The BEST episodes of Panorama season 2024
Every episode of Panorama season 2024, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Panorama season 2024!
Investigative documentary series revealing the truth about the stories that matter.
#1 - NHS Patients Going Private: What Are the Risks?
Season 2024 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/8/2024
With more than six million people in England alone waiting for an operation on the NHS, Monika Plaha investigates the safety record of one of the UK's biggest private healthcare providers.
#2 - Smart Motorways: When Technology Fails
Season 2024 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/22/2024
The rollout of smart motorways has been stopped because of safety fears, but there are still 250 miles of the network with no hard shoulder. The government says new technology will make existing stretches of smart motorways safe. But what happens when the technology doesn’t work? Panorama reveals how equipment failure and power cuts can leave motorists in danger if they break down. When the system isn’t working, the cameras won’t see you, the radar won’t find you and you’ll have no idea the motorway isn’t smart anymore. Reporter Richard Bilton meets the people whose lives have been changed by the roads that keep failing.
#3 - What's on Your Supermarket Shelves? The Dark Side of the Tomato Trade
Season 2024 - Episode 38 - Aired 12/2/2024
Runako Celina investigates whether products made using forced Uyghur labour in the Chinese province of Xinjiang could be ending up on the shelves of some of the UK’s biggest supermarkets.
#4 - Undercover School: Cruelty in the Classroom
Season 2024 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/17/2024
Panorama investigates a school for children with special educational needs. Places at LIFE school in the Wirral cost the local authority £50,000 or more a year per pupil, but reporter Sasha Hinde sees little teaching going on. Instead, pupils are mocked, bullied and physically abused.
#5 - Trump: A Second Chance?
Season 2024 - Episode 33 - Aired 10/28/2024
For the past two years, Panorama has been following some of Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters. They tell Panorama why they want him to get a second chance in the White House.
#6 - The Missing Cryptoqueen: Dead or Alive?
Season 2024 - Episode 19 - Aired 6/3/2024
Ruja Ignatova, the flamboyant founder of fake cryptocurrency OneCoin, is the world's most wanted woman. Dubbed the 'Missing Cryptoqueen', she's on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list after defrauding investors of USD4.5 billion and then vanishing. Did the 'Missing Cryptoqueen' run with the money, or was she killed by the very people that were supposed to protect her?
#7 - Britain's Child Health Crisis
Season 2024 - Episode 21 - Aired 7/15/2024
Rahil Sheikh tries to discover what’s causing Britain's child health crisis and what can be done to fix it. Keir Starmer has promised his new government will tackle it, but it won’t be easy or cheap.
#8 - The Truth about Smart Meters
Season 2024 - Episode 35 - Aired 11/11/2024
Smart meters are supposed to make paying our energy bills easier and cheaper. But is that the whole story? In 2011, the coalition government set out plans to get smart meters into every home and said it could complete the rollout by 2019. But years later, only two-thirds of homes have one, and millions of smart meters don't work as they should. Zoe Conway investigates why there are so many problems that leave customers frustrated and out of pocket – and reveals how well your smart meter works can depend on where you live.
#9 - HS2: The Railway that Blew Billions
Season 2024 - Episode 27 - Aired 9/16/2024
HS2 was meant to be the railway of the future, an epic piece of engineering which would get Britain moving and help level up. But more than a decade on, the costs have rocketed, key sections of the line have been scrapped, and the project is mired in uncertainty. Richard Bilton investigates what went wrong, talking to politicians, whistle-blowers and people living along the route, to discover how billions of pounds of taxpayers' money was blown.
#10 - Andrew Tate: Accused
Season 2024 - Episode 26 - Aired 9/9/2024
Oana Marocico returns to her home country to investigate Andrew and Tristan Tate's Romanian webcam business and speaks to women who claim they’ve been abused by the brothers.
#11 - Britain’s Obesity Crisis: Are Weight-Loss Drugs the Answer?
