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Panorama Season 33

40 Episodes First aired Jan 7, 1985

Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.

Episodes

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31. South Africa: The Black Mans' Burden
Oct 21, 1985

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

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32. Aircrash - What Price Survival?
Oct 21, 1985

In 1985 more people have already died in air crashes than in any previous year. At Manchester airport in August, 77 people escaped from a blazing jet, 54 did not. Are the airlines spending enough to ensure that their…

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33. Episode 33
Oct 28, 1985
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34. Poachers Turned Gamekeepers
Nov 4, 1985

'London is now the fraud capital of the world and the profits are astronomical,' claims fraud investigator RICHARD JURGENSON. Police, lawyers and civil servants all agree that millions of pounds disappear through fraud…

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35. The Year of the Spy
Nov 11, 1985

In London a senior Russian KGB officer defects: his tip-off traps a top KGB agent in Oslo. In Bonn the West German Head of Counterintelligence flees to the East, while in Rome a KGB colonel suddenly flees to the West…

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36. The Summit Debate
Nov 18, 1985

On the eve of the historic Reagan-Gorbachev summit meeting in Geneva, Panorama brings young Russians and Americans together for a special debate. In an attempt to get behind the rhetoric, the Panorama team went to top…

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37. Voices from the Ghetto
Nov 25, 1985

In the wake of the violent riots this autumn, much has been said about policing and punishment in Britain's inner cities. But little has been heard from people who live in the affected areas. For the first time the…

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38. AIDS - The Race for a Cure
Dec 2, 1985

AIDS is the biggest public health threat for a generation. To date there have been a few hundred victims in Britain, but experts predict there will soon be many thousands. AIDS will affect men, women and children and…

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39. Whatever Happened to Solidarity?
Dec 9, 1985

Four years ago this week martial law was imposed in Poland and the short-lived free trade union movement Solidarity was suppressed. Panorama has been back to Poland to discover that the underlying economic problems that…

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40. Arafat: Paying the Price of Terror
Dec 16, 1985

Yassar Arafat and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) are fighting for survival after the blunders and killings of the last few months. Arab backers are now telling Arafat to give up the gun and start talking…