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Season 2016 - Episode Guide

Episodes

Teenage Prison Abuse Exposed

Episode: 2016-01-11 | Airdate: Jan 11, 2016 (30 min)

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A investigation into prisons which are reportedly abusing the children and teens that are meant to feel safe serving their sentence.

Can You Stop My Multiple Sclerosis?

Episode: 2016-01-18 | Airdate: Jan 18, 2016 (30 min)

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Exclusive access has been given to the crew to visit patients who are pioneering a new MS crossover treatment.

Putin's Secret Riches

Episode: 2016-01-25 | Airdate: Jan 25, 2016 (30 min)

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Richard Bilton uncovers evidence that President of Russia, Vladmir Putin has hidden money.

The Secret Letters of Pope John Paul II

Episode: 2016-02-15 | Airdate: Feb 15, 2016 (30 min)

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Pope John Paul II ruled the Catholic Church for 27 years until 2005. He was one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century, revered by millions and made a saint in record time. Now reporter Edward Stourton can offer a new perspective on the emotional life of this very public figure.

The Zika Baby Crisis

Episode: 2016-03-07 | Airdate: Mar 7, 2016 (30 min)

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Panorama travels to Brazil to investigate the growing concerns of the Zika virus. Reporter Jane Corbin travels to the city of Recife which is at the centre of an epidemic of cases of microcephaly - babies born with abnormally small heads. These babies will usually suffer from brain and limb deformities. She will meet the families living with this disease and will hear from doctors and scientists who are attempt to solve the issue of the Zika virus.

Shaken Babies: What's the Truth?

Episode: 2016-03-14 | Airdate: Mar 14, 2016 (30 min)

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The episode will explore the truth behind shaken babies. Parents will face jail or lose their children, if courts find them guilty of harming their children by shaking them. One doctor who regularly appears as an expert witness for the defence is now on trial accused by the General Medical Council of giving unreliable evidence in shaken baby cases. Alison Holt has access to the neuropathologist at the centre of a fight about the diagnosis of shaking. She will meet families where it has been proven they've shaken their children and where convicted parents continue to protest their innocence.

Inside Europe's Terror Attacks

Episode: 2016-03-23 | Airdate: Mar 23, 2016 (30 min)

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Examining how the so-called Islamic State's terror network has been operating secretly in Europe, and Western intelligence agencies' battle to stop it, from highly organised cells, like the one that killed 130 people in Paris, to lone attackers within communities.

Too Poor to Stay Warm

Episode: 2016-03-21 | Airdate: Mar 21, 2016 (30 min)

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In 2000, the government promised to protect people from the cold. It had vowed to end fuel poverty by 2016, but the deadline has passed millions of people are still unable to afford to keep their homes warm. Reporter Datshiane Navanayagam joins some of those struggling this winter and asks why thousands of people still die each year because their homes are too cold.

Tax Havens of the Rich and Powerful Exposed

Episode: 2016-04-04 | Airdate: Apr 4, 2016 (30 min)

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Reporter Richard Bilton exposes tax dodgers, criminals and world leaders who have been hiding their money and their secrets offshore. The rich and powerful have hidden billions of dollars in tax havens. They thought their financial secrets were safe, but now a huge leak of documents has revealed a world of secrecy, lies and crimes.

I'm Broken Inside: Sara's Story

Episode: 2016-04-11 | Airdate: Apr 11, 2016 (30 min)

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Sara Green was a teenager betrayed by a mental health system designed to protect her. Using Sara's own words taken from her diary, Panorama reveals the failings of a Priory hospital where she was an inpatient and where she took her own life in a misjudged cry for help. Peter Marshall asks what lessons can be drawn from Sara's story and what can be done to fix the country's broken child and adolescent mental health system.

Is Steel Worth Saving?

Episode: 2016-04-25 | Airdate: Apr 25, 2016 (30 min)

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As the UK steel industry fights for its survival, John Humphrys is in Port Talbot in South Wales to investigate whether it has a future and asks if taxpayers' money should be used to shore it up in the hope that better times will return.

Britain's Puppy Dealers Exposed

Episode: 2016-05-16 | Airdate: May 16, 2016 (30 min)

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Panorama investigates the ruthless world of the dog trade. Using secret filming, reporter Sam Poling tracks the supply chain of the country's favourite pet, and uncovers some shocking truths about where and how these animals are being bred.

Antibiotic Crisis

Episode: 2016-05-23 | Airdate: May 23, 2016 (30 min)

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Growing resistance to commonly prescribed antibiotics is one of the biggest public health threats of modern times, with the potential to cause 80,000 deaths in the UK over the next 20 years. Experts say the use of a range of NHS 'last-resort' antibiotics in farming is risking the lives of future patients. Tom Heap asks if the commercial pressure to produce cheap meat and poultry is fuelling the rise of superbugs and meets the patients for whom the drugs have already stopped working.

Seb Coe and the Corruption Scandal

Episode: 2016-06-16 | Airdate: Jun 16, 2016 (30 min)

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Current affairs programme featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.

