Panorama (1953)

"Undercover Care: The Abuse Exposed," May 31, 2011 An undercover reporter took a job as a care worker at Winterbourne View, a private hospital near Bristol for people with learning disabilities, and filmed staff abusing the patients they were paid to look after. This is hidden-camera journalism at its most justified: the abuse could not have been proved any other way, and the patients could not speak up for themselves. The hospital was shut down after the broadcast, and the case drove a national program to move people out of such units. It is painful viewing, and the physical and psychological cruelty on screen is the evidence, not a garnish.