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The Best Episodes of Panorama Season 47

Every episode of Panorama Season 47 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Panorama Season 47!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Panorama Season 47 Episode 1 - In Stephen's Name
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    #1 - In Stephen's Name

    S47:E1

    Five years after the murder of his son Stephen, Neville Lawrence, in a special report for Panorama examines whether the Metropolitan Police is doing enough to combat racism.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Panorama Season 47 Episode 2 - In Search of Cynthia Mthebe
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    #2 - In Search of Cynthia Mthebe

    S47:E2

    Fergal Keane, former BBC Johannesburg correspondent, returns to South Africa to look for a mother-of-seven he first filmed in 1994 when she was living rough with her children in a squatter camp.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Panorama Season 47 Episode 3 - Poison on Your Plate
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    #3 - Poison on Your Plate

    S47:E3

    Britain is facing a food-poisoning crisis. The number of reported infections has soared, with up to 10 million people falling ill and an average of 200 people dying every year from contaminated food.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Panorama Season 47 Episode 4 - Selling Out the Pound?
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    #4 - Selling Out the Pound?

    S47:E4

    Although the majority of British people want to stay out of "Euroland" and keep the pound, Tony Blair claims that we should join when the time is right, and detailed government plans have already been drawn up.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Panorama Season 47 Episode 5 - The First Human Clone
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    #5 - The First Human Clone

    S47:E5

    Two years after the first cloned sheep, scientists in Britain, America and the Far East are racing to be the first to clone a human baby, with scientists in Korea having already reproduced a few human cells.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Panorama Season 47 Episode 6 - The People's Party
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    #6 - The People's Party

    S47:E6

    PM Tony Blair says he is not a control freak and that he leads the "People's Party". But some politicians who are still popular with the people have discovered that they are not being given the chance to represent them in Parliament.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Panorama Season 47 Episode 7 - Every Parent's Nightmare
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    #7 - Every Parent's Nightmare

    S47:E7

    Tonight, Panorama reports on the disease which is every parent's nightmare. Meningitis in Britain is at it's highest level in 50 years, it's increasing and no one knows why. It is the leading cause of death in children under five.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Panorama Season 47 Episode 8 - Carry on Dr. Neale
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    #8 - Carry on Dr. Neale

    S47:E8

    How did a British gynaecologist, struck off the Canadian medical register for professional incompetence, return to Britain as a senior consultant to operate on women?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Panorama Season 47 Episode 9 - First Sex
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    #9 - First Sex

    S47:E9

    Teenagers are having sex younger than ever before. As the age of 1st sexual intercourse drops, the number of teenagers getting sexually transmitted diseases is rising. Doctors are worried that they don't realise the risks they are running.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Panorama Season 47 Episode 10 - Drug Runners
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    #10 - Drug Runners

    S47:E10

    The greatest threat to international sport is the use of performance enhancing drugs. Gavin Hewitt reports from America and Europe on the Olympic officials accused of turning a blind eye to athletes' drug use.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Panorama Season 47 Episode 11 - Secrets, Spies & Videotape
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    #11 - Secrets, Spies & Videotape

    S47:E11

    Three years ago the United Nations Special Commission on Iraq, UNSCOM, charged with ridding Saddam Hussein of his lethal arsenal. became fatally compromised.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Panorama Season 47 Episode 12 - The Mind Of Milosovic
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    #12 - The Mind Of Milosovic

    S47:E12

    Changing the mind of Slobodan Milosevic. As NATO attacks on the Kosovan regime's leader a report on what drives the man and why he has he launched a systematic persecution of the Kosovan Albanians?

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Panorama Season 47 Episode 13 - Absolutely Fabulous Prices
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    #13 - Absolutely Fabulous Prices

    S47:E13

    British shoppers are being overcharged by international designer labels, and there seems to be little anyone can do about it. Traders who try to undercut the big names feel intimidated into submission.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Panorama Season 47 Episode 14 - The Battle for Britain
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    #14 - The Battle for Britain

    S47:E14

    On 6 May Scotland will hold the election of its first parliament in almost 300 years. This election will totally change the shape of British politics, and could possibly lead to the break up of Britain as a political entity.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Panorama Season 47 Episode 15 - The Child Snatchers
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    #15 - The Child Snatchers

    S47:E15

    Britain has seen a dramatic rise in the number of estranged parents who have abducted their children when their relationship fails. Parents trying to retrieve their children face lengthy legal battles that are expensive and fruitless.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Panorama Season 47 Episode 16 - Frankenstein Foods
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    #16 - Frankenstein Foods

    S47:E16

    More than half the processed food consumed is made with genetically modified crops. As consumer resistance grows, Panorama investigates claims that there are no adequate long-term tests to guarantee safety to our health or the countryside.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Panorama Season 47 Episode 17 - The Mobile Mystery
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    #17 - The Mobile Mystery

    S47:E17

    Panorama investigates the growing concern about the health implications of mobile phones, and examines accusations that the industry has covered up possible risks, delayed research and cancelled scientific funding.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Panorama Season 47 Episode 18 - Kosovo: The Reckoning
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    #18 - Kosovo: The Reckoning

    S47:E18

    David Dimbleby chairs a Panorama studio special which charts road to peace deal.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Panorama Season 47 Episode 19 - Cheap Labour
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    #19 - Cheap Labour

    S47:E19

    The new minimum wage was meant to be good news for Britain's worst paid workers, but thousands have ended up no better off and some are getting even less than before. Vivian White investigates.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Panorama Season 47 Episode 20 - Careless Talk
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    #20 - Careless Talk

    S47:E20

    Two lawyers have now been murdered in Northern Ireland. Both represented IRA suspects, both claimed before their deaths that the police had threatened to have them assassinated. Panorama investigates the claims.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Panorama Season 47 Episode 21 - The House Price Lottery
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    #21 - The House Price Lottery

    S47:E21

    London house prices are going through the roof, while in some northern cities entire streets are being bulldozed because no-one wants to live there. Who wins and who loses in the housing lottery?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Panorama Season 47 Episode 22 - Valley of the Dead
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    #22 - Valley of the Dead

    S47:E22

    As the refugees of Kosovo return to their devastated land, Panorama reveals the true extent of the atrocities by Serb paramilitaries and police. How likely is it that the killers will be brought to justice?

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Panorama Season 47 Episode 23 - Die by Wire
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    #23 - Die by Wire

    S47:E23

    The wiring of some aeroplanes contains a potentially catastrophic fault - one that can set fire to the aircraft. Tom Mangold investigates previous air disasters where wiring was the cause, and asks why warnings were ignored.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Panorama Season 47 Episode 24 - Taking Baby
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    #24 - Taking Baby

    S47:E24

    Children are being left with parents who neglect and abuse them because the law says keeping families together is the ideal. But a report says the law should be changed, with children at risk removed from families and adopted much sooner.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Panorama Season 47 Episode 25 - Private Risks
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    #25 - Private Risks

    S47:E25

    Panorama investigates the exclusive world of private hospitals. And asks why when patients have to be transferred to NHS intensive care units from a private hospital - the taxpayer pays? Vivian White investigates.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 47 Ratings Summary

"In Stephen's Name" is the best rated episode of "Panorama" season 47. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/11/1999. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "In Search of Cynthia Mthebe".