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Panorama: 2000

35 episodes · premiered Jan 17, 2000

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  1. Episode 1: Casualties Jan 17, 2000 An investigation into Paramedics. Panorama uncovers evidence of poor training, lack of skills and chaotic organisation, which are costing thousands of lives every year.
  2. Episode 2: Back to the Kitchen Sink Jan 24, 2000 New research suggests more and more women who try to combine full-time jobs with bringing up children are giving up the struggle. Sarah Powell reports.
  3. Episode 3: Dr. Shipman - The Man Who Played God Jan 21, 2000 On the day Dr. Shipman is convicted of murdering 15, A Panorama special reveals the full extent of his campaign of murder against the elderly women of Hyde.
  4. Episode 4: Human Traffic Feb 7, 2000 From April the Government will cut cash benefits to asylum seekers, and it is also launching a programme to relocate refugees from the South East to other parts of the country. The aim is…
  5. Episode 5: Speed Feb 14, 2000 Every year around 5,000 children are killed or badly injured on Britain's roads. Government ministers are currently reviewing speed limits for residential streets, but will their…
  6. Episode 6: The Lost Children Feb 21, 2000 Tonight's programme investigates the cases of bereaved parents who have been shattered to learn that the hearts and other organs of their dead children have been kept in hospitals without…
  7. Episode 7: Losing Control Feb 28, 2000 Vivian White looks at the problems facing the government and addresses the questions that remain unanswered about who runs Britain under the Labour Party.
  8. Episode 8: The Whole Truth? Mar 6, 2000 Gerry Conlon, who was one of the Guildford Four, speaks out about the growing number of innocent people wrongly accused of serious crimes.
  9. Episode 9: Moral Combat - NATO at War Mar 6, 2000 After NATO's bombing campaign, Allan Little takes a challenging look at the reasons for the war in Kosovo, examining why, and how, the West used force to pursue what was outwardly…
  10. Episode 10: Spin Doctors Mar 13, 2000 This programme enters the world of Labour's health spin doctors, to unravel the truth from the increasingly powerful government propaganda machine, and asks, will Tony Blair fulfil his…
  11. Episode 11: Blighted Mar 20, 2000 In Cheshire a toxic dump has poisoned a village. In London and the South East thousands of new homes are being built on polluted land. How safe are we from the legacy of industrial…
  12. Episode 12: Atomic Alert Mar 27, 2000 Two companies criticised over their safety records are in a consortium chosen by the Government to run the top-secret nuclear weapons site at Aldermaston in Berkshire from 1 April. Gerry…
  13. Episode 13: Dot Com Fever Apr 3, 2000 Tom Mangold investigates the internet phenomenon that is becoming Britain's millennium gold rush as investors, hoping to become millionaires, scramble to put money into tiny internet…
  14. Episode 14: Ivory Wars Apr 5, 2000 Panorama reports on the flourishing illegal trade in ivory spurred on by demand from the far east, which has resulted in elephant orphanages in Kenya.
  15. Episode 15: Kids on Pills Apr 10, 2000 Reporting on the concern being expressed, here and in America, that drugs such as Ritalin and Prozac are being prescribed to children to treat recognised behavioural disorders and are…
  16. Episode 16: The Dying Game Apr 17, 2000 Panorama investigates the AIDS crisis in South Africa and asks what can be done about it. With South Africa expecting one million AIDS orphans in the next five years, it is a question…
  17. Episode 17: The Two Billion Pound Ball Game May 15, 2000 The impending auction of football TV rights will result in a 2 billion pound bonanza for the domestic game. But critics argue that too much money is going to Britain's handful of super…
  18. Episode 18: The Mortgage Timebomb May 22, 2000 Anxiety is gripping millions of homeowners following the news that endowment-linked mortgages will fall thousands of pounds short when they mature. David Lomax assesses the advice being…
  19. Episode 19: Panorama: Pensions Bubble Jun 5, 2000 An investigation into evidence that changes in the rules on occupational pensions could leave people worse off than expected when they retire.
  20. Episode 20: Gangmasters Jun 19, 2000 Paul Kenyon investigates the criminals who exploit illegal immigrants as cheap labour for food companies supplying Britain's biggest supermarket chains.
  21. Episode 21: England's Shame Jun 20, 2000 In a special investigation, Panorama goes undercover with English supporters at Euro 2000 - And takes a revealing look at the men behind the violence of Euro 2000.
  22. Episode 22: The Truth About Rubbish Jun 26, 2000 The Government aims to double the amount of recycling in the UK - but will householders ever get used to separating and sorting rubbish? Vivian White reports.
  23. Episode 23: The Nail Bomber Jun 30, 2000 Panorama confronts the men it says inspired the London Nail Bomber David Copeland. The programme reveals that Copeland was inspired by known right-wing extremists who fed him a diet of…
  24. Episode 24: Cyber Attack! Jul 3, 2000 Following the "love bug" virus which infected millions of computers worldwide, Panorama investigates the vulnerability of personal financial information to attacks from hackers. Jane…
  25. Episode 25: Pump Wars Sep 25, 2000 The investigative current affairs series returns with the inside stories of this month's fuel price protests, the biggest popular movement Tony Blair has faced as Prime Minister. Jane…
  26. Episode 26: Britain's Secret War on Drugs Oct 2, 2000 Panorama goes inside the former biological warfare factory that is producing a fungus capable of destroying the world's illicit heroin harvests. And it's being funded by the British…
  27. Episode 27: Who Bombed Omagh? Oct 9, 2000 Panorama names individuals who have been questioned by police over the Omagh bombing. The atrocity, carried out by The Real IRA, claimed 29 lives on a Saturday afternoon in August 1998…
  28. Episode 28: Gap and Nike: No Sweat? Oct 15, 2000 Panorama reveals that Gap and Nike have been using a factory in Cambodia which breaks their own strict codes of conduct and anti-sweatshop rules.
  29. Episode 29: Digging the Dirt Oct 22, 2000 Peter Marshall looks behind the scenes to uncover the tactics used in the race to become President of the United States. Panorama uncovers a ruthless world of negative election campaigning.
  30. Episode 30: Young Robbers Oct 29, 2000 Shelley Jofre investigates the growing problem of robbing and mugging between young people. The programme shows how the West Midlands police are trying to tackle the problem.
  31. Episode 31: Power to Abuse Nov 5, 2000 Reporter Phil Parry has uncovered disturbing new evidence of how the Roman Catholic Church in Wales behaved as paedophile priests abused children.
  32. Episode 32: Life on TV Nov 12, 2000 Mariella Frostrup reports from inside the reality television revolution. It's sometimes cruel, it's voyeuristic and often it's humiliating, and it seems we can't get enough of it.
  33. Episode 33: Underwater Britain Nov 19, 2000 The country may be getting back to normal after the floods, but the evidence is that there could be plenty more in store. Panorama investigates whether the last three weeks could just be a…
  34. Episode 34: In the Name of the Children Nov 26, 2000 For decades, children in care have suffered the horror of sexual abuse. Police investigations to catch sex abusers have spread throughout Britain, with 90 inquiries currently underway, and…
  35. Episode 35: The Bent Cop Dec 3, 2000 Panorama tells the story of a police officer's slide in to corruption and his remarkable change of heart. In the first television interview ever broadcast with an informant, Neil Putnam…