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48 Episodes 2015 - 2015
Episode 1
As France tries to come to terms with the deaths of the 12 people murdered in the Islamist attack at the office of Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, Panorama investigates the battle for the hearts and minds of British Muslims. John Ware hears from Muslims facing an angry backlash for trying to promote a form of Islam which is in synch with British values. They believe that the way Islam has been practised here has more in common with extremist ideologies than some police officers, politicians or Muslim leaders have been prepared to admit.
Episode 2
Britain's supermarket giant is losing customers, its share price has fallen and its profits are down. Tesco is also facing criminal proceedings over its accounting practices. Kamal Ahmed investigates what has gone wrong inside the company.
Episode 3
Even though it is now a criminal offense, British girls are still being forced into marriage against their will. Jane Corbin follows the work of the Forced Marriage Unit in London and the British High Commission in Pakistan.
Episode 4
One year on, Panorama again spends a week on the 'frontline' of the NHS within the Accident and Emergency department of The University Hospital of North Tees. Such departments face unprecedented pressure, why have things changed so much?
Episode 5
Panorama reveals how Britain's biggest bank has helped some of its wealthiest customers avoid paying tax. The bank knew that its clients were breaking the law but the bank didn't report them and the tax evaders have not been prosecuted.
Episode 6
30 mins
Panorama reports on the British cancer patients who are pioneering a new generation of treatments. Huge advances in genetic research are providing new hope for patients, some of whom were given just months to live.
Episode 7
Paul Kenyon travels to the border area between Sudan and Eritrea to investigate the world's most dangerous migration route. Lone children fleeing Africa's most secretive rogue state are being used to pilot boatloads of migrants to Europe.
Episode 8
30 mins
In the run-up to the 2015 UK General Election, Panorama looks at what British people consider makes for a good life. Can the politicians deliver these? First, what binds modern Britain together, family, community and country.
Episode 9
30 mins
In the second part of this series of Panorama specials Mariella Frostup looks at what 'home' means in modern Britain. For generations, owning your own home helped to define the 'good life' but is it now becoming an impossible dream?
Episode 10
30 mins
In the run up to the UK General Election, Clive Myrie presents the third report examining what the British electorate expect from their government and if it can be delivered. Clive examines the world of work and how it has changed.
Episode 11
30 mins
In the final part of this four part series John Humphries looks at British peoples hopes and aspirations. For your children to do better than you and having a comfortable retirement would be many peoples answer but is either now possible?
Episode 12
Panorama meets parents fighting complex child custody cases without any legal assistance. Cuts to legal aid mean they face preparing their own cases. The minister who made those cuts explains why the 'gravy train' of legal aid had to stop.
Episode 13
30 mins
Simon Jack's father took his own life at the age of 44. Simon investigates why more middle-aged men commit suicide than any other group. Simon talks to men who have overcome their own suicidal thoughts and are now helping others.
Episode 14
30 mins
Some landlords are getting rich at the taxpayers expense by providing cramped and poor quality accommodation for those in receipt of housing benefit. Alys Harte investigates and talks to some of the people who have been their victims.
Episode 15
30 mins
Nate Silver is America's rock star statistician. He shot to fame by correctly predicting the outcome of the last two American presidential elections, state by state. Now Panorama has had exclusive access to him as he comes to the UK to try and forecast the outcome of the most uncertain British election in decades. Reporter Richard Bacon takes Nate on a road trip around the country, meeting voters of all political hues and backgrounds, from the rolling hills of Devon to the pier at Skegness. Ten days before polling day, can he tell us which way it will go?
Episode 16
30 mins
A special live election edition of Panorama from Westminster. Jeremy Vine is joined by a panel of politicians, analysts and voters for a discussion of what the result could mean for Britain. With reports from around the UK.
Episode 17
30 mins
Panorama investigates the global rise of antibiotic-resistant super-bugs, the threat they pose to modern medicine and to the lives of millions of patients worldwide.
Episode 18
Thu, May 28, 201560 mins
The British security forces have been accused of being involved in the murders of dozens of people in Northern Ireland during 'The Troubles'. Did they collude with paramilitary killers and cover up their crimes? Panorama investigates.
Episode 19
Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon was dubbed this by one national newspaper. Following her unprecedented electoral success, Panorama follows the rise and rise of the woman who could hold the future of the UK in her hands.
Episode 20
60 mins
In this hour long special report Mark Daly investigates serious allegations of doping in athletics. Since the explosion in the use of steroids in the 1970s the issue of sports doping persists and governing bodies have struggled to cope.
Episode 21
30 mins
Some former critics of genetically modified foods have been 'won over' by a new generation of crops. Governments and scientists say such crops could help to feed a hungry world. Are those who oppose GM foods doing more harm than good?
Episode 22
30 mins
One year ago a damning report into the sexual exploitation of children revealed the abuse of 1,400 children in Rotherham. Alison Holt returns to the town and talks to some of the victims. Will they ever see their abusers face trial?
Episode 23
BBC reporter Tom Martienssen was on Everest with a group of British Army Gurkhas when the earthquake hit Nepal. This program tells the story of the extraordinary rescue mission and the of those who lost their lives that day.
