Overview of 'Panorama' Season 58

Episode 1 - The MP and the Whistleblower

Release Date: 2010-01-11

The series takes a look at Iris Robinson, the Member of Parliament at the centre of a current political storm.

Episode 2 - A Walk in the Park

Release Date: 2010-01-18

Jane Corbin walks through the disputed streets and parks of Jerusalem and goes underground to explore tunnels excavated deep below the biblical sites.

Episode 3 - What's Really in Our Kids' Food?

Release Date: 2010-01-25

Shelley Jofre investigates the food being dished up to pre-schoolers at nurseries and at home, and looks at the marketing claims of leading brands.

Episode 4 - I Helped My Daughter Die

Release Date: 2010-02-01

Jeremy Vine talks exclusively to Kay Gilderdale about the night she helped her bedridden daughter kill herself, exploring whether the law should be changed.

Episode 5 - Are You a Danger to Kids?

Release Date: 2010-02-08

Panorama exposes the myths and realities of the new child protection register, and asks whether the new system will actually work.

Episode 6 - Why Do You Hate Me?

Release Date: 2010-02-15

Wheelchair user Simon Green secretly films what it is like to endure disability hate crime, and reveals that many such incidents are not properly prosecuted.

Episode 7 - Dying for a Biscuit

Release Date: 2010-02-22

Reporter Raphael Rowe journeys into the rainforest of Borneo, where he uncovers evidence of palm oil companies developing plantations on protected land.

Episode 8 - More Than Just a Game

Release Date: 2010-03-01

As Africa gears up to host its first football World Cup, Panorama asks if the beautiful game can save a generation fighting to survive in South Africa.

Episode 9 - Trust Us, We're an NHS Hospital

Release Date: 2010-03-08

Panorama investigates how many hospitals may be failing the public while being allowed to assess themselves as good. Simon Boazman reports.

Episode 10 - Are the Net Police Coming for You?

Release Date: 2010-03-15

A proposed new law is threatening to disconnect the millions of internet users who unlawfully download free music, films and TV. Jo Whiley looks at how broadband use at home may never be the same, and could even be cut off.

Episode 11 - Chocolate - The Bitter Truth

Release Date: 2010-03-24

Paul Kenyon goes undercover as a cocoa trader in West Africa and discovers children as young as seven working long hours on cocoa farms, helping to make our chocolate.

Episode 12 - Passports to Kill

Release Date: 2010-03-29

Reporter Jane Corbin shows how British passports and stolen identities were used in the murder of senior Hamas military commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai.

Episode 13 - Spoilt Rotten?

Release Date: 2010-04-13

With unprecedented access to Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, Panorama meets the children suffering from preventable conditions as a result of their lifestyles.

Episode 14 - Is Britain Full?

Release Date: 2010-04-19

Panorama investigates overcrowding in the UK. Some argue that the extra population will boost the economy, but will it? What can politicians do to stop the growth?

Episode 15 - Return of the Real Apprentices

Release Date: 2010-04-26

Panorama follows the fortunes of four young people searching for work in Swindon, and discovers how they have responded to the challenge of recession.

Episode 16 - The Cuts - Can You Fight Back?

Release Date: 2010-05-17

Reporter Shelley Jofre looks at the fight to save frontline services as councils across the country tighten their budgets.

Episode 17 - A Very British Hero

Release Date: 2010-05-24

Christina Schmid reveals how the Army is failing in its duty of care to a tiny elite band of soldiers who are at the very forefront of the war in Afghanistan.

Episode 18 - The Cumbrian Shootings

Release Date: 2010-06-07

Panorama's Richard Bilton reports on the events of Wednesday 2nd June, when Derrick Bird switched from quiet cabbie to gun toting psychopath.

Episode 19 - Man United - Into the Red

Release Date: 2010-06-08

Ahead of a possible bid for debt-ridden Manchester United, reporter John Sweeney explores the battle for the soul of the club, and the scale of its debts.

Episode 20 - BP - In Deep Water

Release Date: 2010-06-21

Hilary Andersson examines the full consequences of the explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, asking what went wrong and who is really to blame.

Episode 21 - What's Up with the Weather?

Release Date: 2010-06-28

Increasing numbers of us simply don't believe in global warming. Tom Heap speaks to some of the world's leading scientists on both sides of the argument.

Episode 22 - Can I Sack Teacher?

Release Date: 2010-07-05

New research shows that the standard of teaching is the most important factor to a child's education. So why are so many bad teachers being allowed to teach?

Episode 23 - Orphans of Haiti

Release Date: 2010-07-12

Six months after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, Raphael Rowe returns to uncover what has happened to the country's orphaned and abandoned children.

Episode 24 - How to Beat the Banks

Release Date: 2010-07-19

Reporter Adam Shaw investigates the state of Britain's banks, and reveals that while base rates remain low, the cost of borrowing has risen significantly.

Episode 25 - It Shouldn't Happen at a Vets'

Release Date: 2010-07-22

Filming undercover in one of Britain's largest veterinary chains, Panorama reveals evidence of questionable bills, animals poorly treated, and an unrepentant vet struck off for dishonesty. Pet owners who take best practice on trust are in for a shock.

Episode 26 - Generation Game

Release Date: 2010-07-26

Current affairs series. Dame Joan Bakewell looks at some of the innovative ways Britain's baby boomers are looking to future-proof their old age.

Episode 27 - Britain's Unwanted Pets

Release Date: 2010-08-02

2009 saw a big increase in the numbers of stray dogs recorded as being picked up in the UK. Tom Heap goes to Battersea Dogs Home to find out why.

Episode 28 - Wills - The Final Rip Off?

Release Date: 2010-08-09

Panorama investigates companies who make a good living from writing your Last Will and Testament, and exposes the shocking financial pitfalls that face unwary consumers. Is it time for this industry to be properly regulated by law?

Episode 29 - Death in the Med

Release Date: 2010-08-16

As controversy over Israel's blockade of Gaza still rages, Jane Corbin asks what really happened on the Mavi Marmara, when Israeli commandos seized the ship.

Episode 30 - Please Don't Take Our Child

Release Date: 2010-08-23

Darragh MacIntyre reports on the case of an ordinary couple and their extraordinary fight to open up the world of the family courts.

Episode 31 - Britain's Disappearing Wildlife

Release Date: 2010-08-30

A look at the decline of UK wildlife. There is more at stake than simply protecting the beauty of nature - our food supply could be under threat.

Episode 32 - A Risk Worth Taking?

Release Date: 2010-09-06

Shelley Jofre investigates the drug Avandia and asks whether the medicine's regulator is putting the interests of the drugs industry before patients.

Episode 33 - What the Pope Knew

Release Date: 2010-09-13

On the eve of the first Papal visit to Britain in 28 years, Fergal Keane investigates the Pope's personal track record of dealing with paedophile priests.

Episode 34 - Because We're Worth It - the Taxpayers' Rich List

Release Date: 2010-09-20

Panorama reveals the results of the most thorough and extensive investigation ever conducted into public sector pay.

Episode 35 - Britain in the Dock

Release Date: 2010-09-27

Paul Kenyon asks if the British Army can be trusted to police itself, as it stands accused in two separate inquiries of committing war crimes in Iraq.

Episode 36 - The Secrets of Scientology

Release Date: 2010-09-28

Reporter John Sweeney's last investigation into the Church of Scientology resulted in an explosive confrontation with church officials. This time, in a Panorama Special, one of those officials has turned whistleblower to help him reveal the dark secrets of the church, which boasts Hollywood A-listers Tom Cruise and John Travolta among its devotees.