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Panorama : Season 45
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Air date: 06 Jan '97 - 39 episodesLong-running factual programme reporting on all aspects of life in Britain.
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List of Episodes (39)
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1. Medicine's Missing Millions
06 Jan '97The NHS is strapped for cash, yet hospital managers and doctors agree that moving some services onto single sites could release huge sums which could be spent on patient care. But there is resistance to closures and other reforms.
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2. Drug Crime
13 Jan '97The first of a two-part investigation into evidence which suggests there is a revolution in crime fuelled by drug addiction.
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3. Crime and Punishment
20 Jan '97The second of two special reports, this week asking if tougher prison sentences really cut crime. Gavin Hewitt reports.
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4. The Great Euro Debate
27 Jan '97Britain will soon have to decide whether to join a single currency in Europe. David Dimbleby invites key commentators, leaders of industry and a studio audience to discuss the questions that may determine the country's future.
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5. Missing Mum
03 Feb '97Can working women successfully balance their careers and family? New research suggests that children, of working mothers are more likely to suffer from behavioural problems and gain lower exam scores than those whose mothers stay at home.
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6. Facing Up to Genocide - Valentina's Story
10 Feb '97Updating his 1994 report on the killing of Tutsis in Rwanda, Fergal Keane returns to the country to tell the story of 13-year-old Valentina.
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7. The Copper Ring
17 Feb '97As Yasuo Hamanaka comes to trial in Tokyo, Michael Robinson investigates the western brokers who made millions from his speculation on the international copper market. In a tale of market manipulation and unfair pricing on a grand scale.
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8. Predators
24 Feb '97It is the name given to the most dangerous inmates in British prisons today, and psychopaths are generally considered to be untreatable. Panorama examines the minds of these men, and investigates if successful treatment is possible.
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9. U-Turn
03 Mar '97As Britain's road network reaches saturation point forecasters predict an increase in gridlock, road rage and pollution. New roads designed to ease the pressure on existing routes quickly fill up with traffic.
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10. Hear No Evil
10 Mar '97Investigation into paedophilia in children's homes in North-West.
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11. Abortion: Behind Closed Doors
17 Mar '97Although it has been legally available for 30 years, and has become one of the most common operations performed, abortion remains controversial and is often kept secret. Now some campaigners want to make abortion an election issue.
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12. The Leader Interview: Tony Blair
07 Apr '97The first of four Panorama specials in which David Dimbleby conducts live interviews with the leaders of the three main political parties. Tonight's guest is Tony Blair.
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13. The Leader Interview: Dafydd Wigley/Alex Salmond
14 Apr '97Tonight's guests are Dafydd Wigley, leader of Plaid Cymru, and Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish National Party.
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14. The Leader Interview: Paddy Ashdown
21 Apr '97The third of four programmes in which David Dimbleby conducts live interviews with the leaders of the main political parties. Tonight's guest is the leader of the Liberal Democrats Paddy Ashdown.
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15. The Leader Interview: John Major
28 Apr '97The last of four programmes putting the leaders of the main political parties under the spotlight. Tonight, David Dimbleby interviews the Prime Minister and Conservative leader, John Major.
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16. Water Torture
12 May '97How water industry makes money.
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17. The Terror Network
19 May '97Investigation into Iranian terrorist network.
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18. A Costly Cure?
02 Jun '97Potential problems of radiotherapy treatment.
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19. Yesterday's Men?
09 Jun '97On eve of vote for a new leader, a look back at Major's premiership.
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20. Down the Tube
16 Jun '97An investigation into the London Underground system reveals 40-year-old trains, signals and tracks that have been patched up since the war, and 100-year-old tunnels that are crumbling.
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21. Prescription for Fraud
23 Jun '97A National Health Service prescription form is supposed to provide the sick with free medicine, but in the hands of crooked doctors and chemists it has become the key to a multi-million pound fraud.
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22. Kill Or Cure
30 Jun '97Prescribed by the NHS and distributed by health workers, the drug methadone is designed to help wean addicts off heroin. But it is also a powerful and dangerous narcotic which is linked to the deaths of hundreds of young people every year.
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23. The Fall Of Flight 800
07 Jul '97An investigation into reason for crash of TWA 800.
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24. Migrant Mafia
14 Jul '97A report on illegal immigrants smuggled into Britain.
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25. The Scottish Parliament
10 Sep '97David Dimbleby presents a special live edition of Panorama from Edinburgh on the eve of the historic voting which could give Scotland its own Parliament.
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