Panorama (Season 39)

The Chances Of Averting War (Episode 1)

Air date: 1991-01-07

Overview: Reports on central issues of day at home and abroad. As Gulf crisis reaches a critical stage and UN deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait runs out, Panorama assesses chances of averting war.

Project Babylon (Episode 2)

Air date: 1991-01-14

Overview: The full story of Saddam Hussein 's supergun is revealed. It began as one scientist's dream.

The Gathering Storm (Episode 3)

Air date: 1991-01-28

After the Desert Storm (Episode 4)

Air date: 1991-02-04

The Mind of Saddam (Episode 5)

Air date: 1991-02-11

Episode 6 (Episode 6)

Air date: 1991-02-18

Episode 7 (Episode 7)

Air date: 1991-02-25

Overview: While world has been distracted by Gulf crisis, momentous political events have been taking place in Soviet Union.

Episode 8 (Episode 8)

Air date: 1991-03-04

Overview: As foreign ministers gather in Brussels to discuss next steps towards political union, Panorama examines impact of Gulf crisis on Europe.

Episode 9 (Episode 9)

Air date: 1991-03-11

Overview: David Dimbleby presents analysis and discussion of the latest events in the Gulf.

Episode 10 (Episode 10)

Air date: 1991-03-18

Overview: On eve of Budget, Panorama asks whether recession is doing lasting damage to Britain's industrial fabric.

America's Secret War (Episode 11)

Air date: 1991-03-25

Overview: Intelligence gathering played a vital role in military success of Allies in Gulf War.

Race Hate Uk (Episode 12)

Air date: 1991-04-01

Overview: In 1991 Panorama investigated rise of racist violence in UK and role of openly racist British National Party.

The Major Question (Episode 13)

Air date: 1991-04-15

Overview: John Major's honeymoon is over. Now he's faced with tough decisions on poll tax, economy and timing of next election.

The Cancer Lottery (Episode 14)

Air date: 1991-04-22

Overview: Every cancer patient wants best treatment, but finding it may be a matter of chance.

Beyond the Poll Tax (Episode 15)

Air date: 1991-04-29

Overview: In week when millions vote in local elections and government unveils its replacement for poll tax, spotlight is on local government.

Cold Warrior - The Story of James Jesus Angleton (Episode 16)

Air date: 1991-05-13

Overview: Tonight's special edition traces extraordinary career of James Jesus Angleton, most famous spycatcher of them all.

Scuttling British Shipbuilders (Episode 17)

Air date: 1991-05-20

Overview: Investigation into the collapse of British shipbuilding, with reporter Fred Emery.

Escape from Tiananmen (Episode 18)

Air date: 1991-06-03

Overview: Two years after massacre in Tiananmen Square, Panorama reveals story of Yellow Bird.

Rivals for Russia (Episode 19)

Air date: 1991-06-10

Overview: David Dimbleby presents a special program from Moscow in week of first free election since Revolution.

The Dream of Kurdistan (Episode 20)

Air date: 1991-06-17

Overview: After refugee crisis, what hope is there for Kurds of attaining their own homeland?

Making a Killing? (Episode 21)

Air date: 1991-06-24

Overview: In aftermath of Gulf War, western leaders say it is time for world's major weapons producers to cut back on arms sales.

Out of Sight, Out of Mind (Episode 22)

Air date: 1991-07-01

Overview: Government plan to close Britain's top security hospitals.

Labour Pains (Episode 23)

Air date: 1991-07-08

Overview: But post-war Labour prime ministers have faced same persistent problems: sterling crises, pressures on spending, strained relations with ' unions, and internal party 4 strife.

The Battle for Britain's Defences (Episode 24)

Air date: 1991-07-15

Overview: As Britain's armed forces wait to hear who's going to be on receiving end of government's military cutbacks, David Dimbleby chairs a special debate on future of our defences.

Lethal Force (Episode 25)

Air date: 1991-07-22

Overview: John Ware investigates a chain of recent killings by British soldiers in Northern Ireland.

ICI: Hanson's Choice (Episode 26)

Air date: 1991-07-29

Overview: A state of war exists between ICI, Britain's top chemical company, and Hanson plc, over the prospect of Britain's largest ever takeover.

Kuwait: The Victims of Victory (Episode 27)

Air date: 1991-08-05

Overview: The first of three special programs about Gulf War and its aftermath. Jane Corbin returns to Kuwait one year after Iraq's invasion.

Iraq: Saddam the Survivor (Episode 28)

Air date: 1991-08-12

Overview: Did Saddam really lose Gulf War? In second of three special Panorama documentaries about war and its aftermath.

The Allies: In the Eye of the Storm (Episode 29)

Air date: 1991-08-19

Overview: The last of three reports about Gulf War and its aftermath. Interviews with military commanders and previously unseen Pentagon film cast new light on some crucial.

Episode 30 (Episode 30)

Air date: 1991-09-02

Episode 31 (Episode 31)

Air date: 1991-09-09

Goodbye USSR (Episode 32)

Air date: 1991-09-16

Overview: As the Soviet Union breaks up, reporter Gavin Hewitt explores the death of a superpower. Will its end be bloody or peaceful? And will the desire for revenge against communists, and renewed ethnic feuding cause further bloodshed?

The Max Factor (Episode 33)

Air date: 1991-09-23

The Testing Question (Episode 34)

Air date: 1991-09-30

Episode 35 (Episode 35)

Air date: 1991-10-07

Overview: On eve of Conservative Party Conference, BBC's political editor John Cole assesses current state of John Major's party.

The Halcion Nightmare (Episode 36)

Air date: 1991-10-14

Overview: Tom Mangold reveals astonishing facts behind decision to remove a drug associated with serious psychiatric disturbances including violent and suicidal behavior.

No Surrender, No Progress (Episode 37)

Air date: 1991-10-21

Overview: This summer, hopes for a political settlement in Northern Ireland flickered then died. But Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke refuses to give up the search for peace.

Episode 38 (Episode 38)

Air date: 1991-10-28

Deprived or Depraved? (Episode 39)

Air date: 1991-11-04

Overview: Last month, several British cities were blighted by rioting, and politicians and church leaders cast around for explanations for civil unrest. And whether the riots represent a failure of the Government's policies in deprived areas.

The Bank That Didn't Add Up (Episode 40)

Air date: 1991-11-11

Overview: When last July Bank of England co-ordinated action to close down BCCI, world's largest international banks.

Class Wars (Episode 41)

Air date: 1991-11-18

Overview: The Government has renewed its onslaught on "trendy educationalists", claiming they have spread a mania for equality through Britain's schools. Panorama reports on the war for the hearts and minds of Britain's schoolchildren.

Episode 42 (Episode 42)

Air date: 1991-12-02

Overview: Has Thatcherite housing agenda led to a housing crisis, with family homes being repossessed because of over-extended mortgages and too little money going into public housing?

Episode 43 (Episode 43)

Air date: 1991-12-09

Overview: In week that European Community leaders meet in Maastricht to discuss political and monetary union