Panorama (1953)
Panorama
1953 / NRCurrent affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
Seasons & Episode
Only one in 20 crimes in England and Wales result in someone being charged. More criminals are now getting away with everything from burglary to knife crime. So, is the public being let down by the system? Reporter Bronagh Munro meets the victims left to investigate their own crimes and goes on the trail of the criminals who have escaped justice.
A new generation of anti-obesity drugs are being hailed as game changers for the NHS and for millions of patients. So-called 'skinny jabs' like Wegovy have largely been the preserve of celebrities and those with the money to buy them privately, but now the NHS is beginning to roll them out. So will they live up to the hype, how available will they be, and is the NHS ready for a revolution in treating obesity?
It's a parent's nightmare. An apparently healthy child dying without warning, and no explanation of what went wrong. Yet unexplained deaths in children over a year old happen almost once a week in the UK. They sometimes result in parents being falsely accused of harming their child. Reporter Richard Bilton investigates these sudden unexplained deaths in children and looks at the research trying to find out why they happen.
Fergus Walsh follows patients with Alzheimer's disease, who have been taking two new drugs that have been shown to slow down its progression. Is this a turning point in its treatment?
Following the attacks of 7 October 2023, Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas. But can it? John Ware investigates Hamas’ network outside Gaza, uncovering a web of financial enablers.
As the Post Office scandal continues to make the headlines, Panorama investigates the UK’s other great postal institution, Royal Mail. Millions of us rely on letters for hospital appointments, tax returns and legal documents, but as reporter Zoe Conway discovers, Royal Mail is not always delivering. Last year, it was fined more than £5 million for missing targets. Panorama hears from whistleblowers and senior management, who believe the postal system must change if Royal Mail is to survive. Is it the last post for the letter?
Justin Webb and Marianna Spring travel from the frozen plains of Iowa to the swing state of Georgia to explore Donald Trump’s enduring appeal and look ahead to an unprecedented American election year.
Hundreds of thousands of people own mobile homes and caravans in the UK, but some discover they don’t have the right to call them home. Reporter Rory Carson meets the caravan park residents who say they have been mis-sold their properties and falsely promised they could stay in them for the rest of their lives. And he investigates the site owners who have been accused of cheating people out of their life savings.
Filmed over five months inside a council on the verge of bankruptcy, Panorama explores why many town halls across the UK are in financial crisis. Reporter Alison Holt follows councillors and officials as they make decisions on which services to cut and which to charge more for in Havering, a London borough facing a £50 million deficit.
Over the past couple of years, net migration to the UK has hit record levels. So how has that happened, when the government promised in the wake of Brexit that immigration would be lower? Ros Atkins crunches the numbers and explores the political choices behind them. He meets the people running businesses who say they need immigration, and those who say the UK can’t sustain the current numbers.
Many brands say they are doing their bit for the environment, even big polluters like tech, energy, and airlines. Now, Panorama investigates the green projects that say they can help brands cancel out their carbon emissions. But do the claims stack up? The programme visits several environmental projects and uncovers evidence of sexual harassment, raises questions about how money is spent and reveals how part of a protected rainforest is being destroyed by major construction work.
For years, they trafficked huge quantities of drugs and threatened anyone who stood in their way. Now most of the gangsters who ran the Huyton Firm are behind bars after 10,000 of their secret messages were decrypted and used as evidence in court. The messages reveal the brutal reality of organised crime as never before. They show how the Liverpool mobsters ordered shootings and hand grenade attacks, while boasting of their own sickening crimes. Reporter Bronagh Munro investigates the crime bosses who terrorised a city.
From tooth decay to obesity, our children’s health is in decline, and it’s storing up trouble for the future. Keir Starmer has promised his new government will tackle it, but that won’t be easy or cheap. Reporter Rahil Sheikh goes back to Sheffield, the city where he was born, to discover what’s causing the crisis and what can be done to fix it.
