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Panorama

Panorama Season 39

1991·43 episodes

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

Episodes

  1. Episode 1 · 7 Jan 1991The Chances Of Averting WarReports on central issues of day at home and abroad. As Gulf crisis reaches a critical stage and UN deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait runs out, Panorama assesses chances of averting war.
  2. Episode 2 · 14 Jan 1991Project BabylonThe full story of Saddam Hussein 's supergun is revealed. It began as one scientist's dream.
  3. Episode 3 · 28 Jan 1991The Gathering StormNo synopsis yet.
  4. Episode 4 · 4 Feb 1991After the Desert StormNo synopsis yet.
  5. Episode 5 · 11 Feb 1991The Mind of SaddamNo synopsis yet.
  6. Episode 6 · 18 Feb 1991Episode 6No synopsis yet.
  7. Episode 7 · 25 Feb 1991Episode 7While world has been distracted by Gulf crisis, momentous political events have been taking place in Soviet Union.
  8. Episode 8 · 4 Mar 1991Episode 8As foreign ministers gather in Brussels to discuss next steps towards political union, Panorama examines impact of Gulf crisis on Europe.
  9. Episode 9 · 11 Mar 1991Episode 9David Dimbleby presents analysis and discussion of the latest events in the Gulf.
  10. Episode 10 · 18 Mar 1991Episode 10On eve of Budget, Panorama asks whether recession is doing lasting damage to Britain's industrial fabric.
  11. Episode 11 · 25 Mar 1991America's Secret WarIntelligence gathering played a vital role in military success of Allies in Gulf War.
  12. Episode 12 · 1 Apr 1991Race Hate UkIn 1991 Panorama investigated rise of racist violence in UK and role of openly racist British National Party.
  13. Episode 13 · 15 Apr 1991The Major QuestionJohn Major's honeymoon is over. Now he's faced with tough decisions on poll tax, economy and timing of next election.
  14. Episode 14 · 22 Apr 1991The Cancer LotteryEvery cancer patient wants best treatment, but finding it may be a matter of chance.
  15. Episode 15 · 29 Apr 1991Beyond the Poll TaxIn week when millions vote in local elections and government unveils its replacement for poll tax, spotlight is on local government.
  16. Episode 16 · 13 May 1991Cold Warrior - The Story of James Jesus AngletonTonight's special edition traces extraordinary career of James Jesus Angleton, most famous spycatcher of them all.
  17. Episode 17 · 20 May 1991Scuttling British ShipbuildersInvestigation into the collapse of British shipbuilding, with reporter Fred Emery.
  18. Episode 18 · 3 Jun 1991Escape from TiananmenTwo years after massacre in Tiananmen Square, Panorama reveals story of Yellow Bird.
  19. Episode 19 · 10 Jun 1991Rivals for RussiaDavid Dimbleby presents a special program from Moscow in week of first free election since Revolution.
  20. Episode 20 · 17 Jun 1991The Dream of KurdistanAfter refugee crisis, what hope is there for Kurds of attaining their own homeland?
  21. Episode 21 · 24 Jun 1991Making 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.
  22. Episode 22 · 1 Jul 1991Out of Sight, Out of MindGovernment plan to close Britain's top security hospitals.
  23. Episode 23 · 8 Jul 1991Labour PainsBut post-war Labour prime ministers have faced same persistent problems: sterling crises, pressures on spending, strained relations with ' unions, and internal party 4 strife.
  24. Episode 24 · 15 Jul 1991The Battle for Britain's DefencesAs Britain's armed forces wait to hear who's going to be on receiving end of government's military cutbacks, David Dimbleby chairs a special debate on future of our defences.
  25. Episode 25 · 22 Jul 1991Lethal ForceJohn Ware investigates a chain of recent killings by British soldiers in Northern Ireland.
  26. Episode 26 · 29 Jul 1991ICI: Hanson's ChoiceA state of war exists between ICI, Britain's top chemical company, and Hanson plc, over the prospect of Britain's largest ever takeover.
  27. Episode 27 · 5 Aug 1991Kuwait: The Victims of VictoryThe first of three special programs about Gulf War and its aftermath. Jane Corbin returns to Kuwait one year after Iraq's invasion.
  28. Episode 28 · 12 Aug 1991Iraq: Saddam the SurvivorDid Saddam really lose Gulf War? In second of three special Panorama documentaries about war and its aftermath.
  29. Episode 29 · 19 Aug 1991The Allies: In the Eye of the StormThe last of three reports about Gulf War and its aftermath. Interviews with military commanders and previously unseen Pentagon film cast new light on some crucial.
  30. Episode 30 · 2 Sept 1991Episode 30No synopsis yet.
  31. Episode 31 · 9 Sept 1991Episode 31No synopsis yet.
  32. Episode 32 · 16 Sept 1991Goodbye USSRAs the Soviet Union breaks up, reporter Gavin Hewitt explores the death of a superpower. Will its end be bloody or peaceful? And will the desire for revenge against communists, and renewed ethnic feuding cause further bloodshed?
  33. Episode 33 · 23 Sept 1991The Max FactorNo synopsis yet.
  34. Episode 34 · 30 Sept 1991The Testing QuestionNo synopsis yet.
  35. Episode 35 · 7 Oct 1991Episode 35On eve of Conservative Party Conference, BBC's political editor John Cole assesses current state of John Major's party.
  36. Episode 36 · 14 Oct 1991The Halcion NightmareTom Mangold reveals astonishing facts behind decision to remove a drug associated with serious psychiatric disturbances including violent and suicidal behavior.
  37. Episode 37 · 21 Oct 1991No Surrender, No ProgressThis summer, hopes for a political settlement in Northern Ireland flickered then died. But Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke refuses to give up the search for peace.
  38. Episode 38 · 28 Oct 1991Episode 38No synopsis yet.
  39. Episode 39 · 4 Nov 1991Deprived or Depraved?Last month, several British cities were blighted by rioting, and politicians and church leaders cast around for explanations for civil unrest. And whether the riots represent a failure of the Government's policies in deprived areas.
  40. Episode 40 · 11 Nov 1991The Bank That Didn't Add UpWhen last July Bank of England co-ordinated action to close down BCCI, world's largest international banks.
  41. Episode 41 · 18 Nov 1991Class WarsThe Government has renewed its onslaught on "trendy educationalists", claiming they have spread a mania for equality through Britain's schools. Panorama reports on the war for the hearts and minds of Britain's schoolchildren.
  42. Episode 42 · 2 Dec 1991Episode 42Has Thatcherite housing agenda led to a housing crisis, with family homes being repossessed because of over-extended mortgages and too little money going into public housing?
  43. Episode 43 · 9 Dec 1991Episode 43In week that European Community leaders meet in Maastricht to discuss political and monetary union