Panorama Season 63
2015·48 episodes
Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
Episodes
Episode 1 · 12 Jan 2015The Battle for British IslamPanorama investigates the battle for the hearts and minds of British Muslims. John Ware hears from Muslims trying to promote a form of Islam which is in synch with British values.
Episode 2 · 19 Jan 2015Trouble at TescoTesco is losing customers, its share price is down and its profits have taken a tumble. As it faces a criminal investigation over its accounting practices, Kamal Ahmed investigates what's really gone wrong inside Tesco.
Episode 3 · 26 Jan 2015Rescued from a Forced MarriageBritish girls are being forced into marriage against their will. Jane Corbin goes with a team from the British High Commission in Pakistan as they rescue a victim.
Episode 4 · 2 Feb 2015Emergency in A&EVivian White reports on a week spent in the accident and emergency department of the University Hospital of North Tees in Stockton, as the NHS faces unprecedented pressure.
Episode 5 · 9 Feb 2015The Bank of Tax CheatsReporter Richard Bilton reveals how Britain's biggest bank helped some of its wealthiest customers dodge tax and asks why these tax evaders have not been prosecuted.
Episode 6 · 11 Feb 2015Can You Cure My Cancer?Panorama reports on the cancer patients who are pioneering a new generation of drug treatments, with access to trials at the Royal Marsden and Institute of Cancer Research.
Episode 7 · 23 Feb 2015Children of the Great MigrationPanorama's Paul Kenyon investigates the children, some as young as seven, travelling alone on the world's most dangerous migration route.
Episode 8 · 2 Mar 2015What Britain Wants: Someone to LoveIn the first of a special four-part series of Panorama reports, Fergal Keane examines love of family, community and country, asking what binds modern British society together.
Episode 9 · 9 Mar 2015What Britain Wants: Somewhere to LiveIn the second of Panorama's four-part series on how voters are feeling as the general election approaches, Mariella Frostup reports on what home means in modern Britain. Owning a home helped define the good life in Britain for generations, but has it now become an impossible dream?
Episode 10 · 16 Mar 2015What Britain Wants: Somewhere to WorkContinuing Panorama's four-part series on how voters are feeling as the general election approaches, Clive Myrie asks if modern Britain still delivers decent jobs.
Episode 11 · 23 Mar 2015What Britain Wants: Something to Hope ForIn the last of Panorama's four-part series in the run-up to the general election, John Humphrys asks if politicians can offer the thing they often promise above all else - hope.
Episode 12 · 30 Mar 2015DIY JusticeRaphael Rowe meets the parents fighting for access to their children without any legal assistance. Cuts to legal aid mean they must represent themselves in court.
Episode 13 · 13 Apr 2015A Suicide in the FamilySimon Jack's father took his own life when he was 44. Now the same age, Simon investigates why more middle-aged men kill themselves than any other group.
Episode 14 · 20 Apr 2015The Great Housing Benefit ScandalAlys Harte investigates the unscrupulous landlords getting millions of pounds from the taxpayer for housing people in cramped and poor quality accommodation.
Episode 15 · 27 Apr 2015Who Will Win the Election?Reporter Richard Bacon takes statistician Nate Silver on a road trip around the country. Ten days before polling day, can he tell us which way the election will go?
Episode 16 · 11 May 2015Panorama LiveFollowing one of the most closely fought general election battles in decades, Jeremy Vine hosts a special live edition of Panorama from the heart of Westminster.
Episode 17 · 18 May 2015Antibiotic ApocalypsePanorama investigates the global advance of antibiotic-resistant superbugs and the threat they pose to modern medicine and millions of patients worldwide. Fergus Walsh reports.
Episode 18 · 28 May 2015Britain's Secret Terror DealsBritish security forces have been accused of involvement in dozens of murders during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Reporter Darragh MacIntyre investigates.
Episode 19 · 1 Jun 2015The Most Dangerous Woman in Britain?Panorama goes behind the scenes with Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, to investigate the rise to power of the woman who holds the future of the union in her hands.
Episode 20 · 3 Jun 2015Catch Me If You CanMark Daly investigates doping in athletics and explores apparent allegations against Alan Wells, Alberto Salazar and Galen Rupp, allegations which they all strenuously deny.
Episode 21 · 8 Jun 2015GM Food - Cultivating FearA new generation of GM foods is winning over critics, and scientists say they could help feed people in the developing world. Are those who oppose GM doing more harm than good?
Episode 22 · 15 Jun 2015Stolen Childhoods: The Legacy of GroomingIt's nearly a year since a damning report into sexual exploitation revealed the abuse of 1400 children in Rotherham. Panorama reporter Alison Holt returns to the town.
Episode 23 · 22 Jun 2015Disaster on EverestBBC reporter Tom Martienssen shares his footage of Everest taken after the devastating Nepalese earthquake. He reveals a story of an extraordinary rescue and loss of life.
Episode 24 · 29 Jun 2015The Missing Stolen School ChildrenOver a year after the kidnap of 276 girls from a school in Chibok town in Nigeria, Tulip Mazumdar tracks down women and girls who've escaped from Boko Haram.
