• Air date: 28 Jan '05 34 episodes
      Long-running factual programme reporting on all aspects of life in Britain.
  • List of Episodes (34)
    • 1. Jazz Clubs

      28 Jan '05
      Archive film from 1961 on the plight of youth and their passion for jazz.
    • 2. Exit Strategy

      30 Jan '05
      As Iraq holds historic elections, John Simpson looks at the state of Iraq today. Will the elections put the country on the road to peace or push it deeper into war?
    • 3. Crime Wave

      06 Feb '05
      In one small city 17 young men committed 100's of crimes. The police found they all shared a grim secret: they had been abused as children by one of Britain's worst paedophiles.
    • 4. Lawful Impediment?

      13 Feb '05
      On Thursday plans for a civil marriage between Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles were announced. But some experts who have been looking at the proposal this week believe that it could run into trouble with the law.
    • 5. What Has Labour Done for the NHS?

      20 Feb '05
      Do the figures add up? Panorama investigates what lies behind the numbers that frequently make headline news and what is happening to the money being poured into the health service (NHS).
    • 6. Scotland's Secret Shame

      27 Feb '05
      Sectarianism and religious bigotry have long been accepted as part of a way of life in Scotland. The divide between Protestant and Catholic, the Orange and the Green, is most visibly reflected in the support for Rangers and Celtic.
    • 7. The Dollar a Day Dress

      06 Mar '05
      Panorama travelled the world to create "The dollar a day dress" - a symbol of how the world trade system harms the poor. Reporter Steve Bradshaw travelled from the Sahara to the Andes to discover some of the harsh truths about free trade.
    • 8. Iraq, Tony and the Truth

      20 Mar '05
      Two years after Tony Blair took British forces into Iraq, John Ware examines how the Prime Minister made the case for war. As allegations persist that he misled the country, just how straight was the Labour leader being?
    • 9. Nothing to Declare

      23 Mar '05
      Her Majesty's Customs and Excise is under investigation by the police after a criminal sting resulted in a disastrous anti-fraud operation. Customs officers were found to have misled judges in secret hearings and lied in court
    • 10. Why Bullies Win

      10 Apr '05
      Panorama looks at the way we tackle bullying in schools - and asks why thousands of children are left with nowhere to turn.
    • 11. Cops and Robbers

      17 Apr '05
      Panorama assesses the true picture of crime in Britain. Amidst claim and counter claim, Cops and Robbers examines whether crime is rising or falling.
    • 12. Britain's New Migrants

      24 Apr '05
      Over the period of a year Panorama has filmed the reality of economic migration, following 11 East Europeans who came to the UK seeking work.
    • 13. Cannabis: What Teenagers Need to Know

      19 Jun '05
      Britain has the highest proportion of young cannabis smokers of any European country - 38 per cent have tried the drug by the age of 16. Until recently, little was known about how cannabis affects developing brains.
    • 14. Dead Mums Don't Cry

      26 Jun '05
      Why are so many women in poorer countries dying in pregnancy and childbirth? In one African hospital, Dr. Grace Kodindo is running out of medical supplies, but elsewhere there's reason for hope. Steve Bradshaw reports .
    • 15. Hostage

      29 Jun '05
      Panorama talks to the hostages who came home from Iraq and the families who lived through the crisis only to see their loved ones murdered.
    • 16. Never Again

      03 Jul '05
      Ten years ago after the Rwandan genocide world leaders said they would never again delay and argue while innocent people were killed. Panorama investigates why the world has failed to confront what President Bush calls 'genocide' in Darfur
    • 17. London Under Attack

      10 Jul '05
      Following a year-long BBC investigation, Peter Taylor explores the terrorist threat. He reveals why it so difficult to track the people who now conduct attacks like those in London this week.
    • 18. Undercover Hospital Cleaner

      13 Jul '05
      Part one of a two-part special undercover in Britain's Hospitals. The programme investigates one of the country's biggest 3-star hospitals to see what is happening on the front line of hospital hygiene.
    • 19. Shock Troops

      17 Jul '05
      Panorama looks at the care given to servicemen from more recent conflicts who've suffered severe, often disabling psychological wounds, but ones which may be ignored by military authorities.
    • 20. Undercover Nurse

      20 Jul '05
      Following last week's expose on hospital hygiene, horrifying evidence of what can happen within the - National Health Service when you are old and not regarded as a priority. Shabnam Grewal reports.
    • 21. Britain's Heroin Fix

      24 Jul '05
      Britain is losing the war against drugs - on the streets of our cities the price of heroin has halved in the past decade fuelling addiction and a wave of crime. 95% of the heroin for sale in the UK comes from one country - Afghanistan.
    • 22. Guns, Knives and Children

      31 Jul '05
      Candid prison interviews with some of Britain's most brutal young offenders provide a disturbing insight into the increasingly violent world inhabited by many children and young people today. With reporter Shelley Jofre.
    • 23. A Question of Leadership

      21 Aug '05
      John Ware examines questions raised by senior members of the Muslim community themselves: Questions about the direction and role of the Muslim Council of Britain and the influences on the leadership of the organisation and its affiliates.
    • 24. Brown's Miracle Economy

      25 Sep '05
      The Prime Minister calls him "the best chancellor for 100 years." He is the man who has overseen the longest economic expansion in modern times, and hopes one day soon to ride his economic record right into Number 10.
    • 25. A Right Royal Shambles

      02 Oct '05
      The Prince of Wales's marriage to Camilla Parker Bowles was widely seen as a fiasco fraught with PR disasters, doubts about its legality and rumours of a snub by the Queen. Steve Bradshaw gauges the impact on the monarchy's future.