Overview of 'Panorama' Season 57

Episode 1 - Kids Behaving Badly

Release Date: 2009-01-05

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.

Episode 2 - Jailed for a Knife

Release Date: 2009-01-12

Raphael Rowe goes inside prisons to gain rare access to the young offenders convicted of carrying, using or even killing with a knife.

Episode 3 - What Now, Mr President?

Release Date: 2009-01-19

Barack Obama takes over as US President with a promise to change America and make it a fairer place. Can he reshape the world's most powerful country?

Episode 4 - Have I Got Bad Language For You?

Release Date: 2009-01-26

Frank Skinner sets out to discover if the Ross-Brand storm really was a watershed in broadcasting's debate about bad language and offence.

Episode 5 - Tax Me if You Can

Release Date: 2009-02-02

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 6 - Gaza: Out of the Ruins

Release Date: 2009-02-09

As Israel prepares to vote on its future, Jeremy Bowen travels through a devastated Gaza to ask where the recent conflict now leaves the future of the region.

Episode 7 - Muslim First, British Second

Release Date: 2009-02-16

The current affairs series asks how radicals should be treated and examines suspicions that community projects are being used to gather intelligence.

Episode 8 - Credit Where It's Due

Release Date: 2009-02-23

Business dragon Theo Paphitis asks if the banks and the government are doing enough to help Britain's 4.7 million small businesses survive the recession.

Episode 9 - What Happens After Sorry?

Release Date: 2009-03-02

As RBS announces what are predicted to be the biggest losses in British history, Panorama tells the story of the bank's dramatic fall from grace.

Episode 10 - Immigration - Time for an Amnesty?

Release Date: 2009-03-09

Panorama looks at a proposed amnesty for hundreds of thousands of long-standing illegal immigrants, championed by London mayor Boris Johnson.

Episode 11 - Crime Pays

Release Date: 2009-03-16

Panorama reveals how organised crime is defeating attempts to claw back its profits, and how the Crown has been reduced to making tax deals with criminals.

Episode 12 - Who Will Save the Savers?

Release Date: 2009-03-23

As the credit crunch pushes Britain's pensions and savings time-bomb to a new level, Panorama asks experts to help those facing an uncertain future.

Episode 13 - 1959: A Panorama Guide

Release Date: 2009-03-27

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 14 - The Gunmen Who Never Went Away

Release Date: 2009-03-30

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 15 - Slumdogs and Millionaires

Release Date: 2009-04-06

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 16 - Britain's Homecare Scandal

Release Date: 2009-04-09

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 17 - Life After Woolies

Release Date: 2009-04-13

Current affairs. Since the closure of Woolworths' 807 retail outlets, Panorama has followed some of the 27,000 former staff as they try to escape unemployment.

Episode 18 - May Contain Nuts

Release Date: 2009-04-20

Current affairs. Panorama investigates why the deadly serious matter of health and safety has become a laughing stock, and why it has strayed from its original aim.

Episode 19 - Who'd Be an NHS Whistleblower?

Release Date: 2009-04-27

Margaret Haywood put her career on the line to expose failings in the care of the elderly. Jeremy Vine asks why more aren't willing to speak out.

Episode 20 - Baby P - The Whole Truth?

Release Date: 2009-05-04

Reporter Alison Holt has further revelations on the case of Baby P, the baby boy who died while under the care of social workers in Haringey, London.

Episode 21 - The Six Billion Dollar Man

Release Date: 2009-05-11

John Sweeney goes on the trail of the dark side of banker Sir Allen Stanford who bowled over cricket and is accused of a multi-billion dollar fraud.

Episode 22 - Stem Cells and Miracles

Release Date: 2009-05-18

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 23 - Is Your MP Working for You?

Release Date: 2009-05-25

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 24 - 'A Very Dangerous Doctor'

Release Date: 2009-06-01

Vivian White challenges David Southall to answer his critics and uncovers evidence that may support his claim of victimisation.

