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The Best Episodes of Panorama Season 59

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Every episode of Panorama Season 59 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Panorama Season 59!

Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
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  • Britain's Child Beggars
    8.7/10(22)
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    #1 - Britain's Child Beggars

    Season 59 Episode 42

    Aired 10/19/2011

    Reporter John Sweeney uncovers the truth behind the children begging on Britain's streets, and tracks down the begging gangs to luxury homes in Romania.

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  • Britain, Gaddafi and the Torture Trail
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    #2 - Britain, Gaddafi and the Torture Trail

    Season 59 Episode 43

    Aired 10/24/2011

    Reporter Paul Kenyon presents shocking pictures and testimony, never seen before, that reveal the truth about Colonel Gaddafi's regime and its ties with the British government.

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  • The Death of Bin Laden
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    #3 - The Death of Bin Laden

    Season 59 Episode 19

    Aired 5/9/2011

    The story of how America tracked down and killed Osama Bin Laden. Featuring interviews with eyewitnesses, victims of Al Qaeda's terror and military and intelligence insiders.

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  • WikiLeaks: The Secret Story
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    #4 - WikiLeaks: The Secret Story

    Season 59 Episode 7

    Aired 2/14/2011

    John Sweeney assesses what WikiLeaks and its exposing of sensitive official material has achieved and asks whether it has lived up to its own ideals on openness.

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  • Too Much Too Young
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    #5 - Too Much Too Young

    Season 59 Episode 1

    Aired 1/10/2011

    Provocative clothing, raunchy dancing on prime-time TV, access to pornography - Panorama examines the growing concern about the sexualisation of children in the UK. Sophie Raworth, a mother of three, goes behind the headlines to discover what images young people are being exposed to, and asks what impact the sexualised world is having on our children. Is too much, too young, putting them at risk?

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  • Britain's Missing Dads
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    #6 - Britain's Missing Dads

    Season 59 Episode 2

    Aired 1/17/2011

    Are actively involved dads becoming an endangered species in some parts of Britain? Reporter Declan Lawn investigates what can be done to keep them in the picture.

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  • Stop Stalking Me
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    #7 - Stop Stalking Me

    Season 59 Episode 3

    Aired 1/24/2011

    With stalking affecting an estimated two million people in Britain each year, Panorama tells the extraordinary story of a woman who has been recording years of abuse.

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  • The Battle for Bomb Alley
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    #8 - The Battle for Bomb Alley

    Season 59 Episode 4

    Aired 1/31/2011

    Ben Anderson follows the US Marines who have patrolled the Sangin district of Afghanistan since the British withdrawal last year. Has progress been made?

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  • The Battle for Egypt
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    #9 - The Battle for Egypt

    Season 59 Episode 5

    Aired 2/7/2011

    For the last 14 days, the world has watched a popular uprising against the 30-year-old regime of President Mubarak. Jane Corbin has been filming inside these extraordinary scenes.

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  • Forgotten Heroes
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    #10 - Forgotten Heroes

    Season 59 Episode 6

    Aired 2/9/2011

    Colonel Tim Collins meets the soldiers who return home only to find that their service for Queen and country counts for little on civvy street.

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  • How to Blow a Fortune
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    #11 - How to Blow a Fortune

    Season 59 Episode 8

    Aired 2/21/2011

    Fergal Keane tries to find out how Ireland got to the brink of bankruptcy after being one of the richest countries in the world. Has bailing them out put the UK economy at risk?

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    #12 - Classroom Warriors

    Season 59 Episode 9

    Aired 2/28/2011

    Panorama goes back to school to examine government plans to send in the troops to Britain's troubled classrooms. Can they help restore discipline, leadership and respect?

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  • Smoking and the Bandits
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    #13 - Smoking and the Bandits

    Season 59 Episode 10

    Aired 3/7/2011

    Panorama investigates the world of the criminal tobacco trade. Sam Poling reveals that more than half of all hand-rolled tobacco in the country is now counterfeit or smuggled.

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  • Tabloid Hacks Exposed
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    #14 - Tabloid Hacks Exposed

    Season 59 Episode 11

    Aired 3/14/2011

    Another report from the weekly current affairs programme. Panorama exposes the full extent of the "dark arts" employed by journalists across the industry to get their story.

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  • Fighting Gaddafi
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    #15 - Fighting Gaddafi

    Season 59 Episode 12

    Aired 3/21/2011

    The real story of Libya's revolution. How a group of young professionals bravely stood up to the 42-year-long dictatorship. And Paul Kenyon tracks down Gaddafi's son Saadi.

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  • My Big Fat Fake Wedding
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    #16 - My Big Fat Fake Wedding

    Season 59 Episode 13

    Aired 3/24/2011

    In this Panorama Special, reporter Richard Bilton goes undercover as a wedding photographer to exposes the lucrative - and growing - world of fake marriages.

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  • The Big Squeeze
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    #17 - The Big Squeeze

    Season 59 Episode 14

    Aired 3/28/2011

    With the cost of living rising fast and wages falling behind, Panorama unveils new research which shows that most of us are significantly poorer than we were two years ago.

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  • Finished at Fifty?
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    #18 - Finished at Fifty?

    Season 59 Episode 15

    Aired 4/4/2011

    With more long-term unemployed over-50s than any other age bracket, Fiona Phillips reveals a group of people facing rejection letters and money worries after a lifetime at work.

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  • Living with the Ayatollah
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    #19 - Living with the Ayatollah

    Season 59 Episode 16

    Aired 4/11/2011

    Reporter Jane Corbin asks how much longer Iran can keep a lid on internal unrest as revolution and regime change sweep across the Middle East.

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  • The Trillion Dollar Con-Man
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    #20 - The Trillion Dollar Con-Man

    Season 59 Episode 17

    Aired 4/18/2011

    Panorama tracks down a fraudster who stole a football club and broke a bank, and asked how one man managed to run rings around the regulators and authorities.

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  • Council Houses: Cheats and Victims
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    #21 - Council Houses: Cheats and Victims

    Season 59 Episode 18

    Aired 5/4/2011

    Panorama reveals the stories of families who struggle to get by in overcrowded or hazardous homes, or who have no option but to rent properties they simply cannot afford.

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  • Track My Trash
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    #22 - Track My Trash

    Season 59 Episode 20

    Aired 5/16/2011

    Using tracking equipment inside broken TV sets, Panorama investigates the illegal market in electronic waste - and recycling companies whose credentials may not be all they claim.

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  • Fifa: Football's Shame?
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    #23 - Fifa: Football's Shame?

    Season 59 Episode 21

    Aired 5/23/2011

    With the Fifa presidential elections taking place on 1 June 2011, reporter Andrew Jennings examines whether either candidate is suitable for the role.

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  • Undercover Care: The Abuse Exposed
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    #24 - Undercover Care: The Abuse Exposed

    Season 59 Episode 22

    Aired 5/31/2011

    In a special edition of Panorama, Paul Kenyon exposes the truth about a gang of carers out of control, and learns how the care system ignored all the warning signs.

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  • A Job to Get Work
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    #25 - A Job to Get Work

    Season 59 Episode 23

    Aired 6/6/2011

    Panorama visits Rhyl in North Wales where, in some parts of the town, nearly half of the population are on benefits. The programme hears the stories of some of the unemployed.

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Season 59 Ratings Summary

"Britain's Child Beggars" is the best rated episode of "Panorama" season 59. It scored 8.7/10 based on 22 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/19/2011. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Britain, Gaddafi and the Torture Trail".