Panorama - 2011
Run Time: 30 mins
Air Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011
Average Rating: ⭐ 6.2 (13 votes)
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Too Much Too Young
Season 59 - Episode 1
Provocative clothing, raunchy dancing on prime-time TV, access to pornography - Panorama examines the growing concern about the sexualisatio...
Britain's Missing Dads
Season 59 - Episode 2
Are actively involved dads becoming an endangered species in some parts of Britain? Reporter Declan Lawn investigates what can be done to ke...
Stop Stalking Me
Season 59 - Episode 3
With stalking affecting an estimated two million people in Britain each year, Panorama tells the extraordinary story of a woman who has been...
The Battle for Bomb Alley
Season 59 - Episode 4
Ben Anderson follows the US Marines who have patrolled the Sangin district of Afghanistan since the British withdrawal last year. Has progre...
The Battle for Egypt
Season 59 - Episode 5
For the last 14 days, the world has watched a popular uprising against the 30-year-old regime of President Mubarak. Jane Corbin has been fil...
Forgotten Heroes
Season 59 - Episode 6
Colonel Tim Collins meets the soldiers who return home only to find that their service for Queen and country counts for little on civvy stre...
WikiLeaks: The Secret Story
Season 59 - Episode 7
John Sweeney assesses what WikiLeaks and its exposing of sensitive official material has achieved and asks whether it has lived up to its ow...
How to Blow a Fortune
Season 59 - Episode 8
Fergal Keane tries to find out how Ireland got to the brink of bankruptcy after being one of the richest countries in the world. Has bailing...
Classroom Warriors
Season 59 - Episode 9
Panorama goes back to school to examine government plans to send in the troops to Britain's troubled classrooms. Can they help restore disci...
Smoking and the Bandits
Season 59 - Episode 10
Panorama investigates the world of the criminal tobacco trade. Sam Poling reveals that more than half of all hand-rolled tobacco in the coun...
Tabloid Hacks Exposed
Season 59 - Episode 11
Another report from the weekly current affairs programme. Panorama exposes the full extent of the "dark arts" employed by journalists across...
Fighting Gaddafi
Season 59 - Episode 12
The real story of Libya's revolution. How a group of young professionals bravely stood up to the 42-year-long dictatorship. And Paul Kenyon ...
My Big Fat Fake Wedding
Season 59 - Episode 13
In this Panorama Special, reporter Richard Bilton goes undercover as a wedding photographer to exposes the lucrative - and growing - world o...
The Big Squeeze
Season 59 - Episode 14
With the cost of living rising fast and wages falling behind, Panorama unveils new research which shows that most of us are significantly po...
Finished at Fifty?
Season 59 - Episode 15
With more long-term unemployed over-50s than any other age bracket, Fiona Phillips reveals a group of people facing rejection letters and mo...
Living with the Ayatollah
Season 59 - Episode 16
Reporter Jane Corbin asks how much longer Iran can keep a lid on internal unrest as revolution and regime change sweep across the Middle Eas...
The Trillion Dollar Con-Man
Season 59 - Episode 17
Panorama tracks down a fraudster who stole a football club and broke a bank, and asked how one man managed to run rings around the regulator...
Council Houses: Cheats and Victims
Season 59 - Episode 18
Panorama reveals the stories of families who struggle to get by in overcrowded or hazardous homes, or who have no option but to rent propert...
The Death of Bin Laden
Season 59 - Episode 19
The story of how America tracked down and killed Osama Bin Laden. Featuring interviews with eyewitnesses, victims of Al Qaeda's terror and m...
Track My Trash
Season 59 - Episode 20
Using tracking equipment inside broken TV sets, Panorama investigates the illegal market in electronic waste - and recycling companies whose...
Fifa: Football's Shame?
Season 59 - Episode 21
With the Fifa presidential elections taking place on 1 June 2011, reporter Andrew Jennings examines whether either candidate is suitable for...
Undercover Care: The Abuse Exposed
Season 59 - Episode 22
In a special edition of Panorama, Paul Kenyon exposes the truth about a gang of carers out of control, and learns how the care system ignore...
A Job to Get Work
Season 59 - Episode 23
Panorama visits Rhyl in North Wales where, in some parts of the town, nearly half of the population are on benefits. The programme hears the...
Can You Trust Your Bank?
Season 59 - Episode 24
Panorama goes undercover to test whether staff in Britain's banks have learnt the lessons from the massive penalties imposed for mis-selling...
Breaking into Britain
Season 59 - Episode 25
Evan Davis uncovers the truth behind the economic migrants who cross continents to try to illegally enter Britain, as two reporters follow t...
Land of Anarchy
Season 59 - Episode 26
Peter Greste finds out what it is like to live amid the anarchy of Somalia, going where no western journalist has been to witness a crisis t...
Surgery's Dirty Secrets
Season 59 - Episode 27
Sam Poling investigates claims that surgical instruments with dangerous defects are being used in the NHS, and asks if goods are being sourc...
