1998
36 episodes · Jan 12, 1998
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The Price of Peace
Jan 26, 1998Britain's nuclear submarine fleet played a vital part in maintaining peace in Europe during the Cold War. But now former submariners and dockyard workers are falling ill with cancer and leukaemia.
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All the President's Women
Feb 2, 1998Sexual scandal leading to crisis for Clinton's presidency.
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On the Sick
Feb 9, 1998There are over 2 million adults of working age claiming long-term sickness and disability benefits, a cost of over £14 billion a year to the taxpayer. The government wants to get many of those categorised as sick/disabled into employment.
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Branson's Pickle
Feb 16, 1998The last government promised that the privatisation of Britain's railways would bring cheaper and more efficient travel. But some of the new rail operators have come under criticism for failing to provide reliable services.
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Dome!
Feb 23, 1998The Millennium Dome has been called an unforgivable waste of 3/4 of a billion pounds, almost half of which would come from the National Lottery. With less than 2 years to go, the government has still not said what will be inside the Dome.
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Rural Revolution
Mar 2, 1998The Government has said that uneconomic farms will have to close as subsidies are cut. Last year farm incomes fell by nearly 50 percent, pushing thousands of small farmers to the brink of bankruptcy.
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Childcare On The Cheap
Mar 9, 1998With the government encouraging more mothers to go out to work, Panorama investigates the quality of care on offer to children of working parents who cannot afford the high fees usually associated with good childcare.
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Teacher, I Need You
Mar 16, 1998Education specialists and politicians claim there is a crisis in teacher recruitment with the number of applications for teacher-training courses falling and thousands of experienced teachers applying for retirement. Vivian White reports.
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Special Hospitals
Mar 23, 1998Britain's special hospitals house many of the most dangerous people in society. The patients have committed the most terrible crimes but are themselves mentally ill. Now the future of such hospitals is in question.
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Nicking the Neighbours
Mar 30, 1998A family with 7 children are evicted from their council home because neighbours claim they made life intolerable. Panorama examines the tough new measures being used by authorities to remove "nuisance neighbours" from housing estates.
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Settlement or Sell Out?
Apr 6, 1998This week may see the birth of an historic peace agreement in N. Ireland, but will Sinn Fein and the IRA be part of it? Panorama investigates whether Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness are likely to accept or reject the settlement on offer.
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Health - The Trust Betrayed
Apr 20, 1998As the Government appoints a fraud-buster for the Health Service, Panorama reports on cases involving doctors and opticians where millions of pounds have gone missing or have been falsely claimed.
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Children Of Crime: The Drugs Debate
Apr 27, 1998Studio debate with Keith Hellawell following new drugs strategy.
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Defend the Children
May 11, 1998Addresses concerns of relatives of victims and locals at paedophiles such as Sidney Cooke being released into their areas.
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The Diana Dividend
May 18, 1998Across the world, unofficial memorabilia of Diana, Princess of Wales is already raking in millions of pounds, but should the official Memorial Fund cash in on her memory, or should it be wound up?
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The Nurses' Story
May 21, 1998Following their return home, the story of two British nurses - Lucille McLauchlan and fellow nurse Deborah Parry. The pair were jailed for the killing of Australian Yvonne Gilford in 1996 in Saudi Arabia.
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Episode 19
Jun 1, 1998NHS failure to prevent deaths of babies following heart surgery in Bristol.
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How to Win the World Cup
Jun 8, 1998While fans scrabble around for tickets at inflated prices on the black market, sponsors offer free entry to matches and hospitality. Panorama asks if the fans now matter when it's the money men who will really win at the World Cup.
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The Louise Woodward Interview
Jun 22, 1998Louise Woodward, British au pair convicted of involuntary manslaughter of a child under her care in Massachusetts, gives her first television interview since returning home to Britain.
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The Car Cartel
Jul 6, 1998Britain is known as "Treasure Island" to the car industry, because of the large profits to be had from the inflated prices of cars. Panorama investigates what is being called one of the biggest price-fixing rackets in the world.
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The Spy's Story: The Plot To Kill Gaddafi
Aug 7, 1998Interview with David Shayler, former MI5 officer awaiting extradition from French jail to face charges of breaking Official Secrets Act.
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The Love Drug
Sep 14, 1998Panorama investigates the impotence drug Viagra, including evidence of abuse and concerns that not enough is known about its human and financial costs.
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Workaholics
Sep 21, 1998There is a growing army of workaholics choosing to sacrifice time spent with family and friends for extra time at the office. But is the familiar image of stressed employees, forced to work long hours to safeguard their jobs, just a myth?
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Failing at Four
Oct 5, 1998This school term more 4 year-olds are starting formal classes than ever before. There are doubts about whether school is the right environment for such young children. Could starting too young lead to major problems for a whole generation?
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The Cruelty Connection
Oct 12, 1998In America, the FBI now believes that serial killers start their pattern of violence with attacks on animals. Politicians are giving the link more credence after a spate of schoolyard shootings by youths with a history of abuse of pets.
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To Catch a Cop
Oct 19, 1998An investigation into past corruption in one of the country's biggest police forces. Panorama tells the inside story of how detectives who served in the West Midlands Drug Squad framed suspects and misappropriated drugs and money.
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Death to America
Oct 26, 1998America is in the front line of a new war of terrorism which threatens its citizens around the world. Islamic militants loyal to Saudi millionaire Osama Bin Laden have sworn death to America and their anger also threatens her allies.
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Porn Wars
Nov 2, 1998The police are increasingly powerless to enforce the obscenity law because juries often refuse to convict. Britain has some of the world's toughest porn laws, Home Secretary Jack Straw has ordered film censors to apply them more strictly.
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Charles - A Life in Waiting
Nov 9, 1998In the week Prince Charles celebrates his 50th birthday Panorama looks at his life, interests, family, his vision for himself and the institution he represents.
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Are You Being Served?
Nov 23, 1998Britain's supermarkets say they have an unbeatable offer - their quality, convenience and value. But, how do the claims of the retailing barons check out? Are the big supermarkets too powerful? Are shoppers being charged too much?
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Closing Down
Nov 30, 1998Thousands of families suffer the pain of job loss and the worry of threatened closures. Panorama reveals their sense of betrayal and the policies and global forces that have destroyed people's economic confidence.
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When Good Men Do Nothing
Dec 7, 1998On the 50th anniversary of the Genocide Convention, Steve Bradshaw looks into the massacre of a million people in Rwanda in 1994, and the fatal consequences of the United Nations Security Council's failure to act on warnings.
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Boys Don't Cry
Dec 14, 1998Four years ago BBC presenter Juliet Morris's younger brother Edward took his own life at the age of 24. Juliet Morris investigates the tragic rise in the suicide rate among young men in the UK and looks at the reasons why this is happening