Panorama

Episode 1

W Somerset Maugham

W Somerset Maugham has written a book about his favourite novels. In this interview, Malcolm Muggeridge questions him ab

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 8

Malcolm Muggeridge and Sir Ronald Storrs discuss Lawrence of Arabia.

Episode 9

Episode 10

Episode 11

Episode 12

Episode 13

Episode 14

Salvador Dali

First transmitted in 1955. Malcolm Muggeridge talks with Spanish surrealist artist, Salvador Dali, who says that even if

Episode 16

Ed Murrow

First transmitted in 1955, Malcolm Muggeridge talks with American broadcast journalist Ed Murrow about the art of interv

Episode 18

Episode 19

Episode 20

Episode 21

Episode 22

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 9

Episode 10

Episode 11

Episode 12

Episode 13

Episode 14

Episode 15

Episode 16

Episode 17

Episode 18

Episode 19

Episode 20

Episode 21

Episode 22

Episode 23

Episode 24

Episode 25

Milan

Richard Dimbleby, with the Panorama team of special contributors, brings you a special Italian edition direct from a stu

Episode 27

Episode 28

Episode 29

Episode 30

Episode 31

Episode 32

Episode 33

Episode 34

Episode 35

Episode 36

Episode 37

Episode 38

Episode 39

Episode 40

Episode 41

Episode 42

Episode 43

Episode 1

Tonight's edition is the first in a new series and includes a special holiday report from Richard Dimbleby on the Jerez

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 9

Episode 10

Episode 11

Episode 12

Episode 13

Episode 14

Episode 15

Episode 16

Episode 17

Episode 18

Episode 19

Episode 20

Episode 21

Episode 22

Episode 23

Episode 24

Episode 25

Episode 26

Episode 27

Episode 28

Current affairs programme, with a notorious film about the abundant spaghetti harvest in the Swiss valley of Ticino, nea

Episode 29

Episode 30

Episode 31

Episode 32

Episode 33

Episode 34

Episode 35

Episode 36

Episode 37

Union of South Africa

Woodrow Wyatt investigates the impact of new apartheid laws, such as the Group Areas Act. Wyatt interviews politicians f

Episode 39

Episode 40

Episode 41

Episode 42

Episode 1

Richard Dimbleby re-opens Television's Window on the World.

Episode 2

Episode 3

This week's edition includes a Report from Syria: Woodrow Wyatt and the 'Panorama' cameras have penetrated into Syria,

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 9

Episode 10

Episode 11

09/12/1957

Christopher Chataway reports on the domestic budgets of families across the country. Households from County Durham, Lond

Episode 13

Episode 14

Episode 15

Episode 16

Episode 17

Episode 18

Episode 19

Episode 20

Episode 21

Episode 22

Episode 23

Episode 24

Episode 25

Episode 26

Episode 27

Episode 28

Episode 29

Episode 30

Episode 31

Episode 32

Episode 33

Episode 34

Episode 35

Episode 36

Episode 37

Episode 38

Episode 39

Episode 40

Episode 41

Episode 1

The return of Panorama, The Weekly Window on the World. Each Monday Panorama cameras bring home the challenge of Places

Episode 4

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 9

Episode 10

Episode 11

Episode 12

Episode 13

Episode 14

Episode 15

Episode 16

Episode 17

The Challenge of the Sixties

Reports from India, Africa, America, and Russia highlight the problems that face the world during the next ten years. S

Episode 19

Episode 20

Episode 21

Episode 22

Episode 23

Episode 24

Episode 25

Episode 26

Episode 27

Appeal for Aswan Dam

The new Aswan Dam could soon submerge completely many magnificent monuments in Egypt. A film of the threatened area was

Episode 29

Episode 30

Episode 31

Episode 32

Episode 33

Episode 34

Episode 35

Episode 36

Episode 37

Episode 38

Episode 39

Episode 40

Episode 41

Episode 42

Episode 43

Episode 44

Panorama: Panorama goes to The Democratic Convention

Panorama's film team in Los Angeles combines with a thirty-two television camera production to bring you the full story

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

The Year of the Polaris

A special two-part report on Polaris, America's latest and most awesome H-bomb missile. Part One: A CBS Report by Edwar

Britain and the Polaris

A special two-part report on Polaris, America's latest and most awesome H-bomb missile. Part Two: An assessment of the

Episode 9

Episode 10

The American Election

Richard Dimbleby, Robin Day, Robert Kee, Ludovic Kennedy report on the closing stages of the American Presidential Elect

Episode 12

Episode 13

Episode 14

Episode 15

Episode 16

Episode 17

Episode 18

Episode 19

Cuba: Anti-Castro Rebels

Exiles share their reasons for leaving Castro's Cuba. Among those interviewed are leaders of opposition groups, includin

Episode 21

Episode 22

Episode 23

Episode 24

Episode 25

Episode 26

Episode 27

Episode 28

Episode 29

Episode 30

Episode 31

Episode 32

Panorama Goes to Moscow

Panorama cameras report from the Soviet capital on May Day. Introduced by Richard Dimbleby with reports by Robin Day, L

Episode 34

South Africa (1)

South Africa on the eve of Republic Day The first of two special reports by James Mossman. Introduced by Richard Dimble

South Africa (2)

The Archbishop of Canterbury looks back on his sixteen years as Primate of all England and South Africa on the eve of Re

29/5/1961

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh talks to Richard Dimbleby about Commonwealth Technical Training Week, and John Morgan reports

Episode 38

Episode 39

Episode 40

Meeting Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro takes a group of journalists around Cuba, touring the places changed by the revolution. Among the scenes ar

Episode 42

Episode 43

Episode 44

Episode 45

Panorama Goes to Berlin

In the days leading up to the construction of the Berlin Wall, this special edition of Panorama has Richard Dimbleby rep

Episode 1

Episode 1

Panorama Goes to Italy

Panorama cameras look at People-Places-Problems that make news in Italy on the eve of the Vatican Council with reports f

Panorama: 500th Episode

Episode 4

Cuban Missile Crisis Ends

The news and current-affairs programme looks at the implications of the end of the Cuban missile crisis. Hosted by Richa

Episode 1

Mods and Rockers

John Morgan interviews groups of mods and rockers about their lifestyles.

Episode 1

Episode 1

Episode 2

His Holiness Pope Paul VI visits the city of New York to speak at the United Nations. For tonight's Panorama, Richard D

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 9

Episode 10

Episode 11

Episode 12

Episode 13

1965 Panorama of the Year

Vietnam... Churchill... Rhodesia Ringo married; Malcolm X shot; The Queen in Germany; The Pope in New York Too much ha

Episode 15

Episode 16

Episode 17

Episode 18

Cancer

Cancer - the disease that strikes hardest, and is talked about least. Cancer is best faced in the open. Early diagnosis

Episode 20

Episode 21

Episode 22

Episode 23

A fair day’s pay for a fair day's work. But how much pay, and how long a day? How do we compare one man’s income wit

Episode 24

Episode 25

Episode 26

Episode 27

Episode 28

Episode 29

Belgium

Belgium, at the heart of united Europe, now itself threatened by disunity. A special Panorama report at the start of th

On Mental Illness

Every ninth woman in Britain today will spend some time in a mental hospital. So will every fourteenth man. Nearly half

Episode 32

Episode 33

Vietnam: Journal of a War

The war in Vietnam grows more agonising. The South Vietnamese, at war with the Viet Cong and with each other, are themse

Episode 35

Episode 36

California: Year 2000

…broadcast postponed…

California: Year 2000

Nowhere in the world is technology more advanced than in California. As a result, ideas about education, about work, abo

Episode 1

Episode 1

Including an interview with Harold Wilson in which prospect of devaluation of pound is discussed along with Vietnam War

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Is Heath the right man for the job? Panorama talks to Conservative Party activists about their views on Edward Heath. He

Episode 5

Episode 6

Panorama's James Mossman reports on the Catholic Church's engagement with the changing world of the 1960s and the seismi

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 9

Panorama reports on the reaction to devaluation of the pound. Featuring Alan Watson, Ian Trethowan and David Dimbleby, w

Episode 10

Episode 11

Panorama looks at the Vietnam War. Includes an investigation into the attitudes of US citizens to the war and coverage o

Episode 12

Episode 13

Episode 14

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 9

Episode 10

Episode 11

Episode 12

Episode 13

Profile of Enoch Powell

Northern Ireland

Robin Day introduces a Panorama special on Northern Ireland in the wake of recent clashes between the police rival demon

Episode 15

Episode 16

Episode 17

Episode 18

Episode 19

Episode 20

Episode 21

Episode 22

Episode 23

Episode 24

Episode 25

Episode 26

Episode 27

Episode 28

Episode 29

Episode 30

Episode 31

Episode 32

Episode 33

Episode 34

Episode 35

Episode 36

Episode 37

Episode 38

Episode 39

Episode 40

Episode 41

Episode 42

Apollo 11

Robin Day hosts a special edition of the current affairs programme, marking man's first steps on the surface of the moon

Panorama Special: The Violent Days of Ulster

An in-depth review of the Troubles seen in Northern Ireland since October 1968; charting religious division, sectarian v

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 9

Episode 10

Episode 11

Episode 12

Episode 13

Episode 14

Episode 15

Episode 16

Episode 17

Episode 18

Episode 19

Episode 20

Episode 21

Episode 22

Episode 23

Episode 24

Episode 25

Episode 26

Episode 27

Episode 28

Episode 29

Episode 30

Episode 31

Episode 32

Episode 33

Episode 34

Episode 35

Episode 36

Election Special

The End of the Campaign

Episode 39

Episode 40

Episode 41

Episode 42

Episode 43

Mrs Thatcher

Panorama features Nicholas Harman's film profile of Margaret Thatcher, Minister of State for Education, and a report on

Episode 45

Episode 46

Episode 47

What Price Air Safety

Last year over 1,000 people died in 32 air accidents. In the near future, it would be possible for a similar number to d

Episode 1

Episode 2

Ulster

Alan Hart reports from Ulster and investigates how much support there is for the extremists active in the Roman Catholic

In China

Episode 5

Episode 6

Brian Faulkner

A film profile of Brian Faulkner, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.

Free School Milk

A report from Panorama exploring the Conservative plan to withdraw free milk for children over seven years old and incre

Episode 9

Playground of the Western World

"The grand object of travel," said Dr Johnson 200 years ago, "is to see the shores of the Mediterranean." It's even true

B Specials

Alan Hart reports from Ulster on efforts of disbanded B-Specials to campaign for a new force.

The Cinderella Service

The most important cause of death among the under-45s is accidental death. Need it be? Robert MacNeil examines the under

The Fight for the Wild Places

Tonight Nicholas Harman reports from the edge of the Dartmoor Park on the opening shots being fired in a public enquiry

Episode 4

Episode 5

The Edward Heath Interview

On the eve of the Conservative Party Conference, Robin Day goes to Downing Street to talk to the prime minister, the Rt

China - Two into One Won’t Go

In 1949, Gen Chiang Kai-shek fled mainland China for Taiwan. He still hasn't found the right time to return; and as Pres

Episode 8

Episode 9

Episode 10

Episode 11

Episode 12

Episode 13

Episode 14

Episode 15

Episode 16

Review of the Year: The Sights and Sounds of ‘71

If you worked in at UCS, or went on strike at the Post Office; if you waited for the sack at Rolls-Royce; if you can't u

Please Sit, Can I Leave School?

