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Episodes

  • E01 How to Save the High Street

    Jan 13, 2020

    Business journalist Adam Shaw investigates the government's plans to spend millions of pounds reviving run-down town centres.

  • E02 The Corrupt Billionaire

    Jan 20, 2020

    Leaked documents reveal how an impoverished country was corruptly exploited by its former ruling family. With Richard Bilton.

  • E03 Britain's Killer Motorways?

    Jan 27, 2020

    Reporter Richard Bilton looks at 'smart' motorways, where the hard shoulder is turned into a live lane, and asks how safe they really are.

  • E04 Cashing in on the Housing Crisis

    Feb 3, 2020

    Reporter Callum Tulley meets some of the growing number of people living in temporary accommodation.

  • E05 Failed by the NHS: Callie’s Story

    Feb 10, 2020

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

  • E06 Amazon: What They Know About Us

    Feb 17, 2020

    Panorama investigates Amazon's rise to corporate superpower and asks whether there is a dark side to our love affair with the company.

  • E07 Mo Farah and the Salazar Scandal

    Feb 24, 2020

    Reporter Mark Daly investigates fresh allegations against Alberto Salazar, the man who coached Mo Farah to Oylmpic glory.

  • E08 Spying on the Scammers

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    Mar 2, 2020

    Panorama goes inside a criminal call centre to reveal how scammers cheat their victims.

  • E09 The Million Pound Disability Payout

    Mar 9, 2020

    Panorama investigates why the DWP has lost so many employment tribunals for disability discrimination.

  • E10 Britain’s Bus Crisis

    Mar 16, 2020

    What has gone wrong with Britain’s buses? Richard Bilton travels coast to coast to find out.

  • E11 Coronavirus: The Week That Changed Britain

    Mar 23, 2020

    Panorama looks at how Britain is coping with its biggest crisis since the Second World War – and asks if the government has the right strategy to contain the virus.

  • E12 Lockdown UK

    Mar 30, 2020

    Panorama investigates the financial impact of Covid-19. Richard Bilton tells the story of the fight to save the UK's economy from an unprecedented threat.

  • E13 Coronavirus: The Most at Risk

    Apr 6, 2020

    Richard Bilton hears from some of those most at risk from coronavirus, who have been told to stay at home for at least three months.

  • E14 On the NHS Frontline

    Apr 20, 2020

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

  • E15 Has the Government Failed the NHS?

    Apr 27, 2020

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

  • E16 Coronavirus: When Will We Be Safe?

    May 4, 2020

    Panorama reports from the frontline of science, asking when we will be able to beat the virus and get back to normal life.

  • E17 Lockdown: How Business Is Coping

    May 11, 2020

    Panorama follows business owners and key workers struggling through lockdown, from the courier collecting suspected samples of Covid-19 to the funeral director collecting and burying the dead.

  • E18 Coronavirus Crisis: Europe's Migrant Camps

    May 18, 2020

    Panorama investigates conditions inside Greek migrant camps during the Covid-19 lockdown, as experts warn of the potential for dangerous outbreaks inside the camps.

  • E19 Coronavirus: Destination New York

    Jun 1, 2020

    Panorama reports from New York City, asking why more than 16,000 people have died of coronavirus in a city with some of the best health care in the world.

  • E20 Scandal at the Post Office

    Jun 8, 2020

    Panorama reveals how the Post Office covered up evidence of miscarriages of justice.

  • E21 George Floyd: A Killing That Shook the World

    Jun 15, 2020

    Thousands of people have joined marches against racism after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Clive Myrie asks if this event could change race relations in America for good.

  • E22 Hunting the Neo-Nazis

    Jun 22, 2020

    Panorama investigates a global network of neo-Nazis and discovers that it is recruiting in the UK. Reporter Daniel De Simone reveals how the network operates across the world.

  • E23 Has Covid Testing Gone Wrong?

    Jun 29, 2020

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

  • E24 Britain’s Cancer Crisis

    Jul 6, 2020

    Panorama investigates fears that the coronavirus pandemic has caused a crisis in cancer care that could mean many thousands more will die.

