Alan Bromly
Director
Panorama (1953)
2014
Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
Released Nov. 11, 1953
Episode 35 min
10+
Genres: Documentary, News
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Production Companies: BBC, BBC Productions
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S62E1 - I Want My Baby Back
Panorama reporter John Sweeney investigates the secretive world of the family courts and asks whether some parents may have unfairly lost their children forever.
Jan. 13, 2014, midnight
S62E2 - Police: Shooting to Kill?
Reporter Alistair Jackson investigates the tactics of the country's police firearms units, and officers who have killed break their silence to speak out to Panorama.
Jan. 20, 2014, midnight
S62E3 - Putin's Games
Panorama investigates claims that lucrative contracts for the Winter Olympics have been handed to President Putin's friends, and that billions have been embezzled by fraudsters.
Jan. 27, 2014, midnight
S62E4 - Educating North Korea
Reporter Chris Rogers travels to North Korea, where a university paid for by the west is attempting to open the minds of the secretive state's future elite.
Feb. 3, 2014, midnight
S62E5 - Immigration Undercover: The Student Visa Scandal
Reporter Richard Watson goes undercover to expose Britain's multimillion-pound trade in immigration visas and the frauds that allow bogus foreign students to remain in the UK.
Feb. 10, 2014, midnight
S62E6 - Britain Underwater
As Britain is battered yet again by extreme weather, reporter Richard Bilton investigates the causes of the flooding that has devastated so much of the country.
Feb. 17, 2014, midnight
S62E7 - Kidnapped: Betrayed by Britain?
Panorama investigates the disappearance in Dubai of a British businessman, as the UK government stands accused of ignoring warnings that their actions posed a risk to his life.
Feb. 24, 2014, midnight
S62E8 - Hungry Britain?
With hundreds of thousands of people across the country now getting free handouts of food, reporter Darragh MacIntyre investigates the dramatic rise in the number of food banks.
March 3, 2014, midnight
S62E9 - The Revolution that Shook the World
As Russia and the West square up to each other over Ukraine, Paul Kenyon reports from inside the flashpoint military bases of Crimea as they are surrounded by Russian troops.
March 10, 2014, midnight
S62E10 - A Week in A&E: Condition Critical?
Vivian White spends a week in a hospital in Stockton, hearing from doctors and nurses about the relentless pressure of working to strict government waiting time targets.
March 17, 2014, midnight
S62E11 - The Great NHS Robbery
Panorama investigates fraud in the National Health Service. With the NHS under financial pressure, Fiona Walker hears claims that it is losing billions each year to fraudsters.
March 24, 2014, midnight
S62E12 - The Mayor and Our Money
John Ware reports on the system of directly-elected mayors, focussing on Tower Hamlets in London. Has it led to too much power being concentrated into the hands of one politician?
March 31, 2014, midnight
S62E13 - The Pope's Revolution
On the eve of the Queen's historic trip to the Vatican, Jane Corbin examines Pope Francis' shake-up of the Catholic Church. Are his reforms more about style than substance?
April 2, 2014, midnight
S62E14 - Don't Take My Car: Bailiffs Undercover
Panorama goes undercover to expose the bailiffs who seize cars and demand huge fees in what has become a multimillion-pound business: chasing unpaid parking tickets.
April 7, 2014, midnight
S62E15 - Don't Cap My Benefits
As the government's benefits changes begin to bite, Panorama gains exclusive access to one of London's worst-hit boroughs and follows the personal stories of those most affected.
April 10, 2014, midnight
S62E16 - Who's Paying Your Doctor?
With the NHS drug bill topping £10 billion in 2013, this investigation examines the tactics employed by drug companies to tap into that lucrative market.
April 14, 2014, midnight
S62E17 - Bernie Ecclestone: Lies, Bribes and Formula One
Panorama's Darragh Macintyre investigates the truth about F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, and asks why he is still in charge after two courts say he paid a 44 million dollar bribe.
April 28, 2014, midnight
S62E18 - Behind Closed Doors: Elderly Care Exposed
Panorama investigates what life can be like inside the world of elderly care with the aid of undercover filming, and asks if parts of the system are letting down a generation.
April 30, 2014, midnight
S62E19 - From Jail to Jihad?
The current affairs programme investigates the radicalisation of some Muslims within the prison system, as Raphael Rowe interviews extremists about their experiences inside.
May 12, 2014, midnight
S62E20 - Behind the Balaclavas
Paul Kenyon follows the men who have become some of the most powerful in the Ukraine conflict, including a former history teacher and a former businessman who now leads an army.
May 19, 2014, midnight
S62E21 - Savile: The Power to Abuse
Shelley Jofre investigates why Jimmy Savile was given access to vulnerable patients at Broadmoor Hospital and asks how the DJ got so close to the heart of Britain's establishment.
June 2, 2014, midnight
S62E22 - Brazil: In the Shadow of the Stadiums
Brazil is hosting the 2014 World Cup, but the build-up has been overshadowed by violent protests against the spiralling cost of staging the tournament.
June 4, 2014, midnight
S62E23 - Undercover: Justice for Sale?
An investigation by Panorama discovers experts in handwriting, CCTV analysis and animal behaviour prepared to help clients hide the truth in breach of professional obligations.