A report on the revolution that must hit our secondary schools if the 16-year-old school-leaving age is to mean more tha

Episode 19

Episode 20

Episode 21

Two days ago, Britain was set on a new course when we signed the Treaty of Accession to the EEC. In Brussels this weeken

Episode 22

On the eve of the Winter Olympics in Japan, the President of the Games Avery Brundage speaks out on the great 'shamateur

Episode 23

Episode 24

Episode 25

“What do the Chinese communists want? They want the world.” (Richard Nixon, 1960) But now it’s President Nixon wh

Episode 26

Episode 27

Episode 28

Episode 29

Episode 30

Episode 31

Episode 32

Episode 33

Episode 34

Episode 35

Episode 36

Episode 37

Episode 38

Episode 39

Episode 40

Episode 41

Episode 42

Episode 43

Episode 44

Tonight, as the school year ends, Panorama reports on the problem of why some children leave school unable to read or wr

Panorama Special: The Docks Dispute - Part 1

Michael Charlton reports on the Docks Dispute and how far it is likely to spread, while Alan Watson chairs a debate abou

The Price of Your Car

This year nearly 100,000 people will be casualties on our roads. There are ways to reduce accidents - but they all cost

Episode 47

Episode 48

Episode 49

Episode 1

Two days ago, Britain was set on a new course when we signed the Treaty of Accession to the EEC. In Brussels, Panorama t

Ulster Initiative

Item on the Governments new initiative for a peaceful settlement in Northern Ireland; Alan Hart interviews SDLP leader G

Ulster: A Chance for Peace

Michael Charlton and Richard Kershaw present programme, with report from Alan Hart on the Heath initiative on N Ireland,

End To IRA Ceasefire

Michael Charlton interviews William Whitelaw (Sec of State for Northern Ireland) on the calling off of IRA ceasefire and

Panorama Special: The Docks Dispute - Part 1

The Price of Your Car

Northern Ireland

Michael Charlton presents Panorama from Belfast during the Darlington talks. Alan Watson introduces report on Ulster and

Episode 8

Episode 9

Episode 1

Freeze

A report from Chesterfield on how the prices and incomes freeze is affecting local people.

Episode 3

The Cost of Eating

British Communist Party

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 8

Watergate: The President Explains

Episode 10

Episode 11

Episode 12

Episode 13

Episode 14

Episode 15

Episode 16

Episode 17

Episode 18

Episode 19

Listen, Man!

Panorama Special: The Royal Wedding Interview

Kennedy: Ten Years On

Episode 23

A Happy New Year?

Reporter Philip Tibbenham visits the town of Hereford to guage people's reaction to the crisis ridden festive season.

Panorama on Pay: How Much Are You Worth?

Panorama looks at how pay for a job is determined. The program seeks views of experts, workers and politicians.

A Suitable Case For Treatment

An investigation into delinquency in girls. The program looks at an alarming increase in violence by girls.

Episode 4

Robin Day interviews Conservative party leader Edward Heath.

British Nuclear Power: The Great Confusion

Panorama looks at Britain's early lead in nuclear power generation and how this lead has been lost.

Who Can Get The Economy Right?

A look at underlying problems of economy.

Episode 7

Panorama turns its attention to industrial relations.

Election Panorama: The EEC Factor

Panorama looks at how question of EEC will affect election

Flags, Flowers and Mongoose Men

A report from Greneda on recently installed Premier, Eric Gairy, and opposition from some of his countrymen.

Over a Barrel

Richard Kershaw visits Saudi Arabia to profile those behind current petroleum crisis.

Episode 11

Healey's Budget

A profile Chancellor Dennis Healey on eve of his budget.

Episode 13

Apres Pompidou

A profile of French President Georges Pompidou and divisions within French Socialist Party.

Episode 15

Episode 16

Survival

Julian Pettifer talks to two of survivors of Uruguyan plane carrying a team of rugby players.

Panorama On Scotland

As North Sea oil field flourishes, Panorama asks if break-up of UK is a real possibility.

Episode 19

Episode 20

Episode 21

Panorama in China

Reporter Michael Charlton looks behind Bamboo Curtain and asks why Conservative leader Mr Edward Heath was given such an

Panorama on Nixon

As Nixon's presidency hangs in balance, Robert MacNeil looks at his career, from Whittier to Watergate.

Yitsak Rabin Interview

The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitsak Rabin, is interviewed.

Cancer In The Currency

An explanation of inflation and its effect.

Episode 26

The Prime Minister discusses Labour's plans for future

How to Impeach a President

Cyprus in Sorrow

Some People's Poland

Julian Pettifer reports from Poland on a softening of communist policies.

Episode 30

Election Panorama (1): The Battle for Britain

Spy Wars

On the infiltration of the United Nations by Russian Agents.

Election Panorama (2): How We Should Pay Ourselves

Election Panorama (3): The Battle For Britain

The last of three programs examining the election issues.

Episode 35

Dennis Tuohy looks at the care of autistic children in Britain.

Panorama on King Coal

Richard Kershaw visits pits and talks to miners, union leaders and employers to understand why we are experiencing a coa

The Politics of Food

Michael Charlton chairs a studio discussion from Rome about food aid on the eve of the UN World Food Conference. Million

Episode 38

David Dimbleby presents for the first time. Panorama looks at the future of the Tory Party and Merlyn Rees is interviewe

Younger Every Day

Julian Pettifer looks at the disturbing ruse in youth crime. He talks to the family of an 11-year-old arrested 19 times.

Episode 40

Episode 41

A look at the effects of inflation on the subsidized performing arts. Richard Kershaw carries out a number of case studi

Episode 42

A report on the plight of Pakistanis facing a four year wait to join relatives living in Britain. Robert Macneil reports

Wouldn't It Be Lovely...

Panorama reports on the plight of the homeless.

The New Man - Cuban Style

David Dimbleby presents a report by Denis Tuohy on the internal changes that have taken place in Cuba under Castro.

Episode 2

In or Out - The Sovereignty Debate

Episode 4

Tory Leadership Contest

The Conservative Party comes under scrutiny in this investigation of the processes and the policies behind the leadershi

Lifting the Veil: The New Face of Pakistani Women

Panorama Goes Comprehensive

Julian Pettifer asks if the comprehensive education system is working. He travels to Sheffield, a city with five years o

Episode 8

A report in the EEC referendum, with a particular interest in how the pros and antis will run their campaigns. MPs John

Episode 9

David Lomax reports with exclusive footage of the coronation of Nepal's King Berendra. The programme looks at the challe

Cambodia - Going, Going... Gone?

H.R. Haldeman Interview

An interview with H.R. Haldeman, former chief of staff to Richard Nixon, who resigned following the Watergate affair.

Episode 12

Julian Pettifer reports on a trip to war ravaged Vietnam.

Britain's Steel Dilemma

A report on Britain's steel industry asking whether it can modernize without losing too many jobs. Richard Kershaw's inv

Episode 14

A report on the President Thiu of South Vietnam's resignation and the implications this holds for US policy. Also includ

Episode 15

Luton Murder - A Lurking Doubt?

Panorama investigates the 1969 Luton Post Office killing for which three men were convicted and the revelations since un

Panorama In Rhodesia

Nearly 10 years Rhodesia unilaterally declared independence and with the future of the white rebellion looking uncertain

Shirley Williams v. Enoch Powell

Referendum Special

Tony Benn and Roy Jenkins debate on the EEC Common Market in studio.

The Price of Peace

Robert McNeil examines NATO, which costs Britain £4.5 billion a year. The report asks if this figure could be reduced b

Battles of Ideas

David Dimbleby talks to Sir Keith Joseph about his ideas of capitalism, communism and the present crisis facing the worl

Episode 22

An examination of the spiralling costs of council housing, with contribution from Environment Secretary Anthony Crosland

Buddy, Can You Spare A Home?

Denis Tuohy looks at the situation facing Vietnamese refugees in the United States, visiting refugee camps, union leader

Episode 24

Episode 25

David Dimbleby interviews Yitzhak Rabin of Israel and Tom Mangold reports from Syria.

Sandhurst

First transmitted in 1975, this edition of Panorama is set at Sandhurst, the officer training academy. It follows a grou

Episode 27

A look at the threat arrival straight into unemployment faced by school leavers. In addition, a David Dimbleby follows M

Episode 28

Tonight's programme examines the relationship between MPs and their constituents. Michael Cockerell speaks with Reg Pren

Episode 29

A report on Ulster loyalists and a conversation with Young Conservative conservatives from Blackpool about the decline i

Adult Illiteracy

A look at the problem of adult illiteracy, including a studio discussion with a number of people affected and an insight

Episode 31

Episode 32

Episode 33

Rhodesia - To Share Or To Fight?

Richard Lindley speaks to white farmer Des Bawden and black barrister Sottayi Katsere in a programme investigating wheth

Coming Apart? - The Devolution Debate Part 1

David Dimbleby examines the issues surrounding devolution. Robin Day talks to politicians such as Edward Heath, Jeremy T

Episode 36

Episode 37

Episode 38

Tonight's programme includes a report from Sydney following the Australian election.

Episode 39

Tom Mangold reports on the case of Patrick Mackay case: Patrick Mackay (b. 1952) was the unhappy child of a violent fath

South Armagh: Bandit Country

After Soweto

A report filmed three years earlier and a discussion broadcast from Johannesburg consider current conditions in Soweto.

The Alternative Prime Minister

Joined by representatives of the press, David Dimbleby chairs a discussion in which Conservative leader Margaret Thatche

F Troop, Treatment and the Half-way Line

As football hooliganism continued to grow in the 1970s, seemingly unchecked, Panorama immersed itself in this shady worl

The Best Days

David Dimbleby asks whether or not Britain's schoolchildren are actually experiencing the best days of their life as the

The Real War in Space: A Sputnik-like Event

First transmitted in 1978, this 25th anniversary edition of Panorama with Tom Mangold examines America's and Russia's de

The Real War in Space: We Are Entering the Post-Nuclear Era

First transmitted in 1978, this 25th anniversary edition of Panorama with Tom Mangold continues with a report on space w

Who Really Killed Kennedy?

Michael Cockerell's report brings all the new facts together for the first time. It includes TV interviews never before

If The Bomb Drops...

A look at the UK Government's preparations for the public in the event of a possible outbreak of Nuclear War.

Walking on Coals: The White Tribe of Africa

David Dimbleby follows the stories of some of the people he interviewed for his earlier programme on the Afrikaners, The

The Chinese News Machine

Michael Cockerell reports on the changes in China, and examines the elaborate apparatus used to control the thoughts and

Whatever Happened To Afghanistan?

A year ago rumble of Russian tanks invading Afghanistan was met by a chorus of condemnation from around world.

Italy's Other Earthquake

Money is now pouring in to rebuild lives and homes of survivors of Italy's earthquake.

How the Left Won

This week, at a special conference at Wembley, Labour Party will decide how to choose its leader.

Episode 4

The Politics of Hunger

Before the year 2000, the world is likely to face famine on a scale hitherto unknown. Today .more than half the African

Episode 6

Who's Afraid of Rupert Murdoch?

At 49, the Australian millionaire is set to become one of the world s most powerful press tycoons. His critics say he ma

Episode 8

The Right to Privacy - The Need to Know

How far should the state look into our lives, and what should be done with the information that is collected? Computers

Has the Lady Turned?

After two years in pursuit of a radical economic experiment, has the Government now decided to change course? The capitu

The Last of the Big Spenders?

