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Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
Episode 48 : The Taliban Hunters
December. 14,2015
Mobeen Azhar joins Police Superintendent Ijaz and his team of Taliban Hunters as they try to regain control of Karachi.
Episode 47 : Fifa, Sepp Blatter and Me
December. 07,2015
Reporter Andrew Jennings sets his sights on Sepp Blatter's Fifa. His report includes an FBI investigation, Qatar's World Cup bid and how much Blatter knew about corruption.
Episode 46 : The Secret Bribes of Big Tobacco
November. 30,2015
Panorama exposes corruption at one of Britain's biggest companies. Reporter Richard Bilton uncovers evidence that employees bribed civil servants and politicians across Africa.
Episode 45 : The VW Emissions Scandal
November. 23,2015
Volkswagen fooled the world with a scam to rig pollution tests. Richard Westcott investigates how the company used clever computer software to hide just how dirty their cars are.
Episode 44 : Terror in Paris
November. 16,2015
Panorama hears the stories of those who were caught up in the unfolding violence in Paris and looks at the emerging evidence of international links.
Episode 43 : How Hackers Steal Your ID
November. 09,2015
Hackers have stolen the personal details of millions of customers from companies like Talk Talk. So how do cybercriminals get hold of our data? Reporter Daniel Foggo meets the hackers who can break into any website and finds out how criminals profit from our information.
Episode 42 : Hooked on Painkillers
November. 02,2015
Doctors in the UK are prescribing record doses of highly addictive painkillers. Declan Lawn meets patients who have been hooked on painkillers for years.
Episode 41 : Britain's Mental Health Crisis
October. 26,2015
With funding cuts drastically reducing bed numbers, Panorama goes inside one of the UK's largest frontline mental health trusts.
Episode 40 : The Xi Factor
October. 19,2015
The BBC's China editor Carrie Gracie retraces Chinese leader President Xi Jinping's extraordinary journey from cave dweller to absolute power.
Episode 39 : Tough Justice in Britain - Texas Style
October. 12,2015
As the UK's imprisonment rate remains the highest in western Europe, Panorama joins Michael Gove - the man in charge of British prisons - on a fact-finding mission in Texas.
Episode 38 : The VIP Paedophile Ring: What's the Truth?
October. 06,2015
Panorama investigates sensational allegations of historical child abuse and murder by some of the most prominent people in Britain.
Episode 37 : Edward Snowden: Spies and the Law
October. 05,2015
Edward Snowden, the man responsible for the biggest leak of top secret intelligence files the world has ever seen, gives his first BBC interview to Panorama.
Episode 36 : Europe's Border Crisis: The Long Road
September. 30,2015
As Europe witnesses the dramatic movement of people across its borders, Panorama reporter John Sweeney joins the thousands making the journey.
Episode 35 : Rugby and the Brain - Tackling the Truth
September. 21,2015
As the Rugby World Cup kicks off, former rugby international John Beattie investigates the link between the sport and brain injuries.
Episode 34 : Could A Robot Do My Job?
September. 14,2015
Britain is on the brink of a technological revolution. Reporter Rohan Silva looks at the workplaces already using new technology and asks whether we should feel threatened by it.
Episode 33 : Jeremy Corbyn: Labour's Earthquake
September. 07,2015
With behind-the-scenes access to Jeremy Corbyn, reporter John Ware reveals how, from nowhere, he came to dominate the Labour leadership election race.
Episode 32 : The Schools Scandal: Playing the System
August. 24,2015
Demand for places at high-achieving state schools across the UK far outstrips supply, turning the schools admissions process into a battleground. Panorama investigates.
Episode 31 : Trouble at the Post Office
August. 17,2015
The Post Office has prosecuted dozens of postmasters after their computers showed that money had gone missing. Reporter John Sweeney investigates.
Episode 30 : Fighting Terror With Torture
August. 03,2015
How far should we go in the fight against terrorism? Panorama hears from those who approved, ran and suffered waterboarding in secret CIA prisons around the world.
Episode 29 : Terror on the Beach
July. 30,2015
On 26 June 38 tourists, 30 of them British, were gunned down in a brutal terror attack on a Tunisian beach. Panorama's Jane Corbin hears the extraordinary stories of that day.
Episode 28 : Young, Homeless and Fighting Back
July. 27,2015
What's it like to be young, homeless and struggling in a town where one in four households are on benefit? Panorama investigates.
Episode 27 : The Train that Divides Jerusalem
July. 20,2015
On the anniversary of last summer's brutal conflict in Gaza, film-maker Adam Wishart visits Jerusalem and rides the city's controversial new train.
Episode 26 : NHS: The Perfect Storm
July. 13,2015
The NHS faces a desperate fight for survival. Filmed over six months in Liverpool, this Panorama special reports from the frontline of the battle to save the NHS.
Episode 25 : Greece: Euro or Bust?
July. 06,2015
Filming in Athens and Rhodes, Richard Bilton discovers families whose lives have been shattered by the economic collapse and political chaos of the Greek crisis.
