Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent

1992 19 Seasons 522 Episodes ⭐ 7.5 Documentary News

Australia's leading international affairs program featuring fascinating, in-depth stories from the ABC's unrivalled network of foreign correspondents.

Australia's leading international affairs program featuring fascinating, in-depth stories from the ABC's unrivalled network of foreign correspondents.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

U.S. Election / Kenya - Strictly Township / The Philippines - Child Labour

EP 2

Afghanistan - Massoud / Africa - Camels / Palau

EP 3

Kuwait - War? What War? / Russia - Ring My Bell / The Philippines - The Media

EP 4

Israel - Hebron / Indonesia - Cyclos / Falklands - Penguins

EP 5

Angola / Syria - Sister Narelle / Italy - Venice's peril

EP 6

Iran - Guardians of the Ayatollah / Southern Jordan - Petra / Uganda - Chimps

EP 7

Argentina - Tango / Japan - Didgerido / Palestine - Pals

EP 8

Britain - Mad Cow / Brazil - Ipanema / China - Floating Population

EP 9

Japan - Speed / Scotland - Tea Ladies / Rwanda

EP 10

Japan - Okinawa / Uganda - Equator / India - Shiv Sena

EP 11

Bolivia - Cocaine / India - Polo / Eritrea - Railway

EP 12

Bosnia - Missing People / China - Strictly Beijing / Brazil - Bahia

EP 13

Burma - Aung San Suu Kyi / Britain - Hounds / Siberia - Nenets

EP 14

U.S.A. - Dead Man Walking / Vietnam - Hanoi Cycling / The Philippines - Manila Kidnaps

EP 15

Siberia - Vorkuta / China - Granite Women / Vietnam - Returnees

EP 16

Middle East - Israel Elections / Bolivia - Witches of La Paz / U.S.A. - Leary's Last Trip

EP 17

Liberia - Monrovia / U.S.A. - National Rifle Association / Southern Jordan - Bedouins

EP 18

Russia - Media / U.S.A. - Greenbrier Bunker / China - Black River

EP 19

Tajikistan / Burma - Rangoon Rock / Canada/U.S.A - Ultimate Fighting

EP 20

U.S.A. - New Deep South / Kyrgyzstan - Sanitorium / Romania - Street Kids

EP 21

Turkey - Refah Party / Japan - Pachinko / Kazakhstan - Crossroads

EP 22

Cambodia - Khmer Rouge Inc. / Moscow - Circus / Iran - Women

EP 23

Kyrgyzstan - Drugs / Britain - Ballroom Olympics / Lost Japan

EP 24

Canada - Cree Indians / Kenya - Runners / China - Chinese Christians

EP 25

Indonesia - Megawati Sukarnoputri / South Africa - Rhinos / Britain - Tree People

EP 26

Bosnia - Mostar / Jordan - Jerash Festival / Russia - Gays Liberated?

EP 27

Solomons - Logging / Thailand - Katoeys / Jordan - Dead Sea

EP 28

Italy - Padania / Turkey - Renaissance Houses / Sakhalin - Koreans

EP 29

Syria - Kurds / China - The Last Brother-in-Law / U.S.A. - Bill Clinton

EP 30

Cambodia - Decline / Japan - Tokyo Summer / Nepal - Child Prostitution

EP 31

Bosnia - Brcko / Britain - Bag Lady / Kazakhstan - Space Race

EP 32

Ireland - Drug War / Greece - Greek Greenie / Nepal - Child Prostitution

EP 33

Borneo - Bakun Dam / U.S.A. - Rap Finishing School / Turkey - Stolen Antiquities

EP 34

Northern Iraq - Kurdish Safe Haven / Marshall Islands / Peru - Shining Path

EP 35

New Zealand - Election Lead-up / Britain - Murder Mystery / Russia - The Scandal of the Asylums

EP 36

Nicaragua - Whatever Happened to the Revolution? / U.S.A. - Tug-of-War / Mongolia - Nomads

EP 37

Afghanistan - The Kingmaker / Peru - Machu Picchu / Albania - The New Crusade

EP 38

Israel - Shimon Peres / Fiji - Firewalkers / Malaysia - Migrant Workers

EP 39

U.S.A. - Bill Clinton... How the West was Won / Singapore - Transvestites / Cook Islands

EP 40

Fiji - The Coup that Turned Sour / China - Model Police / 1996 in Review

EP 1

Ramadan In Space

EP 2

The World According to Frost

For 50 years David Frost has shared the world’s stage with the powerful, rich and famous – and this week he shares i

EP 3

Stolen and Sold

What would you do if you discovered your adopted children were stolen and trafficked, and not willingly given up by thei

EP 4

What Lies Beneath?

In Antarctica the race is on for scientific supremacy and to find an ice-scientist’s Holy Grail … a 1,000,000-year-o

EP 5

Young Lions of Lahore

South Asia correspondent Sally Sara with the cricket tragics of Lahore, as Pakistan is wiped from world cricket's tour m

EP 6

American Emergency

Washington correspondent Tracy Bowden uncovers one of the biggest killers in America - the US health system. Lack of ins

EP 7

Is Aid Killing Africa?

Dambisa Moyo is a Zambian-born economist who says aid is killing Africa. In her new book, Dead Aid, she argues that of

EP 8

Left To Die

Cholera is a preventable disease, yet there’s an epidemic raging in Zimbabwe. At least 4,000 are dead, and some 90,000

EP 9

The Big Smoke

China’s exponential growth took Australia along for the white-knuckled ride. It fuelled our resources boom and had eco

EP 10

The Farmer Wants a Country

He’ll have you believe he’s a quiet goat farmer and a keen horseman who just happens to think he might make an ideal

EP 11

Children of Zanskar

When people in remote villages in Zanskar get sick, chances are they’ll turn to the “Oracle”. The Oracle is a fait

EP 12

Jacob Zuma

He's in the fast lane to the top in South Africa but there’s powerful evidence the man following the trail blazed by M

EP 13

Trapped in Terror

They were hiding for their lives, hunted by gunmen who’d brought India’s biggest city to a standstill. In this chil

EP 14

The Young Guns

It’s turned out some fearsome warriors in the past but can America’s prestigious military academy West Point manufac

EP 15

Pirateland

How and why did a bunch of illiterate, dirt poor Africans transform themselves from simple cray-fishermen into the fears

EP 16

Cats in the Clouds

Very few have seen it in the wild but those who have say it’s the most beautiful of the big cats. The Snow Leopard pr

EP 17

The Third Amigo

For more than four decades, tens of thousands of Colombians have been kidnapped or killed in South America’s longest-r

EP 18

Detroit: Ain't Too Proud To Beg

It was big, it was shiny and it was brassy. Few things symbolised the wealth and optimism of a post-war America more tha

EP 19

One Night in Sofia

Every year thousands of young Australians pack their backpacks, book their EuRail passes and make for Europe, leaving th

EP 20

Sumo Confidential

They're big men with even bigger secrets. The cloistered world of Sumo hides myriad rituals and traditions, bone-jarring

EP 21

The Bulldozer

Foreign Correspondent presenter and reporter Mark Corcoran, who has spent a decade observing the dangerous world of Sout

EP 22

A Greek Tragedy

How did a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, shot by a policeman in Athens six months ago become a cause celebre

EP 23

Bravo! Encore!

In a Venezuelan slum a young girl practices on her clarinet and dreams a big musical dream. On a stage in New York City

EP 24

The Rebellion Network

It’s raw, it’s instant and it’s rocked authoritarian Iran and riveted world attention. It’s the phenomenal new-m

EP 25

Orphans of the Storm

A perilous year undercover - ducking the authorities and informers and risking decades in jail – has resulted in an un

EP 26

Us and Them

Kilometres of high concrete walls snake through Belfast in Northern Ireland - graffiti daubed and grim. They divide Cath

EP 27

The Uighur Dilemma

The Uighurs. Who are they and why is the Chinese government flattening vast tracts of their magnificent cultural capital

EP 28

Rocket Island

It's an idyllic tropical atoll, but amid the coconut groves are billions of dollars of high-tech surveillance equipment.

EP 29

Total Control

When Venezuela’s socialist firebrand Hugo Chavez lost his best enemy and saw global capitalism teeter you might think

EP 30

Return to the Fatal Sky

A year ago Foreign Correspondent flew into the scandalously unsafe skies over PNG to examine why the nation’s aviation

EP 31

A Brave Face

They’ve been scarred so deeply they’re shockingly disfigured and yet they’ve refused to bow their heads or withdra

EP 32

80 Million a Day

It’s a staggering national habit and it’s grown into a juggernaut of a killing machine claiming an annual toll eclip

EP 33

The Congo Connection

Are mobile phones the new blood diamond? Is our insatiable appetite for the latest electronic gadgets actually fuelling

EP 34

Fly Away Children

Most African adoptions don’t have a Hollywood ending. A Foreign Correspondent investigation in Ethiopia exposes a boom

EP 35

Hook, Line and Sunk!

