Panorama backdrop
Panorama poster
Documentary
News

The Best Episodes of Panorama Season 55

Every episode of Panorama Season 55 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Panorama Season 55!

The Best Episodes of Panorama Season 55

Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
  1. 8.2/10(180 votes)

    #1 - Scientology and Me

    S55:E19

    John Sweeney investigates the Church of Scientology and allegations made by former members and relatives of current members. However, during the course of his investigation he soon finds that he has become a target of the Church.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  2. 7.2/10(7 votes)

    #2 - White Fright

    S55:E18

    An investigation into the increasing separation and segregation between Muslim Asians and whites. Vivian White reports from a northern English town where the communities feel divided by skin colour, religion, culture, and language.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  3. 7.2/10(8 votes)

    #3 - Weekend 'Nazis'

    S55:E35

    An investigation into the growing use of Second World War re-enactment events as a forum for extreme right-wing views by Nazi enthusiasts.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  4. 6.6/10(13 votes)

    #4 - How to Poison a Spy

    S55:E2

    John Sweeney investigates the death of ex-KGB spy and Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko, poisoned and killed by radioactive Polonium 210 in November 2006.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  5. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #5 - IVF Undercover

    S55:E1

    Police officers have made unannounced visits to two clinics run by Britain's most successful test-tube baby doctor.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  6. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Secrets of the Drugs Trials

    S55:E3

    Shelley Jofre investigates how one of Britain's biggest drug companies misled doctors into prescribing the anitidepressant Seroxat to teenagers.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  7. Trending NowTRENDING NOW

    The 20 BEST Episodes of Panorama

    READ
  8. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #7 - Should I Fight Back?

    S55:E4

    Jeremy Vine goes on a whistle-stop tour of the country to see how people deal with anti-social behaviour and violent crime in their areas.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  9. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Please Look After Mum

    S55:E5

    In a Yorkshire town, reporter Vivian White discovers a series of cases in which elderly people have allegedly been unsafe and unprotected in nursing homes.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  10. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #9 - For Queen and Country?

    S55:E6

    As the Iraq war approaches its fifth year, army families angered by what they see as public apathy and government embarrassment, speak out for the first time.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  11. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #10 - GBH on the NHS

    S55:E7

    Shelley Jofre investigates the claim that an estimated 75,000 NHS workers were victims of violent assaults by patients last year.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  12. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Go Green or Else

    S55:E8

    Tears, rows and recriminations as Panorama reporter Justin Rowlatt, his wife and three kids spend a year without their car, their tumble dryer and their cheap flights abroad in Go Green or Else!

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  13. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Stalkers: Murder in Slow Motion

    S55:E9

    Stella Moore's daughter Tania was brutally killed by the man who stalked her relentlessly. She asks why women can still be murdered by stalkers.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  14. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #13 - A Good Kicking

    S55:E10

    A report on the torture of seven Iraqi civilians in 2003 while in British custody in Basra and the subsequent investigation.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  15. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Soldiers on the Run

    S55:E11

    Investigation into the increasing numbers of British soldiers returning from Iraq going AWOL rather than face life in the British Army. Featuring the stories of young men who return from battle so scarred and disillusioned they vow never to return even if it means going on the run.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  16. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Death on Corfu

    S55:E12

    Investigation into how the deaths in Corfu of British children Bobby and Christi Shepherd has raised serious doubts about the travel industry's safety standards.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  17. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Life Behind Bars

    S55:E13

    A reporter goes undercover as a prison officer for five months at Rye Hill high security prison, and discovers a world of bribery, corruption and drugs.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  18. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #17 - TV's Dirty Secrets

    S55:E14

    Can you trust your favourite TV shows? In the wake of recent scandals about how broadcasters use premium rate phone lines, Panorama investigates claims that some of Britain's best-loved programmes have been cheating the public.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  19. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #18 - The Real Spooks

    S55:E15

    Following the conviction of five men accused of conspiracy to cause explosions, evidence that MI5 failed to pass on details linking them to the 7/7 suicide bombers.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  20. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Murder at the World Cup

    S55:E16

    Investigation into the murder of cricket coach Bob Woolmer, with access to the man leading the hunt for his killer, police deputy commissioner Mark Shields.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  21. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Midwives Undercover

    S55:E17

    Using shocking undercover footage recorded in two major hospitals, an investigation into alleged serious failings in UK maternity services.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  22. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #21 - WiFi: A Warning Signal

    S55:E20

    With twelve cities now completely covered by wireless (WiFi) computer networks, and many secondary and primary schools using WiFi in the classroom, Paul Kenyon investigates claims that the electronic smog of modern living can cause long-term health effects.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  23. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Married to the Mob

    S55:E21

    A report on British woman Ann Hathaway, wife of the alleged head of one of Sicily's biggest Cosa Nostra clans, who was recently convicted for Mafia association.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  24. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #23 - On a Wing and a Prayer

    S55:E22

    Shelley Jofre investigates whether Britain's single biggest loss of military life in over two decades could have been avoided, and reveals a series of potentially-catastrophic faults with the RAF's ageing fleet of spyplanes.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  25. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Princes, Planes and Payoffs

    S55:E23

    Investigation into allegations of massive corruption at the heart of the biggest arms deal in history between Britain and Saudi Arabia, and into claims that when the Serious Fraud Office got close to uncovering it the government forced it to drop the probe.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  26. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Is TV Bad for My Kids?

    S55:E24

    In a unique social experiment, TVs, computers and games consoles are taken away from a class of seven- and eight-year-olds for two weeks and a psychologist assesses the impact on their behaviour and performance at school.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A

Season 55 Ratings Summary

"Scientology and Me" is the best rated episode of "Panorama" season 55. It scored 8.2/10 based on 180 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/14/2007. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "White Fright".