Panorama Season 58 Episodes

Episode 1

The MP and the Whistleblower

The series takes a look at Iris Robinson, Member of Parliament at center of a current political storm.

Episode 2

A Walk in the Park

30 mins

Jane Corbin walks through the disputed streets and parks of Jerusalem and goes underground to explore tunnels excavated deep below the biblical sites.

Episode 3

What's Really in Our Kids' Food?

Shelley Jofre investigates the food being dished up to pre-schoolers at nurseries and at home, and looks at the marketing claims of leading brands.

Episode 4

I Helped My Daughter Die

29 mins

What drives a mother to help her child die? For almost a year, Panorama cameras have been following Kay Gilderdale - the woman at the centre of the recent Assisted Suicide trial - as she faced a possible life sentence over her part in the death of her daughter Lynn. She talks exclusively to Jeremy Vine about the night she helped her bedridden daughter kill herself and explores whether the law should be changed with those on both sides of the debate, including Debbie Purdy and Baroness Campbell of Surbiton.

Episode 5

Are You a Danger to Kids?

Panorama exposes the myths and realities of the new child protection register, and asks whether the new system will actually work.

Episode 6

Why Do You Hate Me?

Wheelchair user Simon Green secretly films what it is like to endure disability hate crime, and reveals that many such incidents are not properly prosecuted.

Episode 7

Dying for a Biscuit

Reporter Raphael Rowe journeys into the rainforest of Borneo, where he uncovers evidence of palm oil companies developing plantations on protected land.

Episode 8

More Than Just a Game

As Africa gears up to host its first football World Cup, Panorama asks if the beautiful game can save a generation fighting to survive in South Africa.

Episode 9

Trust Us, We're a NHS Hospital

Panorama investigates how many hospitals may be failing the public while being allowed to assess themselves as good. Simon Boazman reports.

Episode 10

Are the Net Police Coming for You?

30 mins

A proposed new law is threatening to disconnect the millions of internet users who unlawfully download free music, films and TV. Jo Whiley looks at how broadband use at home may never be the same, and could even be cut off.

Episode 11

Chocolate: The Bitter Truth

60 mins

Paul Kenyon goes undercover as a cocoa trader in West Africa and discovers children as young as seven working long hours on cocoa farms, helping to make our chocolate.

Episode 12

Passports to Kill

Reporter Jane Corbin shows how British passports and stolen identities were used in the murder of senior Hamas military commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai.

Episode 13

How to Win an Election: A Panorama Guide

The story of how politicians abandoned the soapbox for the studio and how television has changed British politics, with the help of six decades of archive from Panorama.

Episode 14

Spoilt Rotten?

With unprecedented access to Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, Panorama meets the children suffering from preventable conditions as a result of their lifestyles.

Episode 15

Is Britain Full?

Panorama investigates overcrowding in the UK. Some argue that the extra population will boost the economy, but will it? What can politicians do to stop the growth?

Episode 16

Return of the Real Apprentices

Panorama follows the fortunes of four young people searching for work in Swindon, and discovers how they have responded to the challenge of recession.

Episode 17

The Cuts - Can You Fight Back?

Reporter Shelley Jofre looks at the fight to save frontline services as councils across the country tighten their budgets. No-one wants the axe to fall in their area but it has to fall somewhere.

Episode 18

A Very British Hero

Christina Schmid - the widow of army bomb disposal expert Oz Schmid - reveals how the Army is failing in its duty of care to this tiny elite band of soldiers who are at the very forefront of the war in Afghanistan.

Episode 19

The Cumbrian Shootings

29 mins

Panorama's Richard Bilton reports on the events of Wednesday 2nd June, when Derrick Bird switched from quiet cabbie to gun toting psychopath.

Episode 20

Man United: Into the Red

30 mins

Ahead of a possible bid for debt-ridden Manchester United, reporter John Sweeney explores the battle for the soul of the club, and the scale of its debts.

Episode 21

BP: In Deep Water

30 mins

Hilary Andersson examines the full consequences of the explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, asking what went wrong and who is really to blame.

Episode 22

What's Up with the Weather?

30 mins

Increasing numbers of us simply don't believe in global warming. Tom Heap speaks to some of the world's leading scientists on both sides of the argument.

Episode 23

The Fox Attack Twins

30 mins

Pauline and Nick Koupparis tell Sophie Raworth about the night their nine-month-old twin daughters were attacked by a fox as they lay in their cots.

Episode 24

Can I Sack Teacher?

30 mins

New research shows that the standard of teaching is the most important factor to a child's education. So why are so many bad teachers being allowed to teach?

Episode 25

Orphans of Haiti

30 mins

Six months after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, Raphael Rowe returns to uncover what has happened to the country's orphaned and abandoned children.

Episode 26

How to Beat the Banks

Reporter Adam Shaw investigates the state of Britain's banks, and reveals that while base rates remain low, the cost of borrowing has risen significantly.

Episode 27

It Shouldn't Happen at a Vets'

60 mins

Filming undercover in one of Britain's largest veterinary chains, Panorama reveals evidence of questionable bills, animals poorly treated, and an unrepentant vet struck off for dishonesty.

Episode 28

The Generation Game

30 mins

With nearly a quarter of the population expected to be over 65 within 20 years, and three out of four older people likely to need some form of social care, how we pay for it is fast becoming an urgent question for us all.