The Conservative Government has told local authorities to cut back and spend less. The highest-spending council in Brita

Episode 12

Episode 13

Gold and Diamonds - The Kremlin Connection

'You can carry enough diamonds on your naked body to set you up for life,' said Ian Fleming. Diamonds and gold - the mos

Episode 15

France's Seven-Year Itch

For seven years Giscard d'Estaing has been the dominant force in French politics, and French prosperity has been the env

Episode 17

The Re-arming of America

The United States, in keeping with President Reagan's election promise, has just begun the largest and most expensive pe

Episode 19

The DPP

Sir Thomas Hetherington is the Director of Public Prosecutions, the man who has to decide whether to prosecute in import

South Africa: To the Last Drop of Blood

Peter Taylor reports from within South Africa on the black opposition - an opposition which is becoming increasingly fru

Episode 22

The PLO - The Road to Respectability

The Palestinian Liberation Organisation, responsible for some of the world's worst acts of terrorism, has found a new re

Crash - Whatever Happened To Flight 1008?

In April 1980, Dan Air Flight 1008 crashed en-route from Manchester to Tenerife, claiming 146 lives. The programme cover

Episode 25

Episode 26

Episode 27

The Islamic Bomb

After the Israeli raid on Iraq's nuclear reactor, Pakistan alone is developing the Islamic worlds first nuclear weapon.

Episode 29

Episode 30

The Class of 81

For-the past 12 months Panorama has been following the fortunes of the 250 school leavers at Craig-bank Secondary School

Episode 32

The Provo's Last Card

Panorama's Peter Taylor reports from the Maze prison during the hunger strike campaign and addresses the political and m

Labour: Which Direction Will the Party Go?

Labour's choice of a deputy leader is the culmination of a momentous struggle for the party's future.

Episode 35

Episode 36

KGB -Russia's Secret Service in the West

Soviet Intelligence has a huge presence in every Western country; some four out of every ten Russian diplomats are KGB o

Episode 38

How Many More Skeletons?

In this report from a longer programme, Tom Mangold speaks to Leo Long, one of the men whom Anthony Blunt recruited into

Episode 40

Episode 41

Libya: Trading in Terror

In Britain, Libyan hit squads murder Colonel Gaddafi's exiled opponents. All over the world the Libyans back terrorist g

Trade Unions and the Law

Panorama tonight examines the Government's controversial proposals to limit the power of trade unions. The Rt Hon Norman

Episode 44

Experimenting with Life

Next year there'll be a boom in test tube babies. Laboratory fertilisation is becoming commonplace, and human embryos ar

Episode 46

Episode 1

The Life and Soul of the Party

Serpell Report

Vincent Hanna reports on future options for British Rail in light of the Serpell Report followed by a studio interview w

The Marketing of Margaret

Michael Cockerell presents a report for Panorama examining the way in which the Conservative Party have created the publ

Verdict on the Yard / The End of the Line?

Vincent Hanna reports on future options for British Rail in light of Serpell Report followed by a studio interview with

Episode 1

Vietnam: Children of the Dust

The Illusive Peace (Israel and the PLO)

Maggie's Militant Tendency

Will the Cap Fit?

Hands That Once Picked Cotton

The Television Revolution

The Electric Shock

Bitter Sweet Pill

Super Tuesday

America's Other Election

The Habit the Government Won't Break

The Certain Road to Absurdity

The Prime Minister

Robin Day interviews Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Downing Street.

On Course for War

The Coal War

The prospect of closure for collieries across Britain is believed to be pushing moderate areas towards more militant app

The Bradford Experiment

David Lomax reports on the policies Bradford council has devised to meet the needs of the city's Muslim Asian schoolchil

The Stolen Children

The President's World

A Vote For Europe?

Turning The Mersey Tide

The Battle Against Heroin

The Police Bill: Excessive Force?

Living Dangerously

Limehouse Blues

Is The Coal Face Crumbling?

Six months into the miners' strike, 'Panorama' speaks to all sides about the ongoing dispute. Representatives of the Nat

Prisoners Of Zion

Live from Labour Party Conference

Thatcher Revolution: What Next?

The Battle For Power

Rethinking The Unthinkable

The Sale Of The Century?

Four More Years?

Justice Under Fire

Profile of recent shoot to kill incidents and supergrass trials. Panorama asks, can terror be defeated by ordinary law o

Spain: The Carrot And The Stick

Scandal Down Under

Wasting Welfare

To the bitter end?

With the winter of 1984 biting, and a solution to the Miners' Strike no nearer, Panorama spends 10 days filming exclusiv

O Come All Ye Faithful?

Episode 1

Back on Speaking Terms After deep freeze United States and Soviet Union are talking again in Geneva to try to halt nucle

Episode 2

The Politics of Plenty

Starvation and drought have seized the conscience of the West: millions of pounds have been raised by ordinary people fo

No University for You?

Nearly half-a-million people already born will be denied the university place they could have had before the Government

How Much Longer?

Talks between the National Union of Mineworkers and the National Coal Board have reached stalemate. As official figures

Jobs - What's the Answer?

As unemployment keeps on rising the demands are growing again for the Government to spend more money creating jobs. Some

Bad Deal for Britain

With Tom Mangold Britain's plan to deploy 11 flying radar stations to protect us against surprise attack has gone terrib

Comrade Bob's Election

Next month Zimbabwe goes to the polls for the first time since Independence in 1980. Prime Minister Robert Mugabe -known

Coal's Unsettled Future

What is the future of Britain's mining industry in light of the end of the miners' strike? Donald MacCormick chairs a di

No Asylum?

In night shelters and seedy guesthouses, some of the hundreds of mental patients discharged each year from hospital stru

Episode 11

The Jewish Pawns in Russia's Game

Inna Begun has not seen her husband Yosif, a prisoner in a Soviet labour camp for two years. She's just started a hunger

Men of Honour

One of the most powerful Mafia Godfathers has broken the organisation's code of silence: omerta. The confession of Tomma

Protecting the Unborn Child?

Enoch Powell 's Bill to ban research on human embryos is racing through Parliament. It's supported by a big majority in

Germany Divided - for Good?

As the 40th anniversary of the end of World War D. approaches, Panorama reports on the conflicting emotions of Germans i

Episode 16

As Israeli Army starts last stage of its pull-out from Lebanon, settlers on Israel's northern border are again building

Deadly Force

When a tube traveller turned on four men he thought were robbing him, and shot them, he also fired one of the most inten

Bhopal: The Lingering Tragedy

Six months ago, at least 2,500 Indians were killed and thousands more injured in the world's worst industrial disaster.

Nicaragua: Seeing Red

President Reagan sees in Nicaragua a Communist tyranny which threatens the stability of Central America. The US Governme

Short Sharp Shock

When football hooligans and other young offenders are sentenced by the courts, what sort of punishment do they get? Pano

When the Roof Falls In

The number of home owners who can't pay the mortgage is rising sharply. Last year 11,000 families lost their homes when

Selling Star Wars

President Reagan believes his 'Star Wars' defence initiative may end the threat from nuclear weapons. His critics say th

Episode 23

Family of Spies

In America the biggest spy scandal for decades continues to unravel: already it threatens the security of Britain and th

Doctor in a Hurry

Asked who she thought would be the next Prime Minister, Mrs Thatcher replied 'David Owen '. But how much do we really kn

Prisons for Profit

British prisons are bursting at the bars, and now hold 8,000 more inmates than they were built for. But in the United St

Episode 27

Neil Appeal: The Relaunch of Labour

In the general election two years ago Labour suffered one of the most crushing defeats in its history. Since then its ne

Maggie's Market Forces

What should the Tories do to get out of the slump they are in with the voters? Is it merely a matter, as Mrs Thatcher ma

Jasmine, A Death Too Many Last March

Jasmine Beckford's stepfather was jailed for beating her to death. It was first of a series of terrible cases of child a

South Africa: The Black Mans' Burden

A look at effects of Apartheid laws on lives of black South Africans.

Aircrash - What Price Survival?

In 1985 more people have already died in air crashes than in any previous year. At Manchester airport in August, 77 peop

Episode 33

Poachers Turned Gamekeepers

'London is now the fraud capital of the world and the profits are astronomical,' claims fraud investigator RICHARD JURGE

The Year of the Spy

In London a senior Russian KGB officer defects: his tip-off traps a top KGB agent in Oslo. In Bonn the West German Head

The Summit Debate

On the eve of the historic Reagan-Gorbachev summit meeting in Geneva, Panorama brings young Russians and Americans toget

Voices from the Ghetto

In the wake of the violent riots this autumn, much has been said about policing and punishment in Britain's inner cities

AIDS - The Race for a Cure

AIDS is the biggest public health threat for a generation. To date there have been a few hundred victims in Britain, but

Whatever Happened to Solidarity?

Four years ago this week martial law was imposed in Poland and the short-lived free trade union movement Solidarity was

Arafat: Paying the Price of Terror

Yassar Arafat and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) are fighting for survival after the blunders and killings

Episode 1

While revolution has not yet come to South Africa, it already has to its townships.

The President's Star Warriors

President Reagan dreams of Star Wars as a perfect defence against nuclear attack. But will his Strategic Defence Initiat

Citizen Murdoch

Living with AIDS

AIDS is now a world-wide disease, from its heartland in Africa the virus has spread across the globe. Panorama reports f

Stockton - Never Had It So Good

The Kinnock Alternative

As the political parties gear up for the forthcoming General Election, what alternative vision does Labour offer for Bri

The Private Wars of Colonel North

Michael Cockerell reports on the key role of Colonel Oliver North, US Deputy National Security Adviser, in the Iran-Cont

The Alliance Alternative

Your Child - Unfit for Life

Austin Rover - Breakthrough or Breakdown?

Labour rescued it by nationalisation. The Conservatives cannot wait to privatise it. What is the truth about Austin Rove

Northern Ireland: The Troubled Peace

With no end to the violence in sight, Panorama looks at how people have tried to come to terms with their suffering in t

Brent Schools - Hard Left Rules

Ever since a head teacher was suspended on suspicion of having made a racist remark, the London Borough of Brent has bee

Chernobyl - 'Nobody Thought it Could Happen'

Tonight Panorama premieres a Soviet television documentary called Warning that reveals how ordinary Russian people dealt

Front Line Blues: Policing the Cities

Britain's inner-city police forces are faced with a crisis. The top priority is no longer fighting crime but stopping pu

Scientology: The Road to Total Freedom?

John Sweeney investigates the Church of Scientology, endorsed by some major Hollywood celebrities, but which continues t

AIDS - The Fight for Control

Panorama reports from three cities on the AIDS frontline, Sao Paulo in Brazil, Munich in Germany and Minneapolis in Amer

Gorbachev and the Defence of Europe

The Party Leaders: David Owen and David Steel

With the election campaign now in full swing. Sir Robin Day talks live in the studio to the leaders of the Liberal/SDP A

The Party Leaders: Neil Kinnock

With ten days to go before polling, Sir Robin Day talks live in the studio to the Leader of the Labour Party, The Rt Hon

The Party Leaders: Margaret Thatcher

As the Election Campaign draws to a close. Sir Robin Day talks to the Prime Minister, The Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher , abo

Episode 20

Sailing Too Close to Disaster

On 6 March the Herald of Free Enterprise capsized suddenly just outside Zeebrugge and 188 people lost their lives. Tonig

Fair Play for Britain's Blacks

For years now it's been illegal to refuse someone a job just because they're black. Yet, says the Policy Studies Institu

Not in My Backyard

Waste disposal in Britain is worth £5 billion a year and, in the US, it's said to be the fastest legal way to make a fo

Britain's Amateur Justice System: A Jail Lottery?

