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Panorama : Season 42
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Long-running factual programme reporting on all aspects of life in Britain.
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List of Episodes (38)
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Panorama (1953)
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1. Nose to Tail
17 Jan '94Will government plans to spend £23 billion on Britain's roads ease traffic jams or encourage more people to take to their cars? Reporter John Penycate talks to people affected by schemes such as the widening of the M25 and M62.
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2. Current Fears
31 Jan '94Simon Studholme died of leukaemia in 1992. His bedroom was next to electricity meter and outside house stands an electricity substation.
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3. For the Sake of the Children
07 Feb '94With 1994 designated Year of Family, it is disturbing trends emerging from 1980s show more children than ever will go.
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4. Battling for Air
14 Feb '94Two thousand people die of asthma each year in Britain. The number of sufferers is growing, and blame is being leveled at air pollution.
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5. Episode 5
21 Feb '94
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6. Who's Sorry Now
28 Feb '94Five years ago government created personal pensions industry -and a big problem. The government now promises industry's system of "self-regulation" is to be tightened up, but reporter Vivian White reveals that.
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7. The Sacrifice Zone
07 Mar '94America began to conduct atomic tests at Yucca Flats in Nevada soon after Second World War, and "down-winders" across border in Utah were repeatedly told they were safe.
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Panorama (1953)
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8. Truth Is a Difficult Concept
14 Mar '94The Scott Inquiry into exports to Iraq has put inner workings of government on public display as never.
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9. Breast Cancer
21 Mar '94An investigation into one of the biggest killers of middle-aged women in Britain - breast cancer. The programme reports on how doctors are either unaware of or are apparently ignoring the latest research on treatment.
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10. The Red Peril
28 Mar '94After the success of Vladimir Zhirinovsky in Russia's recent elections, Panorama examines the threat to world peace. The strong feelings of national pride and resentment in Russia could form the seed-beds of nationalist aggression.
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11. Mandela's Promised Land
11 Apr '94In 1987 the BBC's Michael Buerk was refused a renewal of his work permit to report from South Africa - effectively he was expelled, as part of the increasing government clampdown on coverage of the apartheid regime.
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Panorama (1953)
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12. Gravy Training
18 Apr '94Government schemes to train long-term unemployed sound like a good idea but this investigation reveals they are often very expensive, ineffective and merely a way to massage unemployment figures.
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13. Episode 13
25 Apr '94
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14. Episode 14
09 May '94
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15. The Price of Power
16 May '94
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16. Seacroft Is Britain
23 May '94On the South Seacroft estate in Leeds, syringes lie in gutters and drug dealers cruise the streets in fast cars confident the police won't catch them. For the children in this area, drugs are a way of life.
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17. Arafat's Historic Return To Jericho
13 Jun '94PLO Chairman Arafat "is no Nelson Mandela" according to a Palestinian commentator, but he has agreed to a fundamental change in the way Arab and Jew will live together in the Middle East. Jane Corbin reports.
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Panorama (1953)
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18. Episode 18
20 Jun '94
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19. Journey Into Darkness
27 Jun '94
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20. Poison in the Mouth
11 Jul '94Are our dental fillings making us ill? Tom Mangold reports on alarming new evidence about amalgam, the substance metal fillings are made of.
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21. Grassed! - The Changing Role of the Police Informant
18 Jul '94"The police force should not be enticing people to commit crime - And that is what they have been doing," says James Daniels, a small-time villain who claims he was set up by a police informer on a major firearms charge.
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22. Salvaging Babies
25 Jul '94"If the baby comes out and looks a 'goer', we will try for it" says a doctor to a woman 22 weeks pregnant and starting contractions. Sarah Barclay examines whether it is miraculous or madness to try to save babies born extremely premature.
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23. Episode 23
01 Aug '94
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24. Episode 24
08 Aug '94
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25. The Landlord's Return
15 Aug '94The landlord is back. But is he up to the job? In tonight's programme, Mike Embley investigates the rent revolution - millions of people who've always looked to the state for a home are being forced to go to private landlords.
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