About this season
Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
Episodes (39)
1. Episode 1
Aired 1 January 1984
2. Vietnam: Children of the Dust
Aired 9 January 1984
3. The Illusive Peace (Israel and the PLO)
Aired 23 January 1984
4. Maggie's Militant Tendency
Aired 30 January 1984
5. Will the Cap Fit?
Aired 6 February 1984
6. Hands That Once Picked Cotton
Aired 13 February 1984
7. The Television Revolution
Aired 20 February 1984
8. The Electric Shock
Aired 27 February 1984
9. Bitter Sweet Pill
Aired 5 March 1984
10. Super Tuesday
Aired 12 March 1984
11. America's Other Election
Aired 19 March 1984
12. The Habit the Government Won't Break
Aired 26 March 1984
13. The Certain Road to Absurdity
Aired 2 April 1984
14. The Prime Minister
Aired 9 April 1984
Robin Day interviews Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Downing Street.
15. On Course for War
Aired 16 April 1984
16. The Coal War
Aired 30 April 1984
The prospect of closure for collieries across Britain is believed to be pushing moderate areas towards more militant approaches. Led by Arthur Scargill of the National Union of Mineworkers, many believe that participation in the strike is their only hope of securing a future for the mining industry. In the studio, Scargill and Ned Smith of the National Coal Board discuss the issues surrounding this wave of industrial action.
17. The Bradford Experiment
Aired 14 May 1984
David Lomax reports on the policies Bradford council has devised to meet the needs of the city's Muslim Asian schoolchildren and combat the lack of integration, poor attendance and attainment among that community - while simultaneously trying to not alienate the white majority.
18. The Stolen Children
Aired 21 May 1984
19. The President's World
Aired 4 June 1984
20. A Vote For Europe?
Aired 11 June 1984
21. Turning The Mersey Tide
Aired 18 June 1984
22. The Battle Against Heroin
Aired 25 June 1984
23. The Police Bill: Excessive Force?
Aired 2 July 1984
24. Living Dangerously
Aired 9 July 1984
25. Limehouse Blues
Aired 10 September 1984
26. Is The Coal Face Crumbling?
Aired 17 September 1984
Six months into the miners' strike, 'Panorama' speaks to all sides about the ongoing dispute. Representatives of the National Coal Board explain their 'back to work' policy, while those who have already returned to work explain their decision and their feelings about being branded 'scabs'. We also hear from the wives of the miners still on strike, whose fury over strike-breakers matches their determination to win the battle.
27. Prisoners Of Zion
Aired 24 September 1984
28. Live from Labour Party Conference
Aired 1 October 1984
29. Thatcher Revolution: What Next?
Aired 8 October 1984
30. The Battle For Power
Aired 15 October 1984
31. Rethinking The Unthinkable
Aired 22 October 1984
32. The Sale Of The Century?
Aired 29 October 1984
33. Four More Years?
Aired 5 November 1984
34. Justice Under Fire
Aired 12 November 1984
Profile of recent shoot to kill incidents and supergrass trials. Panorama asks, can terror be defeated by ordinary law of the land and what rules should govern the Sectarian Forces.
35. Spain: The Carrot And The Stick
Aired 19 November 1984
36. Scandal Down Under
Aired 26 November 1984
37. Wasting Welfare
Aired 3 December 1984
38. To the bitter end?
Aired 10 December 1984
With the winter of 1984 biting, and a solution to the Miners' Strike no nearer, Panorama spends 10 days filming exclusively with the police and the striking miners themselves in South Yorkshire.
39. O Come All Ye Faithful?
Aired 17 December 1984