What are your chances of ending up in jail if you are found guilty of committing a petty crime? It depends where you do

Dying to Win - Drugs in Sport

It's not just cheating; it can kill and it's big business. A former British track star is in America facing charges of d

Must Labour Lose?

The Labour Party begins its annual conference in Brighton today in sombre mood. After three general election defeats in

Inner Cities - We Want Them Too

Tomorrow, on the first day of its conference in Blackpool, the Conservative Party debates a resolution that welcomes the

Alcohol: More Harm Than Heroin

Everyone knows the horror of illegal drugs like heroin. Yet alcohol is killing far more people. Today people drink twice

Arms Control - Checking on Cheating

Tom Mangold explains how verification has become the litmus test of superpower relations, and how it has been politicall

Poll Tax - What Price on Your Head?

Every man and woman in Great Britain faces having to pay a local government tax: a flat charge per head, varying from co

A Class Revolution

Education is the next priority in Margaret Thatcher 's cultural revolution. State education is poised for its most radic

Adrift in Space

What future has Britain in space? Is the Government about to surrender Britain's toehold in the space technology of the

Harming or Helping? - The New Abortion Bill

David Alton's bill to reform the abortion law is now before Parliament. The real battle is about to begin. Over the next

The Storm Beyond the Crash

What will be the fallout from the Great Crash in the stock markets this autumn? Does it signal a historic decline in Ame

The Uncertain Summit

American president Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev are both in political trouble at home and need to d

Debt: How Deep Are You in?

As the Christmas spending spree reaches its frenzied peak, Richard Lindley reports on a borrowing boom that's left the a

The Troubled Madonna of the Philippines

21 months ago, Cory Aquino was swept to victory on a wave of 'People Power', a modern day Madonna who had delivered the

Thatcher's 3,000 Days

Mrs. Thatcher has now been in office for 3,167 days - overtaking Asquith as longest serving Prime Minister this century.

Arthur Scargill Evermore?

Later this month Britain's 100,000 miners will vote on future direction of their leadership and in particular on Arthur

Rajiv Gandhi - India's Pilot Prime Minister

As an airline pilot, Rajiv Gandhi would press a button, pull a lever and get results.

The Margaret Thatcher Interview

The Prime Minister, Right Hon Margaret Thatcher, MP, in a live interview with David Dimbleby.

NHS - A Terminal Case?

Forty years after its birth, National Health Service is in grip of continued crisis.

The Two Billion Pound Rip-Off

The Two Billion Pound Rip-Off With few effective controls and checks EEC's Common Agricultural Policy has been described

Violence on Television

Violence on Television since Hungerford massacre violence on television has become a hot political issue.

Is There No Alternative?

The IRA: The Long War

A history of the Provisional IRA political and military campaign.

A Hard Act to Follow

Vice President George Bush and Senator Bob Dole are battling for Republican Presidential nomination.

The Underclass of 88

The Underclass of 88 In tomorrow's Budget Chancellor is widely expected to announce further tax cuts for better off.

Electricity - A Shock in Store

Disturbing new evidence of a connection between electricity and small but significant increases in childhood and adult c

Church of England - One Foundation?

In Church of England recent passionate arguments about ordination to priesthood of women or of practising homosexuals ar

Charles, Prince of Conscience

Charles, Prince of Conscience Is Prince of Wales sharpening an impression that he is increasingly out of tune with Thatc

Child Abuse: Battering the System

Clare is 4, and her mother fears she has been sexually abused by her father. She's just 30,000 children on local authori

Israel at 40

Next week, as Israel celebrates 40 years of statehood, Panorama reports on growing-problems of troubled nation.

In the Shadow of the Killing Fields

Ten years after Pol Pot 's reign of terror, Cambodians fear horror of killing fields may return.

Replacing the Hidden Bomb

Few people know Britain has a class of nuclear bombs other than those carried in Polaris submarines.

A Revolution Without Shots

Mikhail Gorbachev has called his attempt to reform Soviet Union 'a revolution without shots'.

Selling the Nuclear Dream

When Government privatises electricity industry, everyone in Britain will have chance to buy a stake in nuclear power.

Northern Ireland: The Long Peace

After 20 years of unrest, there are first signs of a wind of political change in Northern Ireland.

In Wealth We Trust

In his last Budget, Chancellor Lawson gave to those who already had. He cut tax for well-off.

The Price of Success?

Britain's South East is beginning to boom. In a crescent around London, new business parks and housing estates are fast

Can We Afford the Doctor?

The death of hole-in-the-heart baby, Matthew Collier has provoked most fundamental review of National Health Service for

Who Is This Man Dukakis?

As son of Greek immigrants is about to be sent forth as Democratic Party's challenger to recapture American Presidency,

Hot Property

It involves estate agents, valuers and solicitors as well as purchasers, and it's happening both because mortgages are s

Labour's Agonising Reappraisal

At a time when Opposition should have been making capital of Government's difficulties.

Jam Today, Jam Tomorrow?

By year 2000, there will be up to 30 per cent more cars on road. Peter Taylor examines ways of getting out of jam and in

Piper Alpha: The Human Price of Oil

In July, 167 men were killed in world's worst ever oil disaster. Jane Corbin talks to crucial eyewitnesses aboard Piper

A Class Apart

One-hundred-and-eighty children have just begun term at most controversial school in Britain, brand new City Technology

Inundation of a Nation

Violent Britain - The Hurd Instinct

On eve of Conservative Party Conference, Home Secretary Rt Hon Douglas Hurd MP is preparing for his toughest challenges

The SAS

An investigation into the role of the SAS in Northern Ireland.

Choosing the Future - The Genetic Revolution

Using latest DNA technology, scientists are identifying genes which help to determine kind of people we are.

Pakistan: Paying for a Holy War

Pakistan has been chief backer of Afghan guerrillas in their Holy War against Soviet army.

The Tories: Friends of the Earth?

Mrs Thatcher claims Conservatives are green at heart. The local authorities monitoring Britain's booming waste industry

Adios General Pinochet?

After 15 years, people of Chile have voted to get rid of General Pinochet. But his dictatorship continues for next year-

Europe: My Way or Theirs?

On eve of Summit of Common Market Leaders, Fred Emery reports on battle for future of Europe after 1992.

Council Housing: The Last Frontier

Council estates are Conservatives' next political battlefield. Once, council housing, subsidised and secure, symbolised

The Shadow of the Swastika

Half a century after war, hunting down of old Nazis has never been more intense. In America, Canada and Israel, Nazis an

How Free Is Britain?

Peter Taylor asks whether a decade of Conservative government has eroded or enhanced democratic liberties in the UK.

President Bush - Challenging the Future

In four days, George Bush becomes the 41st President of the United States, taking office at a time of momentous change i

Children in Need

This year looks set to be a record year for charity appeals, not only for the Third World but for poor children in Brita

The Killer Inside

There's growing concern that Britain's prisons are a breeding ground for AIDS. Senior prison workers warn that smuggled

Factory Fresh: The Food Revolution

It began as an 'epidemic' of salmonella in eggs. It frightened consumers, cost egg producers dear, and lost Mrs. Edwina

Inside the Ayatollah's Iran

Ruled by an Islamic government, where the aged Ayatollah Khomenei still holds the key to power and the future, Iran stil

Will You Still Feed Me?

Polly Toynbee reports on the divide between rich and poor old people in the UK. Some feel life has never been better, wh

The Tender Trap

By August, every council in England and Wales will have to start putting six essential services out to tender. Will the

Death in the Rainforest

The murder of Chico Mendes , the Brazilian rubber-tappers' leader and defender of the Amazon rainforest has focused worl

NHS Plc? - What's in It for Patients?

The Government has embarked on most radical reforms to National Health Service in its history.

Sent from Heaven - Sold on Earth

Mrs. Thatcher says that water privatisation has not been handled well. As the Government redoubles its campaign to sell

Disarming the Alliance: The Soviet Peace Offensive

Tomorrow NATO celebrates its 40th anniversary. But the Western Alliance, forged in the Cold War, now faces the challenge

The Condor Conspiracy

Panorama Episode featuring Jane Corbin on threat posed by Argentinian Condor Missile Programme.

Whose Law Is It Anyway?

The High Court is closed today. For the first time in history, judges have downed wigs to debate what they suspect may b

No Spring in Prague

From Czechoslovakia where Soviet tanks crushed the experiment of 'Communism with a human face' in 1968. Today the Govern

Ten Years' Hard Labour

Ten years ago the last Labour government was defeated by the Tories under Margaret Thatcher. What has been the impact of

Football - Safe in Their Hands?

Whatever the outcome of the inquiry into the Hillsborough tragedy, Britain's worst sporting disaster has already provoke

Punching Judy

Latest Police figures show an increase in crimes of domestic violence, unmatched since records began. One in four assaul

University Challenge

Alan Young comes from Bedlington near Newcastle. His father was a miner, his mother works at the local hospital. Alan is

Alaska: Oil on the Rocks

When the Exxon Valdez ran aground off the coast of Alaska last March, it was the worst oil spill in American history. No

Built in Britain, Made Abroad

Lady Porter - The Pursuit of Power

The leader of Westminster's Conservative council, Lady Porter, one of a new breed of town-hall Tories. Lady Porter's rep

Getting the Message Across

In the 10 yrs since Thatcher came to power the bill for Gov't advertising has doubled to E150 million. The water privati

Solidarity - Taking the Reins of Power

This September, Poland is living through some of the most momentous days in its history. For the first time in Eastern E

Happy Families

One in three marriages ends in divorce. A quarter of all babies are now born to mothers who have never married at all. W

Lockerbie: An Avoidable Tragedy

As the hunt to bring to justice the murderers of 270 passengers and crew continues into its tenth month, Gavin Hewitt ha

Afghanistan: The Squandered Victory

When the Soviet army withdrew from Afghanistan last February, the regime in Kabul was expected to fall to the Afghan reb

Follow My Leader

Anthony Howard reports for BBC Panorama into the thoughts and stratagems of the Conservative powerbrokers, from 1989.

British Rail: The Ultimate Sell-Off

Fred Emery reports on reaction round the country to the many changes already affecting British Rail services in what's b

Crack Crisis - Is Britain Next?

Crack; the drug which President Bush says is turning American cities into battle zones. Is now starting to appear on som

Gorbachev: Reaping the Whirlwind - The Poisoned Land

From the Aral Sea, evidence of a catastrophe that rivals Chernobyl. The planning decisions of the Brezhnev years have le

Gorbachev: Reaping the Whirlwind - Bloody Sunday

In Tblisi, the capital of Soviet Georgia, troops encircled a crowd of peaceful demonstrators and attacked them with trun

The Boys on B Wing

How is it that every year 1,500 teenage boys - all 16 years old or younger - can be locked up in British prisons, two to

What Future for Thatcherism?

With the shock waves of the recent political crisis still reverberating through the Government, is Mrs. Thatcher's famou

Allies in Arms

Investigates the S.A.-Ulster Alliance in arms.

Triumph Over Tyranny

After fleeing the capital as revolutionary fervour spread, Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife were captur

Suffering for a Solution

David Lomax reports on how patients are suffering as a result of the 1990 ambulance dispute.

Sinking Into Squalor

Bunking Off

Every day this term more than 200,000 pupils will play truant from Britain's schools. In London alone a quarter of all 1

The Winter of Perestroika

As crises mount for President Gorbachev, what about the Russians - the people who will ultimately determine the fate of

The Police: In for Questioning

Britain's police are facing a crisis of public confidence. In the wake of the Guildford Four case, the break up of the W

Ulster's Regiment - A Question of Loyalty?