In Iceland, the financial crisis is called the kreppa and a year after it hit, the whole country is still well and truly

EP 36

Berlusconi and the Beautiful

He’s got money to burn, enormous political and personal power, and well, a problem. Beautiful women. Why can’t Silvi

EP 37

Europe or Die Trying

Paul Kenyon travels three thousand miles along the most dangerous illegal immigration route out of Africa. Many die cros

EP 38

California Burning

In California massive wildfires are met with massive force – but it comes with a multimillion dollar price tag. With f

EP 39

Without Honour and Humanity

It’s claimed Japan’s ferocious and feared Yakuza murder, extort and intimidate according to an honour code. But wher

EP 40

Flight AF 447

What brought down Air France flight 447? The families, friends and fellow workers of the 228 people who perished when th

EP 41

Winds of Change

With its giant wind farms and pedal-pushing population, Denmark looks like a model global citizen setting a shining gree

EP 42

Thanks for Watching

Foreign Correspondent’s 2009 spins to a close with an inside look at the stories, characters and issues that moved, pr

EP 1

Hell or High Water

If they stay they face intimidation, violence even death. If they go they put their lives and life savings in the hands

EP 2

The Golden Hour

It's a lifetime. Short, urgent and definitive. One hour to save those who can be saved - soldiers, civilians and the ene

EP 3

The Rapunzel Machine

How does a deeply personal spiritual offering from India's poor to their Gods suddenly become a super-expensive, must-ha

EP 4

Fly Away Home

A 7 year old Ethiopian girl is portrayed as destitute and in grave danger. She is in fact 13 and has been well cared for

EP 5

Quicksand

They imagined a breathtaking future-world, burned billions of dollars to summon it out of the sand and hundreds of thous

EP 6

The Hit Parade

It's thought a single, fluffy pillow killed a Hamas operative in Dubai. But it took 27 secret agents with pilfered passp

EP 7

The Whole Enchilada

The dominant face of the United States has long been white. Soon, when the nation looks in the mirror it will see a tann

EP 8

Stem Cells & Miracles

When it comes to stem cells, mainstream scientists in the UK and America tell us their potential is both exciting and un

EP 9

Pet Monsters

It's not Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya or Somalia. But it is - arguably - the most dangerous place in the world to be a jo

EP 10

Coming Acropolis

Beware, Greeks bearing debts! Olympus-sized debts that would give Hercules a double-hernia and that threaten to swamp th

EP 11

French Dressing

In fashion conscious France it's much more than a simple case of what not to wear. It's a case of what should be illegal

EP 12

Aceh Afterwards

Before Haiti there was Aceh - a catastrophic natural event claiming tens of thousands of lives, destroying towns and vil

EP 13

The Biggest Domino

Is the Chinese economy a bubble that's about to burst, taking Australia down with it? Stephen McDonell looks for answers

EP 14

World, Interrupted

Few in the world had heard of it and very few could get close to pronouncing its rolling, rambling tongue-twister of a n

EP 15

Gut Instinct

Not so long ago it was thought worry and stress triggered the chronic pain of stomach ulcers. So how would yesterday's d

EP 16

The Catch

They say they wanted to blow the lid on Japan's super-sensitive whaling program. They were sure they'd found the red-hot

EP 17

High Finance

It's perched on a perilous fault-line but California can't blame the San Andreas for this big black bottomless pit. It's

EP 18

Truth or Dare

So, you're in a highly sensitive job working on a top secret project but something's not right. In fact you think it's v

EP 19

In Deep Water

Suddenly, explosively, the world began to bleed and a devastating stain began to spread. Why did it happen and where wil

EP 20

Standing on the Sky

Both legs blown away by a mine, he sat on a chair outside his family's house and watched the world go by. This was his h

EP 21

Bend It Like Jong

He's a Hummer-driving bachelor with a soft-spot for saccharine R&B love songs, living the high life in Tokyo. And yet th

EP 22

In the Chocolate City

Prepare to enter the real Washington DC and prepare to have your illusions shattered. It's where the powerless live. N

EP 23

The Electric Range

The world's car manufacturers are shifting gear and heading for greener pastures. They're designing, building and sellin

EP 24

Frank, Uncensored

Who does Frank Bainimarama think he is? Well, the Fijian ruler will tell you he's the difference between order and polit

EP 25

Children of the Dust

They're the daughters of the rubble, the sons of the dust. They're the little children who somehow survived the devasta

EP 26

Terror-Go-Round

Is it possible to defuse a terrorist? Can a violent extremist be disarmed, mellowed and transformed into an upright citi

EP 27

The Curse of Katyn

It's a place that sends a shiver down a nation's spine, chills its soul and has a people in absolutely no doubt that his

EP 28

Collision Course

The world demands answers and here they are, in the most revealing examination to date of the deadly mid-year melee on t

EP 29

The Swingers

Forget Sex in the City, the steamy, remote jungle is where girls rule, it's sex anytime and anything goes. Bonobos are a

EP 30

Heroes, Frauds and Imposters

They've fooled their families and friends, duped hard-bitten veteran soldiers and somehow managed to grow and prosper un

EP 31

Captain Dragan

Golf instructor. Sailing adventurer. Eagles fan. War Criminal? In Australia he went by the name of Daniel Snedden. In Se

EP 32

The Amazon of Asia

They can almost hear the crackle and boom of economic development to the north and south and now little Laos wants a pie

EP 33

What Happened Next?

He was a Lost Boy with an incredible story, if only someone could help him tell it to the world. And then as Sudan surv

EP 34

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

This time America's hunters aren’t prepared to be very, very quiet. There's an ornery critter roaming the wilds of the

EP 35

Dirty Secrets

When things suddenly go BOOM!!! chances are somebody's going to get hurt or something's going to be destroyed. In China

EP 36

'Allo, 'Allo, 'Allo

It was a bit of electronic skulduggery aimed at getting shock horror, scoop exclusives on Royals, TV celebrities and pol

EP 37

Once Upon a Year

They're the stories behind the stories we brought you in 2010. How and why did one correspondent end up in a reality TV

EP 1

The Pied Piper of Jihad

From the lawless confines of a dirt poor nation an accused terrorism mastermind sends out a rallying call for fanatical

EP 2

Salma in the Square

It's an extraordinary feat of endurance and will. Salma el Tarzi is a popping, fizzing bundle of energy and exuberance w

EP 3

Goodbye, My Ireland

EP 4

Gunsmoke

It's where heavily armed citizens take border security into their own hands and it's where, in the words of one prominen

EP 5

Killing the Messenger

Who is killing the intrepid reporters of Russia and why aren't they being caught and brought to justice? There's a bulgi

EP 6

Monster Makeover

One former US president called him the Mad Dog of the Middle East. His fingerprints are all over a catalogue of despicab

EP 7

Beyond Borat

It could be the most misrepresented and misunderstood nation on earth. It's unlikely you'll find farm animals roaming in

EP 8

Dance Like There's No Tomorrow

For a short, terrifying time it was main street in the high noon of a nuclear showdown. The world has never been as clos

EP 9

The Blue and the Black

In an idyllic, crystal clear patch of the Pacific, locals are learning what goes down must come up - and they're told th

EP 10

Kingdom, Undercover

In a violent sandstorm it's hard to know what's real and what's not. And so in the little Arabian island of Bahrain whe

EP 11

Eat, Pray, Give

He doesn't host his own cooking show. He doesn't endorse a line of high-end kitchenware or churn out glossy recipe books

EP 12

Inside/Out

A rising rap star, a documentary maker, a teacher who happens to be gay. In many places around the world they're free to

EP 13

True Believers

He was watched at every turn. Trailed by secret agents everywhere he went. Every conversation and meeting observed. The

EP 14

By the Beach

Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, David Berkowitz. Three of America's truly gruesome figures of criminal infamy who killed and

EP 15

The Boy on the Bike

He was a cheeky skylark who zoomed past our camera and tried his best to get into our story. He was so persistent we fin

EP 16

Gangster's Paradise

It was once a jet-set jewel. A hip, snazzy playground for entertainment A-listers chasing a tan, socialites looking to b

EP 17

Catwalk Empire

They're two darlings of Jakarta's fashion obsessed, social set. One's a former top central banker mired in claims she ju

EP 18

There's an Awful Lot of Money in Brazil

It's a big southern land, with beautiful beaches, sun worshipping citizens and a mother lode of natural riches fuelling

EP 19

The Pain in Spain

A big black question mark is creeping across Spain, shaking and shocking a growing number of mothers and fathers of stil

EP 20

The Shadows of Everest

Once he stood higher than anyone else on earth and almost 60 years on - in many parts of Nepal - Everest conqueror Sir E

EP 21

What a Shocker!

