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Panorama

1998

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Episode 11998-01-12

Bent

Follow-up exposé of corrupt policemen.

Episode 21998-01-19

The Battle of the Green Belt

Housing development in English countryside.

Episode 31998-01-26

The Price of Peace

Britain's nuclear submarine fleet played a vital part in maintaining peace in Europe during the Cold War. But now former submariners and dockyard workers are falling ill with cancer and leukaemia.

Episode 41998-02-02

All the President's Women

Sexual scandal leading to crisis for Clinton's presidency.

Episode 51998-02-09

On the Sick

There are over 2 million adults of working age claiming long-term sickness and disability benefits, a cost of over £14 billion a year to the taxpayer. The government wants to get many of those categorised as sick/disabled into employment.

Episode 61998-02-16

Branson's Pickle

The last government promised that the privatisation of Britain's railways would bring cheaper and more efficient travel. But some of the new rail operators have come under criticism for failing to provide reliable services.

Episode 71998-02-23

Dome!

The Millennium Dome has been called an unforgivable waste of 3/4 of a billion pounds, almost half of which would come from the National Lottery. With less than 2 years to go, the government has still not said what will be inside the Dome.

Episode 81998-03-02

Rural Revolution

The Government has said that uneconomic farms will have to close as subsidies are cut. Last year farm incomes fell by nearly 50 percent, pushing thousands of small farmers to the brink of bankruptcy.

Episode 91998-03-09

Childcare On The Cheap

With the government encouraging more mothers to go out to work, Panorama investigates the quality of care on offer to children of working parents who cannot afford the high fees usually associated with good childcare.

Episode 101998-03-16

Teacher, I Need You

Education specialists and politicians claim there is a crisis in teacher recruitment with the number of applications for teacher-training courses falling and thousands of experienced teachers applying for retirement. Vivian White reports.

Episode 111998-03-23

Special Hospitals

Britain's special hospitals house many of the most dangerous people in society. The patients have committed the most terrible crimes but are themselves mentally ill. Now the future of such hospitals is in question.

Episode 121998-03-30

Nicking the Neighbours

A family with 7 children are evicted from their council home because neighbours claim they made life intolerable. Panorama examines the tough new measures being used by authorities to remove "nuisance neighbours" from housing estates.

Episode 131998-04-06

Settlement or Sell Out?

This week may see the birth of an historic peace agreement in N. Ireland, but will Sinn Fein and the IRA be part of it? Panorama investigates whether Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness are likely to accept or reject the settlement on offer.

Episode 141998-04-20

Health - The Trust Betrayed

As the Government appoints a fraud-buster for the Health Service, Panorama reports on cases involving doctors and opticians where millions of pounds have gone missing or have been falsely claimed.

Episode 151998-04-27

Children Of Crime: The Drugs Debate

Studio debate with Keith Hellawell following new drugs strategy.

Episode 161998-05-11

Defend the Children

Addresses concerns of relatives of victims and locals at paedophiles such as Sidney Cooke being released into their areas.

Episode 171998-05-18

The Diana Dividend

Across the world, unofficial memorabilia of Diana, Princess of Wales is already raking in millions of pounds, but should the official Memorial Fund cash in on her memory, or should it be wound up?

Episode 181998-05-21

The Nurses' Story

Following their return home, the story of two British nurses - Lucille McLauchlan and fellow nurse Deborah Parry. The pair were jailed for the killing of Australian Yvonne Gilford in 1996 in Saudi Arabia.

Episode 191998-06-01

Episode 19

NHS failure to prevent deaths of babies following heart surgery in Bristol.

Episode 201998-06-08

How to Win the World Cup

While fans scrabble around for tickets at inflated prices on the black market, sponsors offer free entry to matches and hospitality. Panorama asks if the fans now matter when it's the money men who will really win at the World Cup.

Episode 211998-06-22

The Louise Woodward Interview

Louise Woodward, British au pair convicted of involuntary manslaughter of a child under her care in Massachusetts, gives her first television interview since returning home to Britain.

Episode 221998-07-06

The Car Cartel

Britain is known as "Treasure Island" to the car industry, because of the large profits to be had from the inflated prices of cars. Panorama investigates what is being called one of the biggest price-fixing rackets in the world.

Episode 231998-08-07

The Spy's Story: The Plot To Kill Gaddafi

Interview with David Shayler, former MI5 officer awaiting extradition from French jail to face charges of breaking Official Secrets Act.

Episode 241998-09-14

The Love Drug

Panorama investigates the impotence drug Viagra, including evidence of abuse and concerns that not enough is known about its human and financial costs.

Episode 251998-09-21

Workaholics

There is a growing army of workaholics choosing to sacrifice time spent with family and friends for extra time at the office. But is the familiar image of stressed employees, forced to work long hours to safeguard their jobs, just a myth?

Episode 261998-10-05

Failing at Four

This school term more 4 year-olds are starting formal classes than ever before. There are doubts about whether school is the right environment for such young children. Could starting too young lead to major problems for a whole generation?

Episode 271998-10-12

The Cruelty Connection

In America, the FBI now believes that serial killers start their pattern of violence with attacks on animals. Politicians are giving the link more credence after a spate of schoolyard shootings by youths with a history of abuse of pets.

Episode 281998-10-19

To Catch a Cop

An investigation into past corruption in one of the country's biggest police forces. Panorama tells the inside story of how detectives who served in the West Midlands Drug Squad framed suspects and misappropriated drugs and money.

Episode 291998-10-26

Death to America

America is in the front line of a new war of terrorism which threatens its citizens around the world. Islamic militants loyal to Saudi millionaire Osama Bin Laden have sworn death to America and their anger also threatens her allies.

Episode 301998-11-02

Porn Wars

The police are increasingly powerless to enforce the obscenity law because juries often refuse to convict. Britain has some of the world's toughest porn laws, Home Secretary Jack Straw has ordered film censors to apply them more strictly.

Episode 311998-11-09

Charles - A Life in Waiting

In the week Prince Charles celebrates his 50th birthday Panorama looks at his life, interests, family, his vision for himself and the institution he represents.

Episode 321998-11-16

The Ringmaster

Investigation into Bernie Ecclestone and Formula 1.

Episode 331998-11-23

Are You Being Served?

Britain's supermarkets say they have an unbeatable offer - their quality, convenience and value. But, how do the claims of the retailing barons check out? Are the big supermarkets too powerful? Are shoppers being charged too much?

Episode 341998-11-30

Closing Down

Thousands of families suffer the pain of job loss and the worry of threatened closures. Panorama reveals their sense of betrayal and the policies and global forces that have destroyed people's economic confidence.

Episode 351998-12-07

When Good Men Do Nothing

On the 50th anniversary of the Genocide Convention, Steve Bradshaw looks into the massacre of a million people in Rwanda in 1994, and the fatal consequences of the United Nations Security Council's failure to act on warnings.

Episode 361998-12-14

Boys Don't Cry

Four years ago BBC presenter Juliet Morris's younger brother Edward took his own life at the age of 24. Juliet Morris investigates the tragic rise in the suicide rate among young men in the UK and looks at the reasons why this is happening

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