Labour is back in power with a big majority and some big promises. The new government says it will fix the NHS, grow the economy and build thousands of new homes, but right now money is tight. There are also challenges abroad as war continues in Ukraine and the Middle East. With behind-the-scenes access to the new chancellor Rachel Reeves and key cabinet players, Laura Kuenssberg follows Labour’s first days in office. They say the country is broken, so can they fix it?
In June 2023, Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates were stabbed to death by Valdo Calocane. Reporter Navtej Johal investigates his history of mental ill health, the care he received in the three years before the Nottingham attacks and asks what lessons can be learned. Speaking for the first time to BBC Panorama, members of the Calocane family help to shed light on the missed opportunities in his care.
A knife attack on a Taylor Swift dance workshop in Southport left three children dead and eight others seriously injured. The killings then sparked the worst rioting on our streets for more than a decade. Police, mosques and hotels housing asylum seekers were targeted. Terrified residents were barricaded in their homes. The violence was stoked by far-right activists and fuelled by lies and disinformation online. Darragh MacIntyre reports from some of the worst affected towns and cities and asks what can be done to prevent such violence from happening again.
What happens when smartphones are taken away from kids for a week? With the help of two families and lots of remote cameras, Panorama finds out. Do they talk to their parents more, sleep better, or miss out on vital conversations with friends and the chance to discover something new? With calls for smartphones to be banned for children, Marianna Spring speaks to parents, teenagers and social media company insiders to investigate whether the content pushed to their feeds is harming them.
Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan already face charges in Romania of human trafficking and organised crime. Now prosecutors there have launched a fresh investigation, including into an allegation against Andrew Tate of having sex with a minor. Film-maker Oana Marocico returns to her home country to investigate the Tates’ Romanian webcam business and speaks to women who claim they’ve been abused by the brothers.
HS2 was meant to be the railway of the future, an epic piece of engineering which would get Britain moving and help level up. But more than a decade on, the costs have rocketed, key sections of the line have been scrapped, and the project is mired in uncertainty. Richard Bilton investigates what went wrong, talking to politicians, whistle-blowers and people living along the route, to discover how billions of pounds of taxpayers' money was blown.
As the cost-of-living squeeze continues to affect many, supermarkets say they’re doing what they can to help us save money, offering discounts and promotions. But just how good are these deals? Michelle Ackerley investigates whether some supermarkets are being good to their word, with claims of matching the prices of discounters like Aldi and packaging that seems to disguise the true size of goods. She reveals how some dog food hasn’t got much meat in it, some coconut milk has little coconut in it, and some chicken nuggets don’t have much chicken in them at all.
Former nurse Lucy Letby became one of the UK’s most notorious child killers after she was convicted of harming and murdering babies in her care. The nurse was found guilty by two juries after lengthy trials, but now a growing number of experts are questioning the prosecution's evidence. Reporter Judith Moritz, who has covered the case from the start, investigates the questions that have been raised about Lucy Letby’s conviction.
With exclusive access to the parents of Chris Kaba, who was shot dead by armed police, Panorama investigates what happened on the night of the fatal shooting. Reporter Greg McKenzie speaks to insiders from the Met and the Independent Office for Police Conduct, which provided evidence used to charge firearms officer Martyn Blake with murder. In the wake of the not guilty verdict, Panorama asks what’s next for the Kaba family, Martyn Blake and the Metropolitan Police.
Smart meters are supposed to make paying our energy bills easier and cheaper. But is that the whole story? In 2011, the coalition government set out plans to get smart meters into every home and said it could complete the rollout by 2019. But years later, only two-thirds of homes have one, and millions of smart meters don't work as they should. Zoe Conway investigates why there are so many problems that leave customers frustrated and out of pocket – and reveals how well your smart meter works can depend on where you live.
Richard Bilton meets the scientists trying to save the world from the consequences of climate change and investigates whether they can really make a difference.
Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.