David Fanning
Director
Frontline (1983)
Season 17
Since it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to extend the impact of the documentary beyond its initial broadcast by serving as a catalyst for change.
Released Jan. 17, 1983
Episode 76 min
14+
Genres: Documentary, News
Keywords: tmdb.investigative-journalism, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.political-superpower, imdb.u-s-military, imdb.armed-forces, imdb.one-word-title, imdb.american-politics + 5 more, imdb.public-affairs, imdb.investigative-journalism, imdb.military, imdb.power-politics, imdb.reenactment
Watch Providers: PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel
Production Companies: WGBH Boston, Frontline
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S17E1 - From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (Pt. 1)
The story of the life of Jesus and the epic rise of Christianity. Said one critic: " It's a revelation of what television can be."
Sept. 21, 1998, midnight
S17E2 - From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (Pt. 2)
The story of the life of Jesus and the epic rise of Christianity. Said one critic: " It's a revelation of what television can be."
Sept. 22, 1998, midnight
S17E3 - The Farmer's Wife, Part 3
In the concluding episode of "The Farmer's Wife," Darrel finally harvests the bumper crop he had dreamt about his whole life. But Darrel has to go to work for another farmer to make enough money to feed his family, and the stress and exhaustion cause him to explode. In December, Juanita takes the girls and leaves for a week--it has a deep and profound effect on Darrel. Two months later, the marriage that had seemed almost doomed is miraculously transformed. Through counseling, Darrel learns to deal with his anger and undergoes extraordinary personal growth. Now he is the at-home parent, farming and caring for his three daughters. Juanita, who has earned a college degree, works at a respected crop insurance company in town, helping other farmers. In the end, through faith, hope, and hard work, the Buschkoetters save their farm and rediscover the love that holds them together.
Sept. 23, 1998, midnight
S17E4 - Ambush in Mogadishu
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Sept. 29, 1998, midnight
S17E6 - Plague War
FRONTLINE's "Plague War" investigates the ever-increasing threat of biological weapons in today's world, focusing on the rise and fall of the Soviet Union's enormous covert bio-weapons program which went undetected for almost two decades.
Oct. 13, 1998, midnight
S17E7 - The Child Terror
In "The Child Terror," FRONTLINE correspondent Peter J. Boyer travels to Dade County, Florida to explore the impassioned roots and controversial consequences of the nation's 15-year legal battle against child sexual abuse. During the 1980s, Miami became ground zero in the crusade to prosecute child molesters. Many high-profile cases were prosecuted by the office of then-chief prosecutor Janet Reno who pioneered a national effort to bring child molesters to justice. Now, however, some of these cases are unraveling. In this report, FRONTLINE deconstructs two of the them, probing what went wrong.
Oct. 27, 1998, midnight
S17E8 - Fat
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Nov. 3, 1998, midnight
S17E9 - Snitch
None
Jan. 12, 1999, midnight
S17E10 - The Triumph of Evil
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Jan. 26, 1999, midnight
S17E11 - The Execution
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Feb. 9, 1999, midnight
S17E12 - Russian Roulette
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Feb. 23, 1999, midnight
S17E13 - Hunting Bin Laden
For years this one man has taunted, threatened and frustrated the United States. But who is he? The U.S. government has tried to link him to nearly every act of Islamic terrorism against Americans in the 90s: from the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center, to the bombings of U.S. military installations in Saudi Arabia, to the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa.
April 13, 1999, midnight
S17E14 - Spying on Saddam
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April 27, 1999, midnight
S17E15 - Give War a Chance
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May 11, 1999, midnight
S17E16 - The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
An intimate portrait of one of the 20th century's greatest leaders.
May 25, 1999, midnight
S17E17 - Making Babies
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June 1, 1999, midnight
S17E18 - Pop
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June 22, 1999, midnight
S17E19 - The Crash
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June 29, 1999, midnight
S17E5 - Washington's Other Scandal
"Washington's Other Scandal" reveals the heart of a Washington where money - not sex - is the obsession. In this special report by Bill Moyers, FRONTLINE shows how both political parties, cynically and shamelessly, contrived to bend and break campaign laws in the '96 election.
Oct. 6, 1998, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 76 min.
Season Runtime: 64372 min.
Released: Jan. 17, 1983
Last Air Date: Dec. 9, 2025, midnight
Next Air Date: Dec. 16, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG
Common sense age: 14+
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