Panorama
NR
7.1
1953
Documentary
, News
Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
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Episode 49 : The Tax Haven Twins
December. 17,2012
Reporter John Sweeney investigates the secretive world of the billionaire Barclay twins. Sir Frederick and Sir David Barclay own the paper that exposed the MPs' expenses scandal. So why do they hate it when the spotlight is turned on them?
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Episode 48 : Britain's Hidden Housing Crisis
December. 13,2012
Panorama Special that follows four stories over five months and reveals the devastating impact of being evicted from your own home and losing everything.
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Episode 47 : The Secret Drone War
December. 10,2012
Panorama goes to Waziristan to report on the drone war and to find out from its victims why they are seeking justice in the British courts.
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Episode 46 : How Safe is Your Hospital?
December. 03,2012
With the NHS under huge pressure, Panorama reveals poor patient care is putting thousands of people at risk of death or serious injury every year.
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Episode 45 : Undercover: How to Dodge Tax
November. 26,2012
Panorama goes undercover to investigate corporate service providers - the people and companies who sell corporate anonymity and access to offshore tax havens.
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Episode 44 : Who's Watching the Detectives?
November. 19,2012
Mark Daly investigates whether the Independent Police Complaints Commission is fit for purpose, and if it has sufficient power or independence to hold the police to account.
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Episode 43 : The Mind Reader: Unlocking My Voice
November. 13,2012
Panorama follows a group of severely brain injured patients and reveals the revolutionary efforts made to help them communicate with their families and the outside world.
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Episode 42 : Badgers: Dodging the Bullet?
November. 12,2012
Panorama investigates the government's sudden decision last month to postpone its controversial badger cull, days before it was due to start. Will the cull be enforced next year?
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Episode 41 : Gambling Nation
November. 05,2012
With casino-style gambling now available day or night at the touch of a button in our homes and on our phones, Panorama explores its popularity... and reveals a darker side.
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Episode 40 : The Hospital That Stopped Caring
October. 29,2012
A year after Panorama exposed the violent abuse patients suffered at the Winterbourne View hospital, Alison Holt investigates if society's most vulnerable are any better protected.
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Episode 39 : Jimmy Savile - What the BBC Knew
October. 22,2012
A Panorama Special investigates the Jimmy Savile child abuse scandal and asks what the BBC knew in the past, and examines the events around the dropping of the Corporation's own Newsnight investigation into the subject.
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Episode 38 : Kill at Will? America on Trial
October. 15,2012
Ahead of America's costliest-ever elections, Raphael Rowe investigates how lobby groups helped create laws blamed for one of the most controversial killings in recent US history.
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Episode 37 : Return of the Supergrass
October. 08,2012
Panorama investigates the deals being offered to often violent gangsters to become the next generation of supergrasses in an effort to tackle violent crime.
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Episode 36 : Britain's Secret Health Tourists
October. 03,2012
Declan Lawn reports on how 'health tourists' are obtaining free NHS treatment they should be paying for, at a cost of millions to the health service.
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Episode 35 : Undercover: Debt on the Doorstep
October. 01,2012
With the economy showing few signs of recovery, reporter Richard Bilton investigates the thriving debt business - a world of cash on the doorstep and high interest rates.
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Episode 34 : Reading, Writing and Rip-Offs
September. 24,2012
Panorama investigates the computer supply companies whose directors have grown rich signing up hundreds of schools to deals that have taken them to the brink of bankruptcy.
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Episode 33 : Price Tag Wars
September. 17,2012
Panorama presents an insight into the world of the so-called Price Taggers, a group of Israeli teenagers who believe every Palestinian attack should be met with an act of revenge.
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Episode 32 : Trouble on the Estate
September. 11,2012
Panorama visits a housing estate in Blackburn, learning what it is like to live there. The programme follows families, children and police, and goes undercover with drug dealers.
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Episode 31 : Old, Drunk and Disorderly?
