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The Best Episodes of Panorama Season 37

Every episode of Panorama Season 37 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Panorama Season 37!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Panorama Season 37 Episode 1 - How Free Is Britain?
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    #1 - How Free Is Britain?

    S37:E1

    Peter Taylor asks whether a decade of Conservative government has eroded or enhanced democratic liberties in the UK.

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  2. Panorama Season 37 Episode 2 - President Bush - Challenging the Future
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    #2 - President Bush - Challenging the Future

    S37:E2

    In four days, George Bush becomes the 41st President of the United States, taking office at a time of momentous change in the structure of world power.

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  3. Panorama Season 37 Episode 3 - Children in Need
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    #3 - Children in Need

    S37:E3

    This year looks set to be a record year for charity appeals, not only for the Third World but for poor children in Britain.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Panorama Season 37 Episode 4 - The Killer Inside
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    #4 - The Killer Inside

    S37:E4

    There's growing concern that Britain's prisons are a breeding ground for AIDS. Senior prison workers warn that smuggled drugs are widespread and many prisoners continue to share syringes and needles.

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  5. Panorama Season 37 Episode 5 - Factory Fresh: The Food Revolution
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    #5 - Factory Fresh: The Food Revolution

    S37:E5

    It began as an 'epidemic' of salmonella in eggs. It frightened consumers, cost egg producers dear, and lost Mrs. Edwina Currie her job. Now it has put the record and future of British farming on trial.

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  6. Panorama Season 37 Episode 6 - Inside the Ayatollah's Iran
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    #6 - Inside the Ayatollah's Iran

    S37:E6

    Ruled by an Islamic government, where the aged Ayatollah Khomenei still holds the key to power and the future, Iran still shows the scars of failure in war and is beset by rumours of executions and internal strife.

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  7. Panorama Season 37 Episode 7 - Will You Still Feed Me?
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    #7 - Will You Still Feed Me?

    S37:E7

    Polly Toynbee reports on the divide between rich and poor old people in the UK. Some feel life has never been better, while many on the state pension are finding it hard to make ends meet, especially if they are coping with elderly or disabled spouses.

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  8. Panorama Season 37 Episode 8 - The Tender Trap
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    #8 - The Tender Trap

    S37:E8

    By August, every council in England and Wales will have to start putting six essential services out to tender. Will the home owner get better value for money or will the quality of services decline?

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Panorama Season 37 Episode 9 - Death in the Rainforest
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    #9 - Death in the Rainforest

    S37:E9

    The murder of Chico Mendes , the Brazilian rubber-tappers' leader and defender of the Amazon rainforest has focused world attention on the violent conflict over the future of the Amazon.

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  10. Panorama Season 37 Episode 10 - NHS Plc? - What's in It for Patients?
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    #10 - NHS Plc? - What's in It for Patients?

    S37:E10

    The Government has embarked on most radical reforms to National Health Service in its history.

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  11. Panorama Season 37 Episode 11 - Sent from Heaven - Sold on Earth
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    #11 - Sent from Heaven - Sold on Earth

    S37:E11

    Mrs. Thatcher says that water privatisation has not been handled well. As the Government redoubles its campaign to sell the idea to the public, Panorama asks what's in it for the consumer?

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  12. Panorama Season 37 Episode 12 - Disarming the Alliance: The Soviet Peace Offensive
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    #12 - Disarming the Alliance: The Soviet Peace Offensive

    S37:E12

    Tomorrow NATO celebrates its 40th anniversary. But the Western Alliance, forged in the Cold War, now faces the challenge of the new Soviet peace offensive.

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  13. Panorama Season 37 Episode 13 - The Condor Conspiracy
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    #13 - The Condor Conspiracy

    S37:E13

    Panorama Episode featuring Jane Corbin on threat posed by Argentinian Condor Missile Programme.

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  14. Panorama Season 37 Episode 14 - Whose Law Is It Anyway?
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    #14 - Whose Law Is It Anyway?

    S37:E14

    The High Court is closed today. For the first time in history, judges have downed wigs to debate what they suspect may be a threat to justice itself. On trial are the Government's plans to reform the legal profession.

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  15. Panorama Season 37 Episode 15 - No Spring in Prague
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    #15 - No Spring in Prague

    S37:E15

    From Czechoslovakia where Soviet tanks crushed the experiment of 'Communism with a human face' in 1968. Today the Government in Prague, paralysed by the fear of change, has embarked on a new repression.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Panorama Season 37 Episode 16 - Ten Years' Hard Labour
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    #16 - Ten Years' Hard Labour

    S37:E16

    Ten years ago the last Labour government was defeated by the Tories under Margaret Thatcher. What has been the impact of Thatcherism on the Labour party? Thatcher once declared that her aim was to 'eliminate socialism'. Has she succeeded?

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  17. Panorama Season 37 Episode 17 - Football - Safe in Their Hands?
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    #17 - Football - Safe in Their Hands?

    S37:E17

    Whatever the outcome of the inquiry into the Hillsborough tragedy, Britain's worst sporting disaster has already provoked a crisis of confidence in our national game.

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  18. Panorama Season 37 Episode 18 - Punching Judy
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    #18 - Punching Judy

    S37:E18

    Latest Police figures show an increase in crimes of domestic violence, unmatched since records began. One in four assaults is by a man on a wife or girlfriend. In London alone, a thousand battered women ask the police for help each week.

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  19. Panorama Season 37 Episode 19 - University Challenge
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    #19 - University Challenge

    S37:E19

    Alan Young comes from Bedlington near Newcastle. His father was a miner, his mother works at the local hospital. Alan is one of Oxford's brightest mathematicians. But will there be any more like him?

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  20. Panorama Season 37 Episode 20 - Alaska: Oil on the Rocks
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    #20 - Alaska: Oil on the Rocks

    S37:E20

    When the Exxon Valdez ran aground off the coast of Alaska last March, it was the worst oil spill in American history. Now the implications may affect the future of America's entire oil industry.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Panorama Season 37 Episode 21 - Built in Britain, Made Abroad
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    #21 - Built in Britain, Made Abroad

    S37:E21

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  22. Panorama Season 37 Episode 22 - Lady Porter - The Pursuit of Power
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    #22 - Lady Porter - The Pursuit of Power

    S37:E22

    The leader of Westminster's Conservative council, Lady Porter, one of a new breed of town-hall Tories. Lady Porter's reputation has been in the doldrums since her policy of selling Westminster's cemeteries to developers for a pittance.

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  23. Panorama Season 37 Episode 23 - Getting the Message Across
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    #23 - Getting the Message Across

    S37:E23

    In the 10 yrs since Thatcher came to power the bill for Gov't advertising has doubled to E150 million. The water privatisation advertising campaign has cost more than that of Nescafe Gold Blend, Persil, Guinness and Coca Cola put together.

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  24. Panorama Season 37 Episode 24 - Solidarity - Taking the Reins of Power
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    #24 - Solidarity - Taking the Reins of Power

    S37:E24

    This September, Poland is living through some of the most momentous days in its history. For the first time in Eastern Europe for 40 years, a non-Communist Prime Minister leads the Government.

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  25. Panorama Season 37 Episode 25 - Happy Families
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    #25 - Happy Families

    S37:E25

    One in three marriages ends in divorce. A quarter of all babies are now born to mothers who have never married at all. Without a father as a breadwinner, most single mothers and children end up on social security.

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Season 37 Ratings Summary

"How Free Is Britain?" is the best rated episode of "Panorama" season 37. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/9/1989. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "President Bush - Challenging the Future".