Panorama — 2020

Jan 2020

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

Jan 2020

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

Jan 2020

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

Feb 2020

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

Feb 2020

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.

Feb 2020

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

Feb 2020

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

Mar 2020

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

Mar 2020

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

Mar 2020

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

Mar 2020

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.

Mar 2020

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.

Apr 2020

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.

Apr 2020

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.

Apr 2020

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.

May 2020

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

May 2020

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.

May 2020

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

Jun 2020

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.

Jun 2020

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

Jun 2020

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.

Jun 2020

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.

Jun 2020

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.

Jul 2020

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

Jul 2020

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.

Jul 2020

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?

Jul 2020

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

Jul 2020

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

Jul 2020

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.

Aug 2020

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.

Aug 2020

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

Aug 2020

Victoria Derbyshire investigates what the coronavirus lockdown meant for those trapped with an abusive partner, and meets some of those who managed to escape.

Aug 2020

Reporter Darragh MacIntyre meets the families of British people arbitrarily detained in Iran and asks whether the payment of a historic debt could set them free.

Sept 2020

As most children in England return to their classrooms, reporter Sean Dilley investigates the system for supporting young people with special educational needs.

Sept 2020

Panorama investigates one of the world’s most brutal trades - the buying and selling of human organs.

Sept 2020

Panorama uncovers secret reports that expose how banks have failed to tackle crime. Reporter Richard Bilton also exposes the business deals billionaires would rather you didn’t know about.

Sept 2020

Panorama hears from whistleblowers working inside the government’s new coronavirus tracking system. They reveal chaos, technical problems, confusion and wasted resources.

Oct 2020

Panorama hears from the people living in the path of last year's bush fires in Australia, and asks whether such events are to become normal.

Oct 2020

Rianna Croxford investigates the death of transport worker Belly Mujinga, following reports she had been coughed and spat on by a customer at London’s Victoria Station.

Oct 2020

Colin Jackson investigates the hidden extent of eating disorders in British sport and asks what the authorities should be doing to tackle the problem.

Oct 2020

Kash Jones investigates the long-term consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic on young people.

Nov 2020

Tina Daheley investigates whether TikTok, the social media sensation of lockdown, is safe for the millions of young people who have signed up.

Nov 2020

Panorama reporter Jane Corbin visits Liverpool to find out how people are coping with tier three coronavirus restrictions.

Nov 2020

Joe Biden has won the battle for the White House. Reporter Hilary Andersson meets the Trump supporters who believe the election was stolen and asks whether they will ever accept their new president.

Nov 2020

The extraordinary story of one family's journey from a small town in America to the heart of the Islamic State group and back.

Nov 2020

Panorama investigates the government’s shared-ownership scheme, designed to get more people on the property ladder, but leaving some with escalating costs and huge debts.

Dec 2020

Panorama follows businesses fighting to survive the pandemic and sees the pressure on those trying to save jobs and livelihoods.

Dec 2020

Justin Rowlatt visits communities around Britain battered by this year’s extreme weather - unprecedented rainfall, sunshine and sustained high temperatures - to find out how they have coped.

Dec 2020

The inside story of the development of the Oxford vaccine against Covid-19. Fergus Walsh scrutinises the data that has come out of the trials, and examines the vaccination's efficacy and safety.