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The UK takeaway industry is booming. The country now spends over £10 billion a year on takeaway food, with the online market being dominated by giants like JustEat and Deliveroo. But what is the real cost of convenience? Panorama investigates how planning laws are being subverted and food safety legislation flouted in the battle to sell whatever consumers want to eat, whenever and wherever they want to eat it. Reporter Tina Daheley lifts the lid on the secrets of the takeaway industry.
An official inquiry has found that more than 450 patients had their lives cut short at an NHS hospital. Many were given fatal doses of painkillers even though they were not terminally ill and had only been admitted for rehabilitation following routine operations. So what was really going on at the Gosport War Memorial Hospital? Reporter Richard Bilton investigates the evidence and challenges those who may be to blame for the deaths.
In June 2016, the UK voted for Brexit. Two and a half years on we seem stuck. Filming with voters in Yorkshire and Kent, Adrian Chiles finds people's opinions are more entrenched and divided than ever. But most seem to agree on one thing - our politicians are failing to get us out of the mess we are in. Adrian follows MPs through a historic fortnight in Westminster to find out who is in charge - and whether they are putting party politics before the best interests of the country.
How many followers do you have? The rise of social media has brought with it a new kind of celebrity, the digital influencer. These megastars of Instagram and YouTube have upended the advertising industry by converting their virtual followers into real-world currency.
Big-name brands have flocked to online stars, paying them millions to endorse their products, but the market has been criticised as being a 'Wild West' of misleading and unregulated advertising, plugging everything from bogus diet drinks to online gambling to young audiences.
Panorama reporter Catrin Nye investigates whether companies are being up front and the impact this new form of advertising is having on consumers.
More young people than ever are exploring their gender identity. Last year, two and a half thousand under-eighteens were referred to NHS England's gender identity clinics for support. Some are hoping to get access to potentially irreversible treatments as soon as they can. Doctors are divided about the best way to help.
Dr Faye Kirkland investigates how much we understand about the care being offered to transgender children.
What’s behind Scotland’s rising toll of drugs deaths? Reporter Chris Clements pieces together heartbreaking stories from one rural community where lives have been devastated by the growing abuse of prescription pills. The investigation reveals an illicit online trade in pills driven by social media.
Fergus Wilson is evicting 90 families because he wants to cash-in on his property empire, with every resident in one street in Kent possibly having to leave their home. Wilson has been criticised in the past for refusing to rent to parents with young children or people who cook curry. Reporter Richard Bilton meets the outspoken landlord and finds out what life is like for the families facing eviction.
Panorama investigates the scandal surrounding Academy schools.
They're one of the biggest and most powerful technology companies in the world, but can we trust the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei? They have the equipment to run the next generation telecoms network which will power everything from the superfast phones to smart homes and driverless cars - but as we come more reliant on this type of technology, concerns have grown about Huawei allowing this network to be used to spy on us and even shutting the country down. As the government prepares to make the decision about who will build the network in the UK, Panorama investigates one of the most important and controversial companies in the world.
With a detailed account of the three days of disruption caused by the drone attack at Gatwick just before Christmas 2018, Justin Rowlatt asks what really happened.
In-depth investigation by the BBC's Panorama team.
Across Britain, it's getting harder than ever to book a GP appointment as local practices close due to a huge shortage of doctors. Will the government's new plan help?
Amar, a victim of napalm attacks by Saddam Hussein's forces in 1991, returns to Iraq for the first time in 30 years to try to find his family.
What do you know about the salmon on your plate? Panorama explores the £600 million industry producing the UK's biggest food export and the country's favourite fish.
Panorama goes undercover inside a hospital for vulnerable adults and reveals patients being mocked, taunted and intimidated by abusive staff. Olivia Davies reports.
Panorama reveals the failings of our social care system, as our population gets older and more of us need help with day-to-day living.
Panorama reveals how a controversial businessman will make billions of dollars from a suspicious energy deal. Reporter Mayeni Jones investigates the deal and uncovers secret payments made to the family of a senior politician. So why has one of Britain’s biggest companies agreed to invest in the project?
In the second of a two part series on the social care crisis, Panorama exposes a chaotic system on the brink of crisis. With more and more care homes closing, and a national shortage of carers, social affairs correspondent Alison Holt meets vulnerable people threatened with selling their homes to pay for their care, and their families battling the funding system. She tells the devastating stories of elderly people with no-one for fight for them and asks why successive governments have failed to reform a system experienced by so many as unfair, confusing and sometimes cruel.
With alcohol-related deaths on the rise, Adrian Chiles investigates what we know about the dangers of drinking, and why the alcohol industry isn’t telling us more.
