Panorama (1953)

The economic case for closing 31 pits and putting 30,000 miners on the dole was "unanswerable", the government said. But public outcry forc…

On 20 January, Bill Clinton will become the first Democratic president of the United States for 12 years. Peter Jay, who was Britain's amba…

First of a two-part report. As South Africa prepares for the coming election, David Dimbleby talks to President F W De Klerk and to Nelson…

Second of a two-part report. David Dimbleby talks to President F W De Klerk and to Nelson Mandela, and assesses the chances of the white an…

This year sees the 40th anniversary of the Queen's coronation. What is the prospect for the monarchy today, and what place is there for its…

A month after being discharged from a psychiatric hospital, Tracey Evans killed her children in what she called an "act of love". Her husba…

A new military power looks set to overtake Saddam's Iraq. In the Islamic republic of Iran the heirs of Ayatollah Khomeini are spending bill…

The dramatic increase in the numbers of children expelled from school is causing problems for a Government already grappling with public an…

As the post-Cold War military cuts go deeper, Britain faces hundreds of thousands of job losses in the defence sector, bringing despair to…

Nisha Pillai reveals the emergence of a Muslim underclass among Pakistanis and Bangladeshis and looks at the dangers and dilemmas it throws…

Britain's top policemen now admit that their old Dixon of Dock Green image was always a myth - and that in the battle to convict criminals,…

By the end of this decade more than a million people in Britain will be over 85. Some families are already abandoning relatives when they b…

Tom Mangold investigates the tobacco companies' conspiracy to cover up research that helps prove the link between smoking, cancer and other…

Are workers in Britain being exploited by bosses who say they are lucky to have a job? Thousands are being forced to work longer hours for…

For more than ten years, Salvatore Riina was the Godfather of the Mafia, the world's largest criminal organisation. After 23 years on the r…

The race is on to discover the genes that determine people's susceptibility to illness and disease. Billions of dollars are available in th…

A report from Aldermaston, Britain's top-secret nuclear weapons factory, known as the Citadel. Nuclear weapons are being constructed in bui…

Lloyd's of London - the most famous insurance market in the world - is in crisis. After hurricanes, terrorism and tanker disasters losses r…

Can hospitals be trusted to provide the best possible care? Panorama offers evidence that some cannot and that differences in financing and…

Thousands of Catholic priests have left active service to marry. Sex scandals involving American archbishops have rocked Rome and led Pope…

Wessex Regional Health Authority is said to have wasted tens of millions of pounds on installing a computer system that had to be abandoned…

Florida dentist Dr David Acer has been held responsible for transmitting the deadly HIV virus to six of his patients. Two have died. Yet af…

In cases of sexual assault, are the courts too lenient when it comes to sentencing? Will the government respond to public disquiet? Deborah…

Is Britain becoming a nation of vigilantes? Peter Godwin investigates a growing trend of DIY crime-fighters - some legal, others definitely…

A succession of miscarriages of justice have brought about tougher measures to protect the accused in criminal cases. But have the scales o…

Two IRA bombs in a crowded Warrington shopping centre on 20 March this year killed 3-year-old Jonathan Ball immediately; 12-year-old Tim Pa…

The story of a Norwegian couple who had formed a secret channel between the Israelis and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation.

Michele is 22 and expecting the fifth of her babies she's had by two different fathers. Janet lied to the authorities to gain extra welfare…

"It's very easy when you're in politics - to find yourself cut adrift from the everyday concerns of people in the country" John Major tells…

Stephen Bradshaw reports that the state pays out billions of pounds in benefits to pensioners who don't need the money. Would it not make s…

John Penycate examines the Branch Davidians and David Koresh's bizarre cocktail of religion, violence and sexual abuse, and reveals the sto…

With the Jamie Bulger trial about to start, and public concern about child criminals in the news, the Government is promising tough new pol…

A few yrs ago water charges were a small item on the rates bill, but now they're increasing up to 8 times the rate of inflation. While wate…

This week the government is expected to give the final go-ahead to Thorp, a nuclear "laundry" meant to clean the used fuel of a new generat…

New government figures suggest that racially motivated attacks in Britain are far more frequent than was previously estimated. Only a small…

Stephen Bradshaw reports from Foca, in Bosnia, where innocent civilians have been victims of war crimes, and of history's broken promises,…