  • E25 How Scotland Cut Violent Crime

    Jul 13, 2020

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

  • E26 Lifting the Lockdown

    Jul 16, 2020

    Panorama is in Salford as the city lifts the lockdown and tries to get its community back to work. But with the council approaching bankruptcy, can services be sustained?

  • E27 Britain’s Coronavirus Gamble

    Jul 20, 2020

    Panorama investigates the scientific advice the government followed in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic.

  • E28 China's Coronavirus Cover-Up

    Jul 27, 2020

    Carrie Gracie investigates whether China hid crucial information about Covid-19 from the world.

  • E29 The Forgotten Frontline

    Jul 30, 2020

    Panorama follows the unfolding tragedy in care homes, as they struggle to protect residents against the killer virus. Over several months, cameras were allowed into two very different care homes, revealing the dedication of care staff, the frustration of managers and the heartache as more and more lives are lost. Across the country, more than 20,000 residents and care workers have died with coronavirus. Alison Holt asks if care homes were abandoned to fight the virus alone.

  • E30 Stacey Dooley and the Lockdown Babies

    Aug 3, 2020

    Almost a quarter of a million babies have been born in the UK since lockdown began. Stacey Dooley reports from Bradford Royal Infirmary to find out how the pandemic is transforming the way we deal with pregnancy and birth. She meets pregnant women terrified of getting the virus, women giving birth and new mums with coronavirus who have had to isolate themselves from friends and family. Stacey also speaks to midwives and doctors who reveal how their lives have changed in order to protect mothers.

  • E31 Has Lockdown Changed What We Eat?

    Aug 10, 2020

    The way we eat is changing – and the way we shop for our food is too. Almost five months after the beginning of lockdown, Panorama reporter Tom Heap investigates the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Britain’s biggest manufacturing sector - food - and looks at how the way we shop, cook and consume has been transformed

  • E32 Escaping My Abuser

    Aug 17, 2020

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

  • E33 Hostage in Iran

    Aug 24, 2020

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

  • E34 Fighting for an Education

    Sep 7, 2020

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

  • E35 Exposing the Illegal Organ Trade

    Sep 14, 2020

    Panorama investigates one of the world’s most brutal trades - the buying and selling of human organs.

  • E36 Banking Secrets of the Rich and Powerful

    Sep 21, 2020

    Panorama uncovers secret reports that expose how banks have failed to tackle crime. Reporter Richard Bilton also exposes the business deals billionaires would rather you didn’t know about.

  • E37 Test and Trace Exposed

    Sep 28, 2020

    Panorama hears from whistleblowers working inside the government’s new coronavirus tracking system. They reveal chaos, technical problems, confusion and wasted resources.

  • E38 Australia Burning

    Oct 5, 2020

    Panorama hears from the people living in the path of last year's bush fires in Australia, and asks whether such events are to become normal.

  • E39 Belly Mujinga: Searching for the Truth

    Oct 12, 2020

    Rianna Croxford investigates the death of transport worker Belly Mujinga, following reports she had been coughed and spat on by a customer at London’s Victoria Station.

  • E40 Sport’s Hidden Crisis

    Oct 19, 2020

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

  • E41 Has Covid Stolen My Future?

    Oct 26, 2020

    Kash Jones investigates the long-term consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic on young people.

  • E42 Is TikTok Safe?

    Nov 2, 2020

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

  • E43 Liverpool: Fighting Covid

    Nov 9, 2020

    Panorama reporter Jane Corbin visits Liverpool to find out how people are coping with tier three coronavirus restrictions.

  • E44 Can Biden Unite America?

    Nov 16, 2020

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

  • E45 Return from ISIS: A Family’s Story

    Nov 23, 2020

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

  • E46 The Home I Can’t Afford

    Nov 25, 2020

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

  • E47 Business on the Brink

    Dec 1, 2020

    Panorama follows businesses fighting to survive the pandemic and sees the pressure on those trying to save jobs and livelihoods.

  • E48 Britain’s Wild Weather

    Dec 7, 2020

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

  • E49 The Race for a Vaccine

    Dec 14, 2020

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

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