September. 10,2012
Joan Bakewell investigates alcohol problems among those aged 65 and over, the age group most likely to drink every day, at home and alone.
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Episode 30 : Dial 999... and Wait?
September. 03,2012
With police, fire and ambulance services facing cuts in public spending, Panorama examines the effect on 999 response times. Declan Lawn reveals the areas where people needing immediate help from our emergency services are left waiting, and investigates claims that lives are being put at risk.
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Episode 29 : Kony: Hunt for the World's Most Wanted
August. 20,2012
Reporter Sorious Samura investigates the myths surrounding one of Africa's most bizarre and brutal criminals, Joseph Kony, and the international fight to bring him to justice.
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Episode 28 : Justice Denied: The Greatest Scandal?
August. 13,2012
Twenty years after a Panorama investigation helped to clear the Cardiff Three, the same team returns to investigate why the trial against the police officers collapsed last year.
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Episode 27 : Rats, Traps, Bugs and Cutbacks
August. 06,2012
Budget cuts mean some councils are disbanding pest control teams and others are charging for previously free services. Will this lead to more pests and the diseases they carry?
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Episode 26 : Disabled or Faking It?
July. 30,2012
Declan Lawn reports on plans to get millions of people claiming disability benefits back into work. But will new assessment tests victimise those who deserve the most support?
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Episode 25 : The Truth About Sports Products
July. 19,2012
Panorama investigates sports products that promise to boost your performance. Shelley Jofre tests the science behind the advertising claims made by some of sport's biggest brands.
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Episode 24 : Britain's Biggest Waste Dumpers
July. 16,2012
Raphael Rowe tracks down some of Britain's biggest illegal fly-tippers, criminals who have pocketed tens of thousands of pounds handed over by motorists to recycle used tyres.
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Episode 23 : Britain on the Brink: Back to the 70s?
July. 09,2012
Britain is suffering the longest peacetime slump in decades. Panorama asks whether Britain is able to cope with a new age of austerity with surprising echoes of the 1970s.
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Episode 22 : Call Centres Undercover
July. 02,2012
Britain is being affected by an 'epidemic' of unsolicited and unwanted calls and texts. With an estimated three billion marketing calls and messages received every year, Panorama goes undercover to expose how some firms are getting round the regulations designed to protect consumers.
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Episode 21 : Life and Debt: A Greek Tragedy
June. 25,2012
John Humphrys investigates the economic crisis in Greece, meeting ordinary Greeks and exploring how the outcome of the upcoming election may signpost the future of Europe.
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Episode 20 : Euro 2012: Stadiums of Hate
May. 28,2012
With days to go before the kick-off of the Euro 2012 championships, Panorama reveals evidence of racist violence and anti-semitism at the heart of Polish and Ukrainian football.
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Episode 19 : Eurovision's Dirty Secret
May. 21,2012
Panorama goes undercover inside Eurovision host nation Azerbaijan to reveal the truth about this secretive country and its approach to the world's most watched non-sporting event.
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Episode 18 : The Truth About Tax
May. 14,2012
Panorama investigates how some of the UK's most famous companies have been using a tax haven at the heart of Europe to save millions in tax.
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Episode 17 : Madeleine: The Last Hope?
April. 25,2012
Current affairs. The senior UK investigator in the Madeleine McCann case speaks about why he believes he has the best opportunity yet to solve the mystery of her disappearance.
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Episode 16 : Undercover: Elderly Care
April. 23,2012
Current affairs. Panorama reveals the appalling treatment of an elderly care home resident with dementia, captured on film after a concerned relative hid a secret camera.
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Episode 15 : Billionaires Behaving Badly?
April. 16,2012
Current affairs. Glencore is a commodity giant that trades huge quantities of wheat, coal and much of the world's copper. John Sweeney talks to its boss, Ivan Glasenberg.
