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Panorama Season 60

49 Episodes First aired Jan 3, 2012

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

Episodes

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31. Old, Drunk and Disorderly?
Sep 10, 2012

Joan Bakewell investigates alcohol problems among those aged 65 and over, the age group most likely to drink every day, at home and alone.

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32. Trouble on the Estate
Sep 11, 2012

Panorama visits a housing estate in Blackburn, learning what it is like to live there. The programme follows families, children and police, and goes undercover with drug dealers.

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33. Price Tag Wars
Sep 17, 2012

Panorama presents an insight into the world of the so-called Price Taggers, a group of Israeli teenagers who believe every Palestinian attack should be met with an act of revenge.

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34. Reading, Writing and Rip-Offs
Sep 24, 2012

Panorama investigates the computer supply companies whose directors have grown rich signing up hundreds of schools to deals that have taken them to the brink of bankruptcy.

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35. Undercover: Debt on the Doorstep
Oct 1, 2012

With the economy showing few signs of recovery, reporter Richard Bilton investigates the thriving debt business - a world of cash on the doorstep and high interest rates.

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36. Britain's Secret Health Tourists
Oct 3, 2012

Declan Lawn reports on how 'health tourists' are obtaining free NHS treatment they should be paying for, at a cost of millions to the health service.

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37. Return of the Supergrass
Oct 8, 2012

Panorama investigates the deals being offered to often violent gangsters to become the next generation of supergrasses in an effort to tackle violent crime.

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38. Kill at Will? America on Trial
Oct 15, 2012

Ahead of America's costliest-ever elections, Raphael Rowe investigates how lobby groups helped create laws blamed for one of the most controversial killings in recent US history.

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39. Jimmy Savile - What the BBC Knew
Oct 22, 2012

A Panorama Special investigates the Jimmy Savile child abuse scandal and asks what the BBC knew in the past, and examines the events around the dropping of the Corporation's own Newsnight investigation into the subject.

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40. The Hospital That Stopped Caring
Oct 29, 2012

A year after Panorama exposed the violent abuse patients suffered at the Winterbourne View hospital, Alison Holt investigates if society's most vulnerable are any better protected.

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41. Gambling Nation
Nov 5, 2012

With casino-style gambling now available day or night at the touch of a button in our homes and on our phones, Panorama explores its popularity... and reveals a darker side.

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42. Badgers: Dodging the Bullet?
Nov 12, 2012

Panorama investigates the government's sudden decision last month to postpone its controversial badger cull, days before it was due to start. Will the cull be enforced next year?

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43. The Mind Reader: Unlocking My Voice
Nov 13, 2012

Panorama follows a group of severely brain injured patients and reveals the revolutionary efforts made to help them communicate with their families and the outside world.

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44. Who's Watching the Detectives?
Nov 19, 2012

Mark Daly investigates whether the Independent Police Complaints Commission is fit for purpose, and if it has sufficient power or independence to hold the police to account.

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45. Undercover: How to Dodge Tax
Nov 26, 2012

Panorama goes undercover to investigate corporate service providers - the people and companies who sell corporate anonymity and access to offshore tax havens.

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46. How Safe is Your Hospital?
Dec 3, 2012

With the NHS under huge pressure, Panorama reveals poor patient care is putting thousands of people at risk of death or serious injury every year.

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47. The Secret Drone War
Dec 10, 2012

Panorama goes to Waziristan to report on the drone war and to find out from its victims why they are seeking justice in the British courts.

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48. Britain's Hidden Housing Crisis
Dec 13, 2012

Panorama Special that follows four stories over five months and reveals the devastating impact of being evicted from your own home and losing everything.

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49. The Tax Haven TwinsSeason Finale
Dec 17, 2012

Reporter John Sweeney investigates the secretive world of the billionaire Barclay twins. Sir Frederick and Sir David Barclay own the paper that exposed the MPs' expenses scandal. So why do they hate it when the…