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Panorama : Season 41
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Long-running factual programme reporting on all aspects of life in Britain.
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List of Episodes (44)
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Panorama (1953)
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1. The Great Pit Disaster
11 Jan '93The economic case for closing 31 pits and putting 30,000 miners on the dole was "unanswerable", the government said. But public outcry forced them to order a review.
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Panorama (1953)
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2. The Road to Hope
18 Jan '93On 20 January, Bill Clinton will become the first Democratic president of the United States for 12 years. Peter Jay, who was Britain's ambassador to the USA during the Carter administration, examines the mood of the country.
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Panorama (1953)
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3. Episode 3
25 Jan '93
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Panorama (1953)
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4. The Bitter-Enders: Part 1
01 Feb '93First of a two-part report. As South Africa prepares for the coming election, David Dimbleby talks to President F W De Klerk and to Nelson Mandela.
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Panorama (1953)
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5. The Bitter-Enders: Part 2
08 Feb '93Second of a two-part report. David Dimbleby talks to President F W De Klerk and to Nelson Mandela, and assesses the chances of the white and black population reaching a settlement which will put an end to the confrontation and bloodshed.
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Panorama (1953)
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6. Episode 6
15 Feb '93
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Panorama (1953)
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7. Monarchy, Magic and Citizen Major
22 Feb '93This year sees the 40th anniversary of the Queen's coronation. What is the prospect for the monarchy today, and what place is there for its ancient magic in Citizen Major's Britain? Vivian White reports.
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Panorama (1953)
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8. Whose Mind Is It Anyway?
01 Mar '93A month after being discharged from a psychiatric hospital, Tracey Evans killed her children in what she called an "act of love". Her husband believes it wouldn't have happened if she had received more supervision when she left hospital.
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Panorama (1953)
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9. Arming for Islam
08 Mar '93A new military power looks set to overtake Saddam's Iraq. In the Islamic republic of Iran the heirs of Ayatollah Khomeini are spending billions on arms. Jane Corbin investigates that Iran is trying to get weapons of mass destruction.
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Panorama (1953)
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10. A Class Apart
15 Mar '93The dramatic increase in the numbers of children expelled from school is causing problems for a Government already grappling with public anxiety over juvenile crime. Many children now receive as little as one hour's education a week.
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Panorama (1953)
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11. The Peace Penalty
22 Mar '93As the post-Cold War military cuts go deeper, Britain faces hundreds of thousands of job losses in the defence sector, bringing despair to areas of previously high employment.
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Panorama (1953)
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12. Underclass in Purdah
29 Mar '93Nisha Pillai reveals the emergence of a Muslim underclass among Pakistanis and Bangladeshis and looks at the dangers and dilemmas it throws up.
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Panorama (1953)
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13. Fair Cops
05 Apr '93Britain's top policemen now admit that their old Dixon of Dock Green image was always a myth - and that in the battle to convict criminals, truth has often been the first casualty. Steve Bradshaw reports.
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Panorama (1953)
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14. Dumping Granny
19 Apr '93By the end of this decade more than a million people in Britain will be over 85. Some families are already abandoning relatives when they become very old and frail, Margaret Gilmore investigates.
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Panorama (1953)
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15. Episode 15
26 Apr '93
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Panorama (1953)
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16. Pack of Lies
10 May '93Tom Mangold investigates the tobacco companies' conspiracy to cover up research that helps prove the link between smoking, cancer and other diseases; and how the industry decided to drop the successful marketing of a safer cigarette.
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Panorama (1953)
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17. Lucky to Have a Job
17 May '93Are workers in Britain being exploited by bosses who say they are lucky to have a job? Thousands are being forced to work longer hours for less pay. Others are sacked for no reason and there is nothing in the law to protect them.
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Panorama (1953)
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18. The Beast of Corleone
24 May '93For more than ten years, Salvatore Riina was the Godfather of the Mafia, the world's largest criminal organisation. After 23 years on the run, he was arrested. Does his arrest mark a turning point in the struggle against organised crime?
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Panorama (1953)
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19. The Gene Genie
07 Jun '93The race is on to discover the genes that determine people's susceptibility to illness and disease. Billions of dollars are available in the new market for genetic testing but the human costs of such advances may outweigh the benefits.
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Panorama (1953)
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20. Secrets of the Citadel
14 Jun '93A report from Aldermaston, Britain's top-secret nuclear weapons factory, known as the Citadel. Nuclear weapons are being constructed in buildings that were condemned 15 years ago by an independent inquiry into the Atomic Weapons Facility.
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Panorama (1953)
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21. Lloyd's Last Chance
21 Jun '93Lloyd's of London - the most famous insurance market in the world - is in crisis. After hurricanes, terrorism and tanker disasters losses run into billions, and legal actions alleging negligence and fraud abound.
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Panorama (1953)
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22. Bad Medicine
28 Jun '93Can hospitals be trusted to provide the best possible care? Panorama offers evidence that some cannot and that differences in financing and treatment mean that certain hospitals and surgeons are more effective than others
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Panorama (1953)
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23. The Gift of God or Human Torment?
05 Jul '93Thousands of Catholic priests have left active service to marry. Sex scandals involving American archbishops have rocked Rome and led Pope John Paul II to concede that the public's trust in the church and priestly morale is being eroded.
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Panorama (1953)
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24. Wessex Man
12 Jul '93Wessex Regional Health Authority is said to have wasted tens of millions of pounds on installing a computer system that had to be abandoned. Vivian White uncovers the people and companies responsible for squandering vital NHS funds.
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Panorama (1953)
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25. The Dental AIDS Mystery
19 Jul '93Florida dentist Dr David Acer has been held responsible for transmitting the deadly HIV virus to six of his patients. Two have died. Yet after a two-year inquiry no one can find out how it happened.
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