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Panorama Season 68 Episodes

49 Episodes 2020 - 2020

Episode 1

How to Save the High Street

29 mins

For more than a century, our high streets have been key to our communities but now they face a multitude of challenges. Business journalist Adam Shaw investigates government plans to spend millions of pounds reviving town centres.

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Episode 2

The Corrupt Billionaire

29 mins

Leaked documents reveal how an impoverished country was corruptly exploited by its former ruling family. Richard Bilton follows the money trail back to the UK.

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Episode 3

Britain's Killer Motorways?

29 mins

Richard Bilton asks how safe are 'smart' motorways, where the hard shoulder is turned into a live lane. He assesses the advice given to broken down drivers and learns about the roll-out of the technology.

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Episode 4

Cashing in on the Housing Crisis

29 mins

In 2013, a change in planning laws meant companies could buy up and convert old office blocks into homes without planning permission. This programme meets some of those now housed in such blocks by local councils.

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Episode 5

Failed by the NHS: Callie's Story

29 mins

Ellie Flynn talks to the family of Callie Lewis, who killed herself while in the care of the NHS, and uncovers the extent of the service's failure to provide adequate mental health care.

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Episode 6

Amazon: What They Know About Us

59 mins

Amazon has risen to become one of the most powerful companies in the world. The technology it is developing has the power to shape our future but is it a force for good or is there a dark side to its power?

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Episode 7

Mo Farah and the Salazar Scandal

29 mins

Mark Daly investigates fresh allegations made against Alberto Salazar, the man who coached Mohamed Farah to Olympic glory.

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Episode 8

Spying on the Scammers

29 mins

Large numbers of people in the UK fall victim to scams each year, many are run from criminal call centres in India. Rajini Vaidyanathan tracks down the man behind one such centre and some of the victims.

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Episode 9

The Million Pound Disability Payout

29 mins

The Department for Work and Pensions is meant to help disabled people get back into work. But the DWP has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other employer in Britain.

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Episode 10

Britain's Bus Crisis

29 mins

Across Britain bus use has plummeted in recent years. Outside London thousands of routes have been cut and bus pass use is down. The prime minister has pledged billions to revitalise the bus network, but is it enough?

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Episode 11

Coronavirus: The Week That Changed Britain

29 mins

Jane Corbin looks at how Britain is coping with the Covid 19 crisis - and asks if the government has the right strategy to contain the virus.

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Episode 12

Lockdown UK

29 mins

Richard Bilton examines the financial impact of Covid-19, telling the story of the fight to save the UK's economy from an unprecedented threat.

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Episode 13

Coronavirus: The Most at Risk

29 mins

More than one-and-a-half million people across the UK have been told they have to stay at home for at least 3 months because they are most at risk from coronavirus. Richard Bilton hears from some of them.

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Episode 14

On the NHS Frontline

29 mins

Four weeks into the government lockdown to save lives and protect the NHS, Jane Corbin reports from the frontline to tell the inside story of a Coventry hospital coping with Covid-19.

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Episode 15

Has the Government Failed the NHS?

30 mins

Has the government let down the health workers leading the fight against the coronavirus? Reporter Richard Bilton investigates the delays and mistakes that may have put the lives of NHS staff at risk.

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Episode 16

Coronavirus: When Will We Be Safe?

29 mins

Justin Rowlatt reports from the scientific frontline, finding out how science can help us defeat the virus. With access to key drug and vaccine trials, he reveals a race against time to help save lives.

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Episode 17

Lockdown: How Business Is Coping

29 mins

A look at how Britain's economy has been radically altered by the Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown. While some businesses are struggling to stay afloat others face unprecedented demand for their services.

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Episode 18

Coronavirus Crisis: Europe's Migrant Camps

29 mins

An investigation into conditions inside migrant camps in Greece during the Covid-19 lockdown, as experts warn of the potential for dangerous outbreaks inside the camps.

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Episode 19

Coronavirus: Destination New York

29 mins

Hilary Andersson reports from New York City, meeting doctors, health workers and community activists, she asks why more than 16,000 people have died during the Coronavirus pandemic in a city with some of the best health care in the world.

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Episode 20

Scandal at the Post Office

29 mins

A report on what could be Britain's largest ever miscarriage of justice - the scandal surrounding the Post Office's Horizon computer system and evidence of a cover-up at the Post Office.

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Episode 21

George Floyd: A Killing That Shook the World

29 mins

The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has prompted the biggest protests about race and police brutality in America for 50 years. Around the world, thousands of people have joined marches against racism. Reporter Clive Myrie asks if this could be a moment that changes race relations in America for good. He hears from protesters, eyewitnesses and former police officers about why this killing has had such a powerful impact, and speaks to people from black and white communities in Minneapolis about their hopes and fears for the future.

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Episode 22

Hunting the Neo-Nazis

29 mins

An investigation into the global network of neo-Nazis and how they are recruiting and radicalising people in the UK, such as the 16-year-old who became the youngest person in Britain to be charged with planning a terrorist attack.

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Episode 23

Has Covid Testing Gone Wrong?

30 mins

Richard Bilton investigates the rapid expansion of our Covid-19 testing capacity and asks whether we have got the world-beating service the prime minister promised.

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Episode 24

Britain's Cancer Crisis

29 mins

Deborah James, who herself has incurable bowel cancer, investigates fears that the coronavirus pandemic has caused a crisis in cancer care that could mean many thousands more will die.

