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The Best Episodes of Panorama Season 59

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

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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    #1 - Too Much Too Young

    S59:E1

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #2 - Britain's Missing Dads

    S59:E2

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #3 - Stop Stalking Me

    S59:E3

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #4 - The Battle for Bomb Alley

    S59:E4

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #5 - The Battle for Egypt

    S59:E5

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #6 - Forgotten Heroes

    S59:E6

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #7 - WikiLeaks: The Secret Story

    S59:E7

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #8 - How to Blow a Fortune

    S59:E8

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #9 - Classroom Warriors

    S59:E9

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #10 - Smoking and the Bandits

    S59:E10

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #11 - Tabloid Hacks Exposed

    S59:E11

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #12 - Fighting Gaddafi

    S59:E12

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #13 - My Big Fat Fake Wedding

    S59:E13

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #14 - The Big Squeeze

    S59:E14

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #15 - Finished at Fifty?

    S59:E15

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #16 - Living with the Ayatollah

    S59:E16

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #17 - The Trillion Dollar Con-Man

    S59:E17

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #18 - Council Houses: Cheats and Victims

    S59:E18

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #19 - The Death of Bin Laden

    S59:E19

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #20 - Track My Trash

    S59:E20

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #21 - Fifa: Football's Shame?

    S59:E21

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #22 - Undercover Care: The Abuse Exposed

    S59:E22

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #23 - A Job to Get Work

    S59:E23

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #24 - Can You Trust Your Bank?

    S59:E24

    Panorama goes undercover to test whether staff in Britain's banks have learnt the lessons from the massive penalties imposed for mis-selling insurance and investment products.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #25 - Breaking into Britain

    S59:E25

    Evan Davis uncovers the truth behind the economic migrants who cross continents to try to illegally enter Britain, as two reporters follow the dangerous routes they use to get in.

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    Director:Unknown
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Season 59 Ratings Summary

"Too Much Too Young" is the best rated episode of "Panorama" season 59. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/10/2011. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Britain's Missing Dads".