Foreign Correspondent

Series 23

30 episodes · Mar 18, 2014

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  • S23E1

    Ukraine - Moscow Rules

    Mar 18, 201430m

    With breathtaking speed, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the armed takeover of a key part of a neighbouring country and dared the world to do something about it. Eric Campbell is there for the countdown.

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  • S23E2

    Chile - Facing The Past

    Mar 25, 201430m

    Sally Sara follows the trail of a woman accused of involvement in serious, violent crimes in her homeland. Now living quietly in suburban Australia, the families of the dead are demanding she return to face justice.

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  • Dubai - Trapped Part 1
    S23E3

    Dubai - Trapped Part 1

    Apr 1, 201430m

    In Dubai, Australian Marcus Lee was accused of a multi-million dollar fraud he never committed. But it took him 7 months of jail time and a legal battle lasting years before he and his wife Julie would be free.

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  • S23E4

    Dubai - Trapped Part 2

    Apr 8, 201430m

    In the second part of our exclusive report, Foreign Correspondent hears how Marcus and Julie Lee eventually escaped, and examines the controversial deal in more detail, hearing from all the main players for the first time.

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  • S23E5

    India - The Babymakers

    Apr 15, 201430m

    Foreign Correspondent investigates India's booming international surrogacy industry by following Australian couples hoping to start or build their families by paying Indian women to bear them a child.

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  • S23E6

    Canada, South Africa - Granpower!

    Apr 22, 201430m

    The uplifting story of a group of gutsy grandmothers from Canada, who have built a remarkable connection with Africa. Led by a powerhouse 89 year-old expat Australian.

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  • S23E7

    Cuba - Inside Gitmo

    Apr 29, 201430m

    Shaker Aamer, hands and feet shackled, was dragged into Camp X-Ray, Guantanamo Bay prison more than 4,500 days ago. No charges, no trial. North America correspondent Lisa Millar inspects the infamous prison, Guantanamo Bay.

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  • S23E8

    Afghanistan - Groomed to Kill

    May 6, 201430m

    The experiences and stories of some of the children convicted of fighting for the Taliban who are currently being held in special prisons across Afghanistan.

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  • S23E9

    Spratly Islands - Reef Madness

    May 20, 201430m

    Eric Campbell reports from a conflict zone in the South China sea. In a world exclusive, Foreign Correspondent reports from the island dispute threatening war with China.

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  • S23E10

    Pakistan - The Polio Emergency

    May 27, 201430m

    An immunisation program saw Polio retreat from the developed world - then a concerted campaign in the '80's all but wiped it out in the developing world. So why has Pakistan become a polio hotspot with cases on the rise?

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  • S23E11

    Tiananmen - Australia's Witnesses

    Jun 3, 201430m

    China has changed dramatically since the crackdown and wholesale slaughter in Tiananmen Square 25 years ago. For the first time Australia's embassy staff assemble with their first-hand accounts of the days that stained China.

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  • S23E12

    Jordan - Home Away From Home

    Jun 10, 201430m

    The Hariri's are an ordinary family who've had their lives shattered by war. Like 2.8 million other Syrian refugees, this family thought they were leaving their home for only a few weeks, but will they ever return?

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  • S23E13

    USA - Cannabis Inc.

    Jun 17, 201430m

    Hundreds of cannabis businesses are aiming to make it an industry to rival beer. But there is a growing opposition of voices warning that a new Big Tobacco is being created.

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  • S23E14

    Cairo: Ordeal In Egypt

    Jun 24, 201430m

    As judgement arrives for Australian journalist Peter Greste and his Al Jazeera colleagues in Egypt, family and key players feature in this special report by ABC Middle East correspondent Hayden Cooper.

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  • S23E15

    Myanmar - A New Dawn

    Jul 1, 201430m

    What happens when a vacuum-sealed, strictly-controlled nation opens its doors and ushers in aggressive international businesses, hungry global developers and curious tourists? Sally Sara reports from Yangon, Myanmar.