Where are people on low incomes turning to in the wake of the collapse of the payday lender Wonga? Fiona Phillips investigates some of the lenders who seem to have stepped into the breach, asking why the cap on payday loans that marked the beginning of the end for Wonga doesn’t apply to other types of lending and whether it is still too easy to get what ends up being expensive credit?
After a bruising round of campaigning and vote-offs, there are just two candidates left standing in the race to be the next prime minister. But as they prepare for the final push, the BBC’s deputy political editor John Pienaar asks – is either of them capable of ending Britain’s Brexit battles?
With a no-deal Brexit looking increasingly likely, reporter Jane Corbin travels the nation to find out what it could mean for us and whether the preparations have been sufficient.
Panorama reporter John Ware goes inside the anti-Semitism crisis gripping Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party.
Sima Kotecha meets parents and campaigners from Islamic and other faith communities protesting against their children being taught about LGBT relationships at school.
For the first time, politicians and negotiators on both sides of the channel tell the story of the key events that made Theresa May postpone Brexit and forced her from office.
Hilary Andersson reports from Alabama, one of 12 US states currently attempting to overturn the constitutional right to abortion.
Reporter Richard Bilton investigates the fatal flaws of the Boeing 737 Max and asks whether Boeing should have done more to protect passengers.
Stacey Dooley travels to Kurdish-controlled northern Syria to holding camps where she meets western women who left their countries to join the so-called Islamic State.
Britain's betting industry is booming. The amount we lose to the betting companies has almost doubled in a decade, but are the bookies doing enough to protect problem gamblers?
As schools reopen their doors this week, Panorama asks if we have reached a crisis point in education funding.
This Panorama special follows West Midlands Police as they bring down the biggest human slavery operation that has ever been caught in the UK.
Growing numbers of young people are carrying knives and becoming victims of knife crime, while doctors report that the injuries from knives they are treating in hospital are becoming more severe and the victims getting younger. In this programme, Channell Wallace, whose own brother was stabbed to death, meets young people growing up in communities where carrying a knife is normal, sees how violence from knife crime is turning lives upside down and spends time in a school and college to see the impact of knives on the classroom.
A year on from the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Panorama investigates his brutal murder inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
Panorama investigates the multimillion-pound industry that sells men pick–up techniques to get women from the street and into bed as quickly as possible. The programme goes undercover at a so-called seduction ‘bootcamp’ where he finds that picking up women has been turned into a game where the lines of consent can be blurred and only the men know the rules - the women don’t even know they’re taking part.
Panorama looks at how the government plans to encourage us to reduce our carbon emissions.
He was the rock star of investing. Hundreds of thousands of people trusted him with their savings and pensions. But Neil Woodford lost billions and now investors are waiting to find out how much of their money they will get back. So how can you know who to trust with your cash? Richard Bilton investigates the secretive world of fund managers – the people who gamble with your money.
Drug dealers collect billions of pounds in the UK every year, but how do they get their dirty money into the financial system? Reporter Andy Verity follows the criminal cash from the streets of London to the gold markets of Dubai, revealing how an international crime gang laundered drug money around the world and how bankers and accountants at two big city firms failed to stop it.
David Dimbleby travels across the UK to reveal why this general election is set to be the most extraordinary in his 50 years as a journalist. Filming in the crucial weeks in the run up to the election campaign, David finds a country divided as never before. He meets people whose views on Brexit have hardened but whose party allegiances have weakened. Travelling across Britain and reporting from Westminster and Brussels, he meets both voters and politicians, to gain an insight into how the country and our politics has changed. This film throws new light on the state of the UK as we prepare to vote
The aviation industry says it is going green to reduce carbon emissions and help save the planet. Justin Rowlatt investigates its plans and asks whether it is promising more than it is delivering. With cheap flights leading to a boom in passenger numbers, he hears claims that the industry is putting growth and profits before the environment.
The government announced the closure of investigations into alleged war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan before a single soldier was prosecuted. But has there been a cover-up at the highest levels of the British military?
Reporter Richard Bilton meets UK detectives who talk for the first time about how they were prevented from prosecuting soldiers suspected of serious crimes. And he reveals evidence that suggests the Ministry of Defence and senior officers were involved in the cover-up of torture and illegal killings.
No escapes, constant surveillance and forced confessions: Panorama reveals how China runs its re-education camps. More than a million people have been locked up. It's one of the biggest mass detentions in modern history. Reporter Richard Bilton uncovers the reality of surveillance and abuse inside hundreds of new detention centres.
As Prince Andrew steps back from his public duties, Panorama hears from the victims of his former friend and convicted child sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.
Reporter Catrin Nye returns to Wales to find out if the roll-out of Universal Credit is still causing difficulties for vulnerable claimants.
Greg McKenzie investigates accusations of financial irregularities against the Salvation Proclaimers Anointed Church, a charity dedicated to tackling gang violence and crime.
