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54 Episodes 2011 - 2011
Episode 1
30 mins
Sophie Raworth goes behind the headlines to discover what images young people are being exposed to, and asks what impact the sexualized world is having on our children.
Episode 2
Are actively involved dads becoming an endangered species in some parts of Britain? Reporter Declan Lawn investigates what can be done to keep them in the picture.
Episode 3
With stalking affecting an estimated two million people in Britain each year, Panorama tells the extraordinary story of a woman who has been recording years of abuse.
Episode 4
Ben Anderson follows the US Marines who have patrolled the Sangin district of Afghanistan since the British withdrawal last year. Has progress been made?
Episode 5
For the last 14 days, the world has watched a popular uprising against the 30-year-old regime of President Mubarak. Jane Corbin has been filming inside these extraordinary scenes.
Episode 6
Colonel Tim Collins, whose eve of battle speech before invasion of Iraq brought him international fame, meets soldiers who return home only to find their service for Queen and country counts for little on civvy street.
Episode 7
30 mins
John Sweeney assesses what WikiLeaks and its exposing of sensitive official material has achieved and asks whether it has lived up to its own ideals on openness.
Episode 8
Fergal Keane tries to find out how Ireland got to the brink of bankruptcy after being one of the richest countries in the world. Has bailing them out put the UK economy at risk?
Episode 9
Panorama goes back to school to examine government plans to send in the troops to Britain's troubled classrooms. Can they help restore discipline, leadership and respect?
Episode 10
30 mins
Panorama investigates the world of the criminal tobacco trade. Reporter Samantha Poling reveals that more than half of all hand-rolled tobacco in the country is now counterfeit or smuggled.
Episode 11
Phone hacking was once dismissed by executives at News International as the illegal work of "one rogue reporter". Panorama exposes the full extent of the "dark arts" employed by journalists across the industry to get their story.
Episode 12
The real story of Libya's revolution. How a group of young professionals bravely stood up to the 42-year-long dictatorship. And Paul Kenyon tracks down Gaddafi's son Saadi.
Episode 13
In this Panorama Special, reporter Richard Bilton goes undercover as a wedding photographer to exposes the lucrative - and growing - world of fake marriages.
Episode 14
With the cost of living rising fast and wages falling behind, Panorama unveils new research which shows that most of us are significantly poorer than we were two years ago.
Episode 15
With more long-term unemployed over-50's than any other age bracket, Fiona Phillips reveals a group of people facing rejection letters and money worries after a lifetime at work.
Episode 16
30 mins
Reporter Jane Corbin asks how much longer Iran can keep a lid on internal unrest as revolution and regime change sweep across the Middle East.
Episode 17
Panorama tracks down a fraudster who stole a football club and broke a bank. With his tales of foreign gold and assets worth 2 trillion dollars, the con man fooled politicians, celebrities and the City.
Episode 18
Panorama reveals the stories of families who struggle to get by in overcrowded or hazardous homes, or who have no option but to rent properties they simply cannot afford.
Episode 19
The story of how America tracked down and killed Osama Bin Laden. Featuring interviews with eyewitnesses, victims of Al Qaeda's terror and military and intelligence insiders.
Episode 20
Using tracking equipment inside broken TV sets, Panorama investigates the illegal market in electronic waste - and recycling companies whose credentials may not be all they claim.
Episode 21
30 mins
With the FIFA presidential elections taking place on 1 June 2011. As FIFA's host nation Switzerland demands that football's world governing body clean up its act, Andrew Jennings asks whether either candidate is up to the job.
Episode 22
On the top floor of a special hospital, locked away from their families and friends, a group of men and women are subjected to a regime of physical assaults, systematic brutality, and torture by the people supposed to be caring for them.
Episode 23
Panorama visits Rhyl in North Wales where, in some parts of the town, nearly half of the population are on benefits. The programme hears the stories of some of the unemployed.
Episode 24
Panorama goes undercover to test whether staff in Britain's banks have learnt the lessons from the massive penalties imposed for mis-selling insurance and investment products.
Episode 25
60 mins
Evan Davis uncovers the truth behind the economic migrants who cross continents to try to illegally enter Britain, as two reporters follow the dangerous routes they use to get in.
Episode 26
Peter Greste finds out what it is like to live amid the anarchy of Somalia, going where no western journalist has been to witness a crisis that threatens millions of lives.
Episode 27
30 mins
Sam Poling investigates claims that surgical instruments with dangerous defects are being used in the NHS, and asks if goods are being sourced ethically to protect patient health.
Episode 28
Tom Heap investigates whether Royal Mail would be able to survive without junk mail, and asks what the postal service has to do with the dark side of letters - scam mail.
Episode 29
29 mins
Panorama investigates the car insurance industry from top to bottom and infiltrates a criminal gang faking accidents for fraudulent insurance claims. Declan Lawn reports.
