Foreign Correspondent

  • Premiered: Feb 2009
  • Episodes: 431
  • Followers: 3
  • Running
  • ABC (AU)
  • Thursday at 20
  • Documentary News

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Season 2020
2020x1
The Coal War
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Feb 18, 2020
While Australia ponders opening new coal fields, Germany has reached an agreement between government, mining and energy companies and unions to phase out brown coal by 2038 in return for a $60 billion injection of funds.
2020x2
Tourist Mecca
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Feb 25, 2020
The 'hidden kingdom' of Saudi Arabia has been mostly closed to journalists and travellers ... until now. In a glitzy PR push, the country wants to promote itself as a tourist .. show full overview
2020x3
Paper Orphans
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Mar 03, 2020
Reporter Sally Sara travels to Nepal to uncover an ugly truth: many children living in the more than 500 orphanages across the country are not orphans but victims of traffickers, who prey on poor families in remote areas.
2020x4
The Peacemaker of Syria
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Mar 10, 2020
An idealistic young woman who believed in a better future for her war-torn country, Hevrin Khalaf was brutally murdered just days after Turkey's invasion of north-east Syria. Who killed her and why? Yalda Hakim investigates.
2020x5
The New Mafia
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Mar 17, 2020
Sex, drugs and people smuggling. Emma Alberici braves a no-man's land near Naples to report on a ruthless new criminal group moving in on the Italian mafia. Will the Nigerian mafia be as hard to root out as the local mob?
2020x6
Life In The Time of Corona
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Mar 24, 2020
Europe's Coronavirus epicentre and a system at breaking point. Italy in lockdown with cases of infection rising by up to a thousand daily, hospitals are swamped and patients young and old are dying. Emma Alberici reports.
2020x7
The Singapore Solution
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Mar 31, 2020
While the world shuts down, Singapore has been open for business. Learning from the SARS outbreak Singapore acted on its pandemic plan even before the new virus arrived. Eric Campbell explores the secrets to its success.
2020x8
Atom Hunters In Antarctica
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Apr 07, 2020
Take an epic journey across Antarctica with a crack team of scientists on a mission to unlock earth's secret history. They plan to drill hundreds of metres deep to find atoms in a bid to illuminate our climate future.
2020x9
The War On Afghan Women
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Apr 14, 2020
After years of war the US government and the Taliban are making a 'peace deal'. But what does the Taliban's return to power mean for Afghan women? Will migrant Afghani workers returning home from Iran spread COVID-19?
2020x10
Behind Enemy Lines
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Apr 21, 2020
With around 10,000 deaths estimated to have been caused by COVID-19, New York has become the epicentre of the US fight against the coronavirus outbreak. Foreign Correspondent's reporter .. show full overview
2020x11
A New Crusade
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Apr 28, 2020
A deeply divided nation in the throes of a culture war. The Polish government and Catholic Church are forming a holy alliance to denounce Western-style liberalism. Now feminists, gay people and liberals are fighting back.
2020x12
Revolution In The Time Of Corona
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May 05, 2020
Lebanon's young and old, rich and poor, Muslim, Christian and Druze have united to try and overthrow corrupt and incompetent leaders. They face hyperinflation, currency collapse, high unemployment, power cuts and COVID-19.
2020x13
The War Next Door
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May 12, 2020
A secret war on Australia's doorstep. Sally Sara reports from inside the escalating conflict in Indonesian-ruled West Papua. There have been protests, fighting, a security crackdown, hundreds dead and thousands displaced.
2020x14
The World's Biggest Lockdown
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May 19, 2020
India has enforced the world's biggest lockdown. When the government ordered people to stay home, millions of migrant workers left the city for their villages so they wouldn't starve. Is the cure worse than the disease?
2020x15
Carry On COVID
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May 26, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has hit Britain hard. More people have died than in any other European country. Carry On Covid takes a snapshot of England through the lockdown, canvassing pub .. show full overview
2020x16
The Doctor vs. The President
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Jun 02, 2020
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 follow the medic who's learned to fight without fear and the leader who's afraid of losing control.
2020x17
Pirates of the Caribbean
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Jun 09, 2020
The laid back, self-proclaimed 'rainbow people' of Trinidad and Tobago are dealing with an increase in illegal migration, gang crime and piracy on-sea. Andy Park visits during peak party season, the festival of Carnival.
2020x18
No Justice, No Peace
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Jun 16, 2020
What began as a hashtag seven years ago has transformed into a global movement for justice for black people. Sally Sara reports on #BlackLivesMatter, the force galvanising rage and grief sparked by George Floyd's death.
2020x19
All the Single Men
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Jun 23, 2020
Being a single man in China is tough. Young men face pressure to provide a family heir but finding a bride isn't easy. With 30 million more males than females, many bachelors are taking desperate measures to get hitched.
2020x20
The Swedish Model
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Jun 30, 2020
Sweden is doing COVID differently. Its high-risk strategy allows cafes, schools and gyms to stay open, trusting citizens to do the right thing. But with over 5000 dead, many are asking - is the Swedish model working?
2020x21
Stolen Children
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Jul 07, 2020
Born in Timor, raised in Indonesia, a group of East Timorese stolen during wartime is now returning home. But will reunion with long lost family heal old wounds? This is a moving story about the power of blood and memory.
2020x22
North Korea's Secret Armada
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Jul 14, 2020
Foreign Correspondent investigates North Korea's secret fishing fleets, exposing smuggling operations which make millions for leader Kim Jong Un. As they illegally fish further out to sea are they breaking UN Sanctions?
2020x23
The Power of Falun Gong
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Jul 21, 2020
Falun Gong has morphed from fringe quasi-religious group into a powerful player in America's conservative media landscape. Using social media they try to get Trump re-elected so he can continue his war of words with China.
2020x24 Season finale
Life and Liberty
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Jul 28, 2020
US Bureau Chief David Lipson travels through the northeast swing states to speak with voters about the coming presidential election. Will this fractured country survive the ultimate democratic stress test?

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