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Foreign Correspondent

Series 23

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Episode 130 min2014-03-18

Ukraine - Moscow Rules

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

Episode 230 min2014-03-25

Chile - Facing The Past

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

Dubai - Trapped Part 1
Episode 330 min2014-04-01

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 of jail time and a legal battle lasting years before he and his wife Julie would be free.

Episode 430 min2014-04-08

Dubai - Trapped Part 2

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

Episode 530 min2014-04-15

India - The Babymakers

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

Episode 630 min2014-04-22

Canada, South Africa - Granpower!

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

Episode 730 min2014-04-29

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 charges, no trial. North America correspondent Lisa Millar inspects the infamous prison, Guantanamo Bay.

Episode 830 min2014-05-06

Afghanistan - Groomed to Kill

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

Episode 930 min2014-05-20

Spratly Islands - Reef Madness

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

Episode 1030 min2014-05-27

Pakistan - The Polio Emergency

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

Episode 1130 min2014-06-03

Tiananmen - Australia's Witnesses

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

Episode 1230 min2014-06-10

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, this family thought they were leaving their home for only a few weeks, but will they ever return?

Episode 1330 min2014-06-17

USA - Cannabis Inc.

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

Episode 1430 min2014-06-24

Cairo: Ordeal In Egypt

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

Episode 1530 min2014-07-01

Myanmar - A New Dawn

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

Episode 1630 min2014-07-08

Mexico - The Last Resort

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

Episode 1730 min2014-07-15

Laos - The Legacy

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

Episode 1830 min2014-07-22

Syria - A Gangster Goes To War

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

Episode 1930 min2014-07-29

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 vote for independence?

Episode 2030 min2014-08-05

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 of the world, including Australia.

Episode 2130 min2014-08-12

East Timor - The Clinic

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

Episode 2230 min2014-08-19

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 pacifist constitution. The story exposes the deep rifts in Japanese society over the issue.

Episode 2330 min2014-08-26

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 areas before a Government lockdown, has been at the frontline for one of the worst weeks in the Ebola crisis.

Palau - Take A Long Line
Episode 2430 min2014-09-02

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 alarming rate. Can the small equatorial paradise of Palau turn the tide by banning foreign fishing vessels?

Episode 2530 min2014-09-09

Nepal - The Road

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

Episode 2630 min2014-09-16

Northern Ireland - The Disappeared

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

Episode 2730 min2014-09-23

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 always had an unassailable spirit and now it's undergoing a dramatic transformation.

Episode 2830 min2014-09-30

China - Crackdown

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

Kenya - Inside Out
Episode 2930 min2014-10-07

Kenya - Inside Out

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

The Italian Solution
Episode 3030 min2014-10-14

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 of the Mediterranean, just a tiny drop in an ocean of people fleeing Libya to seek asylum in Europe.

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