Episode guide
Panorama: 2013
45 episodes · premiered Jan 21, 2013
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- Episode 1: Immigration Undercover Jan 21, 2013 Reporter Paul Kenyon goes undercover with the new type of gang smuggling illegal immigrants out of the UK as well as in, right under the nose of the British authorities.
- Episode 2: The Great Disability Scam? Jan 28, 2013 Only half of people with a disability are in work. Panorama investigates if one of the government's most ambitious welfare reforms can solve the problem of disability unemployment.
- Episode 3: The Great Abortion Divide Feb 4, 2013 Victoria Derbyshire investigates the great abortion divide between Northern Ireland and most of the United Kingdom, and asks if it is time to change the law.
- Episode 4: Inside Barclays: Banking on Bonuses Feb 11, 2013 After a series of controversies, bosses at Barclays say they're changing the culture of the bank. But what went wrong? Reporter Richard Bilton investigates the bonus culture that drove one…
- Episode 5: What's Really in our Food? Feb 18, 2013 Panorama investigates the horse meat scandal and reveals more concerns about what is really in our food. Richard Bilton questions the 'light touch' regulation of the food industry.
- Episode 6: Mission Accomplished? Secrets of Helmand Feb 25, 2013 Reporter Ben Anderson joins Allied troops preparing to hand over to Afghan forces next year, finding the Afghan army and police to be poorly trained and lacking resources.
- Episode 7: America's Gun Addiction Mar 11, 2013 Following the Newtown massacre, Panorama meets the teachers who want to use guns to protect their schools and reveals America's national crisis in mental healthcare.
- Episode 8: The Spies Who Fooled the World Mar 18, 2013 On the eve of the tenth anniversary of the Iraq War, Panorama reveals how key aspects of the secret intelligence used to justify the invasion were based on fabrication and lies.
- Episode 9: The Derby Fire: Secrets and Lies Apr 2, 2013 The Derby fire, in which six children died, was an attack on a family that shocked the country. Panorama asks were warnings missed?
- Episode 10: North Korea Undercover Apr 15, 2013 Panorama reporter John Sweeney spends eight days undercover inside North Korea, the most rigidly-controlled nation on Earth.
- Episode 11: Secrets of Britain's Sharia Councils Apr 22, 2013 Panorama reporter Jane Corbin goes undercover to investigate what is really happening in Britain's Sharia Councils - Islamic religious courts.
- Episode 12: The Russians Are Coming Apr 29, 2013 Reporter Darragh MacIntyre investigates a death in a Russian prison that has brought the threat of violence to the UK, and the death of a whistleblower found in Surrey.
- Episode 13: Jobs for the Boys? May 13, 2013 Former England and Arsenal footballer Sol Campbell investigates why the unemployment rate for young black British men is roughly double that of their white counterparts.
- Episode 14: Hillsborough - How They Buried the Truth May 20, 2013 A Panorama investigation reveals how police, politicians, lawyers and judges all played a part in burying the truth about Britain's worst football disaster.
- Episode 15: Cancer: Hope for Sale? Jun 3, 2013 Richard Bilton investigates a controversial American doctor who claims he can cure cancer. Why has he been allowed to sell an unproven and experimental treatment for 30 years?
- Episode 16: Cash for Questions Undercover Jun 6, 2013 A Panorama special going undercover to reveal lobbying practices which raise serious questions about standards in political life.
- Episode 17: Blacklist Britain Jun 10, 2013 Richard Bilton does the first TV interview with the bookkeeper for the organisation which ran a secret blacklist subscribed to by some of the biggest names in British business.
- Episode 18: Traffic Fines - Highway Robbery? Jun 12, 2013 With councils fining drivers in ever-greater numbers after capturing them on CCTV, Panorama tries to find new ways to cut down on the mountain of traffic tickets issued each year.
- Episode 19: Elderly Care: Condition Critical? Jun 17, 2013 Using secret filming and exclusive research into the mortality rates of care and nursing homes for the elderly in England, Panorama exposes the pain of poor care and neglect.
- Episode 20: Kids Lost in Care Jun 24, 2013 Panorama investigates the standard of residential care for vulnerable children. In homes where care is not up to scratch, some young people run away into risky situations.
- Episode 21: The Truth about Pills and Pregnancy Jul 1, 2013 Current affairs. Many women have to take medicines while pregnant. But could they be risking the health of their unborn child? Reporter Shelley Jofre investigates.
- Episode 22: The Trouble with Trump Jul 8, 2013 Current affairs. Reporter John Sweeney asks if the Scottish government knew enough about self-proclaimed billionaire Donald Trump before accepting his investment proposal.
- Episode 23: Broken by Battle Jul 15, 2013 Panorama investigates the true personal cost of the war in Afghanistan on British troops, going beyond the limits of the Ministry of Defence's statistics on suicide.
