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The Best Episodes of Panorama Season 50

Every episode of Panorama Season 50 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Panorama Season 50!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Panorama Season 50 Episode 1 - MMR: Every Parent's Choice
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    #1 - MMR: Every Parent's Choice

    S50:E1

    As parents continue to shun the controversial triple jab despite mounting fears of a measles epidemic, Panorama asks how safe is MMR? And investigates Dr Andrew Wakefield's allegation that the vaccine could cause autism and bowel disease.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Panorama Season 50 Episode 2 - Bravo Two Zero: A Question of Betrayal
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    #2 - Bravo Two Zero: A Question of Betrayal

    S50:E2

    Bravo Two Zero is one of the most written about patrols in British military history. For the first time ever one of the surviving members of the patrol, speaks out openly.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Panorama Season 50 Episode 3 - Panorama with the Paras
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    #3 - Panorama with the Paras

    S50:E3

    Panorama follows the men of D company of the 2nd battalion of The Parachute Regiment as they attempt to restore order to Kabul. David Lomax reports.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Panorama Season 50 Episode 4 - Tackling the Tearaways
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    #4 - Tackling the Tearaways

    S50:E4

    Sixteen-year-old David Young is one of the first teenagers to be placed on an anti-social behaviour order, a Government initiative to crack down on thugs. Andy Davies reports on Young's drastic reaction.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Panorama Season 50 Episode 5 - Mugabe: The Price Of Silence
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    #5 - Mugabe: The Price Of Silence

    S50:E5

    Examining how Britain reacted to Robert Mugabe's bloody campaign in Matabeleland in the 1980's in which thousands died. Fergal Keane examines the foreign policy dilemma which faced Britain and asks why the government took no action.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Panorama Season 50 Episode 6 - Should we Join the Euro?
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    #6 - Should we Join the Euro?

    S50:E6

    It's the question the Government has declined to allow the public to vote on. It is also one of the biggest political decisions the country will make.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Panorama Season 50 Episode 7 - September 11th: A Warning from Hollywood
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    #7 - September 11th: A Warning from Hollywood

    S50:E7

    Reporter Steve Bradshaw conducts an investigation into how Hollywood films seem to have predicted the terrorist threat, and how Washington failed to take notice.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Panorama Season 50 Episode 8 - Damilola
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    #8 - Damilola

    S50:E8

    As two boys are found not guilty of the murder of 10-year-old Damilola Taylor in November 2000, Panorama examines the events that led to his tragic death and the subsequent police investigation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Panorama Season 50 Episode 9 - Please Help Me Die
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    #9 - Please Help Me Die

    S50:E9

    Sarah Barclay reporting the inside story of terminally ill Diane Pretty's battle to win the right to die before motor neurone disease robs her of her dignity.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Panorama Season 50 Episode 10 - Fingerprints On Trial
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    #10 - Fingerprints On Trial

    S50:E10

    The science of fingerprinting used to be considered infallible. Reporter Shelley Jofre revisits the case in which a Bolton businessman was convicted of burglary on the strength of a single fingerprint.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Panorama Season 50 Episode 11 - Tony In Adland
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    #11 - Tony In Adland

    S50:E11

    Guess who is the country's biggest advertiser? The Blair government. Vivian White investigates claims that rules were broken so that taxpayers paid for Labour Party advertising campaigns in the run-up to the 2001 election.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Panorama Season 50 Episode 12 - A Licence to Murder - Part 1
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    #12 - A Licence to Murder - Part 1

    S50:E12

    First of a two-part documentary in which reporter John Ware examines allegations that members of the security forces colluded with terrorists to kill civilians in Northern Ireland during the 1980's.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Panorama Season 50 Episode 13 - A Licence to Murder - Part 2
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    #13 - A Licence to Murder - Part 2

