Dounia – The Scandal (2019)

Before he wrote the book that revolutionized the way people understood evolution, a young Charles Darwin found himself, by chance, on a strange sea voyage. This is the story of the HMS Beagle, which traveled from Great Britain to survey South America's coastline, but also became part of its Captain Fitzroy's flawed social experiment. It's a tale of bold exploration, tragic miscalculation, the death of a civilization, and the birth of Darwinism.

The story of Britain’s biggest ever food scandal. Since 1996, almost 200 people have died from vCJD, whilst the cattle disease BSE has been responsible for the death of over four million cows. It has cost the NHS over a billion pounds and virtually destroyed the British beef industry in the 1990s. Beneath the statistics is a story of greed, corruption and catastrophic political misjudgement by the then Conservative government. With access to all of the politicians, scientists and families who have been defined by this epidemic, this film pieces together a forgotten chapter of our recent history.

The programme showed the impact that the cost of formula milk is having on family budgets. In a time where the cost of living has increased, but the wages in people’s pockets have not kept pace, some families are having to make difficult choices in order to feed their children. Dispatches also demonstrated how we need to make sure babies and parents are protected from commercial interests and misleading marketing practices.

Panorama investigates the scandal surrounding Academy schools. Bronagh Munro examines the shocking way some academy trusts are running schools, exposing one where the boss employed relatives and whose pupils claim they were taught how to cheat on exams. She also investigates an academy trust that pays its managers big salaries, while unpaid bills and disconnection notices pile up in the classroom

A year on, Warwick University is still reeling from the fall-out over a Facebook group chat where male students made rape threats against their female peers. After two of the men had 10-year campus bans reduced to 12 months, serious questions were raised about the university’s handling of its investigation into the messages. In this documentary, those at the centre of the Warwick University rape chat scandal reveal new details about what went on behind closed doors, in a story that is far from over.

Documentary that reveals the truth behind a notorious incident in 2009, when a growing international consensus on climate change was derailed by one of the biggest scandals in modern science. For the first time, all the key players recount the events and what really happened during 'Climategate'. Thousands of emails hacked from the world-renowned Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia seemed to suggest that climate scientists had been deliberately manipulating data to exaggerate evidence of climate change, a conspiracy that was the holy grail of climate change deniers.

Panorama reveals how a controversial businessman will make billions of dollars from a suspicious energy deal. Reporter Mayeni Jones investigates the deal and uncovers secret payments made to the family of a senior politician. So why has one of Britain’s biggest companies agreed to invest in the project?

As Prince Andrew steps back from his public duties, Panorama hears from the victims of his former friend and convicted child sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. The Duke of York has been widely criticised for not expressing sympathy for these women during his television interview with the BBC’s Newsnight programme. One of these women, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, claims she was trafficked by Epstein and forced to have sex with the prince, something he denies. In her first interview on British television, she tells her story and reveals new details about her time with Epstein.

George marks 100 years of council housing by calling for a construction revolution. George looks at the history of social housing as he launches a campaign to kick-start a new wave of construction.

A year on, Warwick University is still reeling from the fall-out over a Facebook group chat where male students made rape threats against their female peers. After two of the men had 10-year campus bans reduced to 12 months, serious questions were raised about the university’s handling of its investigation into the messages. In this documentary, those at the centre of the Warwick University rape chat scandal reveal new details about what went on behind closed doors, in a story that is far from over.