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The Best Episodes of Panorama Season 52

Every episode of Panorama Season 52 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Panorama Season 52!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Panorama Season 52 Episode 1 - A Fight To The Death
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    #1 - A Fight To The Death

    S52:E1

    Whilst we await Lord Hutton's verdict, Panorama provides a factual account of the fight between the government and the BBC and some of the events surrounding it.

    Director:Farren Blackburn
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Panorama Season 52 Episode 2 - Tackling Tomorrow's Tearaways
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    #2 - Tackling Tomorrow's Tearaways

    S52:E2

    The Government is spending millions on schemes to identify children who may become tomorrow's criminals. The idea - if you get to kids young enough you can divert them from trouble.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Panorama Season 52 Episode 3 - Secrets of the Camps
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    #3 - Secrets of the Camps

    S52:E3

    Panorama exposes the secret camps in Zimbabwe where Robert Mugabe's government trains thousands of youths to torture and kill.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Panorama Season 52 Episode 4 - What's the Point of the BBC?
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    #4 - What's the Point of the BBC?

    S52:E4

    What is the BBC for? Is it too big, too commercial, dumbed down? Is it still a trusted public service broadcaster whose licence fee should be preserved? The government is asking for the public's views by the end of March.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Panorama Season 52 Episode 5 - Out of Guantanamo
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    #5 - Out of Guantanamo

    S52:E5

    In a Panorama Special, the story of two British families whose sons were held at Guantanamo and testimony about the treatment some detainees say they experienced there.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Panorama Season 52 Episode 6 - The Truth About Tax
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    #6 - The Truth About Tax

    S52:E6

    Tax is back in the news again - as pensioner protests grow against Council Tax, experts warn that taxes may have to go up, and the Conservative party argues for restraining public spending.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Panorama Season 52 Episode 7 - Terror: Are We Next?
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    #7 - Terror: Are We Next?

    S52:E7

    After the Madrid train bombs, Jane Corbin reveals how the war in Iraq has given Al Qaeda a new lease of life and investigates the terrorists' European connections.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Panorama Season 52 Episode 8 - Saddam on the Run
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    #8 - Saddam on the Run

    S52:E8

    In April 2003, as Saddam's statue was being toppled in Baghdad, US Marines were locked in a deadly gun battle with Saddam Hussein and his supporters just across the city. Yet their Ace of Spades escaped.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Panorama Season 52 Episode 9 - The Killers
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    #9 - The Killers

    S52:E9

    Ten years after he encountered the scene of a massacre in Rwanda during the genocide of 1994, Fergal Keane returns to investigate how ordinary men became pitiless killers, hearing of the slaughter given by the perpetrators themselves.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Panorama Season 52 Episode 10 - The Invisible Kids
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    #10 - The Invisible Kids

    S52:E10

    The problems of drug addiction have been known about in the UK for at least a generation. But there is one group of individuals, the most vulnerable group, who are the innocent victims of drug abuse - children of drug addicted parents.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Panorama Season 52 Episode 11 - London Under Attack
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    #11 - London Under Attack

    S52:E11

    This film is a mock exercise of what might happen in London if there was a terror attack now. In a unique fusion of drama, detailed research and expert discussion Panorama puts Britain's emergency plans to the test.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Panorama Season 52 Episode 12 - Shamed
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    #12 - Shamed

    S52:E12

    Panorama reports on the scale of the abuse and torture of prisoners in Iraq and elsewhere. Jane Corbin investigates who had command responsibility for American and British forces implicated in this scandal and asks who knew what, when.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Panorama Season 52 Episode 13 - Couldn't Give a XXXX for Last Orders
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    #13 - Couldn't Give a XXXX for Last Orders

    S52:E13

    Cut-price booze and lax licensing laws have left many towns at the mercy of weekend binge-drinkers. As pressure mounts on the Gov't to intervene, Andy Davies asks if round-the-clock opening hours would lead to more sober drinking habits.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Panorama Season 52 Episode 14 - Covering Up
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    #14 - Covering Up

    S52:E14

    Panorama looks at Muslim Identity in 2004, through the eyes of four young British Muslim women - who tell us why they are proud to cover up - to wear the hijab, and the veil.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Panorama Season 52 Episode 15 - The Superdollar Plot
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    #15 - The Superdollar Plot

    S52:E15

    How a Birmingham criminal set in motion a huge undercover police operation after the US $100 bills he handed in at a bureau de change turned out to be the most sophisticated counterfeits ever produced.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Panorama Season 52 Episode 16 - Clinton: The Interview
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    #16 - Clinton: The Interview

    S52:E16

    In an exclusive and wide ranging interview for Panorama, David Dimbleby quizzes the former President on his record, his political passions and how his public and private lives clashed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Panorama Season 52 Episode 17 - Can Condoms Kill?
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    #17 - Can Condoms Kill?

    S52:E17

    The Vatican claims condoms encourage promiscuity and do not effectively prevent the transmission of the HIV virus; Furthermore they claim there is science to prove it. Protesters and powerful critics argue otherwise.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Panorama Season 52 Episode 18 - A Failure of Intelligence
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    #18 - A Failure of Intelligence

    S52:E18

    How did Tony Blair make the case for war to the British people and to Parliament? The Panorama team investigates what the intelligence services and Mr. Blair knew, when they knew it - and what was left out.

    Director:Farren Blackburn
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Panorama Season 52 Episode 19 - Fighting for Care
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    #19 - Fighting for Care

    S52:E19

    Why, even after a major government review, is one of this country's most vital care systems for frail, elderly people still being under-minded by delays, obstruction and injustice?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Panorama Season 52 Episode 20 - Buying the Games
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    #20 - Buying the Games

    S52:E20

    With just days before the Olympics begin, one race has already started: to decide which city will host the Games in 2012. During a year-long investigation, reporter Justin Rowlatt went undercover to learn what it takes to get the Games.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Panorama Season 52 Episode 21 - School Siege: The Survivors' Stories
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    #21 - School Siege: The Survivors' Stories

    S52:E21

    The inside story of the Beslan school siege from some of those who survived. Damian Grammaticas, who covered the siege for the BBC, investigates what the terrorists did, and why they did it

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Panorama Season 52 Episode 22 - Miracle Baby Grows Up
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    #22 - Miracle Baby Grows Up

    S52:E22

    Mothers, doctors and children all contribute to a highly emotional debate about whether it is always right to save babies that are born on the edges of life - extremely premature babies.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Panorama Season 52 Episode 23 - Taken On Trust
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    #23 - Taken On Trust

    S52:E23

    Are we being told the truth about the drugs we take? Shelley Jofre's investigation reveals that crucial safety information regarding a widely prescribed anti-depressant was missed for over a decade.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Panorama Season 52 Episode 24 - The Trouble with Sugar
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    #24 - The Trouble with Sugar

    S52:E24

    In May the World Health Organisation warned that there is a direct connection between eating too much sugar and a whole host of diseases linked to obesity. The sugar industry fought them all the way.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Panorama Season 52 Episode 25 - Your Child's Been Stabbed
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    #25 - Your Child's Been Stabbed

    S52:E25

    From flick knives to meat cleavers, more and more teenagers are carrying blades. Rageh Omaar takes to the streets to investigate why and finds there's more to it than parents might realise.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 52 Ratings Summary

"A Fight To The Death" is the best rated episode of "Panorama" season 52. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Farren Blackburn and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/21/2004. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Tackling Tomorrow's Tearaways".