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Panorama: 2008

57 episodes · premiered Jan 7, 2008

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  1. Episode 1: One Click from Danger Jan 7, 2008 An update to our film 'One Click from Danger' about internet paedophiles exploiting vulnerable youngsters online.
  2. Episode 2: Destination UK Jan 14, 2008 Paul Kenyon follows the most dangerous illegal immigration route into Europe, used by tens and thousands of migrants a year seeking a better life, and revisits the survivors whose epic…
  3. Episode 3: Britain's Protection Racket Jan 21, 2008 Panorama goes undercover to expose the flaws in Britain's seven-billion-pound security industry.
  4. Episode 4: Cocaine: Alex James in Colombia Jan 28, 2008 Former cocaine-using Blur bassist Alex James travels to Colombia. He meets the drug farmers, sellers and enforcers, and hears the message that every gram is tainted in blood.
  5. Episode 5: Bursting the House Price Bubble Feb 4, 2008 Investigation into sharp practice in the housing market which has kept house prices artificially high and plunged homeowners into negative equity.
  6. Episode 6: No More Mandelas Feb 11, 2008 After witnessing the end of apartheid, Fergal Keane returns to South Africa to find out what happened to the hope from that time.
  7. Episode 7: Bottled Water - Who Needs It? Feb 18, 2008 Reporter Tom Heap sets out to discover if the popularity of bottled water is merely a triumph of marketing over common sense.
  8. Episode 8: On Whose Orders? Feb 25, 2008 Jeremy Vine interviews Tony Blair's Attorney General Lord Goldsmith and General Sir Mike Jackson, asking how rules preventing abuse and torture of prisoners in Iraq were overturned, and…
  9. Episode 9: Taking Back The Streets Mar 3, 2008 Richard Bilton examines the dilemma of Garry Newlove, the father beaten to death in the streets. Is a new community action the answer to teenage gangs?
  10. Episode 10: Shaken Babies? Mar 10, 2008 Investigates the row behind shaken-baby syndrome. Last year, childminder Keran Henderson was convicted of shaking an 11-month-old baby to death. Her friends and family say she couldn't…
  11. Episode 11: Teenage Sex For Sale Mar 27, 2008 Gerry Northam investigates ruthless gangs who are targeting teenage girls and offering drugs and excitement. Within weeks, the children are made to work as prostitutes - having sex with a…
  12. Episode 12: Jersey - Island of Secrets Mar 31, 2008 Current affairs programme with Jeremy Vine. It is six weeks since police started their search of Haut de la Garenne children's home on Jersey. Other homes and careworkers now being named…
  13. Episode 13: Divide and Rule Apr 7, 2008 Ten years on from the Good Friday Agreement, Panorama examines what power-sharing has done for those living with Northern Ireland's deep sectarian divisions.
  14. Episode 14: Feeling the Pinch Apr 14, 2008 Credit crunch, rising fuel prices and talk of recession - we've been warned of a tough year ahead. But how will we really be affected? Declan Curry discovers if we have what it takes to…
  15. Episode 15: Something in the Air Apr 21, 2008 Pilots almost passing out at the controls; passengers who say they've been made ill by toxic fumes. Can polluted air on board planes damage your health? Panorama carries out its own tests…
  16. Episode 16: How Clean is Your Hospital? Apr 27, 2008 Sally Magnusson goes inside a trust which lost 90 patients to the superbug c.difficile, which accounts for four times as many deaths as MRSA.
  17. Episode 17: Mission Impossible Apr 28, 2008 The UN polices conflicts around the world, but can it police itself? Raphael Rowe reveals how the organisation is struggling to eradicate the rot at its core.
  18. Episode 18: Prisons Unlocked May 5, 2008 Panorama investigates claims that unsuitable and dangerous convicts are being sent to open prisons to help solve the overcrowding crisis.
  19. Episode 19: Tested to Destruction May 12, 2008 Current affairs. Are schoolchildren in England given too many exams? Vivian White reports.
  20. Episode 20: The Challenge of the 60s May 15, 2008 Experts and diplomats including Lord Hurd, Christopher Mallaby and Bernard Lovell assess the predictions made about the world's future in an edition of Panorama from 1960.
  21. Episode 21: Britain on the Sick May 19, 2008 Current affairs programme presented by Jeremy Vine. Shelley Jofre examines the Government's tough new benefit rules.
  22. Episode 22: One Click from Capture May 26, 2008 A look at how Panorama's simple experiment of putting a young girl's details onto social networking websites ended with the arrest of an online predator.
  23. Episode 23: The Property Game Jun 2, 2008 Vigorous investigation of a topical issue. Richard Bilton meets the winners and losers in the property market. Is the British love affair with home ownership over?
  24. Episode 24: What Happened After Taking On the Taliban? Jun 9, 2008 Current affairs. Panorama meets the soldiers featured in last year's Taking On the Taliban special, to find out what they're doing now.
  25. Episode 25: Daylight Robbery - What happened to the $23billion? Jun 10, 2008 Jane Corbin investigates the cases which threaten to reveal the corruption behind the past five years of war in the Middle East.
  26. Episode 26: Young Gunmen Jun 23, 2008 Current affairs. Panorama investigates the rise of armed teenage street gangs, speaking to former gangsters, the police and the young gunmen themselves.
  27. Episode 27: Primark: On the Rack Jun 23, 2008 Panorama puts Primark's claims that it can deliver cheap, fast fashion without breaking ethical guidelines to the test.
  28. Episode 28: Taking Back The Streets Jun 30, 2008 Panarama investigates the rise of armed teenage street gangs and discovers how shockingly ingrained the culture of guns and violence is in Britain.
