Panorama
2005
200534 episodes
Episode 1
Jazz Clubs
Jan 28, 2005
Archive film from 1961 on the plight of youth and their passion for jazz.
Episode 2
Exit Strategy
Jan 30, 2005
As Iraq holds historic elections, John Simpson looks at the state of Iraq today. Will the elections put the country on the road to peace or push it deeper into war?
Episode 3
Crime Wave
Feb 6, 2005
In one small city 17 young men committed 100's of crimes. The police found they all shared a grim secret: they had been abused as children by one of Britain's worst paedophiles.
Episode 4
Lawful Impediment?
Feb 13, 2005
On Thursday plans for a civil marriage between Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles were announced. But some experts who have been looking at the proposal this week believe that it could run into trouble with the law.
Episode 5
What Has Labour Done for the NHS?
Feb 20, 2005
Do the figures add up? Panorama investigates what lies behind the numbers that frequently make headline news and what is happening to the money being poured into the health service (NHS).
Episode 6
Scotland's Secret Shame
Feb 27, 2005
Sectarianism and religious bigotry have long been accepted as part of a way of life in Scotland. The divide between Protestant and Catholic, the Orange and the Green, is most visibly reflected in the support for Rangers and Celtic.
Episode 7
The Dollar a Day Dress
Mar 6, 2005
Panorama travelled the world to create "The dollar a day dress" - a symbol of how the world trade system harms the poor. Reporter Steve Bradshaw travelled from the Sahara to the Andes to discover some of the harsh truths about free trade.
Episode 8
Iraq, Tony and the Truth
Mar 20, 2005
Two years after Tony Blair took British forces into Iraq, John Ware examines how the Prime Minister made the case for war. As allegations persist that he misled the country, just how straight was the Labour leader being?
Episode 9
Nothing to Declare
Mar 23, 2005
Her Majesty's Customs and Excise is under investigation by the police after a criminal sting resulted in a disastrous anti-fraud operation. Customs officers were found to have misled judges in secret hearings and lied in court
Episode 10
Why Bullies Win
Apr 10, 2005
Panorama looks at the way we tackle bullying in schools - and asks why thousands of children are left with nowhere to turn.
Episode 11
Cops and Robbers
Apr 17, 2005
Panorama assesses the true picture of crime in Britain. Amidst claim and counter claim, Cops and Robbers examines whether crime is rising or falling.
Episode 12
Britain's New Migrants
Apr 24, 2005
Over the period of a year Panorama has filmed the reality of economic migration, following 11 East Europeans who came to the UK seeking work.
Episode 13
Cannabis: What Teenagers Need to Know
Jun 19, 2005
Britain has the highest proportion of young cannabis smokers of any European country - 38 per cent have tried the drug by the age of 16. Until recently, little was known about how cannabis affects developing brains.
Episode 14
Dead Mums Don't Cry
Jun 26, 2005
Why are so many women in poorer countries dying in pregnancy and childbirth? In one African hospital, Dr. Grace Kodindo is running out of medical supplies, but elsewhere there's reason for hope. Steve Bradshaw reports .
Episode 15
Hostage
Jun 29, 2005
Panorama talks to the hostages who came home from Iraq and the families who lived through the crisis only to see their loved ones murdered.
Episode 16
Never Again
Jul 3, 2005
Ten years ago after the Rwandan genocide world leaders said they would never again delay and argue while innocent people were killed. Panorama investigates why the world has failed to confront what President Bush calls 'genocide' in Darfur
Episode 17
London Under Attack
Jul 10, 2005
Following a year-long BBC investigation, Peter Taylor explores the terrorist threat. He reveals why it so difficult to track the people who now conduct attacks like those in London this week.
Episode 18
Undercover Hospital Cleaner
Jul 13, 2005
Part one of a two-part special undercover in Britain's Hospitals. The programme investigates one of the country's biggest 3-star hospitals to see what is happening on the front line of hospital hygiene.
