The WORST episodes of Panorama

#1 - The Hospital That Stopped Caring

Season 2012 - Episode 40 - Aired 10/29/2012

Last year BBC Panorama exposed the violent abuse of people with learning disabilities at Winterbourne View hospital outside Bristol. Now, using undercover footage never seen before, the programme reveals new evidence of poor training and false record-keeping. A number of former patients have faced further assaults or unnecessary restraints in other care establishments. Following the closure of Winterbourne View, and as 11 of its former staff are sentenced in court, Panorama asks: are the most vulnerable people in society any better protected?

#2 - Panorama [09/03/59]

Season 1959 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/9/1959

#3 - Panorama [16/03/59]

Season 1959 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/16/1959

Robert Kee looks at foreign policy an interviews various diplomatic and political figures. Also including a report by Christopher Chataway and Larry Parnes on the rock and roll industry.

#4 - Panorama [23/03/59]

Season 1959 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/23/1959

#5 - Panorama [06/04/59]

Season 1959 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/6/1959

#6 - Panorama [13/04/59]

Season 1959 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/13/1959

Panorama reports on the ultra-right wing White Defence League and the response to its call for mass non-white repatriation. The programme speaks with leader Colin Jordan about his extreme policies and a campaign group set up to oppose them.

#7 - Panorama [20/04/59]

Season 1959 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/20/1959

#8 - Panorama [27/04/59]

Season 1959 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/27/1959

#9 - Panorama [04/05/59]

Season 1959 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/4/1959

#10 - Panorama [02/03/59]

Season 1959 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/2/1959

#11 - Gambling Nation

Season 2012 - Episode 41 - Aired 11/5/2012

Even in recession-hit Britain, the gambling industry is still making a profit - £5.6 billion last year. With casino-style gambling now available day or night at the touch of a button in our homes and on our phones, Panorama explores its popularity... and reveals a darker side. Reporter Sophie Raworth hears from those who have found their lives spiralling out of control, and from industry insiders who say violence and frustration, linked to fast-paced high-stake gambling machines, are increasing in our high street betting shops. Panorama goes undercover in some of Britain's bookies to test those claims.

#12 - Badgers: Dodging the Bullet?

Season 2012 - Episode 42 - Aired 11/12/2012

Last month, days before it was due to start, the government suddenly postponed its controversial badger cull. The plan was to shoot thousands of badgers to try to control the spread of tuberculosis in cattle. Animal rights activists were ready for the biggest clash in the countryside since fox hunting was banned, while scientists questioned the evidence justifying the cull. In the face of this opposition, Panorama asks, will the government have the stomach to enforce the badger cull next year?

#13 - The Mind Reader: Unlocking My Voice

Season 2012 - Episode 43 - Aired 11/13/2012

In a world exclusive, Panorama follows a group of severely brain injured patients and reveals the revolutionary efforts made to help them communicate with their families and the outside world. Never before filmed, this Panorama Special spent more than a year with a group of vegetative patients in Britain and Canada. They witness the moment when a patient regarded as vegetative for more than a decade is able to answer a series of questions whilst inside a brain scanner. The findings have profound implications for the patients and their families, as well as ethical consequences for scientists and medical staff.

#14 - Who's Watching the Detectives?

Season 2012 - Episode 44 - Aired 11/19/2012

As the Independent Police Complaints Commission is handed the investigation into Hillsborough, the biggest policing scandal in UK history, reporter Mark Daly investigates whether the body that polices the police is fit for purpose. Panorama hears from families who say they have been failed by the police watchdog and examines growing concerns that it does not have sufficient power or the independence to hold the police to account.

#15 - Undercover: How to Dodge Tax

Season 2012 - Episode 45 - Aired 11/26/2012

Panorama goes undercover to investigate corporate service providers - the people and companies who sell corporate anonymity and access to offshore tax havens.

#16 - Berlin

Season 1959 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/11/1959

#17 - Panorama [25/05/59]

Season 1959 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/25/1959

#18 - Panorama [01/06/59]

Season 1959 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/1/1959

#19 - Panorama [23/02/59]

Season 1959 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/23/1959

#20 - Panorama [16/02/59]

Season 1959 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/16/1959

#21 - Panorama [09/02/59]

Season 1959 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/9/1959

#22 - Panorama [02/02/59]

Season 1959 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/2/1959

#23 - Panorama [26/01/59]

Season 1959 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/26/1959

Including an interview with President Nasser of Egypt and filmed reports on the teaching of Latin in schools and high pressure salesmanship.

#24 - Panorama [19/01/59]

Season 1959 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/19/1959

#25 - China

Season 1959 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/12/1959