2005

2005-01-28

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

2005-01-30

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?

2005-02-06

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.

2005-02-13

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.

2005-02-20

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).

2005-02-27

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.

2005-03-06

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.

2005-03-20

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?

2005-03-23

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

2005-04-10

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

2005-04-17

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

2005-04-24

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.

2005-06-19

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.

2005-06-26

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 .

2005-06-29

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.

2005-07-03

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

2005-07-10

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.

2005-07-13

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.

2005-07-17

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.

2005-07-20

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.

2005-07-24

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.

2005-07-31

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.

2005-08-21

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.

2005-09-25

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.

2005-10-02

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.

2005-10-09

In the wake of the London bombings the Government is proposing new anti-terrorist laws. Will they really make us safer? If so, at what cost to our civil liberties? Vivian White reports on the plans - and differences of opinion.

2005-10-16

Half a million young UK adults are thought to have a sexually transmitted infection, with HIV, gonorrhoea, syphilis and chlamydia showing huge increases. Andy Davies reports on how a risky approach to sex is fuelling a public-health crisis

2005-10-23

With the government promising that no family should suffer "postcode poverty", can a bright seven-year-old escape the whirlpool of poverty, drugs and crime that has engulfed his neighbours? Steve Bradshaw reports.

2005-10-30

An increasing number of British people want a timetable for the withdrawal of the troops from Iraq. In a debate from the Imperial War Museum, David Dimbleby hears evidence from experts on both sides.

2005-11-06

As fears grow of a new strain of avian flu that could kill millions, the first of 2 investigations reveals the results of a 4 month study on the chances of the H5N1 bird-flu virus jumping the species barrier and triggering a human pandemic

2005-11-13

Following last week's investigation into the spread of bird flu and the risk it poses of a human-flu pandemic, representatives from the Gov't, the vaccine industry, as well as scientific and health policy experts, tackle viewers' questions

2005-11-20

Tony Blair says tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for his Government and the number of ASBOs issued has been doubling year on year, with hundreds of adults and children going to jail for breaching their orders.

2005-11-27

As Britain's presidency of the EU moves towards its climax with the leaders summit, Tony Blair continues to call on Europe's heads of gov't to wake up to a new reality - the need to embrace free market reform to halt Europe's decline.

2005-12-04

For the third year running, and in direct response to audience demand, Panorama returns to some of the most important stories it has covered over the last year to find out What Happened Next?