Episode 24 : The Missing Stolen School Children
June. 29,2015
Over a year after the kidnap of 276 girls from a school in Chibok town in Nigeria, Tulip Mazumdar tracks down women and girls who've escaped from Boko Haram.
Episode 23 : Disaster on Everest
June. 22,2015
BBC reporter Tom Martienssen shares his footage of Everest taken after the devastating Nepalese earthquake. He reveals a story of an extraordinary rescue and loss of life.
Episode 22 : Stolen Childhoods: The Legacy of Grooming
June. 15,2015
It's nearly a year since a damning report into sexual exploitation revealed the abuse of 1400 children in Rotherham. Panorama reporter Alison Holt returns to the town.
Episode 21 : GM Food - Cultivating Fear
June. 08,2015
A new generation of GM foods is winning over critics, and scientists say they could help feed people in the developing world. Are those who oppose GM doing more harm than good?
Episode 20 : Catch Me If You Can
June. 03,2015
Mark Daly investigates doping in athletics and explores apparent allegations against Alan Wells, Alberto Salazar and Galen Rupp, allegations which they all strenuously deny.
Episode 19 : The Most Dangerous Woman in Britain?
June. 01,2015
Panorama goes behind the scenes with Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, to investigate the rise to power of the woman who holds the future of the union in her hands.
Episode 18 : Britain's Secret Terror Deals
May. 28,2015
British security forces have been accused of involvement in dozens of murders during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Reporter Darragh MacIntyre investigates.
Episode 17 : Antibiotic Apocalypse
May. 18,2015
Panorama investigates the global advance of antibiotic-resistant superbugs and the threat they pose to modern medicine and millions of patients worldwide. Fergus Walsh reports.
Episode 16 : Panorama Live
May. 11,2015
Following one of the most closely fought general election battles in decades, Jeremy Vine hosts a special live edition of Panorama from the heart of Westminster.
Episode 15 : Who Will Win the Election?
April. 27,2015
Reporter Richard Bacon takes statistician Nate Silver on a road trip around the country. Ten days before polling day, can he tell us which way the election will go?
Episode 14 : The Great Housing Benefit Scandal
April. 20,2015
Alys Harte investigates the unscrupulous landlords getting millions of pounds from the taxpayer for housing people in cramped and poor quality accommodation.
Episode 13 : A Suicide in the Family
April. 13,2015
Simon Jack's father took his own life when he was 44. Now the same age, Simon investigates why more middle-aged men kill themselves than any other group.
Episode 12 : DIY Justice
March. 30,2015
Raphael Rowe meets the parents fighting for access to their children without any legal assistance. Cuts to legal aid mean they must represent themselves in court.
Episode 11 : What Britain Wants: Something to Hope For
March. 23,2015
In the last of Panorama's four-part series in the run-up to the general election, John Humphrys asks if politicians can offer the thing they often promise above all else - hope.
Episode 10 : What Britain Wants: Somewhere to Work
March. 16,2015
Continuing Panorama's four-part series on how voters are feeling as the general election approaches, Clive Myrie asks if modern Britain still delivers decent jobs.
Episode 9 : What Britain Wants: Somewhere to Live
March. 09,2015
In the second of Panorama's four-part series on how voters are feeling as the general election approaches, Mariella Frostup reports on what home means in modern Britain. Owning a home helped define the good life in Britain for generations, but has it now become an impossible dream?
Episode 8 : What Britain Wants: Someone to Love
March. 02,2015
In the first of a special four-part series of Panorama reports, Fergal Keane examines love of family, community and country, asking what binds modern British society together.
Episode 7 : Children of the Great Migration
February. 23,2015
Panorama's Paul Kenyon investigates the children, some as young as seven, travelling alone on the world's most dangerous migration route.
Episode 6 : Can You Cure My Cancer?
February. 11,2015
Panorama reports on the cancer patients who are pioneering a new generation of drug treatments, with access to trials at the Royal Marsden and Institute of Cancer Research.
Episode 5 : The Bank of Tax Cheats
February. 09,2015
Reporter Richard Bilton reveals how Britain's biggest bank helped some of its wealthiest customers dodge tax and asks why these tax evaders have not been prosecuted.
Episode 4 : Emergency in A&E
February. 02,2015
Vivian White reports on a week spent in the accident and emergency department of the University Hospital of North Tees in Stockton, as the NHS faces unprecedented pressure.
Episode 3 : Rescued from a Forced Marriage
January. 26,2015
British girls are being forced into marriage against their will. Jane Corbin goes with a team from the British High Commission in Pakistan as they rescue a victim.
Episode 2 : Trouble at Tesco
January. 19,2015
Tesco is losing customers, its share price is down and its profits have taken a tumble. As it faces a criminal investigation over its accounting practices, Kamal Ahmed investigates what's really gone wrong inside Tesco.
Episode 1 : The Battle for British Islam
January. 12,2015
Panorama investigates the battle for the hearts and minds of British Muslims. John Ware hears from Muslims trying to promote a form of Islam which is in synch with British values.
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)
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