  29. Episode 29: NHS for Sale Jul 7, 2008 Sally Magnusson investigates the creeping privatisation of the NHS.
  30. Episode 30: China's Secret War Jul 14, 2008 Panorama provides evidence of how China is supplying the Sudanese government with arms to enable it to wage a campaign of violence in Darfur - all for oil.
  31. Episode 31: Friends in High Places Jul 21, 2008 Panorama investigates the government's proposals for a third runway at Heathrow which, critics argue, will have a dramatic effect on the environment.
  32. Episode 32: Can We Afford to Fill Up? Jul 28, 2008 With the price of fuel rocketing at the pumps, Jane Corbin reports on how fuel prices are affecting Britain and what alternatives might be available.
  33. Episode 33: Racing's Dirty Secret Jul 30, 2008 Panorama investigates horse racing and reveals why those running the sport are so concerned about gamblers betting on horses not to win, but to lose.
  34. Episode 34: China's Olympic Promise Aug 4, 2008 As the Games approach, award-winning journalist John Sweeney travels across China to discover whether foreign journalists are being allowed to report freely.
  35. Episode 35: Notes on a Dirty Island Aug 11, 2008 Travel writer Bill Bryson presents a personal and passionate account of how Britain has become a rubbish tip since his arrival from the USA in 1972.
  36. Episode 36: The NHS Postcode Lottery: It Could Be You Aug 18, 2008 Shelley Jofre takes a road trip around the UK and discovers how the quality of treatment from the NHS very much depends on where you live.
  37. Episode 37: True Brits Aug 25, 2008 Current affairs with Jeremy Vine. An investigation into how factors such as mass immigration and devolution are forever changing the concept of 'Britishness'.
  38. Episode 38: How the Economy Got Personal Sep 1, 2008 Current affairs. Jeremy Vine presents personal stories of regular Britons affected by the credit crunch.
  39. Episode 39: Can Money Grow on Trees? Sep 8, 2008 Panorama asks whether the money markets can achieve what campaigners and law enforcement have so far failed to, and make trees more valuable alive than dead.
  40. Episode 40: Terror in the Skies? Sep 9, 2008 Peter Taylor uncovers the inside story of the operation which thwarted a terrorist plot to cause explosions and led to increased security at British airports.
  41. Episode 41: Omagh: What the Police Were Never Told Sep 15, 2008 Peter Taylor uncovers the inside story of the operation which thwarted a terrorist plot to cause explosions and led to increased security at British airports.
  42. Episode 42: How Safe is my Money? Sep 22, 2008 Jane Corbin looks at how the crisis facing the world's financial insitutions could impact on the nation's banks, mortgages, insurance and pensions.
  43. Episode 43: You Can Run... Sep 26, 2008 But can you hide? Simon Boazman investigates how much information is held on him, whether it is secure and if he can reduce his data trail.
  44. Episode 44: Next Stop, Downing Street? Sep 29, 2008 Nick Robinson accompanies Conservative Party leader David Cameron to Birmingham as he attempts to persuade voters he is prime minister material.
  45. Episode 45: The Secret Policeman Returns Oct 6, 2008 In the wake of the resignation of Britain's top police officer, Panorama investigates racism in Britain's police force. Mark Daly - who exposed racism amongst police recruits in The Secret…
  46. Episode 46: Should We Be Scared of Russia? Oct 10, 2008 Mark Franchetti meets Vladimir Putin's inner circle in an attempt to decipher Russia's intentions on domestic and international fronts.
  47. Episode 47: Obama and the Pitbull: An American Tale Oct 13, 2008 Matt Frei investigates Barack Obama's rise in the opinion polls, and asks if the current financial crisis has put him on the home straight.
  48. Episode 48: Britain in the Red - Your Questions Answered Oct 16, 2008 Jeremy Vine asks why our economy ran into trouble, and who is to blame for the credit crunch and banking crisis which threatens to affect us all.
  49. Episode 49: Three Bloody Summers Nov 3, 2008 The British Commander on the ground admits the war against the Taliban cannot be won by force alone in this eye-opening assessment of the Afghanistan conflict.
  50. Episode 50: Can't Pay, Won't Pay Nov 10, 2008 With the credit crunch affecting everyone, Panorama reveals the lengths some lenders are now going to in order to get borrowers to pay off their debts.
  51. Episode 51: What Happened to Baby P? Nov 17, 2008 A six-month investigation by the programme reveals the mistakes and missed opportunities that led to the death of a 17-month-old boy known only as Baby P.
  52. Episode 52: Addicted to Aid Nov 24, 2008 Reporter Sorious Samura visits Uganda and his home country of Sierra Leone to reveal how aid money is lost, stolen and frittered away.
  53. Episode 53: Comeback Coal Dec 1, 2008 An investigation into the Government's support of a new wave of opencast coal mining, in spite of fierce opposition from local communities.
  54. Episode 54: Shannon: The Mother of All Lies Dec 4, 2008 Panorama presents the inside story on the disappearance of Shannon Matthews, as it investigates the events that led to Karen Matthews being convicted for the kidnap of her own daughter.
  55. Episode 55: I'll Die When I Choose Dec 8, 2008 Politician and Parkinson's sufferer Margo MacDonald uncovers the truth about assisted dying, meeting those with illnesses like hers who are desperate to die.
  56. Episode 56: Britain's Terror Heartland Dec 15, 2008 Jane Corbin makes the hazardous journey to the frontline in the War on Terror, the remote and forbidding mountains along the Pakistan-Afghan border.
  57. Episode 57: The Year Britain's Bubble Burst Dec 22, 2008 It has been a cataclysmic year for our banks and economy, and a year in which the role of the BBC's Business Editor has been in the spotlight as never before. With exclusive interviews…