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  • S23E16

    Mexico - The Last Resort

    Jul 8, 201430m

    Jane Cowan investigates the booming international surrogacy business and an unscrupulous operator preying on the dreams and life savings of clients.

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  • S23E17

    Laos - The Legacy

    Jul 15, 201430m

    Sally Sara travels into the mountains of Laos, to meet the brave women hunting for bombs.

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  • S23E18

    Syria - A Gangster Goes To War

    Jul 22, 201430m

    Foreign Correspondent presents an extraordinarily intimate and confronting journey as a violent, criminal king-pin leaves his turf behind to head to Syria's frontlines to fight a war he doesn't really comprehend.

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  • S23E19

    Scotland - You Take The High Road And I'll Take The Low Road

    Jul 29, 201430m

    Scottish/Australian reporter Barbara Miller returns home to see whether the Scots really are prepared to be brave and vote for independence?

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  • S23E20

    Norway - The Gender Mission

    Aug 5, 201430m

    Eric Campbell travels to the Arctic Circle in Norway where he reports on a radical experiment being watched by the rest of the world, including Australia.

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  • S23E21

    East Timor - The Clinic

    Aug 12, 201430m

    Foreign Correspondent travels to Dili, East Timor and witnesses a country facing a myriad of health problems. We follow the challenging daily life of Dr Dan Murphy as he treats people overwhelmed by the diseases of poverty.

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  • S23E22

    Japan - Return Of The Samurai

    Aug 19, 201430m

    An in-depth look at the rise of militarism in Japan as tensions with China coincide with major changes to the country's pacifist constitution. The story exposes the deep rifts in Japanese society over the issue.

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  • S23E23

    Sierra Leone - Ebola: Into The Hot Zone

    Aug 26, 201430m

    A special report on the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. Our team, which was the last camera crew into the hardest hit areas before a Government lockdown, has been at the frontline for one of the worst weeks in the Ebola crisis.

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  • Palau - Take A Long Line
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    Palau - Take A Long Line

    Sep 2, 201430m

    Whether you enjoy tuna on a sandwich, or as sashimi, you need to know that Pacific stocks are being fished out at an alarming rate. Can the small equatorial paradise of Palau turn the tide by banning foreign fishing vessels?

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  • S23E25

    Nepal - The Road

    Sep 9, 201430m

    The kingdom of Upper Mustang, Nepal is the last outpost of authentic Tibetan Buddhism. Cut off from modernity, foreigners were banned until 1992. Now a road is being built all the way to China. Can the unique culture survive?

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  • S23E26

    Northern Ireland - The Disappeared

    Sep 16, 201430m

    Off an isolated country laneway on a remote area of Irish bog, sophisticated forensic technology is being rolled out in an attempt to crack a notorious cold case.

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  • S23E27

    South Africa - Symphony In Soweto

    Sep 23, 201430m

    Sally Sara meets the new generation of Soweto. The black township was once a byword for suffering and squalor but it's always had an unassailable spirit and now it's undergoing a dramatic transformation.

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  • S23E28

    China - Crackdown

    Sep 30, 201430m

    As Australia lifts its terror alert to high, China is intensifying its crackdown on a resident Muslim community in the remote northwest of the country in what it claims is its own war on terror. Stephen McDonell reports.

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  • Kenya - Inside Out
    S23E29

    Kenya - Inside Out

    Oct 7, 201430m

    Sally Sara goes inside some of Kenya's toughest jails to investigate an innovative program that is seeing convicted criminals learn how to set themselves free, using the justice system.

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  • The Italian Solution
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    The Italian Solution

    Oct 14, 201430m

    In an Australian TV first, Sophie McNeill hitches a ride on an Italian navy boat as more than 800 people are plucked out of the Mediterranean, just a tiny drop in an ocean of people fleeing Libya to seek asylum in Europe.

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