Panorama - 2020

Run Time: 30 mins
Air Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020
Average Rating: ⭐ 6.2 (13 votes)
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How to Save the High Street
Season 68 - Episode 1
Business journalist Adam Shaw investigates the government's plans to spend millions of pounds reviving run-down town centres.

The Corrupt Billionaire
Season 68 - Episode 2
Leaked documents reveal how an impoverished country was corruptly exploited by its former ruling family. With Richard Bilton.

Britain's Killer Motorways?
Season 68 - Episode 3
Reporter Richard Bilton looks at 'smart' motorways, where the hard shoulder is turned into a live lane, and asks how safe they really are.

Cashing in on the Housing Crisis
Season 68 - Episode 4
Reporter Callum Tulley meets some of the growing number of people living in temporary accommodation.

Failed by the NHS: Callie’s Story
Season 68 - Episode 5
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 se...

Amazon: What They Know About Us
Season 68 - Episode 6
Panorama investigates Amazon's rise to corporate superpower and asks whether there is a dark side to our love affair with the company.

Mo Farah and the Salazar Scandal
Season 68 - Episode 7
Reporter Mark Daly investigates fresh allegations against Alberto Salazar, the man who coached Mo Farah to Oylmpic glory.

Spying on the Scammers
Season 68 - Episode 8
Panorama goes inside a criminal call centre to reveal how scammers cheat their victims.

The Million Pound Disability Payout
Season 68 - Episode 9
Panorama investigates why the DWP has lost so many employment tribunals for disability discrimination.

Britain’s Bus Crisis
Season 68 - Episode 10
What has gone wrong with Britain’s buses? Richard Bilton travels coast to coast to find out.

Coronavirus: The Week That Changed Britain
Season 68 - Episode 11
Panorama looks at how Britain is coping with its biggest crisis since the Second World War – and asks if the government has the right strate...

Lockdown UK
Season 68 - Episode 12
Panorama investigates the financial impact of Covid-19. Richard Bilton tells the story of the fight to save the UK's economy from an unprece...

Coronavirus: The Most at Risk
Season 68 - Episode 13
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.

On the NHS Frontline
Season 68 - Episode 14
Four weeks into the government lockdown to save lives and protect the NHS, Jane Corbin reports from the frontline to tell the inside story o...

Has the Government Failed the NHS?
Season 68 - Episode 15
Has the government let down the health workers leading the fight against the coronavirus? Reporter Richard Bilton investigates the delays an...

Coronavirus: When Will We Be Safe?
Season 68 - Episode 16
Panorama reports from the frontline of science, asking when we will be able to beat the virus and get back to normal life.

Lockdown: How Business Is Coping
Season 68 - Episode 17
Panorama follows business owners and key workers struggling through lockdown, from the courier collecting suspected samples of Covid-19 to t...

Coronavirus Crisis: Europe's Migrant Camps
Season 68 - Episode 18
Panorama investigates conditions inside Greek migrant camps during the Covid-19 lockdown, as experts warn of the potential for dangerous out...

Coronavirus: Destination New York
Season 68 - Episode 19
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...

Scandal at the Post Office
Season 68 - Episode 20
Panorama reveals how the Post Office covered up evidence of miscarriages of justice.

George Floyd: A Killing That Shook the World
Season 68 - Episode 21
Thousands of people have joined marches against racism after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Clive Myrie asks if this event coul...

Hunting the Neo-Nazis
Season 68 - Episode 22
Panorama investigates a global network of neo-Nazis and discovers that it is recruiting in the UK. Reporter Daniel De Simone reveals how the...

Has Covid Testing Gone Wrong?
Season 68 - Episode 23
Reporter Richard Bilton investigates the rapid expansion of our Covid-19 testing capacity and asks whether we have got the world-beating ser...

Britain’s Cancer Crisis
Season 68 - Episode 24
Panorama investigates fears that the coronavirus pandemic has caused a crisis in cancer care that could mean many thousands more will die.

How Scotland Cut Violent Crime
Season 68 - Episode 25
Scotland has dramatically cut violent crime in the past 15 years, but how was it done? Kate Silverton films with Police Scotland’s Violence ...

Lifting the Lockdown
Season 68 - Episode 26
Panorama is in Salford as the city lifts the lockdown and tries to get its community back to work. But with the council approaching bankrupt...

Britain’s Coronavirus Gamble
Season 68 - Episode 27
Panorama investigates the scientific advice the government followed in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic.

China's Coronavirus Cover-Up
Season 68 - Episode 28
Carrie Gracie investigates whether China hid crucial information about Covid-19 from the world.

The Forgotten Frontline
Season 68 - Episode 29
Panorama follows the unfolding tragedy in care homes, as they struggle to protect residents against the killer virus. Over several months, c...

Stacey Dooley and the Lockdown Babies
Season 68 - Episode 30
Almost a quarter of a million babies have been born in the UK since lockdown began. Stacey Dooley reports from Bradford Royal Infirmary to f...

Has Lockdown Changed What We Eat?
Season 68 - Episode 31
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 ...

Escaping My Abuser
Season 68 - Episode 32
Victoria Derbyshire investigates what the coronavirus lockdown meant for those trapped with an abusive partner, and meets some of those who ...

Hostage in Iran
Season 68 - Episode 33
Reporter Darragh MacIntyre meets the families of British people arbitrarily detained in Iran and asks whether the payment of a historic debt...

Fighting for an Education
Season 68 - Episode 34
As most children in England return to their classrooms, reporter Sean Dilley investigates the system for supporting young people with specia...

Exposing the Illegal Organ Trade
Season 68 - Episode 35
Panorama investigates one of the world’s most brutal trades - the buying and selling of human organs.

Banking Secrets of the Rich and Powerful
Season 68 - Episode 36
Panorama uncovers secret reports that expose how banks have failed to tackle crime. Reporter Richard Bilton also exposes the business deals ...

Test and Trace Exposed
Season 68 - Episode 37
Panorama hears from whistleblowers working inside the government’s new coronavirus tracking system. They reveal chaos, technical problems, c...

Australia Burning
Season 68 - Episode 38
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.

Belly Mujinga: Searching for the Truth
Season 68 - Episode 39
Rianna Croxford investigates the death of transport worker Belly Mujinga, following reports she had been coughed and spat on by a customer a...

Sport’s Hidden Crisis
Season 68 - Episode 40
Colin Jackson investigates the hidden extent of eating disorders in British sport and asks what the authorities should be doing to tackle th...

Has Covid Stolen My Future?
Season 68 - Episode 41
Kash Jones investigates the long-term consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic on young people.

Is TikTok Safe?
Season 68 - Episode 42
Tina Daheley investigates whether TikTok, the social media sensation of lockdown, is safe for the millions of young people who have signed u...

Liverpool: Fighting Covid
Season 68 - Episode 43
Panorama reporter Jane Corbin visits Liverpool to find out how people are coping with tier three coronavirus restrictions.

Can Biden Unite America?
Season 68 - Episode 44
Joe Biden has won the battle for the White House. Reporter Hilary Andersson meets the Trump supporters who believe the election was stolen a...

Return from ISIS: A Family’s Story
Season 68 - Episode 45
The extraordinary story of one family's journey from a small town in America to the heart of the Islamic State group and back.

The Home I Can’t Afford
Season 68 - Episode 46
Panorama investigates the government’s shared-ownership scheme, designed to get more people on the property ladder, but leaving some with es...

Business on the Brink
Season 68 - Episode 47
Panorama follows businesses fighting to survive the pandemic and sees the pressure on those trying to save jobs and livelihoods.

Britain’s Wild Weather
Season 68 - Episode 48
Justin Rowlatt visits communities around Britain battered by this year’s extreme weather - unprecedented rainfall, sunshine and sustained hi...

The Race for a Vaccine
Season 68 - Episode 49
The inside story of the development of the Oxford vaccine against Covid-19. Fergus Walsh scrutinises the data that has come out of the trial...