Episode 25 - Obama and the Ayatollah

Release Date: 2009-06-08

As Iranians prepare to elect a president, Jane Corbin asks whether Obama's recent plea for greater understanding will be heeded.

Episode 26 - The Death of Kiss and Tell

Release Date: 2009-06-15

Investigating the growing trend of celebrities and public figures turning to privacy laws to suppress stories and photographs showing them in a bad light.

Episode 27 - The Battle of Swat Valley

Release Date: 2009-06-22

Exclusive access to airborne troops and to footage shot in Taliban-controlled towns reveal the story of Pakistan's fight against extremists.

Episode 28 - Will the Scots Ever Be Happy?

Release Date: 2009-06-29

Ten years after devolution, the Scots want more power north of the border, and the SNP want a referendum on independence. Can the UK be preserved?

Episode 29 - What Ever Happened to People Power?

Release Date: 2009-07-06

Panorama asks if police tactics aimed at preventing troublemakers taking over demonstrations are eroding the freedom to protest.

Episode 30 - Licence to Torture

Release Date: 2009-07-13

Current affairs. Did interrogation techniques used by the Bush administration after 9/11 break US and international law? Hilary Andersson investigates.

Episode 31 - Save Our Steel

Release Date: 2009-07-20

Current affairs. Panorama helps citizen journalists Steven, Belinda and Tony find out the future of the steel industry, which employs tens of thousands of people.

Episode 32 - The Trauma Industry

Release Date: 2009-07-27

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 33 - Smugglers' Tales

Release Date: 2009-08-03

Panorama reveals the endless game of cat and mouse between prisoners determined to get their fix and officers equally determined to keep drugs out of their jails.

Episode 34 - The Truth About Happy Hour

Release Date: 2009-08-10

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 35 - What Are We Fighting For?

Release Date: 2009-08-17

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 36 - Gimme Shelter

Release Date: 2009-08-24

Panorama reports on the elderly people who are taking to the streets in protest, and threatening legal action, because their residential wardens are being taken away.

Episode 37 - Britain's Dirty Beaches

Release Date: 2009-09-07

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 38 - Europe or Die Trying

Release Date: 2009-09-14

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 39 - Swine Flu: Everything You Need To Know

Release Date: 2009-09-16

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 40 - Banks Behaving Badly?

Release Date: 2009-09-21

Billions of taxpayers' money has been handed out to keep the banking system afloat, but what exactly have the banks given customers in return?

Episode 41 - The Truth About Spending Cuts

Release Date: 2009-09-28

The real effects of the recession may just be starting as John Ware challenges the politicians to come clean about their plans to slash public spending.

Episode 42 - Dying to Be Treated?

Release Date: 2009-09-30

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 43 - Migrants, Go Home!

Release Date: 2009-10-05

Reporter Paul Kenyon continues his journey out of Africa following the route taken by 40,000 migrants a year seeking a better life in Europe.

Episode 44 - Why Hate Ryanair?

Release Date: 2009-10-12

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 45 - Undercover - Hate on the Doorstep

Release Date: 2009-10-19

Two British Asian reporters pose as a couple living on a housing estate to investigate racism in Britain. Contains racially offensive language.

Episode 46 - Freed to Offend Again

Release Date: 2009-10-26

Are we safe from dangerous prisoners released back onto our streets? A Panorama investigation reveals the extent of crimes committed by ex-convicts.

Episode 47 - The Child Protectors

Release Date: 2009-11-02

With exclusive access to Coventry's social workers, Panorama follows the emergency response team as they attempt to identify children at risk.

Episode 48 - Assault on Justice

Release Date: 2009-11-09

Shelley Jofre investigates whether punishing violent crimes with cautions and fines is letting some serious criminals off the hook and denying justice to victims.

Episode 49 - Swimming with Loan Sharks

Release Date: 2009-11-16

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.