Episode guide
Panorama: 2023
41 episodes · premiered Jan 16, 2023
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- Episode 1: The NHS Crisis: Can It Be Fixed? Jan 16, 2023 · 29m The NHS is in a critical condition. As hospitals struggle with soaring demand, increasing waiting times and their biggest ever workforce crisis, Panorama investigates what can be done to…
- Episode 2: Dogs, Dealers and Organised Crime Jan 23, 2023 · 29m Reporter Sam Poling goes undercover to reveal the increasingly close relationship between organised crime and dog dealing.
- Episode 3: Forgotten Heroes of the Covid Front Line Jan 30, 2023 · 28m Catherine Burns meets NHS workers who are living with long Covid and struggling to return to work. They now face the prospect of having to retire early or even being sacked.
- Episode 4: Is the Cloud Damaging the Planet? Feb 6, 2023 · 29m Panorama reporter Richard Bilton investigates the environmental cost of moving our lives online and into the cloud.
- Episode 5: Aftershock: The Turkey-Syria Earthquake Feb 13, 2023 · 28m More than 30,000 people are known to have been killed in the earthquake that devastated Turkey and Syria. Panorama asks if more could have been done to save lives.
- Episode 6: Sex for Work: The True Cost of Our Tea Feb 20, 2023 · 28m An undercover investigation for Panorama reveals that women working on plantations producing tea for PG Tips and Lipton are pressured to have sex with their bosses in return for work.
- Episode 7: Ukraine's War Diaries Feb 21, 2023 · 58m When Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Panorama asked five Ukrainians to start filming their lives. The result is a powerful documentary marking the first anniversary of the…
- Episode 8: Crisis Pregnancy Centres Uncovered Feb 27, 2023 · 29m An investigation into pregnancy advice centres outside the NHS giving misleading information. Reporter Divya Talwar also uncovers links between some UK centres and the US anti-abortion…
- Episode 9: Elon Musk's Twitter Storm Mar 6, 2023 · 29m When one of the world’s richest men bought Twitter, almost everything there changed. Thousands of staff were sacked and users previously banned for breaking Twitter’s rules were…
- Episode 10: Cops, Cash and Fraudsters Mar 13, 2023 · 28m Every year, scammers steal billions from the public, and fraud now represents around 40 per cent of all reported crime in the UK. Over the last year, Panorama has had exclusive access to…
- Episode 11: Surviving the Pay Squeeze Mar 20, 2023 · 28m Millions of people in the UK feel like they've had a pay cut, with wages often not keeping up with the cost of living. As public sector workers continue to take strike action, the BBC's…
- Episode 12: What’s Gone Wrong with Our Housing? Mar 27, 2023 · 29m Richard Bilton investigates the problems Margaret Thatcher's right-to-buy policy is causing 40 years later, including the return of slum landlords.
- Episode 13: The Drug Wars that Killed Olivia Apr 3, 2023 · 30m When Olivia Pratt-Korbel was shot dead in her home, the nine-year-old became the youngest victim of Liverpool's drug wars. There have been dozens of deaths in the city as rival gangs fight…
- Episode 14: Road Wars - Neighbourhood Traffic Chaos Apr 17, 2023 · 30m Justin Rowlatt reports on plans to reduce traffic through Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, in what has become a battle between those who support the scheme and those who do not.
- Episode 15: Will King Charles Change the Monarchy? Apr 29, 2023 · 29m As the nation prepares for the coronation of King Charles III, Panorama asks if the new king will adapt the monarchy to suit modern times.
- Episode 16: Private ADHD Clinics Exposed May 15, 2023 · 28m More and more people are turning to private clinics for an assessment to determine whether they have ADHD. Panorama investigates whether they are being given a reliable diagnosis.
