Aired: 1/29/2006
Panorama asks why British workers continue to work some of the longest hours in Europe. Many thought that new technologies would free us from the office but it seems they have simply blurred the lines between work and home.
Aired: 2/2/2006
A new generation of drugs is transforming cancer treatment but causing the NHS concern. Panorama investigates the rise of 'patient power', difficult decisions the NHS must make and asks if these drugs are as effective as claimed?
Aired: 3/5/2006
Panorama reports on a growing scandal, thousands of families in England and Wales who've been forced to sell the family home in order to pay for long-term care for an elderly relative. Care that should legally have been paid for by the NHS.
Aired: 3/8/2006
Peter Taylor gives an account of the events that led up to an innocent man being shot dead by an elite police firearms team at Stockwell tube station in London. Panorama follows the family of Jean Charles de Menezes as they seek justice.
Aired: 3/12/2006
Tony Blair is desperate for the legacy of his time in office to be something other than the war in Iraq. He wants to push through a radical program of public service reforms but are his party and the country willing to accept his plans.
Aired: 3/19/2006
Some 8,000 British troops are currently in Iraq, but the MoD has announced that 800 will be withdrawn in May. In order for foreign troops to withdraw the Iraqi army and police must be able to take over. Jane Corbin asks if they are ready.
Aired: 3/26/2006
Labour is investing unprecedented amounts into the NHS, but the service is about to announce the biggest deficit in its history. Is this due to a handful of bad managers as Ministers claim or is there something more fundamentally wrong?
Aired: 4/2/2006
A year-long Panorama investigation reveals how Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust may have put around 150 women with breast cancer at risk by failing to give them the crucial second stage of their treatment - radiotherapy.
Aired: 4/9/2006
They call it the "Vampire Theory". The idea that when it comes to the workforce, employers constantly crave the fresh blood of younger workers. Andy Davies investigates.
Aired: 5/10/2006
Panorama asked should society allow people to receive medical assistance to die if they are suffering unbearably with terminal illnesses?
Aired: 5/14/2006
Panorama decided to investigate why at least one thousand foreign-national prisoners have been released since 1999 when they should have been considered for deportation under laws introduced by David Blunkett as Home Secretary.
Aired: 5/21/2006
Shelley Jofre looks at how a routine inquiry in Scotland saw two people erroneously accused of serious crimes, undermining trust in fingerprinting as a forensic tool.
Aired: 6/4/2006
A US government whistleblower tells Panorama how scientific reports about global warming have been systematically changed and suppressed. Some of America's leading climate scientists claim that they have been censored by the administration
Aired: 6/11/2006
Panorama interviewed employees of the bankrupt ISL marketing company who confirmed the company had paid bribes to FIFA officials over a period of nearly 20 years.
Aired: 6/18/2006
The number of women giving birth in their forties has doubled in ten years. But as women leave it later to have children their chances drop dramatically and at least one in five will not have any at all.
Aired: 6/25/2006
In 1982 Roger Graef's documentary for the BBC called A Complaint of Rape prompted the police to change the way they deal with rape. 25 years on, Panorama asks if anything has changed for women who report rape.
Aired: 7/2/2006
Alarming numbers of people have killed themselves when their debt gets out of control. Yet high street banks target customers and push borrowing using sophisticated hard-sell tactics. Sally Magnusson reports.
Aired: 7/16/2006
Justin Rowlatt investigates how fraudsters have been exploiting loopholes in the European Single Market to steal two billion pounds a year from British taxpayers.
Aired: 7/23/2006
In March 2006, Panorama investigated how sick and elderly people are compelled unlawfully to sell their homes to pay for NHS care. Vivian White follows up on a scandal that shows little signs of abating.
Aired: 7/30/2006
Panorama explores out how a UK charity's donations have helped build support for Hamas, which is regarded by Europe and America as a terrorist organisation.
Aired: 8/2/2006
Panorama carries out an undercover investigation into previously unreported hooligan violence at World Cup 2006. The film follows England fans from Frankfurt to Gelsenkirchen and infiltrates groups of troublemakers.
Aired: 8/6/2006
With domestic bills at record highs yet hosepipe bans in effect, an investigation into the UK water companies accused of putting profits before consumers. Andy Davies reports.
Aired: 9/5/2006
The face of Holiday and Crimewatch, presenter Jill Dando was shot on her doorstep in April 1999. The Panorama team has forensic analysis which questions the only piece of scientific evidence against the man jailed for murdering her.
Aired: 9/19/2006
For the first time, an undercover team has spent a year infiltrating the world of football. This secret camera investigation names top agents, clubs and managers who are cheating their supporters.
Aired: 9/24/2006
After the furore over Gordon Brown's recent meetings with Tony Blair, Andrew Marr speaks to friends, foes and insiders to find out more about the would-be prime minister. Just how different would his leadership be?
Aired: 10/1/2006
Panorama investigates a secret Vatican document known as the "Crimen Sollicitationis", which established a guideline for handling allegations of child abuse, homosexuality and bestiality within the Catholic Church and was enforced for 20 years by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before he became the Pope.
Aired: 10/8/2006
John Sweeney investigates how David Mackenzie Mills went from Camden councillor to being part of the biggest public health investigation in Italian history.
Aired: 10/15/2006
Graeme McLagan investigates new scientific evidence revealing how, in split-second life-and-death situations, even the most highly trained officers can get things wrong - with tragic results.
Aired: 11/5/2006
Soaring gas bills are pushing up the cost of heating. Steve Bradshaw investigates why prices are rising and what can be done to avoid an expensive future.
Aired: 11/12/2006
As North Korea tests its atomic bomb and Iran defies the world with its nuclear programme, an investigation into the nuclear market that sold them technology.
Aired: 11/14/2006
Panorama has spent five months secretly monitoring paedophiles and other violent criminals on their release from prison into bail hostels.
Aired: 11/19/2006
The Panorama team charts one girl's battle with the bottle as new research suggests youngsters who abuse alcohol risk long-term brain damage and a life of ill-health.
Aired: 11/26/2006
Britain's courts are seeing an increasing number of people who have begged, borrowed or stolen so they can gamble online. Is the country ready to become a safehouse for global gaming?
Aired: 12/3/2006
Alastair Leithead and Fred Scott with unique footage of the Royal Marines' 3 Commando Brigade as they try to flush out the Taleban in Afghanistan.
Aired: 12/4/2006
Shahida Tulaganova sets herself the task of getting a fake passport for every EU country, going under cover to immerse herself in the illegal passport trade.
Aired: 12/10/2006
A return to earlier stories and investigations to report on developments, including what happened after corruption in football was exposed.