How low could they go and how high did it reach? Like a cluster bomb, the phone hacking scandal keeps on exploding, taki

EP 22

The Lady on the Lake

She's the stoic, enduring face of the struggle against military rule in her poor and brutally oppressed country. Persist

EP 23

The Anguish, the Anger

They didn't stand a chance. When a powerful earthquake shook Christchurch at lunchtime on a February afternoon earlier t

EP 24

Paper/Tiger

Two scenes from candid cameras tell a troubling story. In one, wild and gravely endangered Sumatran tiger cubs cavort in

EP 25

The Secret Garden

It's very rare and you'll only find it up in the very rare air. And even if you have the lungs, stamina and perseverance

EP 26

A Place in the Sand

It's a harrowing human drama growing more urgent by the day. Hundreds of thousands of lives are at stake, among them ten

EP 27

Diamond Dogs

Diamonds ignite passions. They symbolize beauty, glamour and romance. But how can something so beautiful also bring so m

EP 28

The Storming of High Street

It's home to a movie studio that helped shape the world's enduring image of the British. In the years following WW2, Eal

EP 29

The Stop and Go Back Man

He compares Islam to communism and fascism, the Koran to Mein Kampf and he holds the balance of power in the Netherlands

EP 30

The Fukushima Syndrome

In the shadow of a giant nuclear power plant, a determined woman refuses to budge from her little wooden shack. She's no

EP 31

Follow the Money

What would happen if people around the world who are concerned about the plight of Palestinians all stopped buying Israe

EP 32

Beyond the Lost Horizon

In Shangri-La, once you visit you may never want to leave. The mystical, magical, mythical destination is supposed to be

EP 33

Wiki Whacked

It launched with massive fanfare and a radical agenda to change the way news was reported. It offered anonymity to whist

EP 34

Inside the Hidden Revolution

After Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, will Syria be the next Arab dictatorship to fall to people power? For months a popular

EP 35

The Mormon Moment

Who would have thought that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would ever become this hip? There's a multi

EP 36

The Homecoming

With their country finally liberated from the Gaddafi regime, thousands of Libyans who fled decades ago in fear of their

EP 37

Revolution Hijacked

Just nine months ago, Egyptians were celebrating their revolution and savouring their sweet victory. Hundreds of thousan

EP 38

Toxic Trade

There's no doubt asbestos is a dirty, deadly word. In Australia the scandals of Wittenoom and the long-running James Har

EP 39

Going Rogue

Banking used to be the very model of prudence. Now much of it resembles an extreme sport where the line between risk and

EP 40

Around the World and Back Again

The secret agents had been buzzing around China Correspondent Stephen McDonell so intrusively he knew he had to make the

EP 1

The Ka-Ching! Dynasty

In China they're setting blistering speed records. From the go-fast, rich kids quickly amassing stables of super-cars to

EP 2

A Bavarian Fairy Tale

If Europe's going down the gurgler why are the good burghers of Bavaria singing, dancing, laughing and toasting their go

EP 3

Girlpower!

They're two women from utterly different worlds so what do a seasoned Australian television producer and a 19 year old s

EP 4

Meet the Frackers

There's a new resident moving into America's cities and suburbs, peeking over backyard fences and casting a shadow over

EP 5

The Almighty's Dollar

If life's two certainties are death and taxes then who blinks first in a face-off between God and The Taxman? Italians a

EP 6

Building the Perfect Bug

Bird flu is already aggressively lethal so why did laboratory researchers engineer a super strain that can be contracted

EP 7

The Road to Mandalay

Have visa, will travel. Sounds simple, but until now, it just wasn't that easy for journalists to visit one of Asia's mo

EP 8

They Paved Paradise

They're young, feisty, smart and well travelled and they want to reclaim the destiny of their island home. In a relative

EP 9

Sayonara Baby

If your children had been snatched by your partner and taken overseas you'd hope the law would be on your side and the a

EP 10

The Real Great Escape

They really should remake The Great Escape - one of the all-time classic war films - and this time get it right. Perhaps

EP 11

Miss Tibet

It's unquestionably the world's highest national beauty pageant, it may also be the world's smallest but it must be righ

EP 12

England Swings

Take your marks, world, the Games of the XXX Olympiad are set to start soon and they will be inescapable. The London Oly

EP 13

That Was Then This Is Now

Foreign Correspondent celebrates 20 years of Australia's finest international television reporting with 'That Was Then T

EP 14

Globesity - Fat's New Frontier

Obesity is no longer just a rich country's problem. It's now taken hold in poor and emerging countries and is rapidly de

EP 15

Wired

It's a spectacular collision of real and virtual worlds and the consequences are potentially earth shattering. On one si

EP 16

The Wandering Souls

Laurens Wildeboer is a war veteran who vowed he'd never return to the scene of his service. He'd seen too much, suffered

EP 17

Two Hearts

Together their future was very uncertain, almost certainly bleak. They'd been surrendered by their parents and shunned b

EP 18

Revenge of the Nerds

Psst! Wanna turn 99 cents into a billion dollars? Sure you do. Trouble is, it turns out to be a pretty popular pursuit a

EP 19

Lords of the Ring

It's a boxing promoter's dream bout. A pay-per-view, box-office knockout right up there with the Rumble in the Jungle an

EP 20

Rise of the Machines

Any comfy views you have about your personal security, privacy and safety are about to be seriously challenged. Foreign

EP 21

Tick, Tick, Boom!

Israel has been running two very different operations aimed at stopping Iran developing nuclear weapons. One is very pub

EP 22

Adrenalin Nation

The Land of the Long White Cloud is now the Land of the Long Loud Scream. In a spectacularly successful marketing makeov

EP 23

Goin' Up Around the Bend - Truth, Votes and the American Way

The young Tallahassee tailgaters party in the football arena carpark, slugging rocket fuel from jars and chanting in uni

EP 24

The Odyssey

We've seen and heard a great deal about the economic apocalypse thumping Greece. Violent protests, enormous pain, stagge

EP 25

The Big Dig

It once commanded an empire that occupied an enormous swathe of the world, now the world wants a big slice of Mongolia.

EP 26

We Will Not Be Moved

One day you've got a roof over your head and you're doing your best to feed, raise and protect your family with very lit

EP 1

Tanzania/Kenya - Where Have All The Elephants Gone?

In a special investigation reporter Eric Campbell goes undercover with the world's top ranger, Australian Sean Willmore

EP 2

Israel - Prisoner X: The Australian Connection

Who was Prisoner X? A special Foreign Correspondent investigation to crack an international super secret.

EP 3

Made In Italy

Emma Alberici investigates the paradox of the modern Italian state - a country that the European Union simply can't affo

EP 4

USA - Inside The NRA

In the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre, reporter Lisa Millar examines the incredible power and influence of the National

EP 5

India On Trial

Zoe Daniel reports from India, where a woman is raped almost every 20 minutes. But Joyti's story stood out, and her fami

EP 6

Mexico - The Veins Of The Earth

Foreign Correspondent explores the mysterious and stunningly beautiful underground lakes and rivers of Mexico - the larg

EP 7

Syria - Ibrahim's War

As the bombs and ballistic missiles rain down on the divided ancient Syrian city of Aleppo, Matt Brown follows the life

EP 8

Ireland - Race To The Bottom

When Ireland's Food Standards Authority announced that it had found beef products sold by popular food brands contaminat

EP 9

Searching For Steele

Did the U.S. and its allies sponsor the use of torture methods in Iraq?

EP 10

Taiwan - Standing On Shaky Ground

Mark Willacy reporting from Taiwan, where there are fears that a fourth nuclear power plant being constructed close to a

EP 11

Mali - The Road To Timbuktu (Part 1)

Eric Campbell takes a 1,000km road trip to the fabled Saharan desert city of Timbuktu, which has just been liberated by

EP 12

Mali - The Road To Timbuktu (Part 2)

In part two of his road trip through the West African music centre of Mali, Eric Campbell finally reaches the town of Ti

EP 13

Cyprus - The Haircut

Economics Correspondent Stephen Long meets shocked, angry residents of this sun drenched Mediterranean island who've had

EP 14

Israel - Prisoner X: The Secret

Stunning revelations emerge from a special Foreign Correspondent investigation.

EP 15

China - The Other China Boom (Part 1)

Australia's leading international current affairs returns with the first of a captivating two part investigation into Ch

EP 16

China - The Other China Boom (Part 2: The Drug Squad)

Foreign Correspondent's explosive investigation into China's booming drug culture and surging supply chains out of Myanm

EP 17

Brazil - Showtime!