Episode 25 · 6 Jul 2015Greece: Euro or Bust?Filming in Athens and Rhodes, Richard Bilton discovers families whose lives have been shattered by the economic collapse and political chaos of the Greek crisis.
Episode 26 · 13 Jul 2015NHS: The Perfect StormThe NHS faces a desperate fight for survival. Filmed over six months in Liverpool, this Panorama special reports from the frontline of the battle to save the NHS.
Episode 27 · 20 Jul 2015The Train that Divides JerusalemOn the anniversary of last summer's brutal conflict in Gaza, film-maker Adam Wishart visits Jerusalem and rides the city's controversial new train.
Episode 28 · 27 Jul 2015Young, Homeless and Fighting BackWhat's it like to be young, homeless and struggling in a town where one in four households are on benefit? Panorama investigates.
Episode 29 · 30 Jul 2015Terror on the BeachOn 26 June 38 tourists, 30 of them British, were gunned down in a brutal terror attack on a Tunisian beach. Panorama's Jane Corbin hears the extraordinary stories of that day.
Episode 30 · 3 Aug 2015Fighting Terror With TortureHow far should we go in the fight against terrorism? Panorama hears from those who approved, ran and suffered waterboarding in secret CIA prisons around the world.
Episode 31 · 17 Aug 2015Trouble at the Post OfficeThe Post Office has prosecuted dozens of postmasters after their computers showed that money had gone missing. Reporter John Sweeney investigates.
Episode 32 · 24 Aug 2015The Schools Scandal: Playing the SystemDemand for places at high-achieving state schools across the UK far outstrips supply, turning the schools admissions process into a battleground. Panorama investigates.
Episode 33 · 7 Sept 2015Jeremy Corbyn: Labour's EarthquakeWith behind-the-scenes access to Jeremy Corbyn, reporter John Ware reveals how, from nowhere, he came to dominate the Labour leadership election race.
Episode 34 · 14 Sept 2015Could A Robot Do My Job?Britain is on the brink of a technological revolution. Reporter Rohan Silva looks at the workplaces already using new technology and asks whether we should feel threatened by it.
Episode 35 · 21 Sept 2015Rugby and the Brain - Tackling the TruthAs the Rugby World Cup kicks off, former rugby international John Beattie investigates the link between the sport and brain injuries.
Episode 36 · 30 Sept 2015Europe's Border Crisis: The Long RoadAs Europe witnesses the dramatic movement of people across its borders, Panorama reporter John Sweeney joins the thousands making the journey.
Episode 37 · 5 Oct 2015Edward Snowden: Spies and the LawEdward Snowden, the man responsible for the biggest leak of top secret intelligence files the world has ever seen, gives his first BBC interview to Panorama.
Episode 38 · 6 Oct 2015The VIP Paedophile Ring: What's the Truth?Panorama investigates sensational allegations of historical child abuse and murder by some of the most prominent people in Britain.
Episode 39 · 12 Oct 2015Tough Justice in Britain - Texas StyleAs the UK's imprisonment rate remains the highest in western Europe, Panorama joins Michael Gove - the man in charge of British prisons - on a fact-finding mission in Texas.
Episode 40 · 19 Oct 2015The Xi FactorThe BBC's China editor Carrie Gracie retraces Chinese leader President Xi Jinping's extraordinary journey from cave dweller to absolute power.
Episode 41 · 26 Oct 2015Britain's Mental Health CrisisWith funding cuts drastically reducing bed numbers, Panorama goes inside one of the UK's largest frontline mental health trusts.
Episode 42 · 2 Nov 2015Hooked on PainkillersDoctors in the UK are prescribing record doses of highly addictive painkillers. Declan Lawn meets patients who have been hooked on painkillers for years.
Episode 43 · 9 Nov 2015How Hackers Steal Your IDHackers have stolen the personal details of millions of customers from companies like Talk Talk. So how do cybercriminals get hold of our data? Reporter Daniel Foggo meets the hackers who can break into any website and finds out how criminals profit from our information.
Episode 44 · 16 Nov 2015Terror in ParisPanorama hears the stories of those who were caught up in the unfolding violence in Paris and looks at the emerging evidence of international links.
Episode 45 · 23 Nov 2015The VW Emissions ScandalVolkswagen fooled the world with a scam to rig pollution tests. Richard Westcott investigates how the company used clever computer software to hide just how dirty their cars are.
Episode 46 · 30 Nov 2015The Secret Bribes of Big TobaccoPanorama exposes corruption at one of Britain's biggest companies. Reporter Richard Bilton uncovers evidence that employees bribed civil servants and politicians across Africa.
Episode 47 · 7 Dec 2015Fifa, Sepp Blatter and MeReporter Andrew Jennings sets his sights on Sepp Blatter's Fifa. His report includes an FBI investigation, Qatar's World Cup bid and how much Blatter knew about corruption.
Episode 48 · 14 Dec 2015The Taliban HuntersMobeen Azhar joins Police Superintendent Ijaz and his team of Taliban Hunters as they try to regain control of Karachi.