- Episode 17: Landfill: Britain’s Toxic Secrets May 22, 2023 · 29m Every year, millions of tonnes of waste are dumped in landfill sites, but how safe are they? Reporter Amber Haque investigates a Staffordshire landfill which residents claim has affected…
- Episode 18: Ultra-Processed Food: A Recipe for Ill Health? Jun 5, 2023 · 29m The UK is facing a chronic illness epidemic, with diabetes rates at record levels and cancers in young people rising steeply. Now, there’s growing evidence suggesting this could be linked…
- Episode 19: Electric Cars: Is It Time to Buy? Jun 12, 2023 · 29m With the sale of new petrol and diesel cars to be banned in less than seven years, we’re all supposed to be going electric. But so far fewer than one in thirty vehicles on Britain’s roads…
- Episode 20: The Antidepressant Story Jun 19, 2023 · 58m In the UK, around one in seven now take an antidepressant. Globally they have made the pharmaceutical industry billions. When the current generation of drugs was launched 35 years ago…
- Episode 21: Is China Watching You? Jun 26, 2023 · 29m From spy balloons to secret police stations and dissidents on the run, Panorama investigates China’s global surveillance operation. We reveal new details about Beijing’s fleet of spy…
- Episode 22: Westminster's Toxic Culture Jul 17, 2023 · 29m Parliament is once again under fire over complaints about sexual harassment and bullying, with MPs suspended from their parties and claims of a toxic workplace culture going unchecked…
- Episode 23: Debt Trap: Who's Cashing In? Jul 24, 2023 · 29m As the cost of living crisis deepens, figures suggest almost 13 million people in the UK are falling behind on their bills and struggling with their debts. Panorama investigates the…
- Episode 24: The Millionaire Who Cheated a Council Jul 31, 2023 A series of disastrous investments has left Thurrock Council effectively bankrupt. Services are being cut and council tax raised to try to cover the second biggest deficit ever run up by a…
- Episode 25: Beyond Human: Artificial Intelligence and Us Aug 14, 2023 Reporter Lara Lewington speaks to some of the so-called 'godfathers' of AI about their hopes and fears, and she meets researchers developing technology allowing computers to read emotions…
- Episode 26: Lucy Letby: The Nurse Who Killed Aug 18, 2023 · 58m Lucy Letby has been convicted of murdering and harming babies. So what turned a likeable nurse into a serial killer? For the first time, Panorama hears from a family whose child died, a…
- Episode 27: Teenage Vaping: What's the Harm? Sep 4, 2023 Vaping among Britain's teenagers is on the rise, and there's growing concern that some companies are targeting underage vapers. So, should we be worried about young people getting…
- Episode 28: The Dark Side of Ballet Schools Sep 11, 2023 Panorama investigates claims of bullying and body shaming at two of the UK's top ballet schools, The Royal Ballet School in London and Elmhurst Ballet School in Birmingham.
- Episode 29: Downfall of the Crypto King Sep 25, 2023 Panorama explores the breakneck rise and sensational fall of Sam Bankman-Fried, the maths genius who set out to transform the world of crypto but ended up being its biggest loser.
- Episode 30: The Abercrombie Guys: The Dark Side of Cool Oct 2, 2023 · 58m Panorama investigates allegations of exploitation and abuse at the top of one of the biggest fashion brands in the US.
- Episode 31: The Big Mortgage Squeeze Oct 9, 2023 · 29m The BBC’s cost of living correspondent Colletta Smith meets the homeowners feeling the squeeze as they come off cheaper fixed-rate mortgages and adjust to much higher bills.
- Episode 32: Challenging Putin: Moscow and the Mutiny Oct 16, 2023 · 29m Jane Corbin investigates what really happened during the mutiny led by Yevgeny Prigozhin and asks what the long-term consequences might be for Putin's presidency.
- Episode 33: At War: Crisis in the Middle East Oct 23, 2023 · 29m Panorama reports on the conflict between Israel and Hamas. After 1,400 Israelis, including women and children were murdered by Hamas fighters, Israel promised brutal retaliation to destroy…
- Episode 34: Prime Suspect: Who Took Madeleine McCann? Oct 30, 2023 · 57m It’s been 16 years since the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Richard Bilton travels across Portugal and Germany to find out more about the man suspected of abducting and killing her.
- Episode 35: Boohoo's Broken Promises Nov 6, 2023 · 29m Fast fashion giant Boohoo faced serious criticism in 2020 for poor working conditions at its suppliers. A Panorama investigation reveals renewed pressure to slash costs.
- Episode 36: Why Are We Still Searching for Fossil Fuels? Nov 13, 2023 · 29m Richard Bilton investigates why oil, coal and gas exploration is booming when almost every country in the world has committed to limit the rise in global warming to 1.5 degrees.
- Episode 37: Putin and Ukraine's Stolen Children Nov 23, 2023 · 59m The Ukrainian government says that thousands of children have been taken unlawfully to Russia since the start of the war. The International Criminal Court has issued a warrant for…
- Episode 38: My Teacher the Abuser: Fighting for Justice Nov 30, 2023 · 59m Ever since Nicky Campbell went public about the abuse that he both experienced and witnessed in the 1970s, he’s become the public face of a campaign by former pupils of two renowned…
- Episode 39: The Water Pollution Cover-Up Dec 4, 2023 · 29m Water companies are dumping huge quantities of sewage in UK rivers every year. So why do some of the worst offenders have such good environmental ratings? Reporter Joe Crowley investigates.
- Episode 40: The Billionaire Bishop and the Global Megachurch Dec 11, 2023 · 28m With more than 30 branches in the UK, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, led by a Brazilian billionaire businessman, claims to transform lives through its preaching. But Panorama…
- Episode 41: Care Workers under Pressure Dec 18, 2023 · 29m Panorama investigates a care home short of staff, where external medical professionals report seeing residents neglected, and overseas staff complain of being exploited. Britain’s health…