Highlights
Panorama

Panorama - 2003 (2003)

Audience Score
62

2003 Episodes

1. Survivors

January 26th, 2003

Sarah Barclay reports on two disabled 11 year old girls, Emmy Myerson and Asia Riley, and the battle fought by their parents to get help in a country where children can be kept alive by modern medicine but then largely ignored by the state.

2. Tackling Saddam

February 2nd, 2003

An opportunity for viewers to quiz BBC correspondents John Simpson, Andrew Marr and Matt Frei on the subject of Iraq and Saddam Hussein.

3. Chasing Saddam's Weapons

February 9th, 2003

While the US and Britain seek to justify war, Jane Corbin has spent the past three months with the United Nations's weapons inspectors in Iraq. Her report offers an insight into a nation on the brink of war and invasion.

4. Promises, Promises

February 16th, 2003

Following the devastating snowfall two weeks ago, reporter John Ware asks what became of Labour's vision of a transport system to rival Europe's best.

5. The Golden Hour

February 17th, 2003

As part of the BBC's season on domestic violence, Sarah Spiller reports on new police procedures designed to convict more perpetrators of such assaults.

6. Bush v Saddam

March 2nd, 2003

With President Bush moving closer by the day to a war to topple Saddam, Panorama links up audiences in America and the Middle East, to debate how to tackle Saddam, and the consequences of getting it wrong.

7. Ready, Steady, Trade

March 9th, 2003

For Comic Relief, Panorama sets celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson a challenge: to create a world-class meal from ingredients that reporter Steve Bradshaw has bought from some of the world's poorest farmers.

8. Frontline Britain

March 16th, 2003

A look at how British intelligence agencies have conducted a secret war against al-Qaeda since 9/11. And, as the UK faces the possibility of a terrorist attack, reporter Andy Davies questions whether the emergency services are

9. Blair's Road to War

March 18th, 2003

Tony Blair is facing one of the toughest days of his political career as the Commons debates the war on Iraq. David Dimbleby and a panel of politicians and writers, will discuss the key questions surrounding the debate.

10. Blair's War

March 23rd, 2003

Could Tony Blair lose his job over the Iraq crisis? For two months Panorama has been following the opposition to him, in the anti-war movement, in the Labour Party, and in Parliament.

11. Questions from a Divided World

March 30th, 2003

The coalition forces are inside Iraq but is the world still divided on the merits of the conflict? In a special programme, Panorama gives a voice to people around the world as it gauges opinion about the war.

12. The Race to Baghdad

April 6th, 2003

The coalition plan for the invasion of Iraq was built on a campaign to remove Saddam Hussein and to be welcomed as liberators. John Ware investigates how the British and American war strategy has been tested in the heat of battle.

13. After Saddam

April 13th, 2003

What will be the consequences of the war in the Gulf for Iraq and the rest of the world? Viewers are given the chance to send their questions by email and text message to BBC correspondents in London, Washington and the war zone itself.

14. The Battle for Basra

April 27th, 2003

Jane Corbin reports of the struggle of Iraqi citizens and the military battle by British forces to take control of a city which the coalition never expected to have to have to fight for.

15. Seroxat: E-mails from the Edge

May 11th, 2003

Last October Panorama revealed the dark and shocking side of Seroxat, one of the world's favourite anti-depressants. The feedback to that film was unprecedented with thousands of people contacting the programme.

16. The War Party

May 18th, 2003

They brought us war against Iraq - what do the hawks in Washington have in store for us now? Panorama investigates the "neo-conservatives", the small and unelected group of right-wingers, who critics claim have hijacked the White House.

17. The Chicken Run

May 22nd, 2003

Panorama investigates a major food scandal. How the frozen chicken industry in Holland which ships over a thousand tonnes of chicken into the UK each week routinely pumps the meat full of water to make it weigh more thus swelling profits.

18. Euro Visions

June 8th, 2003

On the eve of the Government's decision on whether Britain should join the euro, Gavin Esler debates the issues with politicians and journalists.

19. Five Days In May

June 15th, 2003

While Zimbabwe's cricket team played at Lord's last month, Panorama witnessed a country brought to the brink of collapse by tyranny. Fergal Keane asks whether the final push to remove President Mugabe has begun.

20. Gangsters at War

June 22nd, 2003

Kevin Magee explores the power struggles behind gangland violence involving crime godfathers such as "Mad Dog" and "the Egyptian" - bloody feuds which have spread beyond Belfast and into Scotland and England.

21. Fiddling the Figures

June 29th, 2003

Panorama uncovers disturbing evidence about what some hospitals are doing to achieve the government's National Health Service (NHS) targets.

22. The Baby Business

July 6th, 2003

Making babies is big business. And the body that's supposed to regulate treatment - the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) - is struggling to keep up to date with what's going on inside Britain's fertility clinics.

23. What Happened Next?

July 13th, 2003

Over the past year, Panorama carried out a number of major investigations - but what was their final outcome? Tonight's edition features updates of some of those reports.

24. Asylum

July 23rd, 2003

Over the last six months, reporter Claudia Murg conducted an undercover investigation into Britain's asylum system, during which she encountered gangs who flouted the rules and genuine claimants who have been kept in limbo for months.

25. The Price of Victory

September 28th, 2003

For three long, hot and increasingly violent months, Panorama filmed US troops in Baghdad who came to rebuild Iraq but were sucked into an urban guerrilla war.

26. Inside Guantanamo

October 5th, 2003

Panorama uncovers the true picture of this new system of arrest, detention, interrogation and trial by military commission at the infamous camp.

27. Sex and the Holy City

October 12th, 2003

Pope John Paul's reign is widely celebrated, yet millions of women around the world may feel they have reason to regret his long rule - and the global battles he has waged against contraception, abortion and condoms.

28. Blair's University Challenge

October 19th, 2003

With a nod to the famous quiz show from a campus location, in the presence of Education Secretary Charles Clarke , Gavin Esler hosts a debate on the Government's top-up fees policy.

29. Crack UK

October 26th, 2003

Facing stiff competition and falling prices, crack dealers are moving out of their traditional haunts - the inner cities - and, like businessmen, opening up new markets that target affluent towns. Shelley Jofre reports.

30. Fair Cop?

November 2nd, 2003

While murderers have gone free, innocent people have been jailed. Phil Parry investigates a police force with a record of fabricating evidence in high-profile cases.

31. In the Line of Fire

November 9th, 2003

In April 2003, Panorama producer Tom Giles and BBC World Affairs editor John Simpson were caught in a friendly fire incident in Iraq. This is the story of that incident in which our translator was killed.

32. A Carer's Story

November 16th, 2003

Is the system of caring for the elderly at home delivering the choices the Government promised? Fran Baker goes undercover to investigate.

33. Still Chasing Saddam's Weapons

November 23rd, 2003

How much of a threat did Saddam Hussein really pose to the West? Jane Corbin profiles the secret and controversial work of the Iraq Survey group as they hunt for the weapons of mass destruction that politicians insisted were there.

34. Spend It Like Beckham

November 30th, 2003

Britain has caught luxury fever, and lenders are falling over themselves to give us credit. How long can Britain continue to spend and is payback around the corner?

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