Episode 24
In April 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped 276 schoolgirls from the Nigerian town of Chibok. More than a year on, most of those girls are still missing. Panorama discovers that some of them have been 'turned' or forced to join the Jihadists.
Episode 25
In the run-up to the Greek referendum, Richard Bilton presents a special report from Athens and Rhodes where he meets families who have been hit by the economic collapse. He talks to supporters and opponents of the Greek prime minister.
Episode 26
60 mins
The NHS is facing a perfect storm of huge increases in demand from an aging population and a £30 billion deficit. Filmed over 6 months in Liverpool, this special report details efforts to fundamentally change the way the NHS operates.
Episode 27
30 mins
Adam Wishart travels to Jerusalem to take a ride on the new train line that some hoped could help heal the rift between Israelis and Palestinians. However, it seems to have only deepened resentments on both sides.
Episode 28
30 mins
Stoke-on-Trent is famed for its ceramics industry but the loss of thousands of jobs has left the area one of the most deprived in England. The YMCA helps many young people in the city but cuts to housing benefit could threaten that support.
Episode 29
60 mins
Jane Corbin speaks to British holidaymakers who survived the recent terrorist atrocity in Tunisia. She travels to the scene of the attack and by talking to local people pieces together the events that day, revealing new information.
Episode 30
30 mins
Hilary Andersson asks how far Governments should go in their fight against terrorism. The use of "advanced interrogation methods" by US forces has been condemned by many as torture. Panorama looks at those methods and their usefulness.
Episode 31
30 mins
John Sweeney investigates claims that the new 'Horizon' computer system at the Post Office has led to dozens of sub-postmasters being accused of theft and that they have been taken to court despite the evidence against them being weak.
Episode 32
30 mins
Demand for places at good state schools far outstrips supply. The school admissions system has become a battleground and councils are clamping down on those playing the system. Panorama goes to Havering to hear both sides of the story.
Episode 33
30 mins
Just a few weeks ago veteran left winger Jeremy Corbyn was a rank outsider in the Labour Party leadership contest, but now he is the favorite. John Ware asks how this has happened, who is voting for him and what it could mean for the party.
Episode 34
30 mins
Reporter Rohan Silva asks if Britain is ready for one of the biggest changes ever to happen in the world of work. We are on the brink of a technological revolution with machines and artificial intelligences beginning to take the place of human staff. Panorama visits a number of workplaces where this process has begun. Should we feel threatened by it or will we all benefit from the coming of the new machine age?
Episode 35
30 mins
On the eve of the Rugby World Cup, former international player John Beattie examines the links between the sport and brain injuries. He hears from those within the game worried that players are being put at risk.
Episode 36
50 mins
John Sweeney follows in the footsteps of thousands of migrants on their journey from the Greek island of Kos to the Austrian border with Hungary. With winter on the way is the crisis about to claim many more lives?
Episode 37
30 mins
Panorama presents the BBC's first interview with Edward Snowden, the man responsible for the biggest ever release of top secret intelligence files.
Episode 38
60 mins
Sensational claims have been made of historic child abuse and murder by an alleged paedophile ring containing some of the most important people in Britain. Panorama investigates.
Episode 39
30 mins
Panorama joins Michael Gove on a fact finding mission to Texas. Texas executes more people than any other US state but is also at the heart of a rehabilitation-led revolution in prison reform that is sweeping America.
Episode 40
30 mins
Ahead of the state visit to Britain by Chinese Premier Xi Jinping, the BBC's China Editor Carrie Gracie retraces his remarkable career from living in a cave to becoming the most powerful Chinese leader in decades.
Episode 41
30 mins
Panorama goes inside one of Britain's largest mental health trusts. Funding cuts have dramatically reduced the number of beds available, leaving staff with the difficult decision of who to admit and who to send home.
Episode 42
30 mins
British doctors are prescribing record doses of highly addictive painkillers. 4 million people are prescribed drugs closely related to heroin. Declan Lawn meets patients hooked on painkillers and the clinic helping them kick the habit.
Episode 43
30 mins
Hackers have stolen the details of millions of customers, how do they get hold of this data? Daniel Foggo speaks to the hackers who claim they can break into any website and discovers how criminals make money from this data.
Episode 44
30 mins
Emily Maitlis presents a special live edition of Panorama from Paris in the wake of the devastating terrorist attacks. Reporter John Sweeney talks to survivors and examines the terrorists links to Belgium and Syria.
Episode 45
30 mins
Richard Westcott investigates how Volkswagen used clever computer software to rig emissions tests, hiding how polluting their cars really are. Owners are left driving tainted cars and our cities clouded by an invisible killer.
Episode 46
30 mins
Richard Bilton exposes corruption at one of Britain's biggest companies. Employees of BAT appear to have bribed civil servants and politicians across Africa undermining an U.N. health campaign.
Episode 47
60 mins
Andrew Jennings has been investigating corruption in world football for more than 15 years. With FIFA under investigation by the FBI, he again investigates the role of FIFA President Sepp Blatter.
Episode 48
30 mins
In the last two years Karachi has seen a wave of kidnappings, bombings and assassinations carried out by the Taliban. Mobeen Azhar follows the police trying to stop them.