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Panorama : Season 47
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Air date: 11 Jan '99 - 34 episodesLong-running factual programme reporting on all aspects of life in Britain.
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List of Episodes (34)
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1. In Stephen's Name
11 Jan '99Five years after the murder of his son Stephen, Neville Lawrence, in a special report for Panorama examines whether the Metropolitan Police is doing enough to combat racism.
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2. In Search of Cynthia Mthebe
18 Jan '99Fergal Keane, former BBC Johannesburg correspondent, returns to South Africa to look for a mother-of-seven he first filmed in 1994 when she was living rough with her children in a squatter camp.
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3. Poison on Your Plate
25 Jan '99Britain is facing a food-poisoning crisis. The number of reported infections has soared, with up to 10 million people falling ill and an average of 200 people dying every year from contaminated food.
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4. Selling Out the Pound?
01 Feb '99Although the majority of British people want to stay out of "Euroland" and keep the pound, Tony Blair claims that we should join when the time is right, and detailed government plans have already been drawn up.
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5. The First Human Clone
08 Feb '99Two years after the first cloned sheep, scientists in Britain, America and the Far East are racing to be the first to clone a human baby, with scientists in Korea having already reproduced a few human cells.
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6. The People's Party
15 Feb '99PM Tony Blair says he is not a control freak and that he leads the "People's Party". But some politicians who are still popular with the people have discovered that they are not being given the chance to represent them in Parliament.
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7. Every Parent's Nightmare
22 Feb '99Tonight, Panorama reports on the disease which is every parent's nightmare. Meningitis in Britain is at it's highest level in 50 years, it's increasing and no one knows why. It is the leading cause of death in children under five.
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8. Carry on Dr. Neale
01 Mar '99How did a British gynaecologist, struck off the Canadian medical register for professional incompetence, return to Britain as a senior consultant to operate on women?
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9. First Sex
08 Mar '99Teenagers are having sex younger than ever before. As the age of 1st sexual intercourse drops, the number of teenagers getting sexually transmitted diseases is rising. Doctors are worried that they don't realise the risks they are running.
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10. Drug Runners
15 Mar '99The greatest threat to international sport is the use of performance enhancing drugs. Gavin Hewitt reports from America and Europe on the Olympic officials accused of turning a blind eye to athletes' drug use.
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11. Secrets, Spies & Videotape
22 Mar '99Three years ago the United Nations Special Commission on Iraq, UNSCOM, charged with ridding Saddam Hussein of his lethal arsenal. became fatally compromised.
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12. The Mind Of Milosovic
29 Mar '99Changing the mind of Slobodan Milosevic. As NATO attacks on the Kosovan regime's leader a report on what drives the man and why he has he launched a systematic persecution of the Kosovan Albanians?
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13. Absolutely Fabulous Prices
12 Apr '99British shoppers are being overcharged by international designer labels, and there seems to be little anyone can do about it. Traders who try to undercut the big names feel intimidated into submission.
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14. The Battle for Britain
19 Apr '99On 6 May Scotland will hold the election of its first parliament in almost 300 years. This election will totally change the shape of British politics, and could possibly lead to the break up of Britain as a political entity.
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15. The Child Snatchers
10 May '99Britain has seen a dramatic rise in the number of estranged parents who have abducted their children when their relationship fails. Parents trying to retrieve their children face lengthy legal battles that are expensive and fruitless.
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16. Frankenstein Foods
17 May '99More than half the processed food consumed is made with genetically modified crops. As consumer resistance grows, Panorama investigates claims that there are no adequate long-term tests to guarantee safety to our health or the countryside.
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17. The Mobile Mystery
24 May '99Panorama investigates the growing concern about the health implications of mobile phones, and examines accusations that the industry has covered up possible risks, delayed research and cancelled scientific funding.
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18. Kosovo: The Reckoning
07 Jun '99David Dimbleby chairs a Panorama studio special which charts road to peace deal.
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19. Cheap Labour
14 Jun '99The new minimum wage was meant to be good news for Britain's worst paid workers, but thousands have ended up no better off and some are getting even less than before. Vivian White investigates.
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20. Careless Talk
21 Jun '99Two lawyers have now been murdered in Northern Ireland. Both represented IRA suspects, both claimed before their deaths that the police had threatened to have them assassinated. Panorama investigates the claims.
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21. The House Price Lottery
28 Jun '99London house prices are going through the roof, while in some northern cities entire streets are being bulldozed because no-one wants to live there. Who wins and who loses in the housing lottery?
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22. Valley of the Dead
05 Jul '99As the refugees of Kosovo return to their devastated land, Panorama reveals the true extent of the atrocities by Serb paramilitaries and police. How likely is it that the killers will be brought to justice?
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23. Die by Wire
12 Jul '99The wiring of some aeroplanes contains a potentially catastrophic fault - one that can set fire to the aircraft. Tom Mangold investigates previous air disasters where wiring was the cause, and asks why warnings were ignored.
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24. Taking Baby
13 Sep '99Children are being left with parents who neglect and abuse them because the law says keeping families together is the ideal. But a report says the law should be changed, with children at risk removed from families and adopted much sooner.
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25. Private Risks
20 Sep '99Panorama investigates the exclusive world of private hospitals. And asks why when patients have to be transferred to NHS intensive care units from a private hospital - the taxpayer pays? Vivian White investigates.
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