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TO THE VICTOR'S, THE SPOILS
We start with some good news for Panorama this week - last night we won an RTS award for our programme Primark: On the Rack.
The programme, which aired in June of last year, put Primark's claims that it could deliver cheap, fast fashion without breaking ethical guidelines to the test.
Posing as industry buyers in India, the programme's reporter Tom Heap and his team found some of India's poorest people working long, gruelling hours on Primark clothes in slum workshops and refugee camps.
In presenting the prestigious Current Affairs Home Award, the RTS said of the programme it was "not only an engaging watch but...thorough and also went the extra mile to lay bare the whole chain from refugee camp to the High Street rail".
It should also be noted that Primark: On the Rack had to beat two other nominated programmes to scoop the prize, both of them BBC documentaries, and one of them another Panorama - Omagh: What the Police Were Never Told, John Ware's report on GCHQ intelligence surrounding the Omagh bombing.
Watch our Primark film here.
DRAGON TURNS UP THE HEAT
Last Monday, business guru Theo Paphitis came out of the Dragon's Den to help Panorama take a look at how businesses are faring during this recession and what is being done to ensure that they stay afloat.
The programme heard how many were experiencing problems with lack of money available on credit and that many small businesses are struggling because the bigger players are creating credit for themselves by taking longer to pay them.
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson appeared on the programme outlining what help the government is offering and what he thought of how the banks are dealing with small businesses.
You can watch that interview in full here.
And you can get some advice on how to run a business, straight from the dragon's mouth,with Theo's top tips.
BLACK AND BLUE
This week saw the 10-year anniversary of the Macpherson report, which looked at the issue of police racism, following the murder of teenager Stephen Lawrence.
The inquiry into the failure of the Metropolitan Police investigation to find and convict Stephen's killers, headed by Sir William Macpherson, famously concluded that London's Metropolitan Police force was "institutionally racist".
In 2003, as a direct result of the Macpherson report, the BBC made The Secret Policeman in which reporter Mark Daly went undercover as a police trainee and confirmed racism was still a problem.
In October 2008 Mark returned to the issue with Panorama's programme The Secret Policeman Returns, which came amid a series of high profile race rows at the top of the Met.
It told a bleak story of officers and staff who feel sidelined and victimised, as well as disturbing allegations that those police officers who speak out over race feel victimised by their own forces.
Read about the original Secret Policeman here.
Watch Panorama's The Secret Policemen Returns here.
EXTREME POINT OF VIEW
Panorama's recent programme Muslim First, British Second looked at the divided loyalties some British Muslims have and examined how best to prevent radicalisation.
The programme revealed that the government is planning a major shift in its strategy for tackling Islamic extremism by excluding Muslim leaders who denounce violence, reject democracy, oppose homosexuality and want to infringe women's rights.
This week, Communities Secretary Hazel Blears told the BBC that the "overwhelming majority" of people in Britain shared the same values and there must be a "dividing line" between those embracing and rejecting British "core values".
You can watch Muslim First, British Second here.
Read what Hazel Blears said here.
SORRY STATE OF AFFAIRS
Finally, this week the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) announced the largest annual loss in UK corporate history - an eye watering £24.1bn. Public anger at the bank was fuelled by the news Sir Fred Goodwin was allowed to retain his £693,000-a-year, for life, pension when he stepped down as RBS head in October of last year.
On Monday Panorama will tell the story of the bank's dramatic fall from grace in What Happens After Sorry? With contributions from banking insiders, city analysts and legal experts the programme investigates what went wrong at the bank, who is to blame and asks if 'sorry' is enough for the people calling for civil and even criminal proceedings against RBS.
What Happens After Sorry? is on BBC One, Monday 2 April at 8.30pm GMT.
 bbc.co.uk/panorama
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