August's shooting of a young Catholic, Loughlin Maginn, was the 2,744th murder since the N. Ireland troubles began. But

The Debriefing of Colonel G

Who's Afraid of Germany?

East Germans vote next Sunday in their first free elections in over 50 years. But already the hundreds of thousands who

Poll Taxing Their Loyalty

In England and Wales 38 million people are about to receive their first poll tax bills - many will be higher than Govern

Concrete v. Countryside

In the 90s, Britain will need new roads, houses and industrial developments if it is to prosper in Europe. But birds, pl

Falling Through the Net

The very poor in Britain live at the margin. Any crisis, from a house burning down to something as everyday as a child n

House Prices, Home Truths

More than three million people have joined Britain's army of homeowners since Mrs. Thatcher came to power. But for many,

The Red Army Revolution

The mighty Red Army that Lenin created to defend the Motherland is coming home from camps across Eastern Europe. But it

Doctoring the Reforms

18 months ago, the Gov't launched a radical reform of the NHS. It wanted to turn a £20 billion state monolith into an i

The Crimes of the Comrades

All over eastern Europe, dark secrets from the past are being unearthed. Many countries face the dilemma of what to do w

The Big Heat

Steve Bradshaw reports on the effects of global warming.

Rioting for Rights?

One self-confessed ringleader of the Strangeways riot has claimed to Panorama that the disturbance was originally planne

Selling Our Schools

As the Government's changes to the education system start to take effect, how well are Britain's schools coping? Roisin

Selling Socialism

With Westminster rife with pre-election fever and Labour ahead in the opinion polls, the Leader of the Opposition, the R

A Woman's Work

After a rather difficult political year, the Conservatives are now preparing to fight their fourth election campaign und

Saddam's Secret Arms Ring

How did the west allow Saddam Hussein to build up his terrifying arsenal of weapons? Jane Corbin reveals the scale of Sa

Saddam's Fifth Column

To many Palestinians, Saddam Hussein is a new saviour. Panorama analyses the Saddam-fever that is sweeping through Jorda

Uncle Sam v. Saddam

David Dimbleby and Tom Mangold report from America on the latest developments in the Gulf crisis. Is a compromise still

The Gulf in Our Defences

Britain's defences were undergoing their most drastic review for over a generation when Iraq provoked the Gulf crisis. F

Labour's Liverpool Nightmare

Reporter Steve Bradshaw investigates the legacy of Militant Tendency in Liverpool.

Who Pays for the Party?

Gavin Hewitt has been examining who actually pays for the Conservative Party. Why do individuals and companies give and

The White Tribe of Africa: Part 1 - Drowning in Blood

An examination of the cause and effect of the savage violence which has been sweeping South Africa, a threat to the peac

The White Tribe of Africa: Part 2 - No Way Back

President F W de Klerk's promise to abolish all race laws and share power with the black majority has set white against

Sins of the Fathers

In an attempt to make the family a lasting commitment, the Government is changing the law to track down fathers who aban

The Price of Freedom

David Dimbleby in Potsdam presents a debate with representatives from several European countries on their adjustment to

Mr. Major's Medicine

The Chancellor of the Exchequer's decision to take Britain into the Exchange Rate Mechanism provoked short-lived euphori

Battle for No.10

The Cruellest Thing

Fred Emery presents a Panorama special about the demise of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, looking at the fina

International Aids Day

As the world marks international Aids day, Panorama reports on the relentless spread of the disease into the general pop

Mr Ridley's Europe

Anthony Howard accompanies former cabinet minister Nicholas Ridley on a journey around Europe, highlighting his opinions

Guildford: The Untold Story

The Department of Public Prosecutions is considering whether to prosecute a group of junior Surrey detectives who are al

The Chances Of Averting War

Reports on central issues of day at home and abroad. As Gulf crisis reaches a critical stage and UN deadline for Iraq to

Project Babylon

The full story of Saddam Hussein 's supergun is revealed. It began as one scientist's dream.

The Gathering Storm

After the Desert Storm

The Mind of Saddam

Episode 6

Episode 7

While world has been distracted by Gulf crisis, momentous political events have been taking place in Soviet Union.

Episode 8

As foreign ministers gather in Brussels to discuss next steps towards political union, Panorama examines impact of Gulf

Episode 9

David Dimbleby presents analysis and discussion of the latest events in the Gulf.

Episode 10

On eve of Budget, Panorama asks whether recession is doing lasting damage to Britain's industrial fabric.

America's Secret War

Intelligence gathering played a vital role in military success of Allies in Gulf War.

Race Hate Uk

In 1991 Panorama investigated rise of racist violence in UK and role of openly racist British National Party.

The Major Question

John Major's honeymoon is over. Now he's faced with tough decisions on poll tax, economy and timing of next election.

The Cancer Lottery

Every cancer patient wants best treatment, but finding it may be a matter of chance.

Beyond the Poll Tax

In week when millions vote in local elections and government unveils its replacement for poll tax, spotlight is on local

Cold Warrior - The Story of James Jesus Angleton

Tonight's special edition traces extraordinary career of James Jesus Angleton, most famous spycatcher of them all.

Scuttling British Shipbuilders

Investigation into the collapse of British shipbuilding, with reporter Fred Emery.

Escape from Tiananmen

Two years after massacre in Tiananmen Square, Panorama reveals story of Yellow Bird.

Rivals for Russia

David Dimbleby presents a special program from Moscow in week of first free election since Revolution.

The Dream of Kurdistan

After refugee crisis, what hope is there for Kurds of attaining their own homeland?

Making a Killing?

In aftermath of Gulf War, western leaders say it is time for world's major weapons producers to cut back on arms sales.

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Government plan to close Britain's top security hospitals.

Labour Pains

But post-war Labour prime ministers have faced same persistent problems: sterling crises, pressures on spending, straine

The Battle for Britain's Defences

As Britain's armed forces wait to hear who's going to be on receiving end of government's military cutbacks, David Dimbl

Lethal Force

John Ware investigates a chain of recent killings by British soldiers in Northern Ireland.

ICI: Hanson's Choice

A state of war exists between ICI, Britain's top chemical company, and Hanson plc, over the prospect of Britain's larges

Kuwait: The Victims of Victory

The first of three special programs about Gulf War and its aftermath. Jane Corbin returns to Kuwait one year after Iraq'

Iraq: Saddam the Survivor

Did Saddam really lose Gulf War? In second of three special Panorama documentaries about war and its aftermath.

The Allies: In the Eye of the Storm

The last of three reports about Gulf War and its aftermath. Interviews with military commanders and previously unseen Pe

Episode 30

Episode 31

Goodbye USSR

As the Soviet Union breaks up, reporter Gavin Hewitt explores the death of a superpower. Will its end be bloody or peace

The Max Factor

The Testing Question

Episode 35

On eve of Conservative Party Conference, BBC's political editor John Cole assesses current state of John Major's party.

The Halcion Nightmare

Tom Mangold reveals astonishing facts behind decision to remove a drug associated with serious psychiatric disturbances

No Surrender, No Progress

This summer, hopes for a political settlement in Northern Ireland flickered then died. But Secretary of State for Northe

Episode 38

Deprived or Depraved?

Last month, several British cities were blighted by rioting, and politicians and church leaders cast around for explanat

The Bank That Didn't Add Up

When last July Bank of England co-ordinated action to close down BCCI, world's largest international banks.

Class Wars

The Government has renewed its onslaught on "trendy educationalists", claiming they have spread a mania for equality thr

Episode 42

Has Thatcherite housing agenda led to a housing crisis, with family homes being repossessed because of over-extended mor

Episode 43

In week that European Community leaders meet in Maastricht to discuss political and monetary union

Risky Business

King's Cross, Zeebrugge, Piper Alpha - more than a thousand people died in the big disasters of the late 80s. Yet after

Getting Rid of Granny

The Prime Minister praised the NHS for the treatment his parents received when they were ill in their old age. But many

Nuclear Nightmare

The collapse of Soviet Union has left thousands of nuclear warheads, vast amounts of plutonium and entire cities full of

The Third Man

As the General Election approaches, opinion polls suggest an increasing likelihood of the result being a hung Parliament

Bush's Domestic Storm

Next week George Bush sets out on the long electoral road to a 2nd term in the White House. But America is ill disposed

Episode 6

As the opinion polls indicate that-half the Scottish electorate now favours independence, David Dimbleby chairs a debate

Unsafe Convictions

Three men are serving life sentences for gruesome murder of a Cardiff prostitute. Tom Mangold investigates some of metho

Crisis at the Coalface

Since the miners' strike 7 yrs ago, productivity in Britain's mines has soared and efficiency improved beyond expectatio

The Slide Into Slump

Now that it is officially admitted that Britain's current economic recession is the longest since the Second World War,

The Chancellors' Debate

David Dimbleby chairs a debate on one of the issues crucial to the outcome of the imminent General Election.

Leaders: Liberal Democrats

David Dimbleby face-to-face with party leaders. Tonight: Paddy Ashdown, Leader of Liberal Democrats.

Leaders: Labour Party

David Dimbleby face-to-face in live interviews with party leaders. Tonight: Neil Kinnock, Leader of Labour Party.

Leaders: Conservative Party

The Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party, John Major, is interviewed live by David Dimbleby. Can the Cons

Episode 14

What are the implications of the election result for the nation and for its political parties? David Dimbleby and the Pa

Not a Drop to Drink

Summer has not yet arrived but already large areas of southern Britain are subject to hosepipe bans and other restrictio

The House Party's Over

Are golden days over for British home owners? Reporter John Plender looks at whether in future owning a house will still

Citizen Major's Charter

The Citizen's Charter, which John Major launched as Tories' "big idea" for 90s, is rapidly breeding mini-charters settin

The South Strikes Back

At Earth Summit in Rio this week, tax payers in rich countries like Britain will be asked to pay billions of pounds to s

Episode 19

Episode 20

Are police now calling a truce in war on drugs? Fewer users are being prosecuted, but does this mean there is a move tow

Episode 21

As Israel prepares to go to the polls, the Middle East peace process hangs in the balance. Jane Corbin reports on how th

Pension Funds

In wake of Maxwell scandal, there are fears that pension funds are vulnerable to theft and sharp practice by people who

Hong Kong

In a few days' time, Britain's last governor will arrive in Hong Kong - in preparation for handing the colony over to Ch

Dollars, Deals and the Old Guard

Almost a year after abortive coup against Gorbachev, ghost of communism still haunts former Soviet Union.

AIDS

New fears about an Aids epidemic in the heterosexual community have been raised by recent highly publicised cases. Tom M

The Dentists' Revolt

Is free dental care in danger of becoming a thing of past? As dentists threaten to withdraw from NHS over Government's a

America's Killing Question

Supporters of death penalty in America used to claim it was a deterrent to violent crime.

The Plutonium Business

Britain is poised to become a major player in an international trade in deadly plutonium.

For Those in Peril

Forced to remain in harbour against their will and obliged to throw almost half their catch back into sea, British fishe

One Rule for the Bosses

Despite the recession, the pay of Britain's company directors is rising faster than ever. How do they justify double-fig

For Fools and Horses?

Horse racing in Britain is in crisis. Is it because it's not run in a business-like way or because bookies aren't paying

Britain's Rural Revolution

New payments to farmers to produce less food will result in an area of farmland bigger than Devon being released. Will t

Episode 33

Episode 34

On the eve of the Conservative Party conference, another in-depth investigation and analysis of current events with the

Episode 35

Recent events have shaken the foundations of the EC. As the 12 gather for a summit in Britain this week, Martha Kearney

The Refugee Trail

This year, hundreds of thousands of people will be smuggled into the west from the former communist states of eastern Eu

The Comeback Kid

Bill Clinton has suffered the most sustained attacks on a candidate's character in recent American history, over sex, dr

Why Pay for Auntie?