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Episode 25

How Scotland Cut Violent Crime

29 mins

Scotland has dramatically cut violent crime in the past 15 years, but how was it done? Kate Silverton films with Police Scotland's Violence Reduction Unit to find out.

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Episode 26

Lifting the Lockdown

29 mins

The city of Salford lifts the lockdown and tries to get its community back to work. But with the local council approaching bankruptcy, can services be sustained?

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Episode 27

Britain's Coronavirus Gamble

29 mins

Dr Faye Kirkland investigates the scientific advice the government followed in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic and asks if they were taking a gamble with people's lives.

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Episode 28

China's Coronavirus Cover-Up

29 mins

Did China hide crucial information about Covid-19? BBC China Editor Carrie Gracie investigates how it delayed reporting the initial outbreak, evidence that it could be spread to humans and how doctors who spoke out were silenced.

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Episode 29

The Forgotten Frontline

58 mins

Were care homes abandoned to battle Covid-19 alone? Over several months, cameras were allowed into two very different care homes, revealing the dedication of staff, frustration of managers and heartache as more and more lives were lost.

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Episode 30

Stacey Dooley and the Lockdown Babies

29 mins

Stacey visits Bradford Royal Infirmary to find out how the pandemic is transforming the way mothers, midwives and doctors deal with pregnancy and birth.

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Episode 31

Has Lockdown Changed What We Eat?

29 mins

The way we eat is changing - and the way we shop for our food is too. Tom Heap investigates the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Britain's biggest manufacturing sector, food.

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Episode 32

Escaping My Abuser

29 mins

Victoria Derbyshire investigates what the coronavirus lockdown has meant for those trapped with an abusive partner, and meets some of those who have managed to escape.

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Episode 33

Hostage in Iran

29 mins

Reporter Darragh MacIntyre meets with the families of British people who have been arbitrarily detained in Iran and asks whether the payment of a historic debt could set them free.

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Episode 34

Fighting for an Education

29 mins

As most children in England return to their classrooms, reporter Sean Dilley investigates the system for supporting young people with special educational needs.

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Episode 35

Exposing the Illegal Organ Trade

29 mins

An investigation into one of the world's most brutal trades, the buying and selling of human organs. Meeting the African migrants who have been exploited for their body parts by criminal gangs and pursing those behind the exploitation.

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Episode 36

Banking Secrets of the Rich and Powerful

61 mins

Leaked reports expose how banks have failed to tackle crime. Richard Bilton exposes the double life of the man who funded the Brexit Party, secret deals at the top of football and business deals billionaires don't want you to know about.

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Episode 37

Test and Trace Exposed

29 mins

Whistleblowers working inside the government's new coronavirus tracking system reveal chaos, technical problems, confusion and wasted resources and a system that does not appear to them to be working.

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Episode 38

Australia Burning

29 mins

Thirty-four people died in Australia last year as the worst bush fires in living memory swept across the country. As this year's fire season gets underway, Clive Myrie asks if these levels of destruction are to become normal.

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Episode 39

Belly Mujinga: Searching for the Truth

29 mins

Rianna Croxford examines the evidence surrounding the death of the transport worker who was reported to have died of Covid-19 after a passenger at Victoria Station coughed and spat on her.

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Episode 40

Sport's Hidden Crisis

30 mins

Colin Jackson investigates the hidden extent of eating disorders in British sport and asks what the authorities should be doing to tackle the problem.

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Episode 41

Has Covid Stolen My Future?

29 mins

Kash Jones investigates the long-term consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic on young people, meeting young adults trying to deal with the long-term impact on their education, job prospects and mental health.

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Episode 42

Is TikTok Safe?

29 mins

Tina Daheley investigates whether TikTok, the social media sensation of lockdown, is safe for the millions of young people who have signed up to use it.

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Episode 43

Liverpool: Fighting Covid

29 mins

Jane Corbin visits Liverpool to find out how people are coping with tier three coronavirus restrictions to find out whether people have complied with the rules, if the restrictions are starting to work and what the future now holds.

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Episode 44

Can Biden Unite America?

29 mins

Joe Biden has won the battle for the White House. Reporter Hilary Andersson meets the Trump supporters who believe the election was stolen and asks whether they will ever accept their new president.

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Episode 45

Return from ISIS: A Family's Story

58 mins

The extraordinary story of one family's journey from a small town in America to the heart of the Islamic State group and back.

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Episode 46

The Home I Can't Afford

29 mins

Datshiane Navanayagam investigates the government's shared-ownership scheme, designed to get more people on the property ladder, but leaving some with escalating costs and huge debts.

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Episode 47

Business on the Brink

29 mins

Richard Bilton looks at some of the businesses fighting to survive in a global pandemic and sees the pressure on the people trying to save jobs and livelihoods.

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Episode 48

Britain's Wild Weather

58 mins

Justin Rowlatt visits communities around Britain battered by this year's extreme weather - unprecedented rainfall, sunshine and sustained high temperatures - to find out how they have coped.

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Episode 49

The Race for a Vaccine

59 mins

The inside story of the development of the Oxford vaccine against Covid-19. Fergus Walsh scrutinises the data that has come out of the trials, and examines the vaccination's efficacy and safety.

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