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The Best Seasons of Panorama

Every season of Panorama ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Panorama!

Top season
Season 49
8.5avg
Best episode
S56E41 Omagh: What the Police Were Never Told
9.243 votes
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#1

Season 49

34 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2001

8.5/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE33 · Towards the Zero Hour 10.0
#2

Season 54

36 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2006

8.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE26 · Sex Crimes and the Vatican 8.3
#3

Season 53

34 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2005

8.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE7 · The Dollar a Day Dress 8.2

Other Seasons

#4

Season 5

41 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 1957

8.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE13 · Episode 13 8.1
#5

Season 48

35 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2000

8.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE21 · England's Shame 10.0
#6

Season 8

46 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1960

7.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · Episode 1 7.7
#7

Season 58

50 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2010

7.6/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE38 · Kids in Care 7.4
#8

Season 62

47 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2014

7.4/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE47 · Apple's Broken Promises 7.1
#9

Season 68

49 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2020

7.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE8 · Spying on the Scammers 7.9
#10

Season 55

52 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2007

7.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE19 · Scientology and Me 8.3
#11

Season 56

57 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2008

7.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE41 · Omagh: What the Police Were Never Told 9.2
#12

Season 61

45 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2013

7.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE8 · The Spies Who Fooled the World 8.5
#13

Season 28

3 Episodes

First Aired: Mar 1980

7.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE10 · If The Bomb Drops... 7.2
#14

Season 35

37 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1987

7.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE14 · Scientology: The Road to Total Freedom? 7.2
#15

Season 59

54 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2011

7.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE42 · Britain's Child Beggars 8.3
#16

Season 74

34 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2026

7.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · Our Man in Moscow 7.9
#17

Season 65

48 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2017

7.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE2 · Trump: The Kremlin Candidate? 7.1
#18

Season 69

44 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2021

7.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE5 · Boxing and the Mob 7.6
#19

Season 60

49 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2012

6.9/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE20 · Euro 2012: Stadiums of Hate 4.9
#20

Season 71

41 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2023

6.9/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE20 · The Antidepressant Story 7.9
#21

Season 43

37 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1995

6.9/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE34 · An Interview with HRH The Princess of Wales 6.9
#22

Season 72

40 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2024

6.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE33 · Trump: A Second Chance? 5.4
#23

Season 63

48 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2015

6.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE47 · Fifa, Sepp Blatter and Me 7.2
#24

Season 70

45 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2022

6.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE43 · Mariupol: The People's Story 8.0
#25

Season 29

46 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1981

6.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE34 · Labour: Which Direction Will the Party Go? 6.7
#26

Season 66

43 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2018

6.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE7 · Weinstein: The Inside Story 6.4
#27

Season 32

39 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1984

6.6/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE15 · On Course for War 6.6
#28

Season 64

41 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2016

6.6/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · Putin's Secret Riches 7.1
#29

Season 67

45 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2019

6.5/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE42 · How to Brainwash a Million People 7.0
#30

Season 73

39 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2025

6.5/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE34 · Trump and the Tech Titans 7.3
#31

Season 7

45 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1959

6.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE18 · The Challenge of the Sixties 6.0
#32

Season 40

44 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1992

5.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE39 · In the Name of Satan? 5.2
#33

Season 1

19 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 1953

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#34

Season 2

22 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1954

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#35

Season 3

43 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1955

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#36

Season 4

42 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1956

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#37

Season 6

2 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1958

N/A/ 10
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#38

Season 9

1 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1961

N/A/ 10
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#39

Season 10

5 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1962

N/A/ 10
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#40

Season 11

2 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1963

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#41

Season 12

1 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1964

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#42

Season 13

38 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1965

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#43

Season 14

1 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1966

N/A/ 10
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#44

Season 15

14 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1967

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#45

Season 16

44 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1968

N/A/ 10
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#46

Season 17

48 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1969

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#47

Season 18

10 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1970

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#48

Season 19

49 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1971

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#49

Season 20

9 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1972

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#50

Season 21

23 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1973

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#51

Season 22

43 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1974

N/A/ 10
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#52

Season 23

39 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1975

N/A/ 10
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#53

Season 24

2 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 1976

N/A/ 10
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#54

Season 25

3 Episodes

First Aired: Mar 1977

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#55

Season 26

3 Episodes

First Aired: Mar 1978

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#56

Season 30

2 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 1982

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#57

Season 31

3 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1983

N/A/ 10
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#58

Season 33

40 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1985

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#59

Season 34

1 Episodes

First Aired: May 1986

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#60

Season 36

40 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1988

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#61

Season 37

35 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1989

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#62

Season 38

37 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1990

N/A/ 10
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#63

Season 39

43 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1991

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#64

Season 41

44 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1993

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#65

Season 42

38 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1994

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#66

Season 44

38 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1996

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#67

Season 45

39 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1997

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#68

Season 46

36 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1998

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#69

Season 47

34 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1999

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#70

Season 50

27 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2002

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#71

Season 51

34 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2003

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#72

Season 52

31 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2004

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#73

Season 57

53 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2009

N/A/ 10
Average Rating

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Top-rated Panorama episodes

  1. #1Omagh: What the Police Were Never Told S56E419.2
  2. #2Scientology and Me S55E198.3
  3. #3The Spies Who Fooled the World S61E88.5
  4. #4Sex Crimes and the Vatican S54E268.3
  5. #5Mariupol: The People's Story S70E438.0

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