Overview of 'Panorama' Season 60

Episode 1 - Stephen Lawrence: Time For Justice

Release Date: 2012-01-03

On verdict day of one of the most eagerly awaited trials in recent history, this Panorama Special on the Stephen Lawrence case reveals the untold story of the murder that changed Britain. For more than a year, reporter Mark Daly and the Panorama team have exclusively followed Stephen's mother Doreen Lawrence as her 18-year fight for justice for her murdered son neared its conclusion. This moving film charts the history of this iconic case through the eyes of a grieving mother, and reports the inside account of the trial of the two men accused of the black teenager's killing.

Episode 2 - Train Fares: Taken for a Ride?

Release Date: 2012-01-23

Packed in like sardines, on trains that often arrive late... But it is the price of the tickets that really upsets lots of rail travellers, and fares have just gone up to record levels. So why are train fares so expensive? Panorama investigates the cost of riding on the railway.

Episode 3 - Secrets of the Tory Billionaire

Release Date: 2012-01-30

Panorama investigates Lord Ashcroft's links to a controversial construction company in the Caribbean which has gone bust.

Episode 4 - Hunting the Internet Bullies

Release Date: 2012-02-06

Current affairs. With online bullying rapidly growing in size and intensity, Declan Lawn meets X Factor star Cher Lloyd, who describes how cyber attacks are ruining her life.

Episode 5 - Poor America

Release Date: 2012-02-13

With one and a half million American children now homeless, reporter Hilary Andersson meets the school pupils who go hungry in the richest country on Earth.

Episode 6 - Britain's Hidden Alcoholics

Release Date: 2012-02-20

Alastair Campbell meets some of the increasing number of Britain's middle-class professionals for whom one glass of wine after work is never enough.

Episode 7 - The Cost of Raising Britain

Release Date: 2012-02-27

With nurseries and childminders costing families up to a third of their income, and working mums feeling squeezed out of the workplace, Panorama investigates the cost of childcare.

Episode 8 - The Money Farmers

Release Date: 2012-03-05

Samantha Poling reveals how millions of pounds of public money are being paid out to businessmen and millionaire farmers in an abuse of the farming subsidy system.

Episode 9 - Homs: Journey into Hell

Release Date: 2012-03-12

Paul Wood charts the rise and brutal suppression of the uprising in the Syrian city of Homs. What started with hope of revolution now sees refugees fleeing to escape retribution.

Episode 10 - Britain's Crimes of Honour

Release Date: 2012-03-19

Panorama reveals the shocking details of beatings, imprisonment and 'honour' killings, the women driven to suicide and also hears from those on the run, in fear of their lives.

Episode 11 - Murdoch's TV Pirates

Release Date: 2012-03-26

As Rupert Murdoch faces accusations of law-breaking at his British tabloids, Panorama reveals fresh hacking allegations striking at the heart of News Corporation's pay-TV empire.

Episode 12 - The Honeymoon Murder

Release Date: 2012-03-29

With exclusive access to publicly unseen CCTV footage, this Panorama special examines in detail the hours leading up to the death of Anni Dewani while on honeymoon in Cape Town.

Episode 13 - The Great Apprentice Scandal

Release Date: 2012-04-02

Panorama's Shelley Jofre investigates problems reported in government supported apprenticeship schemes, a flagship programme for getting young unemployed people in to work.

Episode 14 - Ivory Wars: Out of Africa

Release Date: 2012-04-12

Rageh Omaar goes on the trail of ivory poachers, smugglers and organised crime syndicates to investigate the plight of Africa's elephants.

Episode 15 - Billionaires Behaving Badly?

Release Date: 2012-04-16

Current affairs. Glencore is a commodity giant that trades huge quantities of wheat, coal and much of the world's copper. John Sweeney talks to its boss, Ivan Glasenberg.

Episode 16 - Undercover: Elderly Care

Release Date: 2012-04-23

Current affairs. Panorama reveals the appalling treatment of an elderly care home resident with dementia, captured on film after a concerned relative hid a secret camera.

Episode 17 - Madeleine: The Last Hope?

Release Date: 2012-04-25

Current affairs. The senior UK investigator in the Madeleine McCann case speaks about why he believes he has the best opportunity yet to solve the mystery of her disappearance.

Episode 18 - The Truth About Tax

Release Date: 2012-05-14

Panorama investigates how some of the UK's most famous companies have been using a tax haven at the heart of Europe to save millions in tax.

Episode 19 - Eurovision's Dirty Secret

Release Date: 2012-05-21

Panorama goes undercover inside Eurovision host nation Azerbaijan to reveal the truth about this secretive country and its approach to the world's most watched non-sporting event.

Episode 20 - Euro 2012: Stadiums of Hate

Release Date: 2012-05-28

With days to go before the kick-off of the Euro 2012 championships, Panorama reveals evidence of racist violence and anti-semitism at the heart of Polish and Ukrainian football.

Episode 21 - Life and Debt: A Greek Tragedy

Release Date: 2012-06-25

John Humphrys investigates the economic crisis in Greece, meeting ordinary Greeks and exploring how the outcome of the upcoming election may signpost the future of Europe.

Episode 22 - Call Centres Undercover

Release Date: 2012-07-02

Britain is being affected by an 'epidemic' of unsolicited and unwanted calls and texts. With an estimated three billion marketing calls and messages received every year, Panorama goes undercover to expose how some firms are getting round the regulations designed to protect consumers.

Episode 23 - Britain on the Brink: Back to the 70s?

Release Date: 2012-07-09

Britain is suffering the longest peacetime slump in decades. Panorama asks whether Britain is able to cope with a new age of austerity with surprising echoes of the 1970s.

Episode 24 - Britain's Biggest Waste Dumpers

Release Date: 2012-07-16

Raphael Rowe tracks down some of Britain's biggest illegal fly-tippers, criminals who have pocketed tens of thousands of pounds handed over by motorists to recycle used tyres.

Episode 25 - The Truth About Sports Products

Release Date: 2012-07-19

Panorama investigates sports products that promise to boost your performance. Shelley Jofre tests the science behind the advertising claims made by some of sport's biggest brands.

Episode 26 - Disabled or Faking It?

Release Date: 2012-07-30

Declan Lawn reports on plans to get millions of people claiming disability benefits back into work. But will new assessment tests victimise those who deserve the most support?

Episode 27 - Rats, Traps, Bugs and Cutbacks

Release Date: 2012-08-06

Budget cuts mean some councils are disbanding pest control teams and others are charging for previously free services. Will this lead to more pests and the diseases they carry?

Episode 28 - Justice Denied: The Greatest Scandal?

Release Date: 2012-08-13

Twenty years after a Panorama investigation helped to clear the Cardiff Three, the same team returns to investigate why the trial against the police officers collapsed last year.

Episode 29 - Kony: Hunt for the World's Most Wanted

Release Date: 2012-08-20

Reporter Sorious Samura investigates the myths surrounding one of Africa's most bizarre and brutal criminals, Joseph Kony, and the international fight to bring him to justice.

Episode 30 - Dial 999... and Wait?

Release Date: 2012-09-03

With police, fire and ambulance services facing cuts in public spending, Panorama examines the effect on 999 response times. Declan Lawn reveals the areas where people needing immediate help from our emergency services are left waiting, and investigates claims that lives are being put at risk.