1996
1996 · 38 episodes
Episodes
1. Boozing for Britain
January 8, 1996
Alcohol abuse is responsible for up to 40,000 deaths every year in Britain, as well as domestic incidents, absenteeism and crime.
2. Episode 2
January 15, 1996
3. From Cradle to Grave: Paying for the Future
January 22, 1996
Tonight, in the first programme of a special two part investigation on the reality of the welfare state, reporter Stephen Bradshaw looks at broken promises. Like families having to sell their parents homes to pay for old age care.
4. From Cradle to Grave: Paying for the Future
January 29, 1996
The 2nd programme of a two-part investigation into the welfare state. Stephen Bradshaw looks at the implications of the middle classes increasingly looking to private insurance for everything from pensions, schools fees and medical care.
5. Episode 5
February 5, 1996
6. Episode 6
February 12, 1996
7. Did the NHS Fail?
February 19, 1996
On 8 December last year, a 10 yr old boy from Stockport, Nicholas Geldard died in a Leeds hospital. In his last hours he was taken to 4 different hospitals; refused an intensive care bed at four others. Did the NHS fail Nicholas Geldard?
8. Episode 8
February 26, 1996
9. Empress on the Rocks
March 4, 1996
The stranding of the Sea Empress oil tanker at the mouth of the Cleddau Estuary off Milford Haven in February 1996 resulted in 72,000 tonnes of crude oil and 370 tonnes of heavy fuel oil, escaping into the sea.
10. War Crime - Five Days in Hell
March 11, 1996
The Bosnian Serb army stand accused of some of the worst war crimes to be committed since the end of the Second World War. Panorama tells the inside story of what really happened when Srebrenica fell in July 1995.
11. A Ray Of Hope
March 18, 1996
Gerry Northam presents a programme looking at controversy surrounding perceived results of drugs trials on AZT (marketed as Retrovir) since early 1980's, which have been interpreted by drug companies to show benefits of taking drugs early.
12. High Society?
March 25, 1996
As part of the week-long series Dealing with Drugs, a look at the increasing use of recreational drugs, not just among the young, but among the professional middle-classes. Is society beginning to adjust and even tolerate the drug culture.
13. Death of a Principle
April 1, 1996
Last year nearly 200 people were publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia, yet the British Government does not criticise its closest Middle East ally. John Ware reports on Britain's relationship with the regime.
14. Episode 14
April 15, 1996
15. The X-Ray Files
April 22, 1996
16. Battle of the Bonuses
April 29, 1996
17. A Life in Limbo
May 13, 1996
Thomas Creedon was born severely brain-damaged. Unable to see or hear, he was kept alive only through modern medicine. His parents were prepared to take their case to the high court to fight for the right to let their son die.
18. Episode 18
May 20, 1996
19. Hard Lessons
June 3, 1996
Are our children being let down by primary school education? New research suggests that over the last 25 years, standards in maths have fallen noticeably. Vivian White reports on what is going wrong in our primary schools.
20. Russian Elections
June 10, 1996
21. Mad Cows and Englishmen - The Making of the Beef Crisis
June 17, 1996
So far BSE has meant the deaths of 160,000 cows and may lead to the condition Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease in humans. As the Government's handling of the "mad cow" crisis threatens to split Europe, Gerry Northam reports.
22. Animal Transplants
June 24, 1996
23. Off the Rails?
July 1, 1996
In the brave new world of privatised railways, it's cheaper to send trains by road than by rail. New owners of the track charge operators so much that many prefer to load them onto trailers to be sent down the motorway.
24. Scandal at County Hall
July 8, 1996
25. The Drugs Olympics
July 15, 1996
Swifter, higher, stronger is the Olympic motto but has the athlete's ultimate dream to win gold created a culture of world-class cheats? Tom Mangold talks to Olympic athletes en route to this year's games who admit to having taken drugs.
26. Dunblane - The Legacy
September 16, 1996
Panorama begins with this report on the aftermath of the massacre when Thomas Hamilton killed 16 children and their teacher at Dunblane Primary School. Jane Franchi talks to families whose children were murdered in the shooting.
27. Episode 27
September 23, 1996
28. Have They Got News for You
September 30, 1996
The spin doctors politicians rely upon to influence the news have been called "the men in the dark" . Do they help politicians float stories that can later be denied, or simply protect their parties from an obsessed media?
29. The Billion Dollar Man
October 7, 1996
Sir James Goldsmith is a billionaire at the gate of British politics - a financier who intends spending huge amounts of money promoting the Referendum Party at the next general election. Goldsmith's impact and money is widely feared.
30. Episode 30
October 14, 1996
31. Episode 31
October 21, 1996
32. On the Trail of the Real Bill Clinton
October 28, 1996
As America prepares to vote for its next President and the candidates' election campaigns roll towards their conclusion, Edward Stourton journeys across the country on the trail of President Bill Clinton.
33. Violent Women
November 4, 1996
Statistics show that British women are committing more and more violent crimes. Panorama investigates the shift in the traditional role of women as victims or accessories to crime to the aggressor. Su Pennington reports.
34. Episode 34
November 11, 1996
35. Broken Hearts
November 18, 1996
Martin Bashir reports on what seems to be a widescale ignorance of the easily-treatable Kawasaki disease, the biggest cause of heart disease among children in the western world.
36. Your Pound In Their Pocket: Panorama's Tax Bombshell
November 25, 1996
Tonight, Peter Jay contrasts political rhetoric of last 20 years with realities of tax burden, to discover if anything has changed.
37. Episode 37
December 2, 1996
38. The Price Is Wrong
December 9, 1996
With Christmas imminent. Panorama investigates allegations that the prices of hi-fi's, televisions and fridges are being kept artificially high. and reporter John Ware explains why finding a bargain might be difficult this year.