Series 23
30 episodes · Mar 18, 2014
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- S23E1
Ukraine - Moscow Rules
Mar 18, 201430mWith 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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Chile - Facing The Past
Mar 25, 201430mSally 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.
S23E3Dubai - Trapped Part 1
Apr 1, 201430mIn 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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Dubai - Trapped Part 2
Apr 8, 201430mIn 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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India - The Babymakers
Apr 15, 201430mForeign 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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Canada, South Africa - Granpower!
Apr 22, 201430mThe 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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Cuba - Inside Gitmo
Apr 29, 201430mShaker 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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Afghanistan - Groomed to Kill
May 6, 201430mThe 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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Spratly Islands - Reef Madness
May 20, 201430mEric 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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Pakistan - The Polio Emergency
May 27, 201430mAn 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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Tiananmen - Australia's Witnesses
Jun 3, 201430mChina 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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Jordan - Home Away From Home
Jun 10, 201430mThe 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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USA - Cannabis Inc.
Jun 17, 201430mHundreds 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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Cairo: Ordeal In Egypt
Jun 24, 201430mAs 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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Myanmar - A New Dawn
Jul 1, 201430mWhat 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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Mexico - The Last Resort
Jul 8, 201430mJane Cowan investigates the booming international surrogacy business and an unscrupulous operator preying on the dreams and life savings of clients.
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Laos - The Legacy
Jul 15, 201430mSally Sara travels into the mountains of Laos, to meet the brave women hunting for bombs.
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Syria - A Gangster Goes To War
Jul 22, 201430mForeign 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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Scotland - You Take The High Road And I'll Take The Low Road
Jul 29, 201430mScottish/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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Norway - The Gender Mission
Aug 5, 201430mEric 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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East Timor - The Clinic
Aug 12, 201430mForeign 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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Japan - Return Of The Samurai
Aug 19, 201430mAn 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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Sierra Leone - Ebola: Into The Hot Zone
Aug 26, 201430mA 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.
S23E24Palau - Take A Long Line
Sep 2, 201430mWhether 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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Nepal - The Road
Sep 9, 201430mThe 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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Northern Ireland - The Disappeared
Sep 16, 201430mOff 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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South Africa - Symphony In Soweto
Sep 23, 201430mSally 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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China - Crackdown
Sep 30, 201430mAs 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.
S23E29Kenya - Inside Out
Oct 7, 201430mSally 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.
S23E30The Italian Solution
Oct 14, 201430mIn 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.