Episode 29

Britain's Unwanted Pets

2009 saw a big increase in the numbers of stray dogs recorded as being picked up in the UK. Tom Heap goes to Battersea Dogs Home, and reveals the shocking truth of the numbers of dogs it is having to put to sleep.

Episode 30

Wills - The Final Ripoff?

Panorama investigates companies who make a good living from writing your Last Will and Testament, and exposes the shocking financial pitfalls that face unwary consumers. Is it time for this industry to be properly regulated by law?

Episode 31

Death in the Med

30 mins

As controversy over Israel's blockade of Gaza still rages, Jane Corbin asks what really happened on the Mavi Marmara, when Israeli commandos seized the ship and nine people died.

Episode 32

Please Don't Take Our Child

Each year around 20,000 children have their futures decided by the family courts. Darragh MacIntyre reports on the case of an ordinary couple and their extraordinary fight to open up the world of the family courts.

Episode 33

Britain's Disappearing Wildlife

A look at the decline of UK wildlife. There is more at stake than simply protecting the beauty of nature - our food supply could be under threat.

Episode 34

A Risk Worth Taking?

30 mins

Britain is in the grip of an epidemic of diabetes, with the NHS spending more than half a billion pounds on drugs to treat the condition. Shelley Jofre investigates the use of one of those drugs, Avandia.

Episode 35

What the Pope Knew

On the eve of the first Papal visit to Britain in 28 years, Fergal Keane investigates the Pope's personal track record of dealing with paedophile priests while as an archbishop and top Vatican official.

Episode 36

Because We're Worth It - The Taxpayers Rich List

30 mins

How much do top people in the public sector really get paid - council chiefs, headteachers, policemen, even the BBC's own bosses? Panorama reveals the results of the most thorough and extensive investigation ever conducted into their pay.

Episode 37

Britain in the Dock

30 mins

Although the British contingent of the Allied Forces in Iraq were relatively successful in keeping the peace after Saddam's overturn, there were several complaints about serious abuse, some of which can be proved. After a lengthy 2006 court-martial, the most expensive ever, lead to conviction for torture by 'hooding' causing the death of civilian Ben Musa, new evidence arose that the full extent of the truth had been covered up in what amounts to a conspiracy of the military against its own legal order.

Episode 38

The Secrets of Scientology

60 mins

A Panorama special about the Church of Scientology. Reporter John Sweeney returns to his investigation, listening to the claims of a whistleblower from within the organisation.

Episode 39

Who Took My Pension?

30 mins

We all know our pensions are in crisis - we aren't paying enough into them and we're living too long. But could there be another reason? Penny Haslam reveals the fees and commissions that take vast amounts from our pension pots.

Episode 40

Kids in Care

60 mins

A special report into the quality of state care, spending six months following children in the care of Coventry Social Services to find out if the state can be a real parent.

Episode 41

Lord Ashcroft's Millions

30 mins

Panorama investigates the financial dealings of political donor Lord Ashcroft, who resigned as deputy chairman of the Conservative Party in September 2010.

Episode 42

Trapped: The Chile Miners' Story

30 mins

Trapped alive longer and deeper underground than anybody in history, the 33 Chilean miners somehow survived to be rescued. Reporter Dan McDougall reveals evidence of massive safety problems in the mine being ignored before the collapse.

Episode 43

The Great Housing Rip-Off?

30 mins

John Sweeney investigates the so-called 'rogue landlords', housing barons accused of receiving large housing benefits while exploiting the vulnerable.

Episode 44

What Have the Drugs Done to Dad?

As the government cracks down on the use of certain drugs, Vivian White reports on the crisis of care in the treatment of patients with dementia.

Episode 45

Are You Paying Too Much Tax?

With millions of people waiting to see if they are winners or losers in the fallout from the recent tax code realignment, Panorama reveals the situation inside HM Revenue and Customs.

Episode 46

Tax the Fat

With Britain now the fattest nation in Europe, reporter Shelley Jofre investigates the idea of a tax on junk food, travelling to Denmark where it has already been implemented.

Episode 47

British Schools, Islamic Rules

Investigation showing that some Muslim children are exposed to extremist preachers and fundamentalist Islamic groups. Also, the part-time schools where hate is on the curriculum.

Episode 48

FIFA's Dirty Secrets

Panorama investigates corruption allegations against some of the Fifa officials who will vote on England's World Cup bid, and Andrew Jennings exposes new evidence of bribery.

Episode 49

Addicted to Games?

30 mins

As pester power kicks in and the computer games' industry launches its latest products on to the Christmas market, Panorama hears from youngsters who've dropped out of school and university to play games for anything up to 21 hours a day. They describe their obsessive gaming as an addiction. Reporter Raphael Rowe, meets leading experts calling for more independent research into this controversial subject, and reveals the hidden psychological devices in games that are designed to keep us coming back for more.

Episode 50

Baby P: In His Mother's Words

Panorama reveals the controversial video-taped interview with the mother of Baby P and asks whether crucial warning signs were missed.

Episode 51

Carry on Banking!

As Christmas approaches and Britain's bankers prepare to receive their annual bonuses, Panorama asks if anything has changed since the financial crisis of two years ago.

Episode 52

Supermarkets: What Price Cheap Food?

60 mins

In a Panorama Special, Paul Kenyon looks behind the special offers to examine the true cost of Britain's cheap food, visiting the mega-farms coming our way from the US.