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The Best Episodes of Panorama Season 70

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    Panorama Season 70 Episode 1 - The NHS vs Covid: The Fight Goes On
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    #1 - The NHS vs Covid: The Fight Goes On

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    Two years since the start of the pandemic, the NHS is facing a new Covid crisis. The latest coronavirus variant, Omicron, is producing the biggest wave of infection yet, adding to the normal winter pressures and a waiting list that now stands at nearly six million in England. Panorama reporter Jane Corbin returns to University Hospital Coventry, where she was when the pandemic first hit, to see how it is coping now with a surge in cases and a shortage of beds and staff.

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  2. Panorama Season 70 Episode 2 - Britain's Killer Roads
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    #2 - Britain's Killer Roads

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    Richard Bilton investigates the increased risks we face when we get behind the wheel of a car and asks whether weaker policing could be to blame.

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  3. Panorama Season 70 Episode 3 - Anti-Social Behaviour: Afraid in My Own Home
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    #3 - Anti-Social Behaviour: Afraid in My Own Home

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    When a Middlesbrough homeowner shouted at kids climbing onto a neighbour’s roof, he had no idea it would trigger a series of violent attacks on his property, some caught on CCTV. Panorama reporter Rory Carson investigates how anti-social behaviour blights communities across Britain and discovers how hard it can be to get help. Research by Panorama reveals that many local councils and police forces are failing to use the full force of the law to stop anti-social behaviour and how, if left unchecked, it can have serious consequences.

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  4. Panorama Season 70 Episode 4 - Boris Johnson on the Brink
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    #4 - Boris Johnson on the Brink

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    Panorama tells the extraordinary story of how Downing Street parties led to the greatest crisis of Boris Johnson’s career. Senior Conservatives, backbench MPs and former civil servants explain how the allegations of lockdown breaches have consumed the party and engulfed government. Tracing other recent scandals, reporter John Ware asks what 'partygate' says about the prime minister’s character - and his relationship with sticking to the rules and honesty.

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  5. Panorama Season 70 Episode 5 - Afghanistan: A Country at Breaking Point
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    #5 - Afghanistan: A Country at Breaking Point

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    It is being described as the worst humanitarian crisis on the planet. After decades of war, eight million people are now facing starvation in Afghanistan. A million children could die. Reporter John Simpson goes back to explore the shocking unravelling of a country he has been reporting on for more than 40 years. The Taliban takeover and sanctions imposed by the west have contributed to economic collapse. There is food in the markets, but families are being driven to the edge because they simply don’t have the money to buy it.

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  6. Panorama Season 70 Episode 6 - A Cow's Life: The True Cost of Milk?
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    #6 - A Cow's Life: The True Cost of Milk?

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    Most of us drink cow’s milk, but are we paying enough for it? Panorama investigates the dairy industry to find out whether animal welfare is being compromised in the drive to keep milk prices low. The film features disturbing undercover footage of farmworkers abusing cows, while reporter Daniel Foggo speaks to farmers and vets about the lives most dairy herds can expect to lead.

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  7. Panorama Season 70 Episode 7 - Why Aren't We Vaccinating the World?
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    #7 - Why Aren't We Vaccinating the World?

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    The best way to win the battle against Covid is to vaccinate the whole world, but in poorer countries, not enough people are getting the job. Only six and a half per cent of the population in low-income countries are fully protected. There are now enough vaccines being made for everyone on the planet, so why aren’t they being shared more fairly? Reporter Bronagh Munro investigates why the global vaccine rollout is failing and asks if governments and big drug companies could do more to keep us all safe.

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  8. Panorama Season 70 Episode 8 - Maternity Scandal: Fighting for the Truth
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    #8 - Maternity Scandal: Fighting for the Truth

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    It’s one of the biggest scandals in the history of the NHS - many babies died whilst others were left with life-changing injuries following repeated failures in maternity care at hospitals in Shropshire. Reporting for Panorama, the BBC's Michael Buchanan who first investigated the extent of this hidden tragedy meets families who have never spoken out before and former insiders who describe a dysfunctional culture that contributed to the truth being buried for so long. The programme also hears from the former midwife who is leading an official inquiry into what went wrong, ahead of her full findings being published next month.

