Foreign Correspondent Season 29

February. 18,2020      TV-PG
Rating:
7.7
Trailer Synopsis

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

Episode 24 : Life and Liberty
July. 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?
Episode 23 : The Power of Falun Gong
July. 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.
Episode 22 : North Korea's Secret Armada
July. 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?
Episode 21 : Stolen Children
July. 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.
Episode 20 : The Swedish Model
June. 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?
Episode 19 : All the Single Men
June. 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.
Episode 18 : No Justice, No Peace
June. 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.
Episode 17 : Pirates of the Caribbean
June. 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.
Episode 16 : The Doctor vs The President
June. 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.
Episode 15 : Carry On Covid
May. 26,2020
Coronavirus has hit Britain hard with the highest death toll in Europe and forecasts of the deepest recession in 300 years. We look at England through the lockdown and hear people's fears and hopes for life after corona.
Episode 14 : The World's Biggest Lockdown
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?
Episode 13 : The War Next Door
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.
Episode 12 : Revolution in the Time of Corona
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.
Episode 11 : A New Crusade
April. 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.
Episode 10 : Behind Enemy Lines
April. 21,2020
New York City is the epicentre of the US fight against the COVID-19 outbreak. We follow paramedics, police, ICU nurses, overworked doctors and volunteers on the frontline despite a lack of personal protective equipment.
Episode 9 : The War on Afghan Women
April. 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?
Episode 8 : Atom Hunters in Antarctica
April. 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.
Episode 7 : The Singapore Solution
March. 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.
Episode 6 : Life in the Time of Corona
March. 24,2020
Europe's Coronavirus epicentre and a system at breaking point. Italy in lockdown with thousands of new cases reported every day, hospitals in the north swamped and patients young and old are dying. Emma Alberici reports.
Episode 5 : The New Mafia
March. 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?
Episode 4 : The Peacemaker of Syria
March. 10,2020
A young Syrian leader fighting for peace and prosperity for her country is brutally murdered, soon after President Trump pulled US troops out of north Syria. Reporter Yalda Hakim asks, who killed Hevrin Khalaf and why?
Episode 3 : Paper Orphans
March. 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.
Episode 2 : Tourist Mecca
February. 25,2020
Sam Hawley gains rare access to the reclusive kingdom of Saudi Arabia as it begins a campaign to become a tourist destination. But is the notoriously repressive, brutal regime ready to open itself up to the outside world?
Episode 1 : The Coal War
February. 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.

Seasons

Season 33
Season 33 2024
Season 32
Season 32 2023
Season 31
Season 31 2022
Season 30
Season 30 2021
Season 29
Season 29 2020
Season 28
Season 28 2019
Season 27
Season 27 2018
Season 26
Season 26 2017
Season 25
Season 25 2016
Season 24
Season 24 2015
Season 23
Season 23 2014
Season 22
Season 22 2013
Season 21
Season 21 2012
Season 20
Season 20 2011
Season 18
Season 18 2010
Season 17
Season 17 2009
Season 5
Season 5 1996

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