With the world's biggest sporting events heading their way, Brazilians are getting ready to party. So why are they so up

EP 18

India - 23 Little Lives

In a little, remote Indian school in July, 55 kids sat down to their government-supplied lunch. Very soon 23 would be de

EP 19

Corsica - Murder Island

It's got sun, beaches, spectacular scenery and hoards of holiday makers. It's also the number one European destination f

EP 20

Pakistan - The Enemy Within

The Enemy Within. A rare journey into Pakistan's wild, western no-go-zone where until recently the Taliban brutally enfo

EP 21

Easter Island - Ageing Rock Stars

We get up close and personal with the ageing rock stars of Rapa Nui - Easter Island's mysterious stone statues. While sc

EP 22

Afghanistan/Canada - Coming Home (Part 1: Combat Doctor)

Their lives intersected in a war zone where the crack combat doctor and the foreign correspondent shared one of the most

EP 23

Afghanistan/Canada - Coming Home (Part 2: Soldiering On)

Sally Sara met the 'can-do' combat doctor in Kandahar. But when he made it home he struggled with PTSD. So many returned

EP 24

Pakistan - Malala

Going to school in Taliban-controlled Swat Valley, Pakistan was a dangerous act of defiance and Malala Yousafzai was sho

EP 25

USA - Down In Jungleland

Would you work for .13 an hour? That's the tough new reality for two former professionals you'll meet in this disturbing

EP 26

Russia - The Iron Closet

The Winter Olympics are coming and Russia is putting out the welcome mat to the world - that is unless you are gay. Puti

EP 27

Japan - The Next Wave

Earthquakes. Tsunami. Nuclear Emergency. The chilling set of dominoes that dropped in March 2011 and devastated northern

EP 28

UK - Honour & Obey

In multi-cultural Britain police struggle to deal with honour crime as women from south-Asian and middle-eastern backgro

EP 29

Indonesia - Cry Of The Tiger

Highly endangered Sumatran tigers are barely surviving in the wild - but captivity for these magnificent animals can be

EP 30

The Philippines - The Super Storm

The monster waves & wind of Typhoon Haiyan caused destruction & despair on Bantayan Island, but it's a forgotten corner

EP 1

Ukraine - Moscow Rules

With breathtaking speed, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the armed takeover of a key part of a neighbouring

EP 2

Chile - Facing The Past

Sally Sara follows the trail of a woman accused of involvement in serious, violent crimes in her homeland. Now living qu

EP 3

Dubai - Trapped Part 1

In Dubai, Australian Marcus Lee was accused of a multi-million dollar fraud he never committed. But it took him 7 months

EP 4

Dubai - Trapped Part 2

In the second part of our exclusive report, Foreign Correspondent hears how Marcus and Julie Lee eventually escaped, and

EP 5

India - The Babymakers

Foreign Correspondent investigates India's booming international surrogacy industry by following Australian couples hopi

EP 6

Canada, South Africa - Granpower!

The uplifting story of a group of gutsy grandmothers from Canada, who have built a remarkable connection with Africa. Le

EP 7

Cuba - Inside Gitmo

Shaker Aamer, hands and feet shackled, was dragged into Camp X-Ray, Guantanamo Bay prison more than 4,500 days ago. No c

EP 8

Afghanistan - Groomed to Kill

The experiences and stories of some of the children convicted of fighting for the Taliban who are currently being held i

EP 9

Spratly Islands - Reef Madness

Eric Campbell reports from a conflict zone in the South China sea. In a world exclusive, Foreign Correspondent reports f

EP 10

Pakistan - The Polio Emergency

An immunisation program saw Polio retreat from the developed world - then a concerted campaign in the '80's all but wipe

EP 11

Tiananmen - Australia's Witnesses

China has changed dramatically since the crackdown and wholesale slaughter in Tiananmen Square 25 years ago. For the fir

EP 12

Jordan - Home Away From Home

The Hariri's are an ordinary family who've had their lives shattered by war. Like 2.8 million other Syrian refugees, thi

EP 13

USA - Cannabis Inc.

Hundreds of cannabis businesses are aiming to make it an industry to rival beer. But there is a growing opposition of vo

EP 14

Cairo: Ordeal In Egypt

As judgement arrives for Australian journalist Peter Greste and his Al Jazeera colleagues in Egypt, family and key playe

EP 15

Myanmar - A New Dawn

What happens when a vacuum-sealed, strictly-controlled nation opens its doors and ushers in aggressive international bus

EP 16

Mexico - The Last Resort

Jane Cowan investigates the booming international surrogacy business and an unscrupulous operator preying on the dreams

EP 17

Laos - The Legacy

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

EP 18

Syria - A Gangster Goes To War

Foreign Correspondent presents an extraordinarily intimate and confronting journey as a violent, criminal king-pin leave

EP 19

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

Scottish/Australian reporter Barbara Miller returns home to see whether the Scots really are prepared to be brave and vo

EP 20

Norway - The Gender Mission

Eric Campbell travels to the Arctic Circle in Norway where he reports on a radical experiment being watched by the rest

EP 21

East Timor - The Clinic

Foreign Correspondent travels to Dili, East Timor and witnesses a country facing a myriad of health problems. We follow

EP 22

Japan - Return Of The Samurai

An in-depth look at the rise of militarism in Japan as tensions with China coincide with major changes to the country's

EP 23

Sierra Leone - Ebola: Into The Hot Zone

A special report on the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. Our team, which was the last camera crew into the hardest hit ar

EP 24

Palau - Take A Long Line

Whether you enjoy tuna on a sandwich, or as sashimi, you need to know that Pacific stocks are being fished out at an ala

EP 25

Nepal - The Road

The kingdom of Upper Mustang, Nepal is the last outpost of authentic Tibetan Buddhism. Cut off from modernity, foreigner

EP 26

Northern Ireland - The Disappeared

Off an isolated country laneway on a remote area of Irish bog, sophisticated forensic technology is being rolled out in

EP 27

South Africa - Symphony In Soweto

Sally Sara meets the new generation of Soweto. The black township was once a byword for suffering and squalor but it's a

EP 28

China - Crackdown

As Australia lifts its terror alert to high, China is intensifying its crackdown on a resident Muslim community in the r

EP 29

Kenya - Inside Out

Sally Sara goes inside some of Kenya's toughest jails to investigate an innovative program that is seeing convicted crim

EP 30

The Italian Solution

In an Australian TV first, Sophie McNeill hitches a ride on an Italian navy boat as more than 800 people are plucked out

EP 1

Pitch Battle

For the first time ever Palestine's football team qualified for the Asian Cup, played in Australia. We follow the highs

EP 2

Vietnam - Are You My Mother?

Foreign Correspondent follows the remarkable journey of a Vietnamese adoptee as she desperately searches for the mother

EP 3

The Boris Mission

An exclusive with the Mayor of London - Boris Johnson. Philip Williams follows the star of British politics across Londo

EP 4

Antarctica - Southern Exposure

Penguins and partying, Foreign Correspondent travels to Antarctica, the world's biggest natural laboratory, but it's not

EP 5

Syria - Brides Of ISIS

Hundreds of young Western educated women are running away from home to marry radical Islamic fighters and live in the se

EP 6

India - Let There Be Light

In the slums of India, lives are being changed by an Australian enterprise providing jobs & clean energy to some of the

EP 7

Slaves To The Beautiful Game

Qatar's triumphant bid for the 2022 World Cup is under fire not just because of the FIFA corruption scandal. Migrant wor

EP 8

The Cost Of Living

A French photo-journalist tells how he survived 10 months as a hostage of Islamic State terrorists while five of his fel

EP 9

South Korea - Education Gangnam Style

Once shackled by mass illiteracy, South Korea now tops global academic league tables. But as North Asia Correspondent Ma

EP 10

India - About A Boy

Foreign Correspondent goes in search of a baby boy who was born via surrogacy in India but left behind by his Australian

EP 11

Saving Mary Jane

With just minutes to spare, mother-of-two Mary Jane Veloso escaped the firing squad that executed Australia's Andrew Cha

EP 12

Greece - Odyssey

Greece is broke but now has to deal with a flood of foreign boat people fleeing war and poverty. From the picture postca

EP 13

The Emerald Aisle

Sally Sara journeys across Ireland to discover why this conservative Catholic country became the first in the world to s

EP 14

Peter Greste: My Fight For Freedom (Part 1)

For the first time, journalist Peter Greste reports his own story: the trumped up terrorism charges, his 400 days in Egy

EP 15

Peter Greste: My Fight For Freedom (Part 2)

Peter Greste's own story of his joyful homecoming after 400 days in an Egyptian jail - and the tense build-up to the fin

EP 16

China - Tales Of A City

A diving stock market, a wobbling economy and a new security crackdown: where is China heading? Tapping into voices you'

EP 17

Cuba - Neighbours

With the US poised to lift its 55 year trade embargo, reporter Eric Campbell tells the remarkable story of how one Ameri

EP 18

Spain - Yes We Can

Sally Sara meets the grass roots, social media-driven activists who are turning politics on its head in Spain. Now that

EP 19

USA - The Trump Show

Donald Trump was supposed to crash and burn but he is streaking ahead of his rivals in the race for the Republican presi

EP 20

India - Tashi And The Monk

The inspirational story of a former Buddhist monk and the home he built for abandoned children in the Himalayan foothill

EP 21

PNG - Doctor Dim Dim

Carpenter Barry Kirby's life turned upside down when he chanced upon a young woman dying on a bush road. The Australian

EP 22

Ukraine - Republic Of Nowhere

It's the war the world forgot. At Europe's side door nearly 8000 people have been killed and 1.5 million have fled their

EP 23

How To Save the World

As key climate talks start in Paris, Eric Campbell looks at potential solutions to global warming - from Costa Rica's th

EP 24

#BlackLivesMatter

In a Foreign Correspondent special, Sally Sara takes to the streets of Baltimore & Chicago to investigate a reawakened c

EP 25

Our Man In China

After 10 years as the ABC's China Correspondent, Stephen McDonell looks back at the big stories of his time based in Bei

EP 26

Digital Disruption

In the final Foreign Correspondent for 2015, Mark Corcoran reveals how the digital revolution is changing the way we get

EP 1

Rosie's Journey

Does gender equality free women from family violence? Campaigner Rosie Batty & reporter Sally Sara journey to gender

EP 2

The Zombies From Wall Street

They're back. The crazy loans that triggered the Global Financial Crisis have morphed into "zombie mortgages" and as Pau

EP 3

One Night In Cologne

A mob sexual assault on young women revellers on New Year’s Eve snapped Germany’s celebrated tolerance of mass migra

EP 4

Poppyland

Liam Cochrane travels to the source of most of Australia’s heroin - the vast opium fields of Myanmar, where poppy prod

EP 5

Mafia Hunter

Inside the life of Pino Maniaci, the irrepressible Sicilian journalist who campaigns daily against the Mafia, defying co

EP 6

On Thin Ice

A budding ski industry has sprung up in the remote alps of Afghanistan. But this enterprise – and the local people - f

EP 7

Saudi Arabia Uncovered

Undercover cameras provide a rare window into one of the world's most secretive countries, revealing how Saudi Arabia ru

EP 8

False Economy

Thousands of Australians book their holidays on cheap foreign airlines - but how safe are they? This special report reve

EP 9

Persian Jam

Hairy hipsters, beautiful girls, funky cafes, pulsing live music - this is modern Iran, where young artists and musician

EP 10

Come In Spinner

A giant leap for mankind or a hazardous lurch into the unknown? A tiny Australian venture is racing to rule the skies, a

EP 11

Into The Zone

Mark Willacy travels to radiation-poisoned Fukushima to uncover startling new evidence about the dangers that still lurk

EP 12

Surgical Strike

Anatomy of a military scandal. Why did US forces attack a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital in Afghanistan, killing 42 p

EP 13

There'll Always Be An England

Quit Europe or stay? It's the English who hold the whip in hand in the coming UK vote - and many want out. So what's up

EP 14

Accused

A puff of rumour grew into a tempest of accusations and led to the jailing of seven people for alleged child abuse at an

EP 15

A Fleeting Freedom

As supporters battle to free seven people jailed in a child abuse scandal at an elite Indonesian school, Foreign Corresp

EP 16

Honouring Noah

It's the question posed after Orlando & every other massacre: Will America ever regulate guns? Lisa Millar revisits

EP 17

The Reckoning

It deposed tyrant Saddam Hussein but caused hundreds of thousands of deaths, lit sectarian conflict and helped the rise

EP 18

Freedom Riders

How do you free troubled kids from the violence and poverty of South Africa's broken townships? For starters, you teach

EP 19

A Bloody Boycott

Eight or more students shot, universities boycotted, a Prime Minister fighting for his political life. Eric Tlozek looks

EP 20

The Labours Of Mr. Zhang

As China's economy stumbles, Matthew Carney taps into the anger of a growing mass of unemployed workers and meets a labo

EP 21

Get Up, Stand Up

As the world's newest nation teeters on the brink of civil war, the young people of South Sudan are pushing back, seekin

EP 22

Never Trump

Hamish Macdonald obtains exclusive access to rebel Republicans as they plot to railroad Donald Trump's presidential camp

EP 23

For Greater Glory

A generation of athletes treated like lab rats by their own country. Sarah Dingle reports on the human cost of the wides

EP 24

The War on Children

In a playground of international powers, it’s children who are dying from bombs, bullets and hunger. Sophie McNeill an

EP 25

Last Whites of The East End

For the first time ever, white Britons are a minority in London. This film delves into the lives of the dwindling cockne

EP 26

Generation Left Behind

More than 60 million Chinese children are growing up without their parents, paying the price of their country's dash to

EP 27

Joe Leahy's Troubles

When award-winning Australian filmmaker Bob Connolly reunites with the characters of his acclaimed PNG Highlands trilogy

EP 28

Wild Things

Elephants roaming Scandinavia, wolves chasing bison in Europe - endangered animals are being reintroduced to wild places

EP 29

Keep Calm And Drill On

Oil-rich Norway has adopted the radical goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2030. But, as Eric Campbell reports, there's

EP 30

The Bridge

Who'll be next? Fear and paranoia grip Turkey after a failed coup and a payback purge, as Sally Sara reports.

EP 31

President Trump

He was a showman, a wheeler-dealer & one-time rank outsider who shocked Washington's establishment. Now he's set to

EP 1

It Doesn't Happen To People Like Me

Thousands of travellers, many of them young Australians, are flocking to the Amazon to chase the highs of the ayahuasca

EP 2

Venezuela Undercover

It's got more oil than any country on the planet but its people eat garbage and gangsters rule. Defying a media ban, Eri

EP 3

Line In The Sand

India's building boom has spawned a "sand mafia" that is plundering the environment and even killing those who get in it

EP 4

The Big Goal

China is executing a masterplan to dominate world football, pumping billions of dollars into buying foreign players, coa

EP 5

Resist!

It's famed as the city of peace and love, but San Francisco is digging in for a fight over President Trump's order to ex

EP 6

Saving The Big Blue

A band of inspired young Australians are deploying a new weapon against a global scourge - the great gobs of plastic pol

EP 7

The Real Great Escape

Foreign Correspondent tells the true story behind the legendary movie The Great Escape - and the overlooked role of Aust

EP 8

The Last Eagle Hunters

Foreign Correspondent takes a spectacular journey into the wilds of Mongolia in search of an ancient, imperilled traditi

EP 9

The Home Show

Australia is a tough place to buy a home. But we're not alone. So what are other countries doing to tackle high cost hou

EP 10

A Man Of The World: Remembering Mark Colvin

In this special tribute episode to Mark Colvin Foreign Correspondent reports on his legacy as a foreign correspondent, a

EP 11

Hunting The KGB Killers

For the first time, British investigators tell the inside story of the bizarre murder of former Russian spy Alexander Li

EP 12

Hunting The KGB Killers: Taking On The Kremlin

British investigators continue to tell the inside story of the bizarre murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko

EP 13

Saving Wales

Labour is praying for one of history's great comebacks in Britain's election. But something once unthinkable may be happ

EP 14

Life Inside Kerobokan

A Foreign Correspondent exclusive: Unprecedented access inside Bali's notorious Kerobokan jail.

EP 15

Space Invaders

A new space race is on, as tech companies rush to launch thousands of tiny satellites that will tell us more about what'

EP 16

Through American Eyes

ABC NEWS & The New York Times collaborate on a special in which New York Times National Correspondent John Eligon examin

EP 17

We're Going On A Bear Hunt

Tiny Estonia is digging in against potential attacks from its giant neighbour Russia. And it's employing defences far mo

EP 18

Not Everybody Wants A Goat

Matt Brown reports from Kenya on a radical cash experiment that challenges our deep-rooted notions of charity and may ho

EP 19

One Love

Jamaica's rich music heritage got hijacked by a vicious and violent brand of homophobia. But along came a new generation

EP 20

Manchester United

Terror at a pop concert. Children die. Sirens, grief, fury. How does a city recover? Hamish Macdonald deep dives into Ma

EP 21

Escape From Marawi

Thousands of people have been caught up in a brutal new ISIS battleground on Australia's doorstep. One of them was ABC c

EP 22

The Dome

Foreign Correspondent returns for a new season. Rising sea levels threaten to flush a vast stash of highly radioactive p

EP 23

Happy Birthday Mr. President!

Vladimir Putin crushes opponents, but a growing army of young Russians are fighting back. Their gift to the strongman on

EP 24

Machine Man

He fled Saddam Hussein's brutality to become detainee #982 in an Australian refugee camp. Now Munjed al-Muderis is a wor

EP 25

The Love Boat

While Australia says 'yes', the country with more gay people than most says an implacable 'no'. But in China, a determin

EP 26

The New Italian Job

The old is new. Ditching conventional careers, a generation of hip young Italians is rediscovering the grand tradition o

EP 27

Redneck Revolt

A year into Donald Trump's presidency resurgent white supremacists are preaching hate. Now left-wing activists are hitti

EP 28

The Baby Trade

A cruel trade is tearing baby orangutans from their jungle homes to be sold abroad. Samantha Hawley gets a smuggler's st

EP 29

On Top Of The World

Is the world going mad when Greenlanders fight drought & brushfires & catch warm water fish? A decade after seeing a far

EP 1

On His Own Terms

This is the inside story of 104-year-old activist David Goodall's last days in Europe as he farewells family and campaig

EP 2

Don't Call Australia Home!

Australia is detaining, cuffing and deporting more New Zealanders than any other group. Guest reporter Peter FitzSimons

EP 3

Blockchain Island

A tropical paradise is racked with bankruptcy then smashed by a killer hurricane. In rides a cavalry of digital evangeli

EP 4

Bloodland

Are attacks on white South African farmers aimed at terrorising them off the land? Should Australia offer them special h

EP 5

Tipping Point

China sent Australia's recycling industry into a spin when it banned most waste imports. Now it's tackling a home-grown

EP 6

To Burn or Not to Burn

There's a new push in Australia to build giant incinerators to burn waste. Is this the way to go? Those clever Swedes th

EP 7

The Village

Sean Dorney got thrown out of PNG for his reporting yet he received one of its top honours. He skippered its footy team

EP 8

Homeland

Berlin was Holocaust headquarters - but for young Israeli Jews it's the paragon of cool. Eric Campbell tracks one of the

EP 9

The French Letter

Is it OK for a man to proposition a woman in the street or at work? Some leading French women say yes. In Paris, guest r

EP 10

A Big Piece of Good News

A wild piece of coast was threatened by malls and McMansions... until a reclusive billionaire couple arrived with the gi

EP 11

Leave No Dark Corner

China is marrying Big Brother to Big Data. Every citizen will be watched and their behaviour scored in the most ambitiou

EP 12

Eye of the Fire

It's a Greek tale of tragedy, heroism and mind-blowing incompetence. Eric Campbell tells the story of the world's deadli

EP 1

Man v Wild

In India's far east, wild elephants are in deadly, daily conflict with people. Siobhan Heanue follows the clashes as roa

EP 2

Walk In Their Shoes

What drives Tatyana, 21, heavily pregnant and with two tiny kids in tow, or 13-year-old Daniel, to make an epic trek ove

EP 3

Vanilla Slice

Vanilla hustlers in dusty streets. Vanilla brokers in vanilla-built palaces. Vanilla crops threatening rare lemurs' jung

EP 4

Secret Sardinia

It's touted as Europe's most beautiful island - but the people of Sardinia are getting sick and dying mysteriously. Fing

EP 5

The Promised Land

Two young men escape the misery of Manus Island to forge new lives in North America. Reporter Eric Tlozek charts their p

EP 6

Running Amok

This is no armchair spectator sport. ABC Indonesia Correspondent David Lipson ventures into the fanatical, often deadly,

EP 7

Out of Breath

As Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un ready for their late February summit, we take a unique and inspiring journey into rural

EP 8

Climate Hackers

They sound like science fiction, but radical remedies to slow global warming are on the way. Eric Campbell goes in searc

EP 9

The Oasis

A radical experiment in democracy and women's rights is under way in the old badlands of Islamic State. But as Yaara Bou

EP 10

Saving Venice

The "Floating City" is sinking under rising seas and the weight of mass tourism. Now Venice's residents are fighting to

EP 11

Opioid America

A secretive billionaire family pushes a pill that triggers more deaths than guns or car crashes. From backwoods Appalach

EP 12

The Battle For Rio

Democrat or despot? Brazil's new strongman is cracking down on rampant crime - but many fear the "Trump of the Tropics"

EP 13

High Steaks

In the season return, Craig Reucassel investigates the future of food, where plant and animal cell-based meat substitute

EP 14

Death Metal Diplomacy

Is Taiwan the next flashpoint? As Hong Kong protesters take to the street to fight the rising power of China, a younger

EP 15

Motherland

Ukraine is the new 'go-to' destination for couples desperate to be parents. But Samantha Hawley uncovers an industry out

EP 16

Homage to Barcelona

Reporter Eric Campbell was living in Barcelona when the Spanish state cracked down on its 2017 independence vote, clubbi

EP 17

Fallout: The Legacy of the Chernobyl Disaster

The site of the world's worst nuclear accident Chernobyl is now a tourist destination. Linton Besser visits the exclusio

EP 18

Mother Courage

The inspirational women of Rwanda who have turned pain into hope. They lived through one of the worst atrocities of the

EP 19

Testing Times

As Australia grapples with a spate of deaths at music festivals, triple j presenter Tom Tilley heads to Europe to see dr

EP 20

Secrets and Lies

It's been an open secret for years, Catholic priests fathering children in breach of their vows. After suffering in sile

EP 21

Climate Kids

They're young, passionate and want to save the planet. We profile three young activists inspired by Swedish teen Greta T

EP 22

The State of Denmark

'What is Danish?' asks comedian Ellie Jokar. Born in Iran, now a Dane, Ellie struggles to understand why her once friend

EP 23

Insectageddon

Foreign Correspondent travels to Europe to investigate the decline of the insect population, threatening entire ecosyste

EP 24

At the Edge of the Earth - Alaska

Alaska's indigenous tribes are fiercely proud of their pristine land and traditions, but as Trump pushes to open up its

EP 1

The Coal War

While Australia ponders opening new coal fields, Germany has reached an agreement between government, mining and energy

EP 2

Tourist Mecca

Sam Hawley gains rare access to the reclusive kingdom of Saudi Arabia as it begins a campaign to become a tourist destin

EP 3

Paper Orphans

Reporter Sally Sara travels to Nepal to uncover an ugly truth: many children living in the more than 500 orphanages acro

EP 4

The Peacemaker of Syria

A young Syrian leader fighting for peace and prosperity for her country is brutally murdered, soon after President Trump

EP 5

The New Mafia

Sex, drugs and people smuggling. Emma Alberici braves a no-man's land near Naples to report on a ruthless new criminal g

EP 6

Life in the Time of Corona

Europe's Coronavirus epicentre and a system at breaking point. Italy in lockdown with thousands of new cases reported ev

EP 7

The Singapore Solution

While the world shuts down, Singapore has been open for business. Learning from the SARS outbreak Singapore acted on its

EP 8

Atom Hunters in Antarctica

Take an epic journey across Antarctica with a crack team of scientists on a mission to unlock earth's secret history. Th

EP 9

The War on Afghan Women

After years of war the US government and the Taliban are making a 'peace deal'. But what does the Taliban's return to po

EP 10

Behind Enemy Lines

New York City is the epicentre of the US fight against the COVID-19 outbreak. We follow paramedics, police, ICU nurses,

EP 11

A New Crusade

A deeply divided nation in the throes of a culture war. The Polish government and Catholic Church are forming a holy all

EP 12

Revolution in the Time of Corona

Lebanon's young and old, rich and poor, Muslim, Christian and Druze have united to try and overthrow corrupt and incompe

EP 13

The War Next Door

A secret war on Australia's doorstep. Sally Sara reports from inside the escalating conflict in Indonesian-ruled West Pa

EP 14

The World's Biggest Lockdown

India has enforced the world's biggest lockdown. When the government ordered people to stay home, millions of migrant wo

EP 15

Carry On Covid

Coronavirus has hit Britain hard with the highest death toll in Europe and forecasts of the deepest recession in 300 yea

EP 16

The Doctor vs The President

She's a young doctor. He's the Russian President. He insists he's got the virus under control. She says he's lying. We f

EP 17

Pirates of the Caribbean

The laid back, self-proclaimed 'rainbow people' of Trinidad and Tobago are dealing with an increase in illegal migration

EP 18

No Justice, No Peace

What began as a hashtag seven years ago has transformed into a global movement for justice for black people. Sally Sara

EP 19

All the Single Men

Being a single man in China is tough. Young men face pressure to provide a family heir but finding a bride isn't easy. W

EP 20

The Swedish Model

Sweden is doing COVID differently. Its high-risk strategy allows cafes, schools and gyms to stay open, trusting citizens

EP 21

Stolen Children

Born in Timor, raised in Indonesia, a group of East Timorese stolen during wartime is now returning home. But will reuni

EP 22

North Korea's Secret Armada

Foreign Correspondent investigates North Korea's secret fishing fleets, exposing smuggling operations which make million

EP 23

The Power of Falun Gong

Falun Gong has morphed from fringe quasi-religious group into a powerful player in America's conservative media landscap

EP 24

Life and Liberty

US Bureau Chief David Lipson travels through the northeast swing states to speak with voters about the coming presidenti

EP 1

Give Us The Ballot

Meet the formidable women in Georgia who fought for democracy and won. They faced generations of racism and voter suppre

EP 2

City of Fear

Once a city of protest, now a city of fear. Bill Birtles chronicles freedom's final days as Hong Kong activists face a s

EP 3

Poking The Bear

He was poisoned, almost blinded, arrested and jailed but Alexei Navalny isn't cowed. He wants to force out President Put

EP 4

Women of the Revolution

The women are rising. With their men jailed, Belarusian women have stepped on to the frontlines of the revolution. Inspi

EP 5

Great Wall of Japan

As Japan commemorates the 10th anniversary of the tsunami, Mark Willacy travels along the north-eastern coast to meet th

EP 6

Tomorrow Will Be Better

Bali's natural beauty and rich culture have made it a top holiday destination but since COVID hit the island is struggli

EP 7

Troubled Waters

New Zealand's clean, green image hides a dirty truth. Polluted by intensive dairy farming, its waterways are some of the

EP 8

Into the Outbreak

Spain has been hit hard by the pandemic, with over seventy thousand dead. Australian Lily Mayers reveals how the nation'

EP 9

Road to Reunion

In a world TV exclusive, Sarah Ferguson reports on the fallout of a brutal US immigration policy that tore families apar

EP 10

The Sinking Sea

For millennia, its waters healed the faithful. Today they're the source of conflict and tension. Eric Tlozek takes us on

EP 11

Troubled Land

The fallout from Brexit, as decades of peace are punctured by violence. Will the troubles reignite and Northern Ireland

EP 12

American Deepfake

Is seeing believing? Not anymore. AI can now make fake video where real people say and do things they never did. Hamish

EP 13

Clash of the Titans (Part 1)

As China celebrates its Communist Party's centenary, relations between the world's two superpowers are in dire straits.

EP 14

Clash of the Titans (Part 2)

There's a tech war being fought between the US and China. While the US has had the edge, China is catching up fast, inve

EP 15

Nomadland

Mongolia's nomadic herders have survived the harsh climate of the steppes for centuries. Now they're facing the new and

EP 16

Cartel Country

Tens of thousands missing, many more murdered. So why are Mexico's violent drug cartels operating with impunity? We go i

EP 17

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

A military coup, a young democracy shattered. Six months on Myanmar's Gen Z is resisting, boycotting the military and it

EP 18

Right to Choose

The right to an abortion in the US is on the brink. Guaranteed by the Supreme Court 50 years ago, that right has been wo

EP 19

Dead White Man's Clothes

The dark side of the world's fashion addiction. Many of our old clothes, donated to charities, end up in rotting textile

EP 20

Return of the Taliban

The Taliban is back. Even before foreign forces have withdrawn from Afghanistan, the hardline Islamic force has seized c

EP 21

Dead on Arrival

Since the start of the pandemic, 21 delivery workers in South Korea have died. Unions blame overwork. As demand for home

EP 22

Old King Coal

From Europe to the US, coal is under fire. Environmentalists are circling, mines closing. As coal declines how will comm

EP 23

Out of Africa

Europe's museums are stashed full of Africa's cultural heritage, much taken in colonial times. Some was looted, some tra

EP 24

The Cruel Sea

One Spanish yacht, a quarter of a million square kilometres of sea. Boatloads of desperate men, women and children fleei

EP 25

China's Future

Three young people. Three stories of living differently in China. This generation is richer than their parents but the p

EP 26

Destination Mars

In the era of New Space, billionaire Elon Musk is blazing the trail. He's building a gigantic starship to fly humans fur

EP 27

Fallout: The Legacy of the Chernobyl Disaster

The site of the world's worst nuclear accident Chernobyl is now a tourist destination. Linton Besser visits the exclusio

EP 1

Under Taliban Rule

Reporter Yalda Hakim returns to Afghanistan for the first time since the Taliban took power. She finds a war-ravaged cou

EP 2

Flying Solo

Flying solo in Japan. A rich and powerful nation is facing a social crisis. Millions of young singles are turning their

EP 3

Blood Cobalt

The brutal cost of our green energy future. In the Democratic Republic of Congo we expose the shocking truth about the m

EP 4

Road to War

The world is watching on in shock as Putin's army invades Ukraine. Two countries with a shared history spanning centurie

EP 5

Trapped In Idlib

Before Ukraine, there was Syria. Now in its 11th year, this ongoing conflict is Russia's forgotten war. Syrian journalis

EP 6

Mapuche Rising

Once the owners of vast tracts of forest and mountains, Chile's largest indigenous group the Mapuche are fighting to tak

EP 7

The Femicide Detectives

In Mexico, 10 women are murdered every day. In this compelling true crime episode, Sarah Ferguson goes on the road with

EP 8

March to the Right

In this month's presidential race France is swinging to the right. Candidates on the far-right are polling around 30%. T

EP 9

State of Israel

A rare glimpse inside Israel's ultra-Orthodox communities. Traditionally, men study the Torah while women work and look

EP 10

The Magistrate vs The Mob

For years a ruthless mafia ruled Calabria through intimidation and violence. Now a magistrate is taking them on, chargin

EP 11

The Russian Resistance

Since Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in February, about 30,000 Russians have fled to Georgia. Reporter

EP 12

The Marcos Makeover

Forced into exile 36 years ago, the Marcos dynasty is poised to take power again in the Philippines. The son of dictator

EP 13

Keep Hawaii Hawaiian

It's a slice of paradise for some but behind the postcard facade, native Hawaiians have a different story to tell. Repor

EP 14

Saudi Children Left Behind

A troubled man. His missing father. A secretive kingdom, faraway. Like many who were abandoned by their Saudi fathers, J

EP 15

Stolen Spirits

In Nebraska, a grim search is underway. A community is trying to locate the graves of indigenous children who died after

EP 16

Becoming Putin

He started as a low-level spy. He ended up president for life. For two decades, former Moscow correspondent Eric Campbel

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Taking Up Alms

Across Thailand a quiet revolution is underway. Hundreds of women are defying generations of Thai tradition and ordainin

EP 18

Taking on Trump

Wyoming is the most pro-Trump state and respected Republican Liz Cheney is about to find out what that means. Kathryn Di

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Myanmar's Forgotten War

In remote north western Myanmar, a civil war you've never heard of is underway. The people of the Chin State are locked

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Poachers' Paradise

In the oceans of West Africa, it's a poachers' paradise. Foreign ships are illegally raiding these rich fishing grounds,

EP 21

Duty of Care

An intimate and moving story of families stretched to the limit. In China, as people live longer, dementia is on the ris

EP 22

The Vanishing River

The mighty Colorado is under threat. From the Rockies' snowy peaks to Mexico, the river is a lifeline for tens of millio

EP 23

No Surrender: Inside Sri Lanka's Uprising

A few months ago, Sri Lankan protestors had a moment of triumph, storming the presidential palace and occupying its grou

EP 24

France's War on Drugs

In the French city of Marseille, there's a war on drugs. The police are cracking down on gangs dealing from estates in t

EP 25

Return of the Rhinos

The mighty rhino is making a comeback. In Zimbabwe it was poached to near extinction in the 2000s. We visit a wildlife s

EP 26

Thai High

From zero tolerance to decriminalisation, Thailand's u-turn this year on cannabis laws is lighting up a billion-dollar i

EP 27

The Secret World of Trading Nudes

In chat rooms and online forums, men are trading sexually explicit images of women, often without consent. This program

EP 28

Voices from the Arctic

In Scandinavia, the indigenous Sami have their own parliaments. But a new wave of green development is putting pressure

EP 29

Fighting Back

Putin's recent losses on the battlefield have emboldened Ukrainians. Steve Cannane travels to the warzone in northern Uk

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Japan's New Frontline

Japan is confronting the possibility of war. New military bases on the country's remote southwest islands have the local

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Russia's Info War

Independent Russian journalists forced to flee their homes following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, have been given sanct

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Saving the Children - Philippines

In the Philippines online child sex abuse is flourishing and demand by Australian perpetrators for live streaming is inc

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Secrets of the Sepik - Papua New Guinea

The extraordinary Sepik River region in Papua New Guinea, known as the second Amazon, is under threat.Tensions are runni

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Cambodia's Cyber Slaves

In Cambodia, Chinese organised crime syndicates are running global cyber scam operations using workers who have been tra

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A Story of Survival - Somalia

Somalia is one of the most dangerous places on earth. Almost two decades of terrorism has taken a huge toll. Now the Afr

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Waking The Red Dragon - Wales

Three years after Brexit and Britain is broken. The country's cost of living crisis is now fuelling separatist movements

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The Last Resort - Fiji

The island paradise of Fiji is a popular tourist destination. But away from the resorts the reality of climate change wi

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Bahrain: The Middle East's Party Capital

The Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain is reinventing itself as a liberal oasis and its capital Manama has become the place

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Florida: The War on Woke

The US State of Florida has become the centre of America's culture wars as Governor Ron DeSantis pursues a right-wing ag

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The Defectors - North Korea

North Korean defectors overcome huge odds to escape to a new life in the south but instead of finding happiness they are

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The Fentanyl Kings - Mexico

Fentanyl is the main source of drug overdoses in the United States, supplied by the infamous Mexican Sinaloa cartel. The

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Surviving ISIS

It's almost a decade since ISIS forces swept through Iraq and Syria but the legacy of their brutal caliphate remains. Th

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Treasure Hunters - Cambodia

Thousands of statues stolen from temples across Cambodia and sold to collectors and museums are being tracked down as pa

EP 15

Bollywood: The Politics Behind the Scenes

In India the Modi Government is being accused of waging a war on Bollywood, the country's most powerful cultural force.

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Inside Iran: The Fight Continues

Almost a year since widespread protests over women's rights erupted on the streets of Iran, young Iranians who are still

EP 17

Canada On Fire

In Canada Australian firefighters join an international team in a desperate battle to help combat the nation's worst for

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Citizens of the Reich - Germany

In Germany an anti-State 'sovereign citizens' group is increasingly engaged in acts of terrorism. Intelligence authoriti

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After Uvalde: Guns, Grief and Texas Politics

A year after the Uvalde school shooting in Texas the community is still traumatised. They're angry about the inadequate

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Barbados: Who Should Pay?

Barbados was the first British slave society in the Caribbean. Now, two years after becoming a republic, there is a grow

EP 21

LeBron's Hometown Hope

NBA superstar LeBron James has put his name and his money behind an extraordinary social experiment in his hometown of A

EP 22

Addicted To Captagon - Syria

A billion-dollar illegal drug trade is funding the Syrian regime under President Bashar al-Assad. Insiders reveal detail

EP 23

Saving Argentina

Argentina is on its knees with inflation rates over 100 percent and 40 percent of the population living in poverty. Ther

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Before The War - Israel

Before the war, 2023 had been the deadliest year for Jews and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in 15 years. This p

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Faking It - UK

Fake fashion is big business. From Gucci to Balenciaga, replica brands are everywhere. The trade is run by crime syndica

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Moving a Megacity - Indonesia

Indonesia has embarked on a radical plan to relocate its congested and sinking capital Jakarta to the jungles of Borneo.

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After October 7 - Israel

The horrific events of October 7 and its aftermath have dramatically changed the lives of Palestinians and Israelis. Wit

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Sikhs, Spies and Murder - India

In Punjab, northern India, the Sikh separatist movement is fighting to create its own independent Khalistan nation. Sepa

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The One Euro House Dream - Italy

Italy's population is ageing and with towns dying out residents in Sicily have undertaken a grand social experiment. The

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A Crack in the Mountain - Vietnam

In the jungle of central Vietnam lies Son Doong, a magnificent underground cave passage, the largest in the world. Undis

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Time Bomb - The Pacific

Eighty years since Japan and the Allied forces waged a battle at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islanders are still paying the pri

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Sumo Sisters - Japan

In Japan the ancient sport of sumo is wrestling with how to accept women competitors on an equal footing, challenging de

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Britain's Drug Gangs

The UK illicit drug market is worth an estimated 9.4 billion pounds a year. In small towns in the north of England, drug

EP 10

South Korea's Sham Adoptions

In the decades since the Korean war, over 200,000 children have been adopted to families worldwide. Now as adults, adopt

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Reporting For Duty - Ukraine

Across Ukraine increasing numbers of women are running newsrooms and reporting the war from the frontline. While male co

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America's Broken Borders

Immigration has become a defining issue in this year's US Presidential Election race. In Texas, the Republican Governor

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America Through Australian Eyes

In the US political tension and deep division are causing concern for thousands of Australians who now call America home

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The Arctic Chill - Russia/Norway

In the Arctic, tensions between Russia and NATO nations are escalating in the Norwegian territory of Svalbard, one of th

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Hong Kong Now

With Hong Kong's protest movement effectively silenced and with activists either fleeing or ending up in jail, the city

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Bad Monks

Corruption, drug use and fraud are not what you expect from Thailand's Buddhist monks. A series of scandals is engulfing

EP 17

Paradise In Flames - New Caledonia

In the tourist mecca of New Caledonia tensions between the French government and the indigenous Kanak people have result

EP 18

The Real Cost of a Rose - The Netherlands

A bouquet of flowers is the go-to gift for many occasions, but the world is paying a high price for out of season blooms

EP 19

Kidnapped - West Africa

Australian doctor Ken Elliott tells his extraordinary story of being held captive in the Saharan desert by Al Qaeda terr

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El Salvador's Mega Prison

To combat its reputation as the most dangerous country in the world El Salvador has declared war on its gangs and built

EP 21

Eat, Pray, Build - Bali

Bali is one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, but the demand from holidaymakers and now digital nomads i

EP 22

The Ardern Aftermath - New Zealand

Across New Zealand tensions are high with Maori protestors warning the country is facing a watershed moment on race rela

EP 23

South Africa's Copper Crimewave

Copper theft is a billion-dollar crime that's causing chaos in South Africa. Across the country police and armed contrac

EP 24

Kamala's Battleground - USA

The US state of Michigan is one of a handful of battleground states that will determine who will be the next American pr

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More Than a Kiss - Spain

When football chief Luis Rubiales kissed a player on the lips after Spain won the 2023 Women's World Cup it shocked many

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Medics On The Frontline - Ukraine

Three years of war in Ukraine has taken its toll. On the frontline and in makeshift hospitals volunteer medics work tire

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Bitter Brew - Sri Lanka

Consumers of popular tea brands are assured by guarantees the product they are buying is ethically and sustainably produ

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The Moonshine State - India

In the Indian state of Bihar, the world's largest "prohibition experiment" is taking place. Booze was banned to curb hig

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Dynasties At War - The Philippines

The feud between Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and his deputy Sara Duterte has unleashed a war between the c

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Majestic Menace - Botswana

Botswana has more elephants than any country on the planet. But what's been hailed as a great conservation success story

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Los Angeles: After the Fires

Three months after wildfires reduced large parts of Los Angeles to ash, residents who lost everything weigh up whether t

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Inside The New Syria

When a former Al Qaeda commander and his allies swept the Assad regime from power in Syria, it caught the world by surpr

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Tasting Tokyo - Japan

Tokyo has become the number one destination for food lovers with more Michelin star restaurants than its nearest rival P

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The Body Hunters - Colombia

After more than half a century of armed conflict in Colombia more than a hundred thousand people are still missing, pres

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Hot Property - Greenland

US President Donald Trump has said one way or another America is going to own the Danish territory of Greenland. Its str

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Trump's Wellness Warriors - USA

A wellness revolution has captured the White House. Donald Trump's ex-wife Marla Maples reveals the inside story behind

EP 13

Russia's Shadow - Georgia

The former Soviet republic of Georgia is fighting for its very existence as a democracy. With dissenters being jailed an

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Mexico's Cartel Crackdown

On the Mexican border 10,000 troops have been deployed to stop the traffic of the deadly drug fentanyl. The show of forc

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Japan's Last Survivors

Eighty years since the horrific bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the last survivors are angry Japan is still refusi

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Children of the Taliban

Four years since the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, this story looks at the daily lives of children living under Taliba

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Spain's Toxic Tourism

In Spain protests against mass tourism have erupted across the nation. Angry locals demand action to stop hordes of tour

EP 18

Bangladesh 2.0

In Bangladesh student protestors who led an uprising which forced a brutal dictator to leave the country have now emerge

EP 19

Trump's America Through Australian Eyes

Donald Trump's 2nd presidency has taken off with breathtaking speed. His radical agenda has captured everyone's attentio

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China's Abandoned Daughters

In rural China, a strict one-child policy saw many girls abandoned by their parents who only wanted boys. Many of these

EP 21

Not Welcome - Northern Ireland

In the Northern Ireland town of Ballymena locals are waging a war on migrants, attacking their homes and running them ou

EP 22

Gaza's Children of War

For Gaza's one million children growing up isn't guaranteed. For almost two years more than 18,000 kids have been killed

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Israel vs Iran: Unfinished Business

An uneasy calm has returned to Iran. In June, the country was in the grip of a 12-day war as Israel targeted Iran's nucl

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NATO Under Attack

NATO is facing its biggest security crisis since WWII. A wave of "hybrid" attacks blamed on Russia has left member state

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Switzerland's Crumbling Giants

Switzerland's iconic mountains are truly one of the wonders of the world, famous for their dramatic snow-capped peaks. B

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Prabowo Power - Indonesia

A revolution is taking place in Indonesia. President Prabowo Subianto is nationalising and militarising his nation's eco

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Trump's Venezuelan Oil Grab

After Donald Trump ordered the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro the focus shifted to the country's vast oi

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Vanishing Greece

Greece is one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, but the actual population of Greece is in freefall. Ther

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Celtic Waves - Ireland

Ireland isn't known for being one of the world's hottest surfing destinations. But in winter surfers head to the village

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The Other Disruptor - USA

When a young Muslim American who called himself a democratic socialist was elected Mayor of New York City the world took

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Cartel Paradise - Fiji

Fiji is ground zero in the Pacific's drug crisis. Breathtaking quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine are being traff

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Cartel Paradise (Part 2)

From South America to the Solomon Islands, Foreign Correspondent reveals the tactics used by cartels to send eye-waterin

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Saudi Arabia's Reality Check

The US and Israel's war against Iran could not have come at a worse time for Saudi Arabia. The region's instability is i

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The Price Of Love - India

In India, marriage has become a $100 billion industry with families spending more on weddings than ever. But for many th

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