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The Best Episodes of Panorama Season 41

Every episode of Panorama Season 41 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Panorama Season 41!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Panorama Season 41 Episode 1 - The Great Pit Disaster
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    #1 - The Great Pit Disaster

    S41:E1

    The economic case for closing 31 pits and putting 30,000 miners on the dole was "unanswerable", the government said. But public outcry forced them to order a review.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Panorama Season 41 Episode 2 - The Road to Hope
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    #2 - The Road to Hope

    S41:E2

    On 20 January, Bill Clinton will become the first Democratic president of the United States for 12 years. Peter Jay, who was Britain's ambassador to the USA during the Carter administration, examines the mood of the country.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Panorama Season 41 Episode 3 - Episode 3
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    #3 - Episode 3

    S41:E3

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    Director:Unknown
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  4. Panorama Season 41 Episode 4 - The Bitter-Enders: Part 1
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    #4 - The Bitter-Enders: Part 1

    S41:E4

    First of a two-part report. As South Africa prepares for the coming election, David Dimbleby talks to President F W De Klerk and to Nelson Mandela.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Panorama Season 41 Episode 5 - The Bitter-Enders: Part 2
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    #5 - The Bitter-Enders: Part 2

    S41:E5

    Second of a two-part report. David Dimbleby talks to President F W De Klerk and to Nelson Mandela, and assesses the chances of the white and black population reaching a settlement which will put an end to the confrontation and bloodshed.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Panorama Season 41 Episode 6 - Episode 6
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    #6 - Episode 6

    S41:E6

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    Director:Unknown
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  7. Panorama Season 41 Episode 7 - Monarchy, Magic and Citizen Major
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    #7 - Monarchy, Magic and Citizen Major

    S41:E7

    This year sees the 40th anniversary of the Queen's coronation. What is the prospect for the monarchy today, and what place is there for its ancient magic in Citizen Major's Britain? Vivian White reports.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Panorama Season 41 Episode 8 - Whose Mind Is It Anyway?
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    #8 - Whose Mind Is It Anyway?

    S41:E8

    A month after being discharged from a psychiatric hospital, Tracey Evans killed her children in what she called an "act of love". Her husband believes it wouldn't have happened if she had received more supervision when she left hospital.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Panorama Season 41 Episode 9 - Arming for Islam
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    #9 - Arming for Islam

    S41:E9

    A new military power looks set to overtake Saddam's Iraq. In the Islamic republic of Iran the heirs of Ayatollah Khomeini are spending billions on arms. Jane Corbin investigates that Iran is trying to get weapons of mass destruction.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Panorama Season 41 Episode 10 - A Class Apart
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    #10 - A Class Apart

    S41:E10

    The dramatic increase in the numbers of children expelled from school is causing problems for a Government already grappling with public anxiety over juvenile crime. Many children now receive as little as one hour's education a week.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Panorama Season 41 Episode 11 - The Peace Penalty
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    #11 - The Peace Penalty

    S41:E11

    As the post-Cold War military cuts go deeper, Britain faces hundreds of thousands of job losses in the defence sector, bringing despair to areas of previously high employment.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Panorama Season 41 Episode 12 - Underclass in Purdah
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    #12 - Underclass in Purdah

    S41:E12

    Nisha Pillai reveals the emergence of a Muslim underclass among Pakistanis and Bangladeshis and looks at the dangers and dilemmas it throws up.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Panorama Season 41 Episode 13 - Fair Cops
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    #13 - Fair Cops

    S41:E13

    Britain's top policemen now admit that their old Dixon of Dock Green image was always a myth - and that in the battle to convict criminals, truth has often been the first casualty. Steve Bradshaw reports.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Panorama Season 41 Episode 14 - Dumping Granny
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    #14 - Dumping Granny

    S41:E14

    By the end of this decade more than a million people in Britain will be over 85. Some families are already abandoning relatives when they become very old and frail, Margaret Gilmore investigates.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Panorama Season 41 Episode 15 - Episode 15
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    #15 - Episode 15

    S41:E15

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  16. Panorama Season 41 Episode 16 - Pack of Lies
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    #16 - Pack of Lies

    S41:E16

    Tom Mangold investigates the tobacco companies' conspiracy to cover up research that helps prove the link between smoking, cancer and other diseases; and how the industry decided to drop the successful marketing of a safer cigarette.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Panorama Season 41 Episode 17 - Lucky to Have a Job
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    #17 - Lucky to Have a Job

    S41:E17

    Are workers in Britain being exploited by bosses who say they are lucky to have a job? Thousands are being forced to work longer hours for less pay. Others are sacked for no reason and there is nothing in the law to protect them.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Panorama Season 41 Episode 18 - The Beast of Corleone
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    #18 - The Beast of Corleone

    S41:E18

    For more than ten years, Salvatore Riina was the Godfather of the Mafia, the world's largest criminal organisation. After 23 years on the run, he was arrested. Does his arrest mark a turning point in the struggle against organised crime?

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Panorama Season 41 Episode 19 - The Gene Genie
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    #19 - The Gene Genie

    S41:E19

    The race is on to discover the genes that determine people's susceptibility to illness and disease. Billions of dollars are available in the new market for genetic testing but the human costs of such advances may outweigh the benefits.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Panorama Season 41 Episode 20 - Secrets of the Citadel
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    #20 - Secrets of the Citadel

    S41:E20

    A report from Aldermaston, Britain's top-secret nuclear weapons factory, known as the Citadel. Nuclear weapons are being constructed in buildings that were condemned 15 years ago by an independent inquiry into the Atomic Weapons Facility.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Panorama Season 41 Episode 21 - Lloyd's Last Chance
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    #21 - Lloyd's Last Chance

    S41:E21

    Lloyd's of London - the most famous insurance market in the world - is in crisis. After hurricanes, terrorism and tanker disasters losses run into billions, and legal actions alleging negligence and fraud abound.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Panorama Season 41 Episode 22 - Bad Medicine
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    #22 - Bad Medicine

    S41:E22

    Can hospitals be trusted to provide the best possible care? Panorama offers evidence that some cannot and that differences in financing and treatment mean that certain hospitals and surgeons are more effective than others

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Panorama Season 41 Episode 23 - The Gift of God or Human Torment?
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    #23 - The Gift of God or Human Torment?

    S41:E23

    Thousands of Catholic priests have left active service to marry. Sex scandals involving American archbishops have rocked Rome and led Pope John Paul II to concede that the public's trust in the church and priestly morale is being eroded.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Panorama Season 41 Episode 24 - Wessex Man
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    #24 - Wessex Man

    S41:E24

    Wessex Regional Health Authority is said to have wasted tens of millions of pounds on installing a computer system that had to be abandoned. Vivian White uncovers the people and companies responsible for squandering vital NHS funds.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Panorama Season 41 Episode 25 - The Dental AIDS Mystery
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    #25 - The Dental AIDS Mystery

    S41:E25

    Florida dentist Dr David Acer has been held responsible for transmitting the deadly HIV virus to six of his patients. Two have died. Yet after a two-year inquiry no one can find out how it happened.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 41 Ratings Summary

"The Great Pit Disaster" is the best rated episode of "Panorama" season 41. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/11/1993. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Road to Hope".