June 9, 2014, midnight
S62E24 - Britain's Homeless Families
Richard Bilton meets families forced out by private landlords and asks whether the government's increasing reliance on the private rental sector is placing the vulnerable at risk.
June 23, 2014, midnight
S62E25 - Hacking: Power, Corruption and Lies
Panorama Special in which Robert Peston investigates the questions behind the phone hacking trial which saw David Cameron's former spokesman, Andy Coulson, convicted.
June 25, 2014, midnight
S62E26 - Bedlam Behind Bars
With access to two US jails, reporter Hilary Andersson finds that American prisons are having to accommodate vast numbers of inmates with serious mental health problems.
July 7, 2014, midnight
S62E27 - Isis: Terror in Iraq
An investigation into Isis and how it is ripping Iraq apart. Paul Wood speaks to members of the terror group and sees the fighting in Iraq first-hand. Will British recruits bring the terror home?
July 14, 2014, midnight
S62E28 - Drivers Who Kill
Every day five people die on Britain's roads - but they seldom make headlines. Is this complacency leading to a lack of justice for victims and their families?
July 21, 2014, midnight
S62E29 - Last Chance Academy
The story of one school's groundbreaking battle to save problem pupils from the scrap heap and bring exam success.
Aug. 27, 2014, midnight
S62E30 - Stolen Childhoods: The Grooming Scandal
Alison Holt investigates the grooming and sexual exploitation of children which has devastated lives in the South Yorkshire town of Rotherham for more than twenty years.
Sept. 1, 2014, midnight
S62E31 - Putin's Gamble
Vladimir Putin stands accused of launching an undeclared war against Ukraine. As fears of a wider war grow, John Sweeney challenges the Russian strongman on the killing in Ukraine.
Sept. 8, 2014, midnight
S62E32 - Scotland's Decision
In the week Scotland goes to the ballot box, reporter Allan Little explores what has happened in the past four decades to transform the question of Scottish independence and how it has come to dominate British politics.
Sept. 15, 2014, midnight
S62E33 - Scotland: The People's Voice
In the aftermath of Scotland's referendum, Panorama follows the lives of ordinary voters who took part in the momentous decision.
Sept. 22, 2014, midnight
S62E34 - The War of the Tunnels
Jane Corbin investigates the conflict involving Israel and Gaza and goes deep into the tunnels where battles have been fought.
Sept. 23, 2014, midnight
S62E35 - Born Asleep
Every year in the UK, over 3,000 babies are stillborn. Panorama's Paul Kenyon meets the clinicians who say they could save hundreds of babies' lives a year.
Sept. 29, 2014, midnight
S62E36 - Workers on the Breadline
Millions of British workers are being paid too little to live on and some are on such low wages they cannot afford to eat properly. Richard Bilton meets workers on the breadline.
Oct. 6, 2014, midnight
S62E37 - The Farage Factor
UKIP and its people's army have shaken the political establishment by attracting voters and defecting Tory MPs. Reporter Darragh MacIntyre investigates.
Oct. 13, 2014, midnight
S62E38 - Inside the Taliban
On the eve of the withdrawal from Afghanistan of most American, British and other NATO forces, Panorama has gained unique access inside a Taliban stronghold.
Oct. 20, 2014, midnight
S62E39 - To Walk Again
In a world exclusive, Panorama tells the story of a paralysed man who is able to walk again after a pioneering transplant using the regenerative cells that repair and renew our sense of smell.
Oct. 21, 2014, midnight
S62E40 - Drugs and Money: Dog Racing Undercover
An undercover investigation which calls into question the integrity of greyhound racing and the reliability of the sport's self-regulatory status. Daniel Foggo reports.
Nov. 3, 2014, midnight
S62E41 - The Girl Who Vanished
Eleven years on from the disappearance of Blackpool schoolgirl Charlene Downes, Shelley Jofre investigates why nobody has been brought to justice for her murder.
Nov. 10, 2014, midnight
S62E42 - The Fake Sheikh Exposed
Panorama's John Sweeney investigates claims that journalist Mazher Mahmood, known as the Fake Sheikh, created crimes and fabricated evidence.
Nov. 12, 2014, midnight
S62E43 - Ebola Frontline
Panorama spent a month in Sierra Leone with British-born Dr Javid Abdelmoneim, filming his every moment working at an Ebola treatment centre run by the charity MSF.
Nov. 17, 2014, midnight
S62E44 - Did the Bank Wreck My Business?
Andrew Verity meets the entrepreneurs who say their businesses have been unfairly shut down because of the actions of the bailed-out banks.
Nov. 24, 2014, midnight
S62E45 - Domestic Abuse: Caught on Camera
Panorama reveals harrowing footage and other evidence of domestic violence incidents, and hears from wives, mothers and children who have also endured non-violent domestic abuse.
Dec. 8, 2014, midnight
S62E46 - The Innocent Serial Killer?
Scots nurse Colin Norris is serving a minimum of 30 years for the murder of four elderly patients. Mark Daly reveals new evidence that casts doubt on his convictions.
Dec. 15, 2014, midnight
S62E47 - Apple's Broken Promises
Richard Bilton takes an undercover look at what life is like for the workers making the iPhone 6 in China and the children working in dangerous tin mines in Indonesia.
Dec. 18, 2014, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 35 min.
Season Runtime: 1250 min.
Released: Nov. 11, 1953
Last Air Date: Dec. 15, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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