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The Best Episodes of Panorama Season 53

Every episode of Panorama Season 53 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Panorama Season 53!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Panorama Season 53 Episode 7 - The Dollar a Day Dress
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    S53:E7

    Panorama travelled the world to create "The dollar a day dress" - a symbol of how the world trade system harms the poor. Reporter Steve Bradshaw travelled from the Sahara to the Andes to discover some of the harsh truths about free trade.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Panorama Season 53 Episode 1 - Jazz Clubs
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E1

    Archive film from 1961 on the plight of youth and their passion for jazz.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Panorama Season 53 Episode 2 - Exit Strategy
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E2

    As Iraq holds historic elections, John Simpson looks at the state of Iraq today. Will the elections put the country on the road to peace or push it deeper into war?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Panorama Season 53 Episode 3 - Crime Wave
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E3

    In one small city 17 young men committed 100's of crimes. The police found they all shared a grim secret: they had been abused as children by one of Britain's worst paedophiles.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Panorama Season 53 Episode 4 - Lawful Impediment?
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E4

    On Thursday plans for a civil marriage between Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles were announced. But some experts who have been looking at the proposal this week believe that it could run into trouble with the law.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Panorama Season 53 Episode 5 - What Has Labour Done for the NHS?
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E5

    Do the figures add up? Panorama investigates what lies behind the numbers that frequently make headline news and what is happening to the money being poured into the health service (NHS).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Panorama Season 53 Episode 6 - Scotland's Secret Shame
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E6

    Sectarianism and religious bigotry have long been accepted as part of a way of life in Scotland. The divide between Protestant and Catholic, the Orange and the Green, is most visibly reflected in the support for Rangers and Celtic.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Panorama Season 53 Episode 8 - Iraq, Tony and the Truth
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E8

    Two years after Tony Blair took British forces into Iraq, John Ware examines how the Prime Minister made the case for war. As allegations persist that he misled the country, just how straight was the Labour leader being?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Panorama Season 53 Episode 9 - Nothing to Declare
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E9

    Her Majesty's Customs and Excise is under investigation by the police after a criminal sting resulted in a disastrous anti-fraud operation. Customs officers were found to have misled judges in secret hearings and lied in court

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Panorama Season 53 Episode 10 - Why Bullies Win
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E10

    Panorama looks at the way we tackle bullying in schools - and asks why thousands of children are left with nowhere to turn.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Panorama Season 53 Episode 11 - Cops and Robbers
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E11

    Panorama assesses the true picture of crime in Britain. Amidst claim and counter claim, Cops and Robbers examines whether crime is rising or falling.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Panorama Season 53 Episode 12 - Britain's New Migrants
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E12

    Over the period of a year Panorama has filmed the reality of economic migration, following 11 East Europeans who came to the UK seeking work.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Panorama Season 53 Episode 13 - Cannabis: What Teenagers Need to Know
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E13

    Britain has the highest proportion of young cannabis smokers of any European country - 38 per cent have tried the drug by the age of 16. Until recently, little was known about how cannabis affects developing brains.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Panorama Season 53 Episode 14 - Dead Mums Don't Cry
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E14

    Why are so many women in poorer countries dying in pregnancy and childbirth? In one African hospital, Dr. Grace Kodindo is running out of medical supplies, but elsewhere there's reason for hope. Steve Bradshaw reports .

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Panorama Season 53 Episode 15 - Hostage
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E15

    Panorama talks to the hostages who came home from Iraq and the families who lived through the crisis only to see their loved ones murdered.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Panorama Season 53 Episode 16 - Never Again
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E16

    Ten years ago after the Rwandan genocide world leaders said they would never again delay and argue while innocent people were killed. Panorama investigates why the world has failed to confront what President Bush calls 'genocide' in Darfur

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Panorama Season 53 Episode 17 - London Under Attack
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E17

    Following a year-long BBC investigation, Peter Taylor explores the terrorist threat. He reveals why it so difficult to track the people who now conduct attacks like those in London this week.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Panorama Season 53 Episode 18 - Undercover Hospital Cleaner
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E18

    Part one of a two-part special undercover in Britain's Hospitals. The programme investigates one of the country's biggest 3-star hospitals to see what is happening on the front line of hospital hygiene.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Panorama Season 53 Episode 19 - Shock Troops
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E19

    Panorama looks at the care given to servicemen from more recent conflicts who've suffered severe, often disabling psychological wounds, but ones which may be ignored by military authorities.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Panorama Season 53 Episode 20 - Undercover Nurse
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E20

    Following last week's expose on hospital hygiene, horrifying evidence of what can happen within the - National Health Service when you are old and not regarded as a priority. Shabnam Grewal reports.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Panorama Season 53 Episode 21 - Britain's Heroin Fix
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E21

    Britain is losing the war against drugs - on the streets of our cities the price of heroin has halved in the past decade fuelling addiction and a wave of crime. 95% of the heroin for sale in the UK comes from one country - Afghanistan.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Panorama Season 53 Episode 22 - Guns, Knives and Children
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E22

    Candid prison interviews with some of Britain's most brutal young offenders provide a disturbing insight into the increasingly violent world inhabited by many children and young people today. With reporter Shelley Jofre.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Panorama Season 53 Episode 23 - A Question of Leadership
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E23

    John Ware examines questions raised by senior members of the Muslim community themselves: Questions about the direction and role of the Muslim Council of Britain and the influences on the leadership of the organisation and its affiliates.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Panorama Season 53 Episode 24 - Brown's Miracle Economy
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E24

    The Prime Minister calls him "the best chancellor for 100 years." He is the man who has overseen the longest economic expansion in modern times, and hopes one day soon to ride his economic record right into Number 10.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Panorama Season 53 Episode 25 - A Right Royal Shambles
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S53:E25

    The Prince of Wales's marriage to Camilla Parker Bowles was widely seen as a fiasco fraught with PR disasters, doubts about its legality and rumours of a snub by the Queen. Steve Bradshaw gauges the impact on the monarchy's future.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 53 Ratings Summary

"The Dollar a Day Dress" is the best rated episode of "Panorama" season 53. It scored 8.2/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/6/2005. This episode is rated 8.2 points higher than the second-best, "Jazz Clubs".