Why Hate Junk Mail?
Season 59 - Episode 28
Tom Heap investigates whether Royal Mail would be able to survive without junk mail, and asks what the postal service has to do with the dar...
The Great Car Insurance Swindle
Season 59 - Episode 29
Panorama investigates the car insurance industry from top to bottom and infiltrates a criminal gang faking accidents for fraudulent insuranc...
Murdoch: Breaking the Spell?
Season 59 - Episode 30
For decades, Rupert Murdoch has held a unique position of power in Britain through his media empire. After the revelations of the News of th...
One Born Every 40 Seconds
Season 59 - Episode 31
In the middle of a baby boom, Shelley Jofre reveals that some parts of the UK are facing a shortage of midwives, and asks if the NHS is prov...
Dying for a Drink
Season 59 - Episode 32
Panorama uncovers the impact alcohol is having on a younger generation of problem drinkers, and asks whether the government is doing enough ...
Mugabe's Blood Diamonds
Season 59 - Episode 33
Panorama goes deep into Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields and uncovers evidence of torture camps and wide scale killings. Will Robert Mugabe...
The August Riots
Season 59 - Episode 34
The worst civil unrest for decades has led to tens of millions of pounds of damage. Panorama tells the story of the August riots and asks wh...
Gerry and the GPs
Season 59 - Episode 35
In this special edition of Panorama, troubleshooter and businessman Sir Gerry Robinson examines the government's plans for the biggest shake...
Tsunami: The Survivors' Stories
Season 59 - Episode 36
Six months on from one of the world's most devastating tsunamis, Panorama's Paul Kenyon returns to Japan to hear remarkable tales of surviva...
Drinking Our Rivers Dry?
Season 59 - Episode 37
As concerns rise over Britain's water supply, Simon Boazman investigates whether the water industry and its regulators are doing enough to p...
Syria: Inside the Secret Revolution
Season 59 - Episode 38
Will Syria be the next Arab dictatorship to fall? The full story of those struggling against Syria's President Assad, and the truth on his b...
All Work and Low Pay
Season 59 - Episode 39
Panorama goes undercover to reveal how some employers exploit loopholes or get round the rules so that their workers are paid below the Nati...
BNP: The Fraud Exposed
Season 59 - Episode 40
Nick Griffin's British National Party, already under investigation for breaches of electoral law, is facing fresh allegations of corruption....
The Great Fuel Robbery
Season 59 - Episode 41
With exclusive access to the police and HM Revenue and Customs teams tasked with fighting fuel crime, Samantha Poling investigates the multi...
Britain's Child Beggars
Season 59 - Episode 42
Reporter John Sweeney uncovers the truth behind the children begging on Britain's streets, and tracks down the begging gangs to luxury homes...
Britain, Gaddafi and the Torture Trail
Season 59 - Episode 43
Reporter Paul Kenyon presents shocking pictures and testimony, never seen before, that reveal the truth about Colonel Gaddafi's regime and i...
Dale Farm: The Big Eviction
Season 59 - Episode 44
Panorama received exclusive access to the families of the Dale Farm travellers, their neighbours and the authorities, prior to and during Br...
Cops Behaving Badly
Season 59 - Episode 45
What happens when the police fail in their duty to protect life, when they get it wrong or when police officers break the law? Richard Bilto...
Britain on the Fiddle
Season 59 - Episode 46
Richard Bilton uses undercover cameras to expose benefit fraudsters sailing yachts and driving Bentleys. Plus the rising tide of benefit che...
What's Fuelling Your Energy Bill?
Season 59 - Episode 47
Panorama investigates the inconvenient truth behind the UK's rocketing energy bills - that government policy is stoking much of the rise.
Manchester: Inside the Riots
Season 59 - Episode 48
Panorama goes behind the lines with Manchester's police and into the interview rooms with the rioters to tell the story of one of the cities...
Meet the Burglars
Season 59 - Episode 49
Panorama reporter Raphael Rowe goes into a jail to witness a tense encounter between two young women and the youth who broke into their home...
Who's Getting Rich on your Money?
Season 59 - Episode 50
John Ware investigates the Private Finance Initiative and uncovers evidence of how government claims that PFI gives taxpayers value for mone...
From Russia With Love
Season 59 - Episode 51
How did an MP's former assistant come to be wrongly accused by MI5 of being a threat to British national security? Katia Zatuliveter speaks ...
The Truth About Supermarket Price Wars
Season 59 - Episode 52
Sophie Raworth takes her trolley round the aisles of Britain's biggest supermarket chains and reveals some nasty surprises at the checkout.
How to Survive the Meltdown
Season 59 - Episode 53
The world economy is in meltdown, the euro is in turmoil and the future looks bleak. Does it have to be so bad? Panorama investigates how Br...
The Truth About Adoption
Season 59 - Episode 54
Adoption is now high on the political agenda as the best option for the 65,000 children in care. This film addresses the hidden cost of adop...