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The Best Episodes of Panorama Season 38

Every episode of Panorama Season 38 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Panorama Season 38!

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    Panorama Season 38 Episode 1 - Triumph Over Tyranny
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    #1 - Triumph Over Tyranny

    S38:E1

    After fleeing the capital as revolutionary fervour spread, Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife were captured and returned to Bucharest to face the revolution's summary justice on Christmas Day 1989.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Panorama Season 38 Episode 2 - Suffering for a Solution
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    #2 - Suffering for a Solution

    S38:E2

    David Lomax reports on how patients are suffering as a result of the 1990 ambulance dispute.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Panorama Season 38 Episode 3 - Sinking Into Squalor
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    #3 - Sinking Into Squalor

    S38:E3

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    Director:Unknown
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  4. Panorama Season 38 Episode 4 - Bunking Off
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    #4 - Bunking Off

    S38:E4

    Every day this term more than 200,000 pupils will play truant from Britain's schools. In London alone a quarter of all 15-year-olds will be missing from class.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Panorama Season 38 Episode 5 - The Winter of Perestroika
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    #5 - The Winter of Perestroika

    S38:E5

    As crises mount for President Gorbachev, what about the Russians - the people who will ultimately determine the fate of his revolution?

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Panorama Season 38 Episode 6 - The Police: In for Questioning
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    #6 - The Police: In for Questioning

    S38:E6

    Britain's police are facing a crisis of public confidence. In the wake of the Guildford Four case, the break up of the West Midlands Crime Squad and the Wapping report, there is a widespread fear that the police bend the rules.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Panorama Season 38 Episode 7 - Ulster's Regiment - A Question of Loyalty?
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    #7 - Ulster's Regiment - A Question of Loyalty?

    S38:E7

    August's shooting of a young Catholic, Loughlin Maginn, was the 2,744th murder since the N. Ireland troubles began. But it will be remembered as the killing which triggered off a damaging row between the governments of London and Dublin.

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  8. Panorama Season 38 Episode 8 - The Debriefing of Colonel G
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    #8 - The Debriefing of Colonel G

    S38:E8

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  9. Panorama Season 38 Episode 9 - Who's Afraid of Germany?
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    #9 - Who's Afraid of Germany?

    S38:E9

    East Germans vote next Sunday in their first free elections in over 50 years. But already the hundreds of thousands who have voted with their feet, moving to the west, have settled the issue in favour of 'One Fatherland'.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Panorama Season 38 Episode 10 - Poll Taxing Their Loyalty
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    #10 - Poll Taxing Their Loyalty

    S38:E10

    In England and Wales 38 million people are about to receive their first poll tax bills - many will be higher than Government predictions.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Panorama Season 38 Episode 11 - Concrete v. Countryside
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    #11 - Concrete v. Countryside

    S38:E11

    In the 90s, Britain will need new roads, houses and industrial developments if it is to prosper in Europe. But birds, plants and animals are under increasing pressure as the concrete spreads.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Panorama Season 38 Episode 12 - Falling Through the Net
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    #12 - Falling Through the Net

    S38:E12

    The very poor in Britain live at the margin. Any crisis, from a house burning down to something as everyday as a child needing new shoes, can push them over the edge. All they can turn to in an emergency is the Government's social fund.

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  13. Panorama Season 38 Episode 13 - House Prices, Home Truths
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    #13 - House Prices, Home Truths

    S38:E13

    More than three million people have joined Britain's army of homeowners since Mrs. Thatcher came to power. But for many, high mortgage rates and the slump in property prices have turned the dream of home ownership into a nightmare.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Panorama Season 38 Episode 14 - The Red Army Revolution
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    #14 - The Red Army Revolution

    S38:E14

    The mighty Red Army that Lenin created to defend the Motherland is coming home from camps across Eastern Europe. But it is returning to an uncertain future.

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  15. Panorama Season 38 Episode 15 - Doctoring the Reforms
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    #15 - Doctoring the Reforms

    S38:E15

    18 months ago, the Gov't launched a radical reform of the NHS. It wanted to turn a £20 billion state monolith into an internal market that would offer its 'customers', the patients, a better service, choice, and better value for money.

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  16. Panorama Season 38 Episode 16 - The Crimes of the Comrades
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    #16 - The Crimes of the Comrades

    S38:E16

    All over eastern Europe, dark secrets from the past are being unearthed. Many countries face the dilemma of what to do with the former communist dictators and their thugs from state security.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Panorama Season 38 Episode 17 - The Big Heat
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    #17 - The Big Heat

    S38:E17

    Steve Bradshaw reports on the effects of global warming.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Panorama Season 38 Episode 18 - Rioting for Rights?
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    #18 - Rioting for Rights?

    S38:E18

    One self-confessed ringleader of the Strangeways riot has claimed to Panorama that the disturbance was originally planned as a protest against the prison regime.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Panorama Season 38 Episode 19 - Selling Our Schools
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    #19 - Selling Our Schools

    S38:E19

    As the Government's changes to the education system start to take effect, how well are Britain's schools coping? Roisin McAuley reports on the effects on one typical secondary, Campion School in Leamington, Warwickshire.

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  20. Panorama Season 38 Episode 20 - Selling Socialism
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    #20 - Selling Socialism

    S38:E20

    With Westminster rife with pre-election fever and Labour ahead in the opinion polls, the Leader of the Opposition, the Rt Hon Neil Kinnock , MP, gives his first major television interview of the year.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Panorama Season 38 Episode 21 - A Woman's Work
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    #21 - A Woman's Work

    S38:E21

    After a rather difficult political year, the Conservatives are now preparing to fight their fourth election campaign under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher. It looks as if it may be the toughest yet for her as well as for her party.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Panorama Season 38 Episode 22 - Saddam's Secret Arms Ring
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    #22 - Saddam's Secret Arms Ring

    S38:E22

    How did the west allow Saddam Hussein to build up his terrifying arsenal of weapons? Jane Corbin reveals the scale of Saddam's arms production network in Britain, Germany and America.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Panorama Season 38 Episode 23 - Saddam's Fifth Column
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    #23 - Saddam's Fifth Column

    S38:E23

    To many Palestinians, Saddam Hussein is a new saviour. Panorama analyses the Saddam-fever that is sweeping through Jordan and the West Bank into Israel. Robin Denselow reports.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Panorama Season 38 Episode 24 - Uncle Sam v. Saddam
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    #24 - Uncle Sam v. Saddam

    S38:E24

    David Dimbleby and Tom Mangold report from America on the latest developments in the Gulf crisis. Is a compromise still possible? How long will the American people be prepared to support such a massive commitment of American forces?

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Panorama Season 38 Episode 25 - The Gulf in Our Defences
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    #25 - The Gulf in Our Defences

    S38:E25

    Britain's defences were undergoing their most drastic review for over a generation when Iraq provoked the Gulf crisis. Fred Emery reports on the controversy raging inside the Ministry of Defence.

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Season 38 Ratings Summary

"Triumph Over Tyranny" is the best rated episode of "Panorama" season 38. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/8/1990. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Suffering for a Solution".