Panorama · SEASON 73
The Race to Build 1.5 Million Homes
Episode 32 · 2025-10-20
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
The UK’s housing crisis is deepening. Rents have rocketed, and for many, house prices are out of reach and the dream of owning a home is slipping away. Now the government’s made a very big promise: to build 1.5 million new homes in England by 2029. Can it be done? Anita Rani and Justin Rowlatt travel from South Tyneside to the Isle of Wight to find out. Along the way, they discover the secret to making bricks, explore the mind-boggling complexity of the planning system and meet the new housing secretary, who is promising to build, baby, build. Will the government hit its target - and will it make housing more affordable if it does?
57 minutes
Season 73 episodes
1. E-Bikes: The Battle for Our Streets2025-01-06
2. Weight Loss Jabs and the NHS2025-01-13
3. Should We Still Be Working from Home?2025-01-20
4. Rewiring Britain: The Race to Go Green2025-02-03
5. Britain’s Mouldy Homes2025-02-10
6. The Southport Attack2025-02-24
7. Trump, Ukraine and Europe on the Edge2025-03-03
8. The Day Los Angeles Burned2025-03-10
9. Lockdown Kids: Five Years On2025-03-17
10. Fixing The NHS: What Will It Take?2025-03-24
11. My Online Stalker2025-03-31
12. Did Lloyds Bank Fail My Business?2025-04-07
13. The Truth about Baby Food Pouches2025-04-28
14. Special Forces: I Saw War Crimes2025-05-12
15. The Dark Side of Swimming Clubs2025-05-19
16. Is Britain Broke?2025-06-02
17. Funfairs: How Safe Are They?2025-06-16
18. Cancer Conspiracy Theories: Why Did Our Sister Die?2025-06-23
19. Trump, Israel and the War on Iran2025-06-24
20. Undercover Estate Agent2025-07-14
21. Fighting Cyber Criminals2025-07-21
22. Britain’s Ketamine Crisis2025-07-28
23. Why I Joined a Riot2025-08-04
24. Lucy Letby: Who to Believe?2025-08-11
25. The £170 Million Diamond Scam2025-09-01
26. Fighting the Cocaine Cartels2025-09-08
27. Trump and Starmer: The Special Relationship?2025-09-15
28. Gaza: Dying for Food2025-09-22
29. The Truth About Asylum Hotels2025-09-29
30. Undercover in the Police2025-10-01
31. Kellie Bright - Autism, School and Families on the Edge2025-10-06
32. The Race to Build 1.5 Million Homes2025-10-20
33. The King of Jordan and the Children of Gaza2025-10-27
34. Trump and the Tech Titans2025-11-03
35. The Fall of Prince Andrew2025-11-04
36. Britain and China: Following the Money2025-11-17
37. The Truth About Forever Chemicals2025-12-01
38. The Pothole Problem2025-12-08
39. Evri: Where’s My Parcel?2025-12-15
