a way of life.
  • Arafat's Historic Return To Jericho
    A17
    Arafat's Historic Return To JerichoPLO Chairman Arafat "is no Nelson Mandela" according to a Palestinian commentator, but he has agreed to a fundamental change in the way Arab and Jew will live together in the Middle East. Jane Corbin reports.
  • Avsnitt 18
    A18
    Avsnitt 18
  • Journey Into Darkness
    A19
    Journey Into Darkness
  • Poison in the Mouth
    A20
    Poison in the MouthAre our dental fillings making us ill? Tom Mangold reports on alarming new evidence about amalgam, the substance metal fillings are made of.
  • Grassed! - The Changing Role of the Police Informant
    A21
    Grassed! - The Changing Role of the Police Informant"The police force should not be enticing people to commit crime - And that is what they have been doing," says James Daniels, a small-time villain who claims he was set up by a police informer on a major firearms charge.
  • Salvaging Babies
    A22
    Salvaging Babies"If the baby comes out and looks a 'goer', we will try for it" says a doctor to a woman 22 weeks pregnant and starting contractions. Sarah Barclay examines whether it is miraculous or madness to try to save babies born extremely premature.
  • Avsnitt 23
    A23
    Avsnitt 23
  • Avsnitt 24
    A24
    Avsnitt 24
  • The Landlord's Return
    A25
    The Landlord's ReturnThe landlord is back. But is he up to the job? In tonight's programme, Mike Embley investigates the rent revolution - millions of people who've always looked to the state for a home are being forced to go to private landlords.
  • An Act of Man
    A26
    An Act of ManWhat is future for Rwandans who survive refugee camps? The United Nations is trying to persuade survivors to return to what is left of their homes in Rwanda but many refugees see little alternative to life of dependency of camps.
  • Golden Handshakes
    A27
    Golden HandshakesWhy should a company director of two years' standing get a "golden handshake" of half-a-million pounds when a middle manager has to work for 20 years before he or she is offered a year's salary?
  • Blair's Britain
    A28
    Blair's BritainTonight Panorama introduces Tony Blair, the man behind the rhetoric and headlines. In the town of Southampton, Blair meets the middle England he is said to represent. What does he have to offer? Stephen Bradshaw reports.
  • The Age of Fear
    A29
    The Age of FearPeter Jay, BBC Economics Editor, looks at job insecurity, issue of 90s. With "a job for life" now an outdated concept, parents fear their children will suffer a drop in their standard of living.
  • The Uneasy Peace
    A30
    The Uneasy PeaceIn wake of IRA ceasefire, Panorama reports on mood of Unionist community. A member of unionist Orange Order alleges Northern Ireland has been undergoing IRA "ethnic cleansing" for some time.
  • The Future Is Female
    A31
    The Future Is FemaleFrom babyhood to boardroom, women are now set to out-achieve men. Panorama reveals evidence that the future is female - and the weaker sex is now male. Have women won the war of the sexes? Mike Embley reports.
  • The Mr. Nice Guy Murders
    A32
    The Mr. Nice Guy MurdersHe was the boy from the other side of the tracks, poor, black, who made it in a white man's world. The trial of 0J Simpson, an American sporting hero, on charges of murdering his wife and her friend has become the story of the decade.
  • The Greatest Nightmare
    A33
    The Greatest NightmareIs "the greatest nightmare" of being "old, sick, poor and uncared for" referred to by John Major at the Conservative Party Conference already a reality for thousands of Britain's sick and elderly? Sarah Barclay reports.
  • Avsnitt 34
    A34
    Avsnitt 34
  • Avsnitt 35
    A35
    Avsnitt 35
  • Ferries - The Fatal Flaw
    A36
    Ferries - The Fatal FlawOn 28 September the ferry Estonia sank in minutes in the Baltic Sea with the loss of 900 lives. It was the second major accident involving roll-on roll-off passenger ferries in seven years. Jane Corbin reports.
  • Annus Horribili
    A37
    Annus HorribiliIn the wake of books, biographies and annus horribili, the monarchy is facing its biggest crisis for half a century. Even establishment circles are now worried that the cracks in the royal facade are beginning to show.
  • Not So Great Railway Journeys
    A38
    Not So Great Railway JourneysAs British Rail is broken up into more than 80 new companies, trains are grinding to a halt with more cancellations and late trains, leaving even more passengers waiting at the station.

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