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Panorama : Season 46
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Air date: 12 Jan '98 - 36 episodesLong-running factual programme reporting on all aspects of life in Britain.
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List of Episodes (36)
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1. Bent
12 Jan '98Follow-up exposé of corrupt policemen.
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2. The Battle of the Green Belt
19 Jan '98Housing development in English countryside.
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3. The Price of Peace
26 Jan '98Britain's nuclear submarine fleet played a vital part in maintaining peace in Europe during the Cold War. But now former submariners and dockyard workers are falling ill with cancer and leukaemia.
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4. All the President's Women
02 Feb '98Sexual scandal leading to crisis for Clinton's presidency.
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5. On the Sick
09 Feb '98There are over 2 million adults of working age claiming long-term sickness and disability benefits, a cost of over £14 billion a year to the taxpayer. The government wants to get many of those categorised as sick/disabled into employment.
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6. Branson's Pickle
16 Feb '98The last government promised that the privatisation of Britain's railways would bring cheaper and more efficient travel. But some of the new rail operators have come under criticism for failing to provide reliable services.
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7. Dome!
23 Feb '98The Millennium Dome has been called an unforgivable waste of 3/4 of a billion pounds, almost half of which would come from the National Lottery. With less than 2 years to go, the government has still not said what will be inside the Dome.
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8. Rural Revolution
02 Mar '98The Government has said that uneconomic farms will have to close as subsidies are cut. Last year farm incomes fell by nearly 50 percent, pushing thousands of small farmers to the brink of bankruptcy.
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9. Childcare On The Cheap
09 Mar '98With the government encouraging more mothers to go out to work, Panorama investigates the quality of care on offer to children of working parents who cannot afford the high fees usually associated with good childcare.
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10. Teacher, I Need You
16 Mar '98Education specialists and politicians claim there is a crisis in teacher recruitment with the number of applications for teacher-training courses falling and thousands of experienced teachers applying for retirement. Vivian White reports.
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11. Special Hospitals
23 Mar '98Britain's special hospitals house many of the most dangerous people in society. The patients have committed the most terrible crimes but are themselves mentally ill. Now the future of such hospitals is in question.
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12. Nicking the Neighbours
30 Mar '98A family with 7 children are evicted from their council home because neighbours claim they made life intolerable. Panorama examines the tough new measures being used by authorities to remove "nuisance neighbours" from housing estates.
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13. Settlement or Sell Out?
06 Apr '98This week may see the birth of an historic peace agreement in N. Ireland, but will Sinn Fein and the IRA be part of it? Panorama investigates whether Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness are likely to accept or reject the settlement on offer.
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14. Health - The Trust Betrayed
20 Apr '98As the Government appoints a fraud-buster for the Health Service, Panorama reports on cases involving doctors and opticians where millions of pounds have gone missing or have been falsely claimed.
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15. Children Of Crime: The Drugs Debate
27 Apr '98Studio debate with Keith Hellawell following new drugs strategy.
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16. Defend the Children
11 May '98Addresses concerns of relatives of victims and locals at paedophiles such as Sidney Cooke being released into their areas.
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17. The Diana Dividend
18 May '98Across the world, unofficial memorabilia of Diana, Princess of Wales is already raking in millions of pounds, but should the official Memorial Fund cash in on her memory, or should it be wound up?
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18. The Nurses' Story
21 May '98Following their return home, the story of two British nurses - Lucille McLauchlan and fellow nurse Deborah Parry. The pair were jailed for the killing of Australian Yvonne Gilford in 1996 in Saudi Arabia.
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19. Episode 19
01 Jun '98NHS failure to prevent deaths of babies following heart surgery in Bristol.
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20. How to Win the World Cup
08 Jun '98While fans scrabble around for tickets at inflated prices on the black market, sponsors offer free entry to matches and hospitality. Panorama asks if the fans now matter when it's the money men who will really win at the World Cup.
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21. The Louise Woodward Interview
22 Jun '98Louise Woodward, British au pair convicted of involuntary manslaughter of a child under her care in Massachusetts, gives her first television interview since returning home to Britain.
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22. The Car Cartel
06 Jul '98Britain is known as "Treasure Island" to the car industry, because of the large profits to be had from the inflated prices of cars. Panorama investigates what is being called one of the biggest price-fixing rackets in the world.
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23. The Spy's Story: The Plot To Kill Gaddafi
07 Aug '98Interview with David Shayler, former MI5 officer awaiting extradition from French jail to face charges of breaking Official Secrets Act.
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24. The Love Drug
14 Sep '98Panorama investigates the impotence drug Viagra, including evidence of abuse and concerns that not enough is known about its human and financial costs.
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25. Workaholics
21 Sep '98There is a growing army of workaholics choosing to sacrifice time spent with family and friends for extra time at the office. But is the familiar image of stressed employees, forced to work long hours to safeguard their jobs, just a myth?
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