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  9. Panorama Season 70 Episode 9 - Putin's War in Ukraine
    6.4/10(15 votes)

    #9 - Putin's War in Ukraine

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    Four days after Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, Panorama reports on the conflict. With Paul Kenyon in Kyiv and Jane Corbin in London, the programme asks what lies behind Putin's invasion, and how Ukraine and the rest of the world have responded.

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  10. Panorama Season 70 Episode 10 - Manchester Arena Bombing: Saffie’s Story
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    #10 - Manchester Arena Bombing: Saffie’s Story

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    Panorama follows the parents of the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena bombing as they navigate the public inquiry into the attack. As the fifth-anniversary approaches, they ask could the bomber have been stopped and could their daughter have survived her injuries?

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  11. Panorama Season 70 Episode 11 - Roman Abramovich’s Dirty Money
    5.3/10(10 votes)

    #11 - Roman Abramovich’s Dirty Money

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    Chelsea-owner, Roman Abramovich, has been sanctioned by the UK government for his ties to Vladimir Putin. But where did the Russian billionaire’s money come from? Panorama reporter Richard Bilton travels to Siberia to investigate the corrupt deals that made his fortune. He uncovers new details about Mr Abramovich’s murky past and his relationship with the Kremlin.

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  12. Panorama Season 70 Episode 12 - Ukraine's Resistance: Standing Up to Putin
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    #12 - Ukraine's Resistance: Standing Up to Putin

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    For almost a month, Ukraine has fought off one of the world’s super-powers. Can it hold on and repel President Putin’s forces? Panorama’s Paul Kenyon reports from the frontline in southern Ukraine. In Mykolaiv, he finds a city on the brink, fighting hard not to become encircled by Russian forces and face the same fate as the besieged city of Mariupol. On the Black Sea coast in Odesa, he finds a city bracing itself for the worse. With exclusive footage from inside nearby Kherson, which has already fallen into Russian hands.

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  13. Panorama Season 70 Episode 13 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt: Britain’s Rape Crisis
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    #13 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt: Britain’s Rape Crisis

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    Panorama is on the frontline with Derbyshire Police to investigate why only one per cent of reported rapes in England and Wales results in a conviction. For more than 18 months, the film follows five people who have reported rape and the detectives investigating their cases as they journey through the criminal justice system. They include 'Sam', who says she was raped by a stranger after a night out, and two sisters who say they were repeatedly raped by their father as children and whose case has already been turned down by the Crown Prosecution Service.

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  14. Panorama Season 70 Episode 14 - Fixing Unfair Britain: Can Levelling Up Deliver?
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    #14 - Fixing Unfair Britain: Can Levelling Up Deliver?

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    Levelling up is one of Boris Johnson’s flagship policies. It’s intended to improve the quality of life for millions of people who live outside London and the south east by investing in local communities and infrastructure. Billions of pounds have been allocated for high streets, transport links and skills. For Panorama, the BBC’s new political editor Chris Mason returns to his home county of Yorkshire to find out what the residents of Barnsley think of the policy.

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  15. Panorama Season 70 Episode 15 - Surviving the Cost of Living Crisis
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    #15 - Surviving the Cost of Living Crisis

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    Britain is feeling the squeeze. With inflation rising to its highest rate for 30 years and energy bills spiralling, households across the country are having to make do with less. So how are people coping? Panorama follows three families, as they try to cope with what is predicted to be the biggest fall in living standards since the 1950s.

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  16. Panorama Season 70 Episode 16 - Obesity: Who Cares if I’m Bigger?
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    #16 - Obesity: Who Cares if I’m Bigger?

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    Eighteen months after the prime minister launched his strategy to help the nation lose weight, EastEnders actress Clair Norris, who is overweight herself, wants to know if it is working. One in four adults in the UK are currently living with obesity, a health risk highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Clair meets teenagers on a weight management scheme in Sheffield, a man-versus-fat football team in Norfolk, and a dancer running classes for plus-size women. She delves into the complex reasons why some people find it difficult to lose weight and asks if you can be overweight and stay healthy.

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  17. Panorama Season 70 Episode 17 - The Post Office Scandal
    7.0/10(17 votes)

    #17 - The Post Office Scandal

    S70:E17

    The story of the most widespread miscarriage of justice in British legal history and those whose lives were devastated by it.

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  18. Panorama Season 70 Episode 18 - Protecting Our Children: A Balancing Act
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    #18 - Protecting Our Children: A Balancing Act

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    Granted rare, exclusive permission from the family courts, reporter Louise Tickle hears from families who have been damaged by decisions made by one local authority. With the government pushing social workers to step in earlier than ever, what happens if they go too far, too fast?