Why We Voted to Leave: Britain Speaks

Episode: 2016-07-04 | Airdate: Jul 4, 2016 (30 min)

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Adrian Chiles goes home to the West Midlands to meet Leave voters from both sides of the political divide and find out why Britain voted for Brexit.

He discovers an unlikely alliance of young and old, wealthy and non-wealthy, white and non-white, who all share a belief that their views have not so far been listened to by mainstream politicians. Adrian learns about their lives and their concerns about immigration, jobs and feeling excluded from the benefits of an increasingly globalised world. He also meets Remain voters who blame the Breixters for pushing Britain into crisis.

As the nation reels from the fallout of the Referendum result, Adrian's journey across the region shows just how divided Britain has become.

Trump's Angry America

Episode: 2016-07-18 | Airdate: Jul 18, 2016 (30 min)

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With Donald Trump poised to become the official Republican candidate for America's presidency, Panorama visits the racially divided town of Bakersfield in California. Reporter Hilary Andersson meets the Trump supporters who back his calls to oust 11 million illegal immigrants and ban Muslims from travelling to America. She talks to those who fear what a Trump White House would mean for them and asks why America is so angry.

Britain's Missing Young People

Episode: 2016-07-25 | Airdate: Jul 25, 2016 (30 min)

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Hundreds of young people go missing in Britain every day. The police admit that vulnerable youngsters are being left at risk but say they are simply overwhelmed by the number of missing people. Reporter Darragh MacIntyre meets the families searching for clues and the parents who have been waiting years for news about their children.

Inside North Korea

Episode: 2016-08-01 | Airdate: Aug 1, 2016 (30 min)

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In May 2016, BBC reporter Rupert Wingfield-Hayes was expelled from North Korea for showing disrespect and 'distorting facts'. He now tells the full story of his visit to the country and explores what his detention and interrogation by senior Korean officials say about this secretive state. He investigates the apparent upturn in the North Korean economy and asks if the signs of improvement in the capital Pyongyang are real. He also examines whether the people there are genuinely loyal to their young leader or whether Kim Jong Un is ruling by reign of terror.

Living with Cuts: Austerity Town

Episode: 2016-08-22 | Airdate: Aug 22, 2016 (30 min)

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With the new prime minister facing tough decisions on government spending cuts, Panorama reporter Richard Bilton investigates the impact of six years of austerity measures on his home town, Selby in North Yorkshire. Services are still being cut and many people are being asked to make do with less, so can a new army of volunteers bridge the gaps?

Sellafield's Nuclear Safety Failings

Episode: 2016-09-05 | Airdate: Sep 5, 2016 (30 min)

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A special investigation into the shocking state of Britain's most hazardous nuclear site. With a high-level whistleblower, hundreds of leaked documents and exclusive access to former senior managers, reporter Richard Bilton uncovers the truth about Sellafield. He finds an ageing and run-down plant, where nuclear waste is stored in dangerous conditions and insiders fear a serious accident.

Why are Gambling Machines Addictive?

Episode: 2016-09-12 | Airdate: Sep 12, 2016 (30 min)

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Wendy Bendel investigates what makes fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) so addictive. Wendy's partner killed himself after struggling with a 20-year gambling addiction. In a confession he wrote for Wendy, he singled out the high-stakes, high-frequency FOBTs found in bookmakers across the UK. Wendy embarks on a journey to find out what it is about the design of the machines that makes them so addictive and sees evidence that they can affect the brains of long-term gamblers. She discovers the billions they generate has divided the industry, with former insiders now accusing the bookies of putting profits before people.

Labour: Is the Party Over?

Episode: 2016-09-19 | Airdate: Sep 19, 2016 (30 min)

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With the Labour leadership election less than a week away, BBC deputy political editor John Pienaar asks if Labour is on the brink of self-destruction. Panorama spent the summer in Brighton, on the frontline for the battle for the soul of Labour, where local activists slog it out for control of the party. In one corner, Momentum fights off ugly allegations of bullying, anti-Semitism and hard-left entryism. In the other, the party's 'moderates' fear election annihilation and deselection. The programme follows both sides through the ups and downs of the campaign and finds neither side in the mood for compromise.

Aleppo: Life Under Siege

Episode: 2016-09-26 | Airdate: Sep 26, 2016 (30 min)

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The battle for Aleppo, Syria's largest city and once home to over two million people, is in its fourth year. Divided between opposition-held east and government-controlled west, ordinary civilians are suffering on both sides. The east has been relentlessly bombed by the Russian military-backed forces of President Bashar al-Assad, and for the last month five citizen journalists in East Aleppo, commissioned by Panorama, have been documenting life under siege. The film is an intimate portrait of ordinary people struggling to stay alive, including a civil-defence volunteer who risks death to save his fellow citizens. The film goes behind the headlines into the backstreets of East Aleppo to show the horror, chaos and fear of the daily bombings, but also the surprising humanity, resilience and hope of the people who remain.

