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Panorama Season 57

January. 05,2009
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Panorama Season 57 Full Episode Guide

Episode 53 - Can't Deliver, Won't Deliver
Episode 52 - Can You Forgive Your MP?
Episode 50 - Lethal Enterprise
Episode 49 - Swimming with Loan Sharks
First Aired: November. 16,2009

Loan sharks are thriving in recession-hit Britain, as the poor and vulnerable run out of credit and find themselves relying on criminals instead. Reporter Simon Boazman finds the victims who have suffered brutal violence, and looks at the lenders who can charge 17,000 per cent interest.

Episode 48 - Assault on Justice
Episode 47 - The Child Protectors
Episode 46 - Freed to Offend Again
Episode 45 - Undercover - Hate on the Doorstep
Episode 44 - Why Hate Ryanair?
First Aired: October. 12,2009

Vivian White investigates the reasons why the ultimate 'no frills' airline has gained a reputation as the brand Britain loves to hate but can't stop using. Passengers, suppliers and insiders contribute, and chief executive Michael O'Leary doorsteps the programme makers in his own unique style.

Episode 43 - Migrants, Go Home!
Episode 42 - Dying to Be Treated?
First Aired: September. 30,2009

In a Panorama special, the programme investigates a key Labour health policy that used the private sector to slash NHS waiting lists. Six years on, was it worth the price?

Episode 41 - The Truth About Spending Cuts
Episode 40 - Banks Behaving Badly?
Episode 39 - Swine Flu: Everything You Need To Know
First Aired: September. 16,2009

Everything you need to know about the first flu pandemic of the 21st century. Jeremy Vine, Sophie Raworth and Fergus Walsh travel through the UK and the world to expose the myths and the dangers of swine flu. Who is most vulnerable? How do you avoid it? And can the NHS cope?

Episode 38 - Europe or Die Trying
First Aired: September. 14,2009

Paul Kenyon travels three thousand miles along the most dangerous illegal immigration route out of Africa. Many die crossing the Sahara, or at sea on the way to a better life in Europe, but can the survivors convince those who follow that Europe in recession is no longer worth the risk?

Episode 37 - Britain's Dirty Beaches
First Aired: September. 07,2009

Sand, sea and sewage. With the quality of bathing water on the UK's beaches in decline, Panorama investigates the outflow pipes that discharge sewage, tampons and condoms after heavy rain, and commissions its own scientific tests, with some disturbing results. Declan Lawn reports.

Episode 36 - Gimme Shelter
Episode 35 - What Are We Fighting For?
First Aired: August. 17,2009

With British soldiers dying in record numbers and the country arguing over the wisdom of the war, Jane Corbin travels across Afghanistan to ask if the British presence has made the lives of Afghan women any better, which was one of the justifications for going to war in the first place.

Episode 34 - The Truth About Happy Hour
First Aired: August. 10,2009

Panorama visits the town tackling binge drinking with a radical new approach. Richard Bilton looks at reclaiming Britain's town centres from the drunk and violent, with the bar that makes it too difficult to get drunk and the battle against cheap drink promotions.

Episode 33 - Smugglers' Tales
Episode 32 - The Trauma Industry
First Aired: July. 27,2009

Veteran BBC war reporter Allan Little investigates how the battlefield trauma of the Vietnam War - post-traumatic stress disorder - now ends up in British motor insurance claims, workplace accidents and school bullying.

Episode 31 - Save Our Steel
Episode 30 - Licence to Torture
Episode 29 - What Ever Happened to People Power?
Episode 28 - Will the Scots Ever Be Happy?
Episode 27 - The Battle of Swat Valley
Episode 26 - The Death of Kiss and Tell
Episode 23 - Is Your MP Working for You?
First Aired: May. 25,2009

The expenses scandal is just the beginning and not the end of Westminster's troubles. Shelley Jofre reports on the other ways in which the new appetite for transparency may embarrass honourable members.

Episode 22 - Stem Cells and Miracles
First Aired: May. 18,2009

The current affairs programme follows a British family to China as they pin their hopes on a new stem cell therapy to give their daughter sight. As evidence mounts that some treatments offered abroad are bogus, will the child's eyesight improve, or are they destined for disappointment?

Episode 21 - The Six Billion Dollar Man
Episode 20 - Baby P - The Whole Truth?
Episode 19 - Who'd Be an NHS Whistleblower?
Episode 18 - May Contain Nuts
Episode 17 - Life After Woolies
Episode 16 - Britain's Homecare Scandal
First Aired: April. 09,2009

Paul Kenyon investigates care of the elderly and goes undercover to expose a world of chaos. Carers on minimum wages - often with little training - battle to provide decent care.

Episode 15 - Slumdogs and Millionaires
First Aired: April. 06,2009

Panorama goes undercover in the millionaires' playground of Dubai to look at luxury developments. Reporter Ben Anderson discovers that behind the glossy sales brochures is an army of construction workers living in appalling conditions.

Episode 14 - The Gunmen Who Never Went Away
First Aired: March. 30,2009

With soldiers and police once again being killed in the province, Panorama offers a detailed analysis of the resurgent terrorist threat in Northern Ireland, based on ten years' work investigating the breakaway Republican movement, its aims, its roots and its tactics.

Episode 13 - 1959: A Panorama Guide
First Aired: March. 27,2009

Documentary looking back at 1959 through the eyes of the BBC current affairs programme Panorama, recalling a time when Britain finally realised that the old world was disappearing.

Episode 12 - Who Will Save the Savers?
Episode 11 - Crime Pays
Episode 10 - Immigration - Time for an Amnesty?
Episode 9 - What Happens After Sorry?
Episode 8 - Credit Where It's Due
Episode 7 - Muslim First, British Second
Episode 6 - Gaza: Out of the Ruins
Episode 5 - Tax Me if You Can
First Aired: February. 02,2009

Britain is bust and ordinary taxpayers are getting hammered, but it seems that the super-rich can still squirrel their money away in tax havens like Liechtenstein, Jersey and the Caymans. John Sweeney follows the missing millions, and asks if it is time to close the tax havens down.

Episode 4 - Have I Got Bad Language For You?
Episode 3 - What Now, Mr President?
Episode 1 - Kids Behaving Badly
First Aired: January. 05,2009

Whether it is 10-year-olds talking about who they have snogged or schoolgirls calling themselves sluts on their social-networking profile pages, it seems our kids can't get away from sex. But what happens when the banter and name-calling gets physical? Jeremy Vine reveals the problem of sexual bullying in our schools and hears from experts, parents and teachers - but most importantly from the kids themselves - on what we can do to tackle it.

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