Preparing a background article for the website, which you can read here, I watched again John Ware's 2002 Panorama special and was left in awe by his investigative skill - it was Ware who persuaded Pat Finucane's killer, Ken Barrett, to divulge all, two years before he was found guilty of the offence.

BBC: Paterson grabs moral high ground

Picking up a special commendation in the Medical Journalism awards in November 2005 was Panorama's special report Undercover Nurse.

BBC: Panorama's recent awards

Panorama has broadcast a special global interactive programme with a special international panel including Richard Perle and Edith Cresson.

BBC: Your comments

Gavin Esler seems to have a special agenda to highlight criticism of the corporation on Newsnight and he carried on in the same vein on Panorama.

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