BHS: How Did it Happen?

Episode: 2016-10-10 | Airdate: Oct 10, 2016 (30 min)

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The way in which millions of pounds were made out of BHS has been branded the 'unacceptable face of capitalism'. 11,000 people lost their jobs as a black hole opened up in the pension fund. Panorama investigates the multimillion-pound deals and cut-throat business practices that made former owner Sir Philip Green and his family very rich while the retailer fell on hard times.

Paxman on Trump v Clinton: Divided America

Episode: 2016-10-17 | Airdate: Oct 17, 2016 (60 min)

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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are two of the most hated and distrusted presidential candidates ever. As the election approaches, Jeremy Paxman travels to Washington and beyond to understand how America's great democracy has come to face such an unpopular choice. From a life-size naked effigy of Donald Trump, to the stage of Avenue Q and the corridors of power, Jeremy meets political insiders and voters on both sides of the gaping political divide, and casts his unsparing eye over a nation preparing for a historic election.

Undercover: The Refugees Who Make Our Clothes

Episode: 2016-10-24 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2016 (30 min)

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Panorama goes undercover to find the sweatshops making clothes for the British high street. Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees and children are working illegally in the Turkish garment industry. They are often paid very little, work in harsh conditions and have no rights.

Reporter Darragh MacIntyre discovers refugees and their children working in the supply chains of some of the best-known brands.

How Rolls-Royce Bribed Its Way Around the World

Episode: 2016-10-31 | Airdate: Oct 31, 2016 (30 min)

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Rolls-Royce has grown dramatically in the past twenty years and has won business in some of the most corrupt countries on the planet. But has some of the company's spectacular success been built on bribery? Reporter Richard Bilton investigates the secret network of shady middlemen who helped sell Rolls-Royce products overseas, and he uncovers evidence that suggests Britain's most prestigious company has bribed its way around the world.

The Trouble with Our Trains

Episode: 2016-11-07 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2016 (30 min)

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An investigation into the disconnect between the claims of the government and rail industry - which maintain that Britain's railways are a success - and the experience of many passengers who feel train services are unreliable, overcrowded and cost far too much money. What will it take to close that gap?

Trump's New America

Episode: 2016-11-14 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2016 (30 min)

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America's 2016 election season has been the most bitter and ugly in living memory. Hilary Andersson meets angry Americans on both sides of the electoral race who feel disillusioned and disenfranchised by the electoral process. Panorama asks, can America's new president quell the voices of radicalism and unite America again?

Nursing Homes Undercover

Episode: 2016-11-21 | Airdate: Nov 21, 2016 (30 min)

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Panorama goes undercover in two nursing homes and finds evidence of cruelty and neglect. Reporter Janice Finch booked into the homes as a resident and witnessed staff rushed off their feet, leaving the privacy and dignity of some fellow residents often ignored. The company, which has a chain of homes in Cornwall, earns millions from NHS and local authority placements and has already been told to make improvements. An emergency safeguarding plan is now in place after the programme makers raised their concerns with the Care Quality Commission and other agencies.

Inside Britain's Fertility Business

Episode: 2016-11-28 | Airdate: Nov 28, 2016 (30 min)

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Fertility treatment can be an expensive business. Reporter Deborah Cohen investigates how some clinics sell add-ons - the extra drugs, tests and treatments offered on top of standard fertility care. Some can add hundreds or thousands of pounds to a bill. Exclusive new research shows a worrying lack of good evidence from trials to show these can improve the chances of having a baby. Panorama goes undercover to reveal how patients aren't always told everything they need to know when they ask some clinics about these treatments.

The Changing Face of Terror

Episode: 2016-12-12 | Airdate: Dec 12, 2016 (30 min)

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With their stronghold of Mosul under fierce attack and Raqqa next in the frame, IS has intensified its global propaganda offensive, calling for more lone jihadis - 'lone wolves' - to slaughter civilians using knives and trucks 'plunged at high speed into a large gathering of unbelievers'. IS in Syria now direct attacks, giving lone wolves targets and instructions via encrypted apps that leave intelligence agencies in the dark. In this film for Panorama, reporter Peter Taylor investigates the escalation of this global phenomenon. He travels to the US to talk to the deputy director of the FBI and goes on patrol with the NYPD. He asks what the UK government can do to prevent radicalisation of young people and talks to Britain's most senior anti-terror police officer about what authorities here are doing to protect us in the face of this growing threat.

John Simpson: 50 Years on the Frontline

Episode: 2016-12-19 | Airdate: Dec 19, 2016 (30 min)

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Investigative current affairs. John Simpson, one of the BBC's best-known foreign correspondents, has been at the heart of breaking news for more than half a century. A frontline witness of history, the World Affairs editor has dodged bullets and cheated death from Iraq to Afghanistan. In a highly personal Panorama, John looks back over his 50-year career, revisiting the people and places that have impacted on him most, as he reveals his thoughts on the challenges for the future.

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