Overview of 'Panorama' Season 68

Episode 1 - How to Save the High Street

Release Date: 2020-01-13

Business journalist Adam Shaw investigates the government's plans to spend millions of pounds reviving run-down town centres.

Episode 2 - The Corrupt Billionaire

Release Date: 2020-01-20

Leaked documents reveal how an impoverished country was corruptly exploited by its former ruling family. With Richard Bilton.

Episode 3 - Britain's Killer Motorways?

Release Date: 2020-01-27

Reporter Richard Bilton looks at 'smart' motorways, where the hard shoulder is turned into a live lane, and asks how safe they really are.

Episode 4 - Cashing in on the Housing Crisis

Release Date: 2020-02-03

Reporter Callum Tulley meets some of the growing number of people living in temporary accommodation.

Episode 5 - Failed by the NHS: Callie’s Story

Release Date: 2020-02-10

Reporter Ellie Flynn talks to the family of Callie Lewis, who killed herself while in the care of the NHS, and uncovers the extent of the service's failure to provide adequate mental health care.

Episode 6 - Amazon: What They Know About Us

Release Date: 2020-02-17

Panorama investigates Amazon's rise to corporate superpower and asks whether there is a dark side to our love affair with the company.

Episode 7 - Mo Farah and the Salazar Scandal

Release Date: 2020-02-24

Reporter Mark Daly investigates fresh allegations against Alberto Salazar, the man who coached Mo Farah to Oylmpic glory.

Episode 8 - Spying on the Scammers

Release Date: 2020-03-02

Panorama goes inside a criminal call centre to reveal how scammers cheat their victims.

Episode 9 - The Million Pound Disability Payout

Release Date: 2020-03-09

Panorama investigates why the DWP has lost so many employment tribunals for disability discrimination.

Episode 10 - Britain’s Bus Crisis

Release Date: 2020-03-16

What has gone wrong with Britain’s buses? Richard Bilton travels coast to coast to find out.

Episode 11 - Coronavirus: The Week That Changed Britain

Release Date: 2020-03-23

Panorama looks at how Britain is coping with its biggest crisis since the Second World War – and asks if the government has the right strategy to contain the virus.

Episode 12 - Lockdown UK

Release Date: 2020-03-30

Panorama investigates the financial impact of Covid-19. Richard Bilton tells the story of the fight to save the UK's economy from an unprecedented threat.

Episode 13 - Coronavirus: The Most at Risk

Release Date: 2020-04-06

Richard Bilton hears from some of those most at risk from coronavirus, who have been told to stay at home for at least three months.

Episode 14 - On the NHS Frontline

Release Date: 2020-04-20

Four weeks into the government lockdown to save lives and protect the NHS, Jane Corbin reports from the frontline to tell the inside story of a Coventry hospital coping with Covid-19.

Episode 15 - Has the Government Failed the NHS?

Release Date: 2020-04-27

Has the government let down the health workers leading the fight against the coronavirus? Reporter Richard Bilton investigates the delays and mistakes that may have put the lives of NHS staff at risk.

Episode 16 - Coronavirus: When Will We Be Safe?

Release Date: 2020-05-04

Panorama reports from the frontline of science, asking when we will be able to beat the virus and get back to normal life.

Episode 17 - Lockdown: How Business Is Coping

Release Date: 2020-05-11

Panorama follows business owners and key workers struggling through lockdown, from the courier collecting suspected samples of Covid-19 to the funeral director collecting and burying the dead.

Episode 18 - Coronavirus Crisis: Europe's Migrant Camps

Release Date: 2020-05-18

Panorama investigates conditions inside Greek migrant camps during the Covid-19 lockdown, as experts warn of the potential for dangerous outbreaks inside the camps.

Episode 19 - Coronavirus: Destination New York

Release Date: 2020-06-01

Panorama reports from New York City, asking why more than 16,000 people have died of coronavirus in a city with some of the best health care in the world.

Episode 20 - Scandal at the Post Office

Release Date: 2020-06-08

Panorama reveals how the Post Office covered up evidence of miscarriages of justice.

Episode 21 - George Floyd: A Killing That Shook the World

Release Date: 2020-06-15

Thousands of people have joined marches against racism after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Clive Myrie asks if this event could change race relations in America for good.

Episode 22 - Hunting the Neo-Nazis

Release Date: 2020-06-22

Panorama investigates a global network of neo-Nazis and discovers that it is recruiting in the UK. Reporter Daniel De Simone reveals how the network operates across the world.

Episode 23 - Has Covid Testing Gone Wrong?

Release Date: 2020-06-29

Reporter Richard Bilton investigates the rapid expansion of our Covid-19 testing capacity and asks whether we have got the world-beating service the prime minister promised.

Episode 24 - Britain’s Cancer Crisis

Release Date: 2020-07-06

Panorama investigates fears that the coronavirus pandemic has caused a crisis in cancer care that could mean many thousands more will die.

Episode 25 - How Scotland Cut Violent Crime

Release Date: 2020-07-13

Scotland has dramatically cut violent crime in the past 15 years, but how was it done? Kate Silverton films with Police Scotland’s Violence Reduction Unit to find out.

Episode 26 - Lifting the Lockdown

Release Date: 2020-07-16

Panorama is in Salford as the city lifts the lockdown and tries to get its community back to work. But with the council approaching bankruptcy, can services be sustained?

Episode 27 - Britain’s Coronavirus Gamble

Release Date: 2020-07-20

Panorama investigates the scientific advice the government followed in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic.

Episode 28 - China's Coronavirus Cover-Up

Release Date: 2020-07-27

Carrie Gracie investigates whether China hid crucial information about Covid-19 from the world.

Episode 29 - The Forgotten Frontline

Release Date: 2020-07-30

Panorama follows the unfolding tragedy in care homes, as they struggle to protect residents against the killer virus. Over several months, cameras were allowed into two very different care homes, revealing the dedication of care staff, the frustration of managers and the heartache as more and more lives are lost. Across the country, more than 20,000 residents and care workers have died with coronavirus. Alison Holt asks if care homes were abandoned to fight the virus alone.

Episode 30 - Stacey Dooley and the Lockdown Babies

Release Date: 2020-08-03

Almost a quarter of a million babies have been born in the UK since lockdown began. Stacey Dooley reports from Bradford Royal Infirmary to find out how the pandemic is transforming the way we deal with pregnancy and birth. She meets pregnant women terrified of getting the virus, women giving birth and new mums with coronavirus who have had to isolate themselves from friends and family. Stacey also speaks to midwives and doctors who reveal how their lives have changed in order to protect mothers.

Episode 31 - Has Lockdown Changed What We Eat?

Release Date: 2020-08-10

The way we eat is changing – and the way we shop for our food is too. Almost five months after the beginning of lockdown, Panorama reporter Tom Heap investigates the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Britain’s biggest manufacturing sector - food - and looks at how the way we shop, cook and consume has been transformed