The future of some popular BBC tv shows, from Eldorado to the Generation Game, is under scrutiny. Why should viewers pay

In the Name of Satan?

Animal sacrifice, child sexual abuse, cannibalism and murder: crimes committed, claim some, in the name of Satan. Accord

Crack UK: Britain's War on Cocaine

Crack cocaine is most dangerous illegal drugs ever to reach Britain. The intense pleasure it gives soon leads to addicti

UK Ltd: The Arming of Iraq

Episode 42

Wanna Buy a Railway?

Under Mrs Thatcher, ministers said they meant to privatise British Rail, but left it in public ownership. Now John Major

Episode 44

The Great Pit Disaster

The economic case for closing 31 pits and putting 30,000 miners on the dole was "unanswerable", the government said. But

The Road to Hope

On 20 January, Bill Clinton will become the first Democratic president of the United States for 12 years. Peter Jay, who

Episode 3

The Bitter-Enders: Part 1

First of a two-part report. As South Africa prepares for the coming election, David Dimbleby talks to President F W De K

The Bitter-Enders: Part 2

Second of a two-part report. David Dimbleby talks to President F W De Klerk and to Nelson Mandela, and assesses the chan

Episode 6

Monarchy, Magic and Citizen Major

This year sees the 40th anniversary of the Queen's coronation. What is the prospect for the monarchy today, and what pla

Whose Mind Is It Anyway?

A month after being discharged from a psychiatric hospital, Tracey Evans killed her children in what she called an "act

Arming for Islam

A new military power looks set to overtake Saddam's Iraq. In the Islamic republic of Iran the heirs of Ayatollah Khomein

A Class Apart

The dramatic increase in the numbers of children expelled from school is causing problems for a Government already grapp

The Peace Penalty

As the post-Cold War military cuts go deeper, Britain faces hundreds of thousands of job losses in the defence sector, b

Underclass in Purdah

Nisha Pillai reveals the emergence of a Muslim underclass among Pakistanis and Bangladeshis and looks at the dangers and

Fair Cops

Britain's top policemen now admit that their old Dixon of Dock Green image was always a myth - and that in the battle to

Dumping Granny

By the end of this decade more than a million people in Britain will be over 85. Some families are already abandoning re

Episode 15

Pack of Lies

Tom Mangold investigates the tobacco companies' conspiracy to cover up research that helps prove the link between smokin

Lucky to Have a Job

Are workers in Britain being exploited by bosses who say they are lucky to have a job? Thousands are being forced to wor

The Beast of Corleone

For more than ten years, Salvatore Riina was the Godfather of the Mafia, the world's largest criminal organisation. Afte

The Gene Genie

The race is on to discover the genes that determine people's susceptibility to illness and disease. Billions of dollars

Secrets of the Citadel

A report from Aldermaston, Britain's top-secret nuclear weapons factory, known as the Citadel. Nuclear weapons are being

Lloyd's Last Chance

Lloyd's of London - the most famous insurance market in the world - is in crisis. After hurricanes, terrorism and tanker

Bad Medicine

Can hospitals be trusted to provide the best possible care? Panorama offers evidence that some cannot and that differenc

The Gift of God or Human Torment?

Thousands of Catholic priests have left active service to marry. Sex scandals involving American archbishops have rocked

Wessex Man

Wessex Regional Health Authority is said to have wasted tens of millions of pounds on installing a computer system that

The Dental AIDS Mystery

Florida dentist Dr David Acer has been held responsible for transmitting the deadly HIV virus to six of his patients. Tw

The Rape of Justice

In cases of sexual assault, are the courts too lenient when it comes to sentencing? Will the government respond to publi

To Catch a Thief

Is Britain becoming a nation of vigilantes? Peter Godwin investigates a growing trend of DIY crime-fighters - some legal

Episode 28

Episode 29

The Whole Truth

A succession of miscarriages of justice have brought about tougher measures to protect the accused in criminal cases. Bu

An Ordinary Boy

Two IRA bombs in a crowded Warrington shopping centre on 20 March this year killed 3-year-old Jonathan Ball immediately;

The Norway Channel

The story of a Norwegian couple who had formed a secret channel between the Israelis and the Palestinian Liberation Orga

Panorama Special: The Manager

Babies on Benefit

Michele is 22 and expecting the fifth of her babies she's had by two different fathers. Janet lied to the authorities to

Cut Adrift

"It's very easy when you're in politics - to find yourself cut adrift from the everyday concerns of people in the countr

Pensioned Off

Stephen Bradshaw reports that the state pays out billions of pounds in benefits to pensioners who don't need the money.

The Sinful Messiah

John Penycate examines the Branch Davidians and David Koresh's bizarre cocktail of religion, violence and sexual abuse,

Securing a Headline

With the Jamie Bulger trial about to start, and public concern about child criminals in the news, the Government is prom

Water - Profits and Poverty

A few yrs ago water charges were a small item on the rates bill, but now they're increasing up to 8 times the rate of in

A Very British Folly

This week the government is expected to give the final go-ahead to Thorp, a nuclear "laundry" meant to clean the used fu

Episode 41

Episode 42

Race, Violence and the Law

New government figures suggest that racially motivated attacks in Britain are far more frequent than was previously esti

Getting Away with Murder

Stephen Bradshaw reports from Foca, in Bosnia, where innocent civilians have been victims of war crimes, and of history'

Nose to Tail

Will government plans to spend £23 billion on Britain's roads ease traffic jams or encourage more people to take to the

Current Fears

Simon Studholme died of leukaemia in 1992. His bedroom was next to electricity meter and outside house stands an electri

For the Sake of the Children

With 1994 designated Year of Family, it is disturbing trends emerging from 1980s show more children than ever will go.

Battling for Air

Two thousand people die of asthma each year in Britain. The number of sufferers is growing, and blame is being leveled a

Episode 5

Who's Sorry Now

Five years ago government created personal pensions industry -and a big problem. The government now promises industry's

The Sacrifice Zone

America began to conduct atomic tests at Yucca Flats in Nevada soon after Second World War, and "down-winders" across bo

Truth Is a Difficult Concept

The Scott Inquiry into exports to Iraq has put inner workings of government on public display as never.

Breast Cancer

An investigation into one of the biggest killers of middle-aged women in Britain - breast cancer. The programme reports

The Red Peril

After the success of Vladimir Zhirinovsky in Russia's recent elections, Panorama examines the threat to world peace. The

Mandela's Promised Land

In 1987 the BBC's Michael Buerk was refused a renewal of his work permit to report from South Africa - effectively he wa

Gravy Training

Government schemes to train long-term unemployed sound like a good idea but this investigation reveals they are often ve

Episode 13

Episode 14

The Price of Power

Seacroft Is Britain

On the South Seacroft estate in Leeds, syringes lie in gutters and drug dealers cruise the streets in fast cars confiden

Arafat's Historic Return To Jericho

PLO Chairman Arafat "is no Nelson Mandela" according to a Palestinian commentator, but he has agreed to a fundamental ch

Episode 18

Journey Into Darkness

Poison in the Mouth

Are our dental fillings making us ill? Tom Mangold reports on alarming new evidence about amalgam, the substance metal f

Grassed! - The Changing Role of the Police Informant

"The police force should not be enticing people to commit crime - And that is what they have been doing," says James Dan

Salvaging Babies

"If the baby comes out and looks a 'goer', we will try for it" says a doctor to a woman 22 weeks pregnant and starting c

Episode 23

Episode 24

The Landlord's Return

The landlord is back. But is he up to the job? In tonight's programme, Mike Embley investigates the rent revolution - mi

An Act of Man

What is future for Rwandans who survive refugee camps? The United Nations is trying to persuade survivors to return to w

Golden Handshakes

Why should a company director of two years' standing get a "golden handshake" of half-a-million pounds when a middle man

Blair's Britain

Tonight Panorama introduces Tony Blair, the man behind the rhetoric and headlines. In the town of Southampton, Blair mee

The Age of Fear

Peter Jay, BBC Economics Editor, looks at job insecurity, issue of 90s. With "a job for life" now an outdated concept, p

The Uneasy Peace

In wake of IRA ceasefire, Panorama reports on mood of Unionist community. A member of unionist Orange Order alleges Nort

The Future Is Female

From babyhood to boardroom, women are now set to out-achieve men. Panorama reveals evidence that the future is female -

The Mr. Nice Guy Murders

He was the boy from the other side of the tracks, poor, black, who made it in a white man's world. The trial of 0J Simps

The Greatest Nightmare

Is "the greatest nightmare" of being "old, sick, poor and uncared for" referred to by John Major at the Conservative Par

Episode 34

Episode 35

Ferries - The Fatal Flaw

On 28 September the ferry Estonia sank in minutes in the Baltic Sea with the loss of 900 lives. It was the second major

Annus Horribili

In the wake of books, biographies and annus horribili, the monarchy is facing its biggest crisis for half a century. Eve

Not So Great Railway Journeys

As British Rail is broken up into more than 80 new companies, trains are grinding to a halt with more cancellations and

Bad Blood

Tonight's programme investigates the spread of Hepatitis C through contaminated blood. Britain was the last country in E

An Englishman in Sarajevo

As he completes his controversial mission as commander of the UN protection force in Bosnia, British General Sir Michael

Gerry Adams - The Man We Hate to Love

This remarkable profile of Gerry Adams shows him in a surprisingly positive light, and asks if the government is doing e

The Million Dollar Spy

In an exclusive interview with Aldrich Ames, allegedly the most damaging traitor in CIA history, Panorama tells the extr

Dead Poor

Average life expectancy in England is 73 for a man and 79 for a woman - but not if you are poor. Panorama looks at new e

The Killing Screens

In the week that Oliver Stone's controversial film Natural Born Killers is finally released in Britain, Panorama asks if

Whose Death Is It Anyway?

Should doctors respect the wishes of the seriously ill who want to die? Panorama investigates whether patients should ha

Episode 8

Pulp Future

Are we facing a future of violence and chaos? In the programme's contribution to Science Week, Panorama looks at the ala

Profits on Tap

Tonight's programme poses some tough financial questions for the privatised British water industry. Are its customers fo

The John Major Interview

Episode 12

Episode 13

Episode 14

Home Truths

The slump in the housing market has left more than a million homeowners victims of negative equity. How did it go so wro

Episode 16

The Plane Truth

How safe are Britain's aeroplanes? Why are parts from war wrecks, cars and even bed springs ending up in planes used by

The Line of Fire

Two men fire guns in the street. One is in west Yorkshire firing blanks: British police shoot him dead. The other is in

Episode 19

Wish I Weren't Here

British citizens who are arrested for alleged crimes in EU countries such as Germany, Spain and Portugal are almost neve

Baby Blues

Panorama reveals the desperate plight of one in ten mothers who suffer from postnatal mental illness. New research shows

Drug Rule

Murders, machete attacks, shootings and a firebombing have hit a quiet Scottish town - and all because of a sleeping pil

Rwanda: The Bloody Tricolour

This Panorama special investigated how the French government was deeply implicated in the Rwandan genocide. It revealed

Episode 24

Episode 25

Waiting for Labour

On the day that the Labour Party Conference opens in Brighton, Gavin Hewitt examines what a "new Labour" government coul

Howard's Way

The Home Secretary, Michael Howard, claims that he is beating crime; in fact, crime recorded by the police has fallen fo

Men Aren't Working

Panorama reports on the plight of many young men who appear to be losing out to women - at home, at school, at college a

Episode 29

Panorama Special: The Story of Child B

A Peace Without Honour

In Panorama tonight, Lord Owen tells the story of his years as European negotiator in war-torn Yugoslavia. Speaking cand

Class Struggle

Are Britain's children being let down by bad teachers? The latest research from the government's education inspectorate,

Episode 33

An Interview with HRH The Princess of Wales

Diana, Princess of Wales, speaks openly for the first time about her separation from the Prince of Wales in a frank inte

Episode 35

Episode 36

Episode 37

Boozing for Britain

Alcohol abuse is responsible for up to 40,000 deaths every year in Britain, as well as domestic incidents, absenteeism a

Episode 2

From Cradle to Grave: Paying for the Future

Tonight, in the first programme of a special two part investigation on the reality of the welfare state, reporter Stephe

From Cradle to Grave: Paying for the Future

The 2nd programme of a two-part investigation into the welfare state. Stephen Bradshaw looks at the implications of the

Episode 5

Episode 6

Did the NHS Fail?