- Episode 24: Jungle Outlaws: The Chainsaw Trail Jul 25, 2013 Panorama investigates illegal logging in the rainforest and the timber trail from Africa to West Europe. Raphael Rowe spent six months tracking logs from Congo's jungle.
- Episode 25: Tainted Love: Secrets of the Dating Game Jul 29, 2013 Legal notice - this episode is the subject of a legal complaint. Reporter Fiona Walker investigates how unscrupulous dating websites are preying on those looking for love.
- Episode 26: The Brothers Who Bombed Boston Aug 5, 2013 Panorama explores how the two suspected Boston Marathon bombers - brothers raised and educated in the US - became radicalised, and asks if America's war on terror has come home.
- Episode 27: Locked Up For Being Ill? Sep 9, 2013 Current affairs. With police estimating that dealing with mental health patients takes up 25 percent of their time, Paul Kenyon discovers a world of self-harm and suicide attempts.
- Episode 28: Tax, Lies and Videotape Sep 16, 2013 Current affairs. Panorama goes undercover in the City to investigate the truth about UK tax policy, discovering how London is still home to the tax avoidance industry.
- Episode 29: The Honeymoon Murder: Who Killed Anni? Sep 19, 2013 With access to secret police files, Jeremy Vine looks at the case against the Bristol businessman accused of killing his young bride on honeymoon in South Africa in 2010.
- Episode 30: Dying for a Bargain Sep 23, 2013 Panorama investigates how our clothes - including those of some big high street brands - are really made, finding evidence of an industry that still puts profit before safety.
- Episode 31: Terror in Nairobi Sep 30, 2013 Panorama investigates the network al-Shabab uses to cross the Somali-Kenyan border at will and this terror group's appeal to radicalised Muslim youths in Britain and beyond.
- Episode 32: Saving Syria's Children Sep 30, 2013 In a special edition, Panorama travels with British doctors inside Syria to exclusively reveal the devastating impact of the war on children caught in the conflict.
- Episode 33: Malala: Shot for Going to School Oct 7, 2013 One year ago, Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban on her school bus. In this Panorama special, she talks exclusively to Mishal Husain about her remarkable journey.
- Episode 34: Britain's New Banking Scandal Oct 14, 2013 Panorama reporter Adam Shaw lifts the lid on what could be Britain's biggest financial mis-selling scandal - the hard sell of so-called interest rate swaps.
- Episode 35: Murder in the Alps Oct 21, 2013 With exclusive access to eyewitnesses and investigators, Panorama reveals how and asks why a British family and a French cyclist were brutally murdered by a hitman.
- Episode 36: Our Dirty Nation Oct 28, 2013 Cleaning up Britain's rubbish costs more than a billion pounds each year. Journalist and Labour peer Joan Bakewell argues that we all need to take more pride in our surroundings.
- Episode 37: After Savile: No More Secrets? Nov 4, 2013 In Britain, turning a blind eye to child abuse in a school, hospital or a church is not a crime; Panorama talks to victims, police and senior figures calling for the law to change.
- Episode 38: The Great House Price Bubble? Nov 11, 2013 With house prices hitting record highs at the same time as living standards continue to be squeezed, Adam Shaw goes in search of affordable homes for ordinary working families.
- Episode 39: Britain's Secret Terror Force Nov 21, 2013 Reporter John Ware interviews former members of a secret undercover unit run by the British Army in the early 1970s as they reveal how they took the war to the IRA.
- Episode 40: Amazon: The Truth Behind the Click Nov 25, 2013 How well does online retailer Amazon treat its workers? Conditions in the company's giant warehouses have been condemned by unions as among the worst in Britain.
- Episode 41: Where's Our Aid Money Gone? Dec 2, 2013 Current affairs. With the Global Fund's inspector general sacked for 'unsatisfactory' performance after exposing corruption, Richard Bilton challenges those responsible.
- Episode 42: Energy Bills: Power Failure? Dec 9, 2013 Current affairs. Energy bills have gone up by around a quarter in the past four years and politicians from all sides say they are determined to bring them down. Can they deliver?
- Episode 43: All in a Good Cause Dec 10, 2013 Current affairs. Do we really know about the charities we support? Declan Lawn hears from donors and charity workers who believe the quest for money is undermining the mission.
- Episode 44: The Romanians are Coming? Dec 16, 2013 Reporter Paul Kenyon joins British police in a Romanian village where most of the men have left to pursue work in the black markets of London, as they try to stem the flow.
- Episode 45: Woolwich: The Untold Story Dec 19, 2013 With two British Muslim converts found guilty of the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, Panorama asks if the security services among others missed opportunities to prevent Lee's death.