Panorama Season 42, Episode 17: Arafat's Historic Return To Jericho

Nose to Tail

Will government plans to spend £23 billion on Britain's roads ease traffic jams or encourage more people to take to their cars? Reporter John Penycate talks to people affected by schemes such as the widening of the M25 and M62.

Current Fears

Simon Studholme died of leukaemia in 1992. His bedroom was next to electricity meter and outside house stands an electricity substation.

For the Sake of the Children

With 1994 designated Year of Family, it is disturbing trends emerging from 1980s show more children than ever will go.

Battling for Air

Two thousand people die of asthma each year in Britain. The number of sufferers is growing, and blame is being leveled at air pollution.

Episode 5

Who's Sorry Now

Five years ago government created personal pensions industry -and a big problem. The government now promises industry's system of "self-regulation" is to be tightened up, but reporter Vivian White reveals that.

The Sacrifice Zone

America began to conduct atomic tests at Yucca Flats in Nevada soon after Second World War, and "down-winders" across border in Utah were repeatedly told they were safe.

Truth Is a Difficult Concept

The Scott Inquiry into exports to Iraq has put inner workings of government on public display as never.

Breast Cancer

An investigation into one of the biggest killers of middle-aged women in Britain - breast cancer. The programme reports on how doctors are either unaware of or are apparently ignoring the latest research on treatment.

The Red Peril

After the success of Vladimir Zhirinovsky in Russia's recent elections, Panorama examines the threat to world peace. The strong feelings of national pride and resentment in Russia could form the seed-beds of nationalist aggression.

Mandela's Promised Land

In 1987 the BBC's Michael Buerk was refused a renewal of his work permit to report from South Africa - effectively he was expelled, as part of the increasing government clampdown on coverage of the apartheid regime.

Gravy Training

Government schemes to train long-term unemployed sound like a good idea but this investigation reveals they are often very expensive, ineffective and merely a way to massage unemployment figures.

Episode 13

Episode 14

The Price of Power

Seacroft Is Britain

On the South Seacroft estate in Leeds, syringes lie in gutters and drug dealers cruise the streets in fast cars confident the police won't catch them. For the children in this area, drugs are a way of life.

Episode 18

Journey Into Darkness

Poison in the Mouth

Are our dental fillings making us ill? Tom Mangold reports on alarming new evidence about amalgam, the substance metal fillings are made of.

Grassed! - The Changing Role of the Police Informant

"The police force should not be enticing people to commit crime - And that is what they have been doing," says James Daniels, a small-time villain who claims he was set up by a police informer on a major firearms charge.

Salvaging Babies

"If the baby comes out and looks a 'goer', we will try for it" says a doctor to a woman 22 weeks pregnant and starting contractions. Sarah Barclay examines whether it is miraculous or madness to try to save babies born extremely premature.

Episode 23

Episode 24

The Landlord's Return

The landlord is back. But is he up to the job? In tonight's programme, Mike Embley investigates the rent revolution - millions of people who've always looked to the state for a home are being forced to go to private landlords.

An Act of Man

What is future for Rwandans who survive refugee camps? The United Nations is trying to persuade survivors to return to what is left of their homes in Rwanda but many refugees see little alternative to life of dependency of camps.

Golden Handshakes

Why should a company director of two years' standing get a "golden handshake" of half-a-million pounds when a middle manager has to work for 20 years before he or she is offered a year's salary?

Blair's Britain

Tonight Panorama introduces Tony Blair, the man behind the rhetoric and headlines. In the town of Southampton, Blair meets the middle England he is said to represent. What does he have to offer? Stephen Bradshaw reports.

The Age of Fear

Peter Jay, BBC Economics Editor, looks at job insecurity, issue of 90s. With "a job for life" now an outdated concept, parents fear their children will suffer a drop in their standard of living.

The Uneasy Peace

In wake of IRA ceasefire, Panorama reports on mood of Unionist community. A member of unionist Orange Order alleges Northern Ireland has been undergoing IRA "ethnic cleansing" for some time.

The Future Is Female

From babyhood to boardroom, women are now set to out-achieve men. Panorama reveals evidence that the future is female - and the weaker sex is now male. Have women won the war of the sexes? Mike Embley reports.

The Mr. Nice Guy Murders

He was the boy from the other side of the tracks, poor, black, who made it in a white man's world. The trial of 0J Simpson, an American sporting hero, on charges of murdering his wife and her friend has become the story of the decade.

The Greatest Nightmare

Is "the greatest nightmare" of being "old, sick, poor and uncared for" referred to by John Major at the Conservative Party Conference already a reality for thousands of Britain's sick and elderly? Sarah Barclay reports.

Episode 34

Episode 35

Ferries - The Fatal Flaw

On 28 September the ferry Estonia sank in minutes in the Baltic Sea with the loss of 900 lives. It was the second major accident involving roll-on roll-off passenger ferries in seven years. Jane Corbin reports.

Annus Horribili

In the wake of books, biographies and annus horribili, the monarchy is facing its biggest crisis for half a century. Even establishment circles are now worried that the cracks in the royal facade are beginning to show.

Not So Great Railway Journeys

As British Rail is broken up into more than 80 new companies, trains are grinding to a halt with more cancellations and late trains, leaving even more passengers waiting at the station.