Episode 30
For decades, Rupert Murdoch has held a unique position of power in Britain through his media empire. After the News of the World phone hacking scandal, Panorama tells the story of how the media giant's influence was dramatically challenged
Episode 31
The UK is in the middle of a baby boom. Last year, there was one born every forty seconds. Shelley Jofre reveals that some parts of the UK are facing a shortage of midwives, and asks if the NHS is providing appropriate maternity care.
Episode 32
Panorama uncovers the impact alcohol is having on a younger generation of problem drinkers, and asks whether the government is doing enough to stop us drinking ourselves to death.
Episode 33
Panorama goes deep into Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields and uncovers evidence of torture camps and wide scale killings. Will Robert Mugabe face prosecution for these crimes?
Episode 34
The worst civil unrest for decades has led to tens of millions of pounds of damage. Panorama tells the story of the August riots and asks what has led a generation to violence.
Episode 35
In this special edition of Panorama, troubleshooter and businessman Sir Gerry Robinson examines the government's plans for the biggest shake-up of the NHS in its history.
Episode 36
Six months on from one of the world's most devastating tsunamis, Panorama's Paul Kenyon returns to Japan to hear remarkable tales of survival amid the epic destruction.
Episode 37
As concerns rise over Britain's water supply, Simon Boazman investigates whether the water industry and its regulators are doing enough to protect the nation's rivers.
Episode 38
30 mins
Will Syria be the next Arab dictatorship to fall? The full story of those struggling against Syria's President Assad, and the truth on his brutal crackdown against his own people.
Episode 39
Panorama goes undercover to reveal how some employers exploit loopholes or get round the rules so that their workers are paid below the National Minimum Wage.
Episode 40
Nick Griffin's British National Party, already under investigation for breaches of electoral law, is facing fresh allegations of corruption. Panorama uncovers new evidence. Darragh MacIntyre reports.
Episode 41
With exclusive access to the police and HM Revenue and Customs teams tasked with fighting fuel crime, Samantha Poling investigates the multi-million pound black market in fuel.
Episode 42
60 mins
Meet 'Alice'. She is a four-year-old child out on the streets of London begging hours on end, day in, day out. 'Alice' is just one of Britain's Gypsy child beggars, and she can earn hundreds of pounds a day. A special Panorama investigation uncovers the truth about these children. Reporter John Sweeney tracks down the begging gangs to luxury homes in Romania, where he confronts the adults forcing the children to beg.
Episode 43
Panorma discovered proof in the largely burnt HQ of Gadhafi's secret services of dirty deals with UK as well as US. After Blair's diplomatic make-up, MI5 entertained remarkably cordial relations with its then chief, Moussa Koussa, who was helped getting hold of Libian regime-enemies under absurdly unreliable promises not to torture them, an activity Moussa actually often took a physical part in. During the NATO no-fly-zone, Cameron's British government helped Moussa flee and take great wealth to Qatar.
Episode 44
For 10 years, 400 or so travellers on Dale Farm in Essex fought to stay on land they own. In October 2011, with all legal options exhausted, time finally ran out for them. As riot police and bailiffs moved onto the site.
Episode 45
UK police on the whole may have a good record and reputation, the system for dealing with rotten apples is far from satisfactory. Complaints are often handled solely internally, often without greater risk for the accused then a transfer without loss of of job, grade or pay.
Episode 46
It's estimated £22 billion of taxpayers' money is effectively stolen or lost every year. Richard Bilton uses undercover cameras to expose benefit fraudsters sailing yachts and driving Bentleys.
Episode 47
Panorama investigates the inconvenient truth behind the UK's rocketing energy bills - that government policy is stoking much of the rise.
Episode 48
Panorama goes behind the lines with Manchester's police and into the interview rooms with the rioters to tell the story of one of the cities most affected by the August riots.
Episode 49
Panorama reporter Raphael Rowe goes into a jail to witness a tense encounter between two young women and the youth who broke into their home while they slept.
Episode 50
30 mins
John Ware investigates the Private Finance Initiative and uncovers evidence of how government claims that PFI gives taxpayers value for money have been manipulated.
Episode 51
How did an MP's former assistant come to be wrongly accused by MI5 of being a threat to British national security? Katia Zatuliveter speaks exclusively to Peter Taylor.
Episode 52
Sophie Raworth takes her trolley round the aisles of Britain's biggest supermarket chains and reveals some nasty surprises at the checkout - are their money-saving offers all they seem?
Episode 53
The world economy is in meltdown, the euro is in turmoil and the future looks bleak. Does it have to be so bad? Panorama investigates how Britain plc could survive the crisis.
Episode 54
60 mins
Adoption is now high on the political agenda as the best option for the 65,000 children in care. But, with less than 5% actually placed for adoption, children must wait an average two years and seven months for a permanent family.