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  19. Panorama Season 70 Episode 19 - Hunting Putin's War Criminals
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    #19 - Hunting Putin's War Criminals

    S70:E19

    As Ukrainians return to areas once under Russian control, they are uncovering evidence of war crimes. Panorama’s Paul Kenyon travels to Kyiv to investigate the elite Russian units he encountered on the first day of the war. He hears allegations of looting and murder and speaks to witnesses who lived through the occupation. Tracking the soldiers east he visits a frontline town from where Ukrainian forces are launching counterattacks against troops who had previously occupied the suburbs of Kyiv.

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  20. Panorama Season 70 Episode 20 - Partygate: Inside The Storm
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    #20 - Partygate: Inside The Storm

    S70:E20

    Ahead of Sue Gray's report into parties in government buildings, Laura Kuenssberg investigates what went on under Boris Johnson's roof during lockdown. Panorama follows MPs as they react to events and decide whether to support the prime minister or call for his resignation as he is fined and forced to apologise. Three former staffers who worked in Downing Street give accounts of how they attended parties, for which two of them were fined. They say there was a complete lack of social distancing and rules were routinely broken.

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  21. Panorama Season 70 Episode 21 - Recycling: Where Does My Rubbish Go?
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    #21 - Recycling: Where Does My Rubbish Go?

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    The logo of US-based company TerraCycle is on the packaging of many of our household goods. The company says it wants to eliminate the idea of waste and that it has recycled more than seven billion items, including hard-to-recycle plastics, worldwide. Reporting for Panorama, Mobeen Azhar investigates TerraCycle’s green credentials and its relationship with major brands.

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  22. Panorama Season 70 Episode 22 - Undercover: Britain's Biggest GP Chain
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    #22 - Undercover: Britain's Biggest GP Chain

    S70:E22

    Panorama investigates Britain's biggest GP network. US owned Operose Health provides GP services to the NHS, with 70 surgeries from Leeds to London and more than half a million registered patients. Reporter Jacqui Wakefield reveals a shortage of GPs, some less qualified medical staff working without adequate supervision and a backlog of important patient paperwork.

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  23. Panorama Season 70 Episode 23 - A Social Media Murder: Olly's Story
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    #23 - A Social Media Murder: Olly's Story

    S70:E23

    Thirteen-year-old Olly Stephens left home for the final time on a Sunday afternoon in January 2021, telling his parents he was meeting a friend nearby. Fifteen minutes later, he had been murdered. Lured out by a teenage girl and stabbed to death by two teenage boys she had met online, the entire attack was planned on social media and triggered by a dispute on a chat group. With exclusive access to Olly’s parents Amanda and Stuart, Panorama reporter Marianna Spring investigates the violent and disturbing world their son had been exposed to online and follows their campaign for tighter regulations on harmful content.

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  24. Panorama Season 70 Episode 24 - Hong Kong: Life Under the Crackdown
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    #24 - Hong Kong: Life Under the Crackdown

    S70:E24

    Panorama has spent the last year with young journalists and protestors as they live through the most turbulent period in Hong Kong's recent history. When the British government transferred sovereignty back to China in 1997, it promised to protect freedom of speech, but new laws have effectively silenced all criticism. Street protests have all but stopped, pro-democracy lawmakers have been replaced by Beijing loyalists and Hong Kong's new chief executive is its former security chief, who led the crackdown. Reporter Danny Vincent has been following those who've lived through the street protest movement, both as activists and reporters, many of whom are now in prison.

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  25. Panorama Season 70 Episode 25 - Taking us for a Ride: The Uber Files
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    #25 - Taking us for a Ride: The Uber Files

    S70:E25

    Uber’s aggressive expansion across Europe sparked police raids and violent protests. The US tech firm attracted millions of customers by subsidising fares and undercutting traditional cabbies. Now, a leak of internal documents reveals how the company got away with it. Reporter Richard Bilton uncovers how Uber broke laws, upended employment rights and got the backing of politicians as the company forced its way on to our streets.

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Season 70 Ratings Summary

"The NHS vs Covid: The Fight Goes On" is the best rated episode of "Panorama" season 70. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/12/2022. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Britain's Killer Roads".