Episode 19
Shock Troops
Jul 17, 2005
Panorama looks at the care given to servicemen from more recent conflicts who've suffered severe, often disabling psychological wounds, but ones which may be ignored by military authorities.
Episode 20
Undercover Nurse
Jul 20, 2005
Following last week's expose on hospital hygiene, horrifying evidence of what can happen within the - National Health Service when you are old and not regarded as a priority. Shabnam Grewal reports.
Episode 21
Britain's Heroin Fix
Jul 24, 2005
Britain is losing the war against drugs - on the streets of our cities the price of heroin has halved in the past decade fuelling addiction and a wave of crime. 95% of the heroin for sale in the UK comes from one country - Afghanistan.
Episode 22
Guns, Knives and Children
Jul 31, 2005
Candid prison interviews with some of Britain's most brutal young offenders provide a disturbing insight into the increasingly violent world inhabited by many children and young people today. With reporter Shelley Jofre.
Episode 23
A Question of Leadership
Aug 21, 2005
John Ware examines questions raised by senior members of the Muslim community themselves: Questions about the direction and role of the Muslim Council of Britain and the influences on the leadership of the organisation and its affiliates.
Episode 24
Brown's Miracle Economy
Sep 25, 2005
The Prime Minister calls him "the best chancellor for 100 years." He is the man who has overseen the longest economic expansion in modern times, and hopes one day soon to ride his economic record right into Number 10.
Episode 25
A Right Royal Shambles
Oct 2, 2005
The Prince of Wales's marriage to Camilla Parker Bowles was widely seen as a fiasco fraught with PR disasters, doubts about its legality and rumours of a snub by the Queen. Steve Bradshaw gauges the impact on the monarchy's future.
Episode 26
Blair v Blair
Oct 9, 2005
In the wake of the London bombings the Government is proposing new anti-terrorist laws. Will they really make us safer? If so, at what cost to our civil liberties? Vivian White reports on the plans - and differences of opinion.
Episode 27
Love Hurts
Oct 16, 2005
Half a million young UK adults are thought to have a sexually transmitted infection, with HIV, gonorrhoea, syphilis and chlamydia showing huge increases. Andy Davies reports on how a risky approach to sex is fuelling a public-health crisis
Episode 28
What Future for Kurt?
Oct 23, 2005
With the government promising that no family should suffer "postcode poverty", can a bright seven-year-old escape the whirlpool of poverty, drugs and crime that has engulfed his neighbours? Steve Bradshaw reports.
Episode 29
Troops Out
Oct 30, 2005
An increasing number of British people want a timetable for the withdrawal of the troops from Iraq. In a debate from the Imperial War Museum, David Dimbleby hears evidence from experts on both sides.
Episode 30
Facing the Pandemic
Nov 6, 2005
As fears grow of a new strain of avian flu that could kill millions, the first of 2 investigations reveals the results of a 4 month study on the chances of the H5N1 bird-flu virus jumping the species barrier and triggering a human pandemic
Episode 31
Bird Flu: Ask the Experts
Nov 13, 2005
Following last week's investigation into the spread of bird flu and the risk it poses of a human-flu pandemic, representatives from the Gov't, the vaccine industry, as well as scientific and health policy experts, tackle viewers' questions
Episode 32
Asbos On Trial
Nov 20, 2005
Tony Blair says tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for his Government and the number of ASBOs issued has been doubling year on year, with hundreds of adults and children going to jail for breaching their orders.
Episode 33
The Battle For Europe
Nov 27, 2005
As Britain's presidency of the EU moves towards its climax with the leaders summit, Tony Blair continues to call on Europe's heads of gov't to wake up to a new reality - the need to embrace free market reform to halt Europe's decline.
Episode 34
What Happened Next?
Dec 4, 2005
For the third year running, and in direct response to audience demand, Panorama returns to some of the most important stories it has covered over the last year to find out What Happened Next?