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Episode 14 : Ivory Wars: Out of Africa
April. 12,2012
Rageh Omaar goes on the trail of ivory poachers, smugglers and organised crime syndicates to investigate the plight of Africa's elephants.
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Episode 13 : The Great Apprentice Scandal
April. 02,2012
Panorama's Shelley Jofre investigates problems reported in government supported apprenticeship schemes, a flagship programme for getting young unemployed people in to work.
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Episode 12 : The Honeymoon Murder
March. 29,2012
With exclusive access to publicly unseen CCTV footage, this Panorama special examines in detail the hours leading up to the death of Anni Dewani while on honeymoon in Cape Town.
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Episode 11 : Murdoch's TV Pirates
March. 26,2012
As Rupert Murdoch faces accusations of law-breaking at his British tabloids, Panorama reveals fresh hacking allegations striking at the heart of News Corporation's pay-TV empire.
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Episode 10 : Britain's Crimes of Honour
March. 19,2012
Panorama reveals the shocking details of beatings, imprisonment and 'honour' killings, the women driven to suicide and also hears from those on the run, in fear of their lives.
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Episode 9 : Homs: Journey into Hell
March. 12,2012
Paul Wood charts the rise and brutal suppression of the uprising in the Syrian city of Homs. What started with hope of revolution now sees refugees fleeing to escape retribution.
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Episode 8 : The Money Farmers
March. 05,2012
Samantha Poling reveals how millions of pounds of public money are being paid out to businessmen and millionaire farmers in an abuse of the farming subsidy system.
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Episode 7 : The Cost of Raising Britain
February. 27,2012
With nurseries and childminders costing families up to a third of their income, and working mums feeling squeezed out of the workplace, Panorama investigates the cost of childcare.
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Episode 6 : Britain's Hidden Alcoholics
February. 20,2012
Alastair Campbell meets some of the increasing number of Britain's middle-class professionals for whom one glass of wine after work is never enough.
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Episode 5 : Poor America
February. 13,2012
With one and a half million American children now homeless, reporter Hilary Andersson meets the school pupils who go hungry in the richest country on Earth.
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Episode 4 : Hunting the Internet Bullies
February. 06,2012
Current affairs. With online bullying rapidly growing in size and intensity, Declan Lawn meets X Factor star Cher Lloyd, who describes how cyber attacks are ruining her life.
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Episode 3 : Secrets of the Tory Billionaire
January. 30,2012
Panorama investigates Lord Ashcroft's links to a controversial construction company in the Caribbean which has gone bust.
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Episode 2 : Train Fares: Taken for a Ride?
January. 23,2012
Packed in like sardines, on trains that often arrive late... But it is the price of the tickets that really upsets lots of rail travellers, and fares have just gone up to record levels. So why are train fares so expensive? Panorama investigates the cost of riding on the railway.
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Seasons
Season 3
Starting on 19th September 1955, Richard Dimbleby took over as the presenter of Panorama bringing you “ Television’s Window on the World” according to the Radio Times.
Continuing the weekly listings paper went on “Every Monday in this programme film and television cameras focus on events and personalities of the moment.” The show originated from the BBC Television Studios in London, with contributions from Outside Broadcast units, Regional Studios, and the BBC Film Unit.
(Information from BBC Genome Project https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/)
Season 2
The second season of Panorama began on the 20th of October. Similar to the first year, it was described as “a fortnightly topical magazine” by the Radio Times of the day. Again introduced by Max Robertson the series ran from the end of 1954 until the middle of 1955, ending on the 10th of August.
(Information again collated from BBC Genome project at https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/)
Season 1
Panorama began broadcasting on 11th November 1953 as a fortnightly show. Described by the Radio Times of the day as a “reflection of the contemporary scene” it included reviews of the contemporary arts as well as featuring documentary pieces.
The first season of Panorama concluded its run on 4th August 1954
(Information taken from the Radio Times via BBC Genome project programme index at https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk)