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The Best Episodes of Panorama

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Every episode of Panorama ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Panorama!

Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
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  • England's Shame
    10.0/10(1)
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    #1 - England's Shame

    Season 48 Episode 20

    Aired 6/20/2000

    A look at violence during Euro 2000

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  • Towards the Zero Hour
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    #2 - Towards the Zero Hour

    Season 49 Episode 32

    Aired 12/12/2001

    A special about the terror network

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  • The War of the Tunnels
    9.6/10(6)
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    #3 - The War of the Tunnels

    Season 62 Episode 34

    Aired 9/23/2014

    Jane Corbin investigates the conflict involving Israel and Gaza and goes deep into the tunnels where battles have been fought.

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  • Omagh: What the Police Were Never Told
    9.5/10(42)
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    #4 - Omagh: What the Police Were Never Told

    Season 56 Episode 41

    Aired 9/15/2008

    Peter Taylor uncovers the inside story of the operation which thwarted a terrorist plot to cause explosions and led to increased security at British airports.

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  • Britain's Disappearing Wildlife
    9.4/10(10)
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    #5 - Britain's Disappearing Wildlife

    Season 58 Episode 31

    Aired 8/30/2010

    A look at the decline of UK wildlife. There is more at stake than simply protecting the beauty of nature - our food supply could be under threat.

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  • A Walk in the Park
    9.2/10(7)
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    #6 - A Walk in the Park

    Season 58 Episode 2

    Aired 1/18/2010

    Jane Corbin walks through the disputed streets and parks of Jerusalem and goes underground to explore tunnels excavated deep below the biblical sites.

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  • Price Tag Wars
    9.2/10(13)
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    #7 - Price Tag Wars

    Season 60 Episode 33

    Aired 9/17/2012

    Panorama presents an insight into the world of the so-called Price Taggers, a group of Israeli teenagers who believe every Palestinian attack should be met with an act of revenge.

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  • Episode 13
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    #8 - Episode 13

    Season 5 Episode 13

    Aired 12/16/1957

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  • Cancer: Hope for Sale?
    8.8/10(7)
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    #9 - Cancer: Hope for Sale?

    Season 61 Episode 15

    Aired 6/3/2013

    Richard Bilton investigates a controversial American doctor who claims he can cure cancer. Why has he been allowed to sell an unproven and experimental treatment for 30 years?

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  • Britain's Child Beggars
    8.7/10(22)
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    #10 - Britain's Child Beggars

    Season 59 Episode 42

    Aired 10/19/2011

    Reporter John Sweeney uncovers the truth behind the children begging on Britain's streets, and tracks down the begging gangs to luxury homes in Romania.

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  • The Spies Who Fooled the World
    8.7/10(29)
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    #11 - The Spies Who Fooled the World

    Season 61 Episode 8

    Aired 3/18/2013

    On the eve of the tenth anniversary of the Iraq War, Panorama reveals how key aspects of the secret intelligence used to justify the invasion were based on fabrication and lies.

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  • Living with Dementia: Chris's Story
    8.7/10(13)
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    #12 - Living with Dementia: Chris's Story

    Season 64 Episode 16

    Aired 6/2/2016

    In a powerful, multi-textured documentary filmed over almost two years, one family living with dementia reveals what life is really like behind closed doors. Using CCTV cameras, video diaries and a small, immersive film crew, the programme follows 55-year-old Chris Roberts from north Wales as he, his wife Jayne and his youngest daughter Kate come to terms with his Alzheimer's diagnosis. From making the decision to choose his own care home to writing a living will, getting lost in his own house and not recognising his family, Chris chronicles his changing life as his independence slips away. Once a businessman and a keen biker, he now struggles to walk and talk - his life is beset by frustration, yet his remarkable insight allows us into his world.

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  • Sex Crimes and the Vatican
    8.3/10(42)
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    #13 - Sex Crimes and the Vatican

    Season 54 Episode 26

    Aired 10/1/2006

    Panorama investigates a secret Vatican document known as the "Crimen Sollicitationis", which established a guideline for handling allegations of child abuse, homosexuality and bestiality within the Catholic Church and was enforced for 20 years by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before he became the Pope.

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  • Africa's Billion Pound Migrant Trail
    8.3/10(8)
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    #14 - Africa's Billion Pound Migrant Trail

    Season 65 Episode 34

    Aired 9/18/2017

    Panorama investigates the African migrant trade and reveals the extraordinary scale of people-smuggling across sub-Saharan Africa - a multibillion-pound industry described by some as a new 'slave trade'. As theEU desperately tries to cut the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, reporter Benjamin Zand investigates how hundreds of millions of euros of EU funding is being spent and asks if EU efforts to tackle the smugglers could be leaving some migrants in an ever more dangerous limbo.

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  • Britain's Offshore Secrets Exposed
    8.3/10(8)
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    #15 - Britain's Offshore Secrets Exposed

    Season 65 Episode 43

    Aired 11/6/2017

    Current affairs programme featuring interviews and investigative reports. Richard Bilton explores the secrets of Britain's offshore empire.

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  • Scientology and Me
    8.2/10(180)
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    #16 - Scientology and Me

    Season 55 Episode 19

    Aired 5/14/2007

    John Sweeney investigates the Church of Scientology and allegations made by former members and relatives of current members. However, during the course of his investigation he soon finds that he has become a target of the Church.

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  • Britain, Gaddafi and the Torture Trail
    8.1/10(8)
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    #17 - Britain, Gaddafi and the Torture Trail

    Season 59 Episode 43

    Aired 10/24/2011

    Reporter Paul Kenyon presents shocking pictures and testimony, never seen before, that reveal the truth about Colonel Gaddafi's regime and its ties with the British government.

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  • Mariupol: The People's Story
    8.1/10(99)
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    #18 - Mariupol: The People's Story

    Season 70 Episode 43

    Aired 11/8/2022

    In a little under three months, residents of what was a thriving city witnessed the deaths of women and children in a maternity hospital and bodies left abandoned on the streets of Mariupol. Filmed and told by many of the citizens of Mariupol, this powerful documentary records the deaths of thousands and daring escapes, and is the story of their loss, bravery and determination.

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  • Where's Our Aid Money Gone?
    8.0/10(7)
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    #19 - Where's Our Aid Money Gone?

    Season 61 Episode 41

    Aired 12/2/2013

    Current affairs. With the Global Fund's inspector general sacked for 'unsatisfactory' performance after exposing corruption, Richard Bilton challenges those responsible.

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  • Spying on the Scammers
    7.9/10(40)
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    #20 - Spying on the Scammers

    Season 68 Episode 8

    Aired 3/2/2020

    Panorama goes inside a criminal call centre to reveal how scammers cheat their victims.

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  • Ukraine's War Diaries
    7.9/10(14)
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    #21 - Ukraine's War Diaries

    Season 71 Episode 7

    Aired 2/21/2023

    When Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Panorama asked five Ukrainians to start filming their lives. The result is a powerful documentary marking the first anniversary of the war.

    Director: Tanya Stephan

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  • The Antidepressant Story
    7.9/10(20)
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    #22 - The Antidepressant Story

    Season 71 Episode 20

    Aired 6/19/2023

    In the UK, around one in seven now take an antidepressant. Globally they have made the pharmaceutical industry billions. When the current generation of drugs was launched 35 years ago, they promised a safe and effective treatment, free from the side effects of older medicines. But have they lived up to those claims? While many people say they have benefited from taking them, Panorama reveals evidence of some companies trying to conceal concerns about their drugs, following patients who have suffered serious side effects as they continue their fight to be heard.

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  • The Train that Divides Jerusalem
    7.8/10(6)
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    #23 - The Train that Divides Jerusalem

    Season 63 Episode 27

    Aired 7/20/2015

    On the anniversary of last summer's brutal conflict in Gaza, film-maker Adam Wishart visits Jerusalem and rides the city's controversial new train.

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  • The Spy in the IRA
    7.8/10(11)
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    #24 - The Spy in the IRA

    Season 65 Episode 15

    Aired 4/11/2017

    In the murky world of British intelligence during the Northern Ireland conflict, one agent's life appears to have mattered more than others. Codenamed Stakeknife, Freddie Scappaticci rose through the ranks of the IRA to run their internal security unit. He was the IRA's chief spy catcher, in charge of rooting out those suspected of collaborating with the British. But all the time he was in fact working for the British intelligence services. Panorama reveals that a classified report links Scappatici to at least 18 murders. Some of these victims were themselves agents and informers. Scappaticci, the intelligence agencies who tasked him and the IRA to whom he also answered are the subject of a criminal enquiry. Panorama discloses how he kept his cover by having the blood of other agents on his hands, how the intelligence agencies appeared to tolerate this and why he has been protected for so long.

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  • Jihadis You Pay For
    7.8/10(6)
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    #25 - Jihadis You Pay For

    Season 65 Episode 46

    Aired 12/4/2017

    Millions of pounds of British aid money have been spent trying to bring security to Syria and to protect the UK from terrorism. But whistleblowers say our development efforts have been undermined by mismanagement, waste and corruption. Using hundreds of leaked documents, reporter Jane Corbin pieces together the shocking truth about one of the government's flagship foreign aid projects. She discovers how some of the cash has ended up in the hands of extremists and how an organisation we are funding has been involved in executions and torture.

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Best Episodes Summary

"England's Shame" is the best rated episode of "Panorama". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/20/2000. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Towards the Zero Hour".