    S50:E13

    Concluding the two-part documentary in which reporter John Ware examines allegations that members of the security forces colluded with loyalist terrorists to kill IRA suspects in Northern Ireland, some of whom were entirely innocent.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Panorama Season 50 Episode 14 - The Housing Ladder
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    #14 - The Housing Ladder

    S50:E14

    This investigation into the continuing boom in house prices charts the rise of the market, looks at the plight of first-time buyers, and assesses whether the bubble is about to burst.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Panorama Season 50 Episode 15 - The Hunt for Bin Laden
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    #15 - The Hunt for Bin Laden

    S50:E15

    Jane Corbin assesses what the multi-billion-dollar war against Bin Laden and his al-Qaeda network has actually achieved since 11 September.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Panorama Season 50 Episode 16 - Suffer Little Children
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    #16 - Suffer Little Children

    S50:E16

    With the Catholic Church still reeling from revelations that it kept child abuse quiet, Panorama investigates a world-wide religion that stands accused of shielding abusers: the Jehovah's Witnesses.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Panorama Season 50 Episode 17 - The Case Against Saddam
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    #17 - The Case Against Saddam

    S50:E17

    The war of rhetoric between the Bush administration and Saddam Hussein threatens to spill over into a bloody confrontation that may change the regime in Baghdad but in the process spark a conflagration throughout the Middle East.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Panorama Season 50 Episode 18 - Iraq Crisis (Panorama Interactive)
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    #18 - Iraq Crisis (Panorama Interactive)

    S50:E18

    A special edition for the return of the current affairs series invites viewers to question correspondents in Britain, America, Russia and the Middle East about the Iraq crisis.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Panorama Season 50 Episode 19 - The Corruption of Racing
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    #19 - The Corruption of Racing

    S50:E19

    An eight-month investigation into the world of British horseracing uncovered a decade of corruption and questioned whether the Jockey Club is fit to regulate the sport.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Panorama Season 50 Episode 20 - The Secrets of Seroxat
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    #20 - The Secrets of Seroxat

    S50:E20

    Seroxat is one of the world's most successful anti-depressants but, as Shelley Joffre reveals, there are those who believe the drug is highly addictive, resulting in some claiming serious withdrawal symptoms, such as self-harm and suicide.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Panorama Season 50 Episode 21 - Al-Qaeda Strikes Back
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    #21 - Al-Qaeda Strikes Back

    S50:E21

    No-one has yet claimed responsibility for the bomb blasts in Bali, but the finger is already pointing at al-Qaeda. Significantly there was a third, almost simultaneous, blast at the US consulate in the capital of Bali, Denpasser.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Panorama Season 50 Episode 22 - Queen Camilla?
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    #22 - Queen Camilla?

    S50:E22

    Opinion polls suggest most people would object to Camilla Parker Bowles becoming queen. Steve Bradshaw reports on the publicity campaign to sell Camilla to the public and the constitutional hurdles Prince Charles will have to overcome.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Panorama Season 50 Episode 23 - Saddam: A Warning From History
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    #23 - Saddam: A Warning From History

    S50:E23

    The psychological profile of Iraqi military dictator Saddam Hussein and the analysis of the possible threat that the weapons of mass destruction he supposedly has represent to the peace and stability in the Middle East and to the world.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Panorama Season 50 Episode 24 - How Safe Is Your Pension?
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    #24 - How Safe Is Your Pension?

    S50:E24

    Some retired men and women who have saved throughout their lives are now finding their pensions offer scant reward for their prudence. Vivian White 's reports.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Panorama Season 50 Episode 25 - The Cost of Living in Sin
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    #25 - The Cost of Living in Sin

    S50:E25

    Three million Britons currently live together without getting married. But when things go wrong, there's little legal protection. Sarah Spiller assesses the cost of being an unmarried couple and the newly proposed Government plans.

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Season 50 Ratings Summary

"MMR: Every Parent's Choice" is the best rated episode of "Panorama" season 50. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/3/2002. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Bravo Two Zero: A Question of Betrayal".