Season 2024 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2024
A new generation of anti-obesity drugs are being hailed as game changers for the NHS and for millions of patients. So-called 'skinny jabs' like Wegovy have largely been the preserve of celebrities and those with the money to buy them privately, but now the NHS is beginning to roll them out. So will they live up to the hype, how available will they be, and is the NHS ready for a revolution in treating obesity?
#12 - Hamas’s Secret Financial Empire
Season 2024 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/2024
Following the attacks of 7 October 2023, Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas. But can it? John Ware investigates Hamas’ network outside Gaza, uncovering a web of financial enablers.
#13 - The Nottingham Attacks: A Search for Answers
Season 2024 - Episode 23 - Aired 8/12/2024
In June 2023, Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates were stabbed to death by Valdo Calocane. Reporter Navtej Johal investigates his history of mental ill health and the care he received.
#14 - Trump: The Sequel?
Season 2024 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/4/2024
Donald Trump is back and heading for an epic election rematch with Joe Biden in November. So how is a man facing 91 charges and four different criminal trials managing to defy the laws of political gravity? Is he on course to retake the White House, or could judges or swing voters stop him? In a Panorama collaboration with the Americast podcast on BBC Sounds, Justin Webb and Marianna Spring travel from the frozen plains of Iowa to the crucial swing state of Georgia to explore Donald Trump’s enduring appeal and look ahead to an unprecedented American election year.
#15 - Sudden Child Deaths: The Search for Answers
Season 2024 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2024
It's a parent's nightmare. An apparently healthy child dying without warning, and no explanation of what went wrong. Yet unexplained deaths in children over a year old happen almost once a week in the UK. They sometimes result in parents being falsely accused of harming their child. Reporter Richard Bilton investigates these sudden unexplained deaths in children and looks at the research trying to find out why they happen.
#16 - The Chris Kaba Shooting
Season 2024 - Episode 34 - Aired 11/4/2024
With exclusive access to the parents of Chris Kaba, who was shot dead by armed police, Panorama investigates what happened on the night of the fatal shooting.
#17 - Telegram and the Russian Billionaire
Season 2024 - Episode 40 - Aired 12/16/2024
Reporter Bronagh Munro investigates how the Telegram app, owned by Russian billionaire Pavel Durov, can be used to spread harmful and dangerous content.
#18 - The Water Company’s Murky Business
Season 2024 - Episode 39 - Aired 12/9/2024
Reporter Joe Crowley investigates how Severn Trent hits environmental targets while dumping large quantities of sewage and asks whether there is more to the company’s finances than meets the eye.
#19 - Binge Drinking and Me
Season 2024 - Episode 37 - Aired 11/25/2024
BBC journalist Hazel Martin goes on a personal journey to find out why alcohol-related deaths from liver disease among women under 40 have risen sharply over the last decade.
#20 - Can Scientists Save the World?
Season 2024 - Episode 36 - Aired 11/18/2024
Richard Bilton meets the scientists trying to save the world from the consequences of climate change and investigates whether they can really make a difference.
#21 - Lucy Letby: Unanswered Questions
Season 2024 - Episode 32 - Aired 10/21/2024
Former nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of harming and murdering babies in her care. Now, a growing number of experts are questioning the prosecution's evidence.
#22 - Britain’s Newest Bank: How Safe Is Your Money?
Season 2024 - Episode 31 - Aired 10/14/2024
Reporter Catrin Nye investigates the stories of Revolut customers who say scammers took tens of thousands of pounds from their accounts, and that Revolut failed to protect them.
#23 - October 7th: One Year On
Season 2024 - Episode 30 - Aired 10/7/2024
Jane Corbin has been following four families, two in Israel and two in Gaza, whose lives have been changed forever by the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
#24 - The Menopause Industry Uncovered
Season 2024 - Episode 29 - Aired 9/30/2024
Kirsty Wark investigates the multi-billion-pound global menopause industry promising women relief from often debilitating symptoms if they buy specially branded supplements, teas and even pyjamas.
#25 - Supermarket Deals: How Good Are They?
Season 2024 - Episode 28 - Aired 9/23/2024
As the cost-of-living squeeze continues to affect many, supermarkets say they’re doing what they can to help us save money, offering discounts and promotions. But just how good are these deals?