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1996
1996x1
Boozing for Britain
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Alcohol abuse is responsible for up to 40,000 deaths every year in Britain, as well as domestic incidents, absenteeism and crime. But the government, which spends £10 million per year .. show full overview
1996x2
15/01/1996
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1996x3
From Cradle to Grave: Broken Promises
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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 .. show full overview
1996x4
From Cradle to Grave: Paying for the Future
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The second programme of a special two-part investigation into the welfare state. Stephen Bradshaw looks at the implications of the middle classes increasingly looking to private .. show full overview
1996x5
05/02/1996
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1996x6
12/02/1996
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1996x7
Did the NHS fail?
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On 8 December last year, a ten-year-old boy from Stockport, Nicholas Geldard , died in a Leeds hospital. He had fallen ill the previous afternoon while playing on his computer at home. .. show full overview
1996x8
26/02/1996
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1996x9
04/03/1996
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1996x10
War Crime - Five Days in Hell
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The Bosnian Serb army stand accused of some of the worst war crimes to be committed since the end of the Second World War. As the war crimes tribunal gathers evidence, Panorama tells the .. show full overview
1996x11
A Ray Of Hope
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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.
1996x12
High Society?
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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. Panorama .. show full overview
1996x13
Death of a Principle
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Last year nearly 200 people were publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia, yet the British Government does not criticise its closest Middle East ally. As the Home Office reconsiders its .. show full overview
1996x14
15/04/1996
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1996x15
22/04/1996
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1996x16
Battle Of The Bonuses
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1996x17
A Life In Limbo
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Thomas Creedon was born severely brain-damaged. Unable to see or hear, he was kept alive only through modern medicine. His quality of life was such that his parents were prepared to take .. show full overview
1996x18
20/05/1996
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1996x19
Hard Lessons
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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 .. show full overview
1996x20
10/06/1996
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1996x21
Mad Cows and Englishmen - the Making of the Beef Crisis
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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 .. show full overview
1996x22
24/06/1996
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1996x23
Off the Rails?
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In the brave new world of privatised railways, it's cheaper to send trains by road than by rail. When trains need to be serviced, the new owners of the track charge operators so much .. show full overview
1996x24
08/07/1996
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1996x25
The Drugs Olympics
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Swifter, higher, stronger is the Olympic motto but has the athlete's ultimate dream to win gold created a culture of world-class cheats? Reporter Tom Mangold talks to Olympic athletes en .. show full overview
1996x26
Dunblane - the Legacy
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Panorama begins with this report on the aftermath of the massacre when Thomas Hamilton killed 16 children and their teacher at Dunblane Primary School. As the Cullen Inquiry prepares to .. show full overview
1996x27
23/09/1996
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1996x28
Have They Got News for You
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The spin doctors politicians rely upon to influence the news have been called "the men in the dark" . Do they pressure and cajole journalists and help politicians float stories that can .. show full overview
1996x29
The Billion Dollar Man
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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. .. show full overview
1996x30
14/101996
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1996x31
21/10/1996
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1996x32
On the Trail of the Real Bill Clinton
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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.
1996x33
Violent Women
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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 .. show full overview
1996x34
11/11/1996
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1996x35
Broken Hearts
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Martin Sashir reports on what seems to be a wide scale ignorance of the easily-treatable Kawasaki disease, the biggest cause of heart disease among children in the western world.
1996x36
Your Pound in Their Pocket: Panorama's Tax Bombshell
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Tonight, Peter Jay contrasts the political rhetoric of the last 20 years with the realities of the tax burden, to discover if anything has changed. Panorama hears from families, former .. show full overview
1996x37
02/12/1996
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1996x38
The Price Is Wrong
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With Christmas imminent. Panorama investigates allegations that the prices of hi-fis, televisions and fridges are being kept artificially high. and reporter John Ware explains why finding a bargain might be difficult this year.

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