On 8 December last year, a 10 yr old boy from Stockport, Nicholas Geldard died in a Leeds hospital. In his last hours he

Episode 8

Empress on the Rocks

The stranding of the Sea Empress oil tanker at the mouth of the Cleddau Estuary off Milford Haven in February 1996 resul

War Crime - Five Days in Hell

The Bosnian Serb army stand accused of some of the worst war crimes to be committed since the end of the Second World Wa

A Ray Of Hope

Gerry Northam presents a programme looking at controversy surrounding perceived results of drugs trials on AZT (marketed

High Society?

As part of the week-long series Dealing with Drugs, a look at the increasing use of recreational drugs, not just among t

Death of a Principle

Last year nearly 200 people were publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia, yet the British Government does not criticise its cl

Episode 14

The X-Ray Files

Battle of the Bonuses

A Life in Limbo

Thomas Creedon was born severely brain-damaged. Unable to see or hear, he was kept alive only through modern medicine. H

Episode 18

Hard Lessons

Are our children being let down by primary school education? New research suggests that over the last 25 years, standard

Russian Elections

Mad Cows and Englishmen - The Making of the Beef Crisis

So far BSE has meant the deaths of 160,000 cows and may lead to the condition Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease in humans. As th

Animal Transplants

Off the Rails?

In the brave new world of privatised railways, it's cheaper to send trains by road than by rail. New owners of the track

Scandal at County Hall

The Drugs Olympics

Swifter, higher, stronger is the Olympic motto but has the athlete's ultimate dream to win gold created a culture of wor

Dunblane - The Legacy

Panorama begins with this report on the aftermath of the massacre when Thomas Hamilton killed 16 children and their teac

Episode 27

Have They Got News for You

The spin doctors politicians rely upon to influence the news have been called "the men in the dark" . Do they help polit

The Billion Dollar Man

Sir James Goldsmith is a billionaire at the gate of British politics - a financier who intends spending huge amounts of

Episode 30

Episode 31

On the Trail of the Real Bill Clinton

As America prepares to vote for its next President and the candidates' election campaigns roll towards their conclusion,

Violent Women

Statistics show that British women are committing more and more violent crimes. Panorama investigates the shift in the t

Episode 34

Broken Hearts

Martin Bashir reports on what seems to be a widescale ignorance of the easily-treatable Kawasaki disease, the biggest ca

Your Pound In Their Pocket: Panorama's Tax Bombshell

Tonight, Peter Jay contrasts political rhetoric of last 20 years with realities of tax burden, to discover if anything h

Episode 37

The Price Is Wrong

With Christmas imminent. Panorama investigates allegations that the prices of hi-fi's, televisions and fridges are being

Medicine's Missing Millions

The NHS is strapped for cash, yet hospital managers and doctors agree that moving some services onto single sites could

Drug Crime

The first of a two-part investigation into evidence which suggests there is a revolution in crime fuelled by drug addict

Crime and Punishment

The second of two special reports, this week asking if tougher prison sentences really cut crime. Gavin Hewitt reports.

The Great Euro Debate

Britain will soon have to decide whether to join a single currency in Europe. David Dimbleby invites key commentators, l

Missing Mum

Can working women successfully balance their careers and family? New research suggests that children, of working mothers

Facing Up to Genocide - Valentina's Story

Updating his 1994 report on the killing of Tutsis in Rwanda, Fergal Keane returns to the country to tell the story of 13

The Copper Ring

As Yasuo Hamanaka comes to trial in Tokyo, Michael Robinson investigates the western brokers who made millions from his

Predators

It is the name given to the most dangerous inmates in British prisons today, and psychopaths are generally considered to

U-Turn

As Britain's road network reaches saturation point forecasters predict an increase in gridlock, road rage and pollution.

Hear No Evil

Investigation into paedophilia in children's homes in North-West.

Abortion: Behind Closed Doors

Although it has been legally available for 30 years, and has become one of the most common operations performed, abortio

The Leader Interview: Tony Blair

The first of four Panorama specials in which David Dimbleby conducts live interviews with the leaders of the three main

The Leader Interview: Dafydd Wigley/Alex Salmond

Tonight's guests are Dafydd Wigley, leader of Plaid Cymru, and Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish National Party.

The Leader Interview: Paddy Ashdown

The third of four programmes in which David Dimbleby conducts live interviews with the leaders of the main political par

The Leader Interview: John Major

The last of four programmes putting the leaders of the main political parties under the spotlight. Tonight, David Dimble

Water Torture

How water industry makes money.

The Terror Network

Investigation into Iranian terrorist network.

A Costly Cure?

Potential problems of radiotherapy treatment.

Yesterday's Men?

On eve of vote for a new leader, a look back at Major's premiership.

Down the Tube

An investigation into the London Underground system reveals 40-year-old trains, signals and tracks that have been patche

Prescription for Fraud

A National Health Service prescription form is supposed to provide the sick with free medicine, but in the hands of croo

Kill Or Cure

Prescribed by the NHS and distributed by health workers, the drug methadone is designed to help wean addicts off heroin.

The Fall Of Flight 800

An investigation into reason for crash of TWA 800.

Migrant Mafia

A report on illegal immigrants smuggled into Britain.

The Scottish Parliament

David Dimbleby presents a special live edition of Panorama from Edinburgh on the eve of the historic voting which could

Diana - The Last Day

A Mercedes has crashed in a tunnel in Paris. A princess and her companion are dead.

Playing with Fire

An investigation into increase in number of young arsonists in Britain.

Hard Labour

Government policy on single-parent families.

The Ultimate Taboo

Child sexual abuse by women may be more prevalent than people care to admit. Panorama talks to victims, to offenders and

Crisis In Care: Safe In Their Hands

Report on controversial NHS care in community program.

Crisis In Care: A Risk Worth Taking

In the second of two reports on the Health Service, Panorama highlights problems facing hospitals this winter as a resul

Gay Times

Vivian White reports on changes in political attitudes to issues such as gays in the military and homosexual marriage, p

The Surrogate

An exclusive report on case of surrogate mother Karen Roche.

The British Disease

The presence of new variant CJD in British blood supplies.

The People's Monarchy?

A report on Royal Family's plans for future of Monarchy.

Myra Hindley

Thirty-one years on, should life still mean life for Myra Hindley?

The Greenhouse Wars

The earth's heating up, our weather's becoming more extreme, scientists warn man is to blame. Tonight on Panorama will o

The Money Game

How football, glory game, has become money game.

The Sky's The Limit

A debate over Britain's new Eurofighter aircraft.

Bent

Follow-up exposé of corrupt policemen.

The Battle of the Green Belt

Housing development in English countryside.

The Price of Peace

Britain's nuclear submarine fleet played a vital part in maintaining peace in Europe during the Cold War. But now former

All the President's Women

Sexual scandal leading to crisis for Clinton's presidency.

On the Sick

There are over 2 million adults of working age claiming long-term sickness and disability benefits, a cost of over £14

Branson's Pickle

The last government promised that the privatisation of Britain's railways would bring cheaper and more efficient travel.

Dome!

The Millennium Dome has been called an unforgivable waste of 3/4 of a billion pounds, almost half of which would come fr

Rural Revolution

The Government has said that uneconomic farms will have to close as subsidies are cut. Last year farm incomes fell by ne

Childcare On The Cheap

With the government encouraging more mothers to go out to work, Panorama investigates the quality of care on offer to ch

Teacher, I Need You

Education specialists and politicians claim there is a crisis in teacher recruitment with the number of applications for

Special Hospitals

Britain's special hospitals house many of the most dangerous people in society. The patients have committed the most ter

Nicking the Neighbours

A family with 7 children are evicted from their council home because neighbours claim they made life intolerable. Panora

Settlement or Sell Out?

This week may see the birth of an historic peace agreement in N. Ireland, but will Sinn Fein and the IRA be part of it?

Health - The Trust Betrayed

As the Government appoints a fraud-buster for the Health Service, Panorama reports on cases involving doctors and optici

Children Of Crime: The Drugs Debate

Studio debate with Keith Hellawell following new drugs strategy.

Defend the Children

Addresses concerns of relatives of victims and locals at paedophiles such as Sidney Cooke being released into their area

The Diana Dividend

Across the world, unofficial memorabilia of Diana, Princess of Wales is already raking in millions of pounds, but should

The Nurses' Story

Following their return home, the story of two British nurses - Lucille McLauchlan and fellow nurse Deborah Parry. The pa

Episode 19

NHS failure to prevent deaths of babies following heart surgery in Bristol.

How to Win the World Cup

While fans scrabble around for tickets at inflated prices on the black market, sponsors offer free entry to matches and

The Louise Woodward Interview

Louise Woodward, British au pair convicted of involuntary manslaughter of a child under her care in Massachusetts, gives

The Car Cartel

Britain is known as "Treasure Island" to the car industry, because of the large profits to be had from the inflated pric

The Spy's Story: The Plot To Kill Gaddafi

Interview with David Shayler, former MI5 officer awaiting extradition from French jail to face charges of breaking Offic

The Love Drug

Panorama investigates the impotence drug Viagra, including evidence of abuse and concerns that not enough is known about

Workaholics

There is a growing army of workaholics choosing to sacrifice time spent with family and friends for extra time at the of

Failing at Four

This school term more 4 year-olds are starting formal classes than ever before. There are doubts about whether school is

The Cruelty Connection

In America, the FBI now believes that serial killers start their pattern of violence with attacks on animals. Politician

To Catch a Cop

An investigation into past corruption in one of the country's biggest police forces. Panorama tells the inside story of

Death to America

America is in the front line of a new war of terrorism which threatens its citizens around the world. Islamic militants

Porn Wars

The police are increasingly powerless to enforce the obscenity law because juries often refuse to convict. Britain has s

Charles - A Life in Waiting

In the week Prince Charles celebrates his 50th birthday Panorama looks at his life, interests, family, his vision for hi

The Ringmaster

Investigation into Bernie Ecclestone and Formula 1.

Are You Being Served?

Britain's supermarkets say they have an unbeatable offer - their quality, convenience and value. But, how do the claims

Closing Down

Thousands of families suffer the pain of job loss and the worry of threatened closures. Panorama reveals their sense of

When Good Men Do Nothing

On the 50th anniversary of the Genocide Convention, Steve Bradshaw looks into the massacre of a million people in Rwanda

Boys Don't Cry

Four years ago BBC presenter Juliet Morris's younger brother Edward took his own life at the age of 24. Juliet Morris in

In Stephen's Name

Five years after the murder of his son Stephen, Neville Lawrence, in a special report for Panorama examines whether the

In Search of Cynthia Mthebe

Fergal Keane, former BBC Johannesburg correspondent, returns to South Africa to look for a mother-of-seven he first film

Poison on Your Plate

Britain is facing a food-poisoning crisis. The number of reported infections has soared, with up to 10 million people fa

Selling Out the Pound?

