Boozing for Britain

S44 E01 • Monday, Jan 8, 1996 • Jan 8

Alcohol abuse is responsible for up to 40,000 deaths every year in Britain, as well as domestic incidents, absenteeism and crime.

Episode 2

S44 E02 • Monday, Jan 15, 1996 • Jan 15

From Cradle to Grave: Paying for the Future

S44 E03 • Monday, Jan 22, 1996 • Jan 22

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.

From Cradle to Grave: Paying for the Future

S44 E04 • Monday, Jan 29, 1996 • Jan 29

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.

Episode 5

S44 E05 • Monday, Feb 5, 1996 • Feb 5

Episode 6

S44 E06 • Monday, Feb 12, 1996 • Feb 12

Did the NHS Fail?

S44 E07 • Monday, Feb 19, 1996 • Feb 19

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?

Episode 8

S44 E08 • Monday, Feb 26, 1996 • Feb 26

Empress on the Rocks

S44 E09 • Monday, Mar 4, 1996 • Mar 4

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.

War Crime - Five Days in Hell

S44 E10 • Monday, Mar 11, 1996 • Mar 11

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.

A Ray Of Hope

S44 E11 • Monday, Mar 18, 1996 • Mar 18

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.

High Society?

S44 E12 • Monday, Mar 25, 1996 • Mar 25

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.

Death of a Principle

S44 E13 • Monday, Apr 1, 1996 • Apr 1

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.

Episode 14

S44 E14 • Monday, Apr 15, 1996 • Apr 15

The X-Ray Files

S44 E15 • Monday, Apr 22, 1996 • Apr 22

Battle of the Bonuses

S44 E16 • Monday, Apr 29, 1996 • Apr 29

A Life in Limbo

S44 E17 • Monday, May 13, 1996 • May 13

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.

Episode 18

S44 E18 • Monday, May 20, 1996 • May 20

Hard Lessons

S44 E19 • Monday, Jun 3, 1996 • Jun 3

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.

Russian Elections

S44 E20 • Monday, Jun 10, 1996 • Jun 10

Mad Cows and Englishmen - The Making of the Beef Crisis

S44 E21 • Monday, Jun 17, 1996 • Jun 17

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.

Animal Transplants

S44 E22 • Monday, Jun 24, 1996 • Jun 24

Off the Rails?

S44 E23 • Monday, Jul 1, 1996 • Jul 1

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.

Scandal at County Hall

S44 E24 • Monday, Jul 8, 1996 • Jul 8

The Drugs Olympics

S44 E25 • Monday, Jul 15, 1996 • Jul 15

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.

Dunblane - The Legacy

S44 E26 • Monday, Sep 16, 1996 • Sep 16

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.

Episode 27

S44 E27 • Monday, Sep 23, 1996 • Sep 23

Have They Got News for You

S44 E28 • Monday, Sep 30, 1996 • Sep 30

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?

The Billion Dollar Man

S44 E29 • Monday, Oct 7, 1996 • Oct 7

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.

Episode 30

S44 E30 • Monday, Oct 14, 1996 • Oct 14

Episode 31

S44 E31 • Monday, Oct 21, 1996 • Oct 21

On the Trail of the Real Bill Clinton

S44 E32 • Monday, Oct 28, 1996 • Oct 28

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.

Violent Women

S44 E33 • Monday, Nov 4, 1996 • Nov 4

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.

Episode 34

S44 E34 • Monday, Nov 11, 1996 • Nov 11

Broken Hearts

S44 E35 • Monday, Nov 18, 1996 • Nov 18

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.

Your Pound In Their Pocket: Panorama's Tax Bombshell

S44 E36 • Monday, Nov 25, 1996 • Nov 25

Tonight, Peter Jay contrasts political rhetoric of last 20 years with realities of tax burden, to discover if anything has changed.

Episode 37

S44 E37 • Monday, Dec 2, 1996 • Dec 2

The Price Is Wrong

S44 E38 • Monday, Dec 9, 1996 • Dec 9

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.