Panorama

Tonight's programme investigates the spread of Hepatitis C through contaminated blood. Britain was the last country in Europe to screen its blood donors for the potentially fatal virus, and as a result thousands may have been contaminated, many of whom do not know that they carry the virus.

As he completes his controversial mission as commander of the UN protection force in Bosnia, British General Sir Michael Rose gives Panorama a unique insight into the most dangerous military posting in Europe.

This remarkable profile of Gerry Adams shows him in a surprisingly positive light, and asks if the government is doing enough to help him keep IRA hardliners on side.

In an exclusive interview with Aldrich Ames, allegedly the most damaging traitor in CIA history, Panorama tells the extraordinary story of how he became the world's most highly-paid spy. Reports by Margaret Gilmore.

Average life expectancy in England is 73 for a man and 79 for a woman - but not if you are poor. Panorama looks at new evidence that death rates among Britain's poor are rising for the first time in decades.

In the week that Oliver Stone's controversial film Natural Born Killers is finally released in Britain, Panorama asks if violent films cause real life violence. Reports by Vivian White.