Although the majority of British people want to stay out of "Euroland" and keep the pound, Tony Blair claims that we sho

The First Human Clone

Two years after the first cloned sheep, scientists in Britain, America and the Far East are racing to be the first to cl

The People's Party

PM Tony Blair says he is not a control freak and that he leads the "People's Party". But some politicians who are still

Every Parent's Nightmare

Tonight, Panorama reports on the disease which is every parent's nightmare. Meningitis in Britain is at it's highest lev

Carry on Dr. Neale

How did a British gynaecologist, struck off the Canadian medical register for professional incompetence, return to Brita

First Sex

Teenagers are having sex younger than ever before. As the age of 1st sexual intercourse drops, the number of teenagers g

Drug Runners

The greatest threat to international sport is the use of performance enhancing drugs. Gavin Hewitt reports from America

Secrets, Spies & Videotape

Three years ago the United Nations Special Commission on Iraq, UNSCOM, charged with ridding Saddam Hussein of his lethal

The Mind Of Milosovic

Changing the mind of Slobodan Milosevic. As NATO attacks on the Kosovan regime's leader a report on what drives the man

Absolutely Fabulous Prices

British shoppers are being overcharged by international designer labels, and there seems to be little anyone can do abou

The Battle for Britain

On 6 May Scotland will hold the election of its first parliament in almost 300 years. This election will totally change

The Child Snatchers

Britain has seen a dramatic rise in the number of estranged parents who have abducted their children when their relation

Frankenstein Foods

More than half the processed food consumed is made with genetically modified crops. As consumer resistance grows, Panora

The Mobile Mystery

Panorama investigates the growing concern about the health implications of mobile phones, and examines accusations that

Kosovo: The Reckoning

David Dimbleby chairs a Panorama studio special which charts road to peace deal.

Cheap Labour

The new minimum wage was meant to be good news for Britain's worst paid workers, but thousands have ended up no better o

Careless Talk

Two lawyers have now been murdered in Northern Ireland. Both represented IRA suspects, both claimed before their deaths

The House Price Lottery

London house prices are going through the roof, while in some northern cities entire streets are being bulldozed because

Valley of the Dead

As the refugees of Kosovo return to their devastated land, Panorama reveals the true extent of the atrocities by Serb pa

Die by Wire

The wiring of some aeroplanes contains a potentially catastrophic fault - one that can set fire to the aircraft. Tom Man

Taking Baby

Children are being left with parents who neglect and abuse them because the law says keeping families together is the id

Private Risks

Panorama investigates the exclusive world of private hospitals. And asks why when patients have to be transferred to NHS

Carmageddon

As Britain's congested roads descend into carmageddon, An investigation into how far the government is prepared to go wi

Seeing Red

Despite record profits this year, new research shows that more than half of Britain's banks are trying to "fire" the cus

Paddington: An Accident Waiting to Happen

Investigation into Paddington rail crash on October 5th 99. Panorama also looks at state of railway system at Paddington

Sick and Tired

The disabling illness chronic fatigue syndrome is estimated to affect about 25,000 British children. But doctors profoun

Cops on Drugs

Are the police going soft on drugs? Panorama reveals the results of a unique three-year study into what police really th

Biting The Bullet

Panorama reveals those who have decided they must act now to curb guns, by targeting manufacturers and sellers directly

The Great Train Jam

Tonight's Rail Week programme looks at Britain's railways. Panorama asks who is to blame for under-investment in the sys

The Billion Dollar Don

An investigation into Russia's organised crime, focusing on the country's most notorious criminal suspect. Friends of Se

The Blair Mayor Project

John Ware reports on how Labour tried to stop Ken Livingstone standing in the election for London's mayor, and how the p

Casualties

An investigation into Paramedics. Panorama uncovers evidence of poor training, lack of skills and chaotic organisation,

Back to the Kitchen Sink

New research suggests more and more women who try to combine full-time jobs with bringing up children are giving up the

Dr. Shipman - The Man Who Played God

On the day Dr. Shipman is convicted of murdering 15, A Panorama special reveals the full extent of his campaign of murde

Human Traffic

From April the Government will cut cash benefits to asylum seekers, and it is also launching a programme to relocate ref

Speed

Every year around 5,000 children are killed or badly injured on Britain's roads. Government ministers are currently revi

The Lost Children

Tonight's programme investigates the cases of bereaved parents who have been shattered to learn that the hearts and othe

Losing Control

Vivian White looks at the problems facing the government and addresses the questions that remain unanswered about who ru

The Whole Truth?

Gerry Conlon, who was one of the Guildford Four, speaks out about the growing number of innocent people wrongly accused

Moral Combat - NATO at War

After NATO's bombing campaign, Allan Little takes a challenging look at the reasons for the war in Kosovo, examining why

Spin Doctors

This programme enters the world of Labour's health spin doctors, to unravel the truth from the increasingly powerful gov

Blighted

In Cheshire a toxic dump has poisoned a village. In London and the South East thousands of new homes are being built on

Atomic Alert

Two companies criticised over their safety records are in a consortium chosen by the Government to run the top-secret nu

Dot Com Fever

Tom Mangold investigates the internet phenomenon that is becoming Britain's millennium gold rush as investors, hoping to

Ivory Wars

Panorama reports on the flourishing illegal trade in ivory spurred on by demand from the far east, which has resulted in

Kids on Pills

Reporting on the concern being expressed, here and in America, that drugs such as Ritalin and Prozac are being prescribe

The Dying Game

Panorama investigates the AIDS crisis in South Africa and asks what can be done about it. With South Africa expecting on

The Two Billion Pound Ball Game

The impending auction of football TV rights will result in a 2 billion pound bonanza for the domestic game. But critics

The Mortgage Timebomb

Anxiety is gripping millions of homeowners following the news that endowment-linked mortgages will fall thousands of pou

Panorama: Pensions Bubble

An investigation into evidence that changes in the rules on occupational pensions could leave people worse off than expe

Gangmasters

Paul Kenyon investigates the criminals who exploit illegal immigrants as cheap labour for food companies supplying Brita

England's Shame

In a special investigation, Panorama goes undercover with English supporters at Euro 2000 - And takes a revealing look a

The Truth About Rubbish

The Government aims to double the amount of recycling in the UK - but will householders ever get used to separating and

The Nail Bomber

Panorama confronts the men it says inspired the London Nail Bomber David Copeland. The programme reveals that Copeland w

Cyber Attack!

Following the "love bug" virus which infected millions of computers worldwide, Panorama investigates the vulnerability o

Pump Wars

The investigative current affairs series returns with the inside stories of this month's fuel price protests, the bigges

Britain's Secret War on Drugs

Panorama goes inside the former biological warfare factory that is producing a fungus capable of destroying the world's

Who Bombed Omagh?

Panorama names individuals who have been questioned by police over the Omagh bombing. The atrocity, carried out by The R

Gap and Nike: No Sweat?

Panorama reveals that Gap and Nike have been using a factory in Cambodia which breaks their own strict codes of conduct

Digging the Dirt

Peter Marshall looks behind the scenes to uncover the tactics used in the race to become President of the United States.

Young Robbers

Shelley Jofre investigates the growing problem of robbing and mugging between young people. The programme shows how the

Power to Abuse

Reporter Phil Parry has uncovered disturbing new evidence of how the Roman Catholic Church in Wales behaved as paedophil

Life on TV

Mariella Frostrup reports from inside the reality television revolution. It's sometimes cruel, it's voyeuristic and ofte

Underwater Britain

The country may be getting back to normal after the floods, but the evidence is that there could be plenty more in store

In the Name of the Children

For decades, children in care have suffered the horror of sexual abuse. Police investigations to catch sex abusers have

The Bent Cop

Panorama tells the story of a police officer's slide in to corruption and his remarkable change of heart. In the first t

The Accidental President

After the most remarkable and divisive US presidential election in living memory, Gavin Hewitt reports on the Bush dynas

The Borrowers - Britain Deep in Debt

More people are trapped in debt than ever before. Tonight's programme reveals sharp credit practice in action and hears

The Wrong Track

An examination of the continuing problems on Britain's railways since privatization, and why promised improvements are f

The Wonderland Club

Jane Corbin presents an investigation into the activities of the Wonderland Club global paedophile ring, who used comput

Animal Underworld

Tom Mangold investigates the trading of rare and exotic animals, an illegal business second in size only to internationa

The Hindujas Affair

Following the resignation of Peter Mandelson , Jane Corbin investigates the extent of the Hinduja brothers' connections

Boys Behind Bars

Investigating the prison for young offenders in Feltham, Middlesex, with inmates from the 30,000 young men who pass thro

In Deep Water

Four months after the worst floods in living memory, hundreds of families are still having to rely on temporary accommod

Condition Red

Tonight's film charts a two-month period at an embattled NHS hospital, revealing long waiting times in Accident and Emer

Crisis in the Countryside

With British farming once again in the midst of another health crisis, Panorama questions whether Britain really needs a

The Tranquilliser Trap

Shelley Jofre investigates the spectre of tranquilliser dependency, and questions why, despite strict guidelines on thei

Not Cricket!

Cricket is facing a growing crisis of international scandal. David Lomax investigates new allegations of bribery and mat

The Labour Years

Confused by the politicians' claims and counter-claims? Panorama seeks to separate the truth from New Labour's rhetoric

Economy Class Syndrome

Investigating Deep Vein Thrombosis - blood clots caused by restricted movement during long-haul flights, and claims that

The Accused

An investigation into the alleged role played by recently-elected Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon in the massacre of

No More Broken Hearts

Five years after the Bristol heart babies tragedy rocked the medical profession, Sarah Barclay reports on whether surgeo

The Bulger Killers: Prisoners of Their Past

Eight years after they killed two-year-old James Bulger, Jon Venables and Robert Thompson have, at the age of 18, been r

Finger of Suspicion

Over the past 100 years, courts have come to accept fingerprint evidence as an infallible means of identifying criminals

Jeffrey Archer - A Life of Lies

Michael Crick reports on the controversial life and career of politician and novelist Jeffrey Archer, leading up to his

The World's Most Wanted

As America comes to terms with the attacks on New York and Washington, Panorama asks how the terrorists carried it out,

Inside the War Room

An insight into the events which are shaking the world following the terrorist attacks on America.

Terror In America: The British Victims And Survivors

Afghanistan - The Dark Ages

The war-torn and weary country has once again become the focus of the world's attention. Panorama reports on the harrowi

Koran and Country

As the US and the UK begin their "War against Terrorism", Vivian White asks British Muslims where they now see their loy

Clash of Cultures

With audiences in Islamabad and New York the programme looks at just how far this war is caused by a clash of civilisati

Bin Laden's Bilogical Threat

An investigation into the realities behind the prospects of a terrorist strike using biological weapons as reporter Tom

Cannabis from the Chemist

As the Government eases the law on cannabis possession, doctors have been assessing its medical properties. Steve Bradsh

Coming Clean

With an incubation period of up to 30 years, is the government coming clean about the unknown risk of the human form of

Afghanistan: The Fall of Kabul

A report on the dramatic events of the week that changed the war in Afghanistan - John Simpson with the advancing Northe