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Panorama

1994

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Episode 11994-01-17

Nose to Tail

Will government plans to spend £23 billion on Britain's roads ease traffic jams or encourage more people to take to their cars? Reporter John Penycate talks to people affected by schemes such as the widening of the M25 and M62.

Episode 21994-01-31

Current Fears

Simon Studholme died of leukaemia in 1992. His bedroom was next to electricity meter and outside house stands an electricity substation.

Episode 31994-02-07

For the Sake of the Children

With 1994 designated Year of Family, it is disturbing trends emerging from 1980s show more children than ever will go.

Episode 41994-02-14

Battling for Air

Two thousand people die of asthma each year in Britain. The number of sufferers is growing, and blame is being leveled at air pollution.

Episode 51994-02-21

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Episode 61994-02-28

Who's Sorry Now

Five years ago government created personal pensions industry -and a big problem. The government now promises industry's system of "self-regulation" is to be tightened up, but reporter Vivian White reveals that.

Episode 71994-03-07

The Sacrifice Zone

America began to conduct atomic tests at Yucca Flats in Nevada soon after Second World War, and "down-winders" across border in Utah were repeatedly told they were safe.

Episode 81994-03-14

Truth Is a Difficult Concept

The Scott Inquiry into exports to Iraq has put inner workings of government on public display as never.

Episode 91994-03-21

Breast Cancer

An investigation into one of the biggest killers of middle-aged women in Britain - breast cancer. The programme reports on how doctors are either unaware of or are apparently ignoring the latest research on treatment.

Episode 101994-03-28

The Red Peril

After the success of Vladimir Zhirinovsky in Russia's recent elections, Panorama examines the threat to world peace. The strong feelings of national pride and resentment in Russia could form the seed-beds of nationalist aggression.

Episode 111994-04-11

Mandela's Promised Land

In 1987 the BBC's Michael Buerk was refused a renewal of his work permit to report from South Africa - effectively he was expelled, as part of the increasing government clampdown on coverage of the apartheid regime.

Episode 121994-04-18

Gravy Training

Government schemes to train long-term unemployed sound like a good idea but this investigation reveals they are often very expensive, ineffective and merely a way to massage unemployment figures.

Episode 131994-04-25

Episode 13

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Episode 141994-05-09

Episode 14

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Episode 151994-05-16

The Price of Power

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Episode 161994-05-23

Seacroft Is Britain

On the South Seacroft estate in Leeds, syringes lie in gutters and drug dealers cruise the streets in fast cars confident the police won't catch them. For the children in this area, drugs are a way of life.

Episode 171994-06-13

Arafat's Historic Return To Jericho

PLO Chairman Arafat "is no Nelson Mandela" according to a Palestinian commentator, but he has agreed to a fundamental change in the way Arab and Jew will live together in the Middle East. Jane Corbin reports.

Episode 181994-06-20

Episode 18

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Episode 191994-06-27

Journey Into Darkness

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Episode 201994-07-11

Poison in the Mouth

Are our dental fillings making us ill? Tom Mangold reports on alarming new evidence about amalgam, the substance metal fillings are made of.

Episode 211994-07-18

Grassed! - The Changing Role of the Police Informant

"The police force should not be enticing people to commit crime - And that is what they have been doing," says James Daniels, a small-time villain who claims he was set up by a police informer on a major firearms charge.

Episode 221994-07-25

Salvaging Babies

"If the baby comes out and looks a 'goer', we will try for it" says a doctor to a woman 22 weeks pregnant and starting contractions. Sarah Barclay examines whether it is miraculous or madness to try to save babies born extremely premature.

Episode 231994-08-01

Episode 23

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Episode 241994-08-08

Episode 24

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Episode 251994-08-15

The Landlord's Return

The landlord is back. But is he up to the job? In tonight's programme, Mike Embley investigates the rent revolution - millions of people who've always looked to the state for a home are being forced to go to private landlords.

Episode 261994-08-22

An Act of Man

What is future for Rwandans who survive refugee camps? The United Nations is trying to persuade survivors to return to what is left of their homes in Rwanda but many refugees see little alternative to life of dependency of camps.

Episode 271994-09-26

Golden Handshakes

Why should a company director of two years' standing get a "golden handshake" of half-a-million pounds when a middle manager has to work for 20 years before he or she is offered a year's salary?

Episode 281994-10-03

Blair's Britain

Tonight Panorama introduces Tony Blair, the man behind the rhetoric and headlines. In the town of Southampton, Blair meets the middle England he is said to represent. What does he have to offer? Stephen Bradshaw reports.

Episode 291994-10-10

The Age of Fear

Peter Jay, BBC Economics Editor, looks at job insecurity, issue of 90s. With "a job for life" now an outdated concept, parents fear their children will suffer a drop in their standard of living.

Episode 301994-10-17

The Uneasy Peace

In wake of IRA ceasefire, Panorama reports on mood of Unionist community. A member of unionist Orange Order alleges Northern Ireland has been undergoing IRA "ethnic cleansing" for some time.

Episode 311994-10-24

The Future Is Female

From babyhood to boardroom, women are now set to out-achieve men. Panorama reveals evidence that the future is female - and the weaker sex is now male. Have women won the war of the sexes? Mike Embley reports.

Episode 321994-10-31

The Mr. Nice Guy Murders

He was the boy from the other side of the tracks, poor, black, who made it in a white man's world. The trial of 0J Simpson, an American sporting hero, on charges of murdering his wife and her friend has become the story of the decade.

Episode 331994-11-07

The Greatest Nightmare

Is "the greatest nightmare" of being "old, sick, poor and uncared for" referred to by John Major at the Conservative Party Conference already a reality for thousands of Britain's sick and elderly? Sarah Barclay reports.

Episode 341994-11-14

Episode 34

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Episode 351994-11-21

Episode 35

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Episode 361994-11-28

Ferries - The Fatal Flaw

On 28 September the ferry Estonia sank in minutes in the Baltic Sea with the loss of 900 lives. It was the second major accident involving roll-on roll-off passenger ferries in seven years. Jane Corbin reports.

Episode 371994-12-05

Annus Horribili

In the wake of books, biographies and annus horribili, the monarchy is facing its biggest crisis for half a century. Even establishment circles are now worried that the cracks in the royal facade are beginning to show.

Episode 381994-12-12

Not So Great Railway Journeys

As British Rail is broken up into more than 80 new companies, trains are grinding to a halt with more cancellations and late trains, leaving even more passengers waiting at the station.

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