Lauren Day
Director
Foreign Correspondent (1992)
Series 23
Australia's leading international affairs program featuring fascinating, in-depth stories from the ABC's unrivalled network of foreign correspondents.
Released March 14, 1992
Episode 30 min
10+
Genres: Documentary, News
Keywords: imdb.political-controversy, imdb.world-news, imdb.foreign-correspondent
Network: ABC TV
S23E1 - 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.
March 18, 2014, midnight
S23E2 - 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.
March 25, 2014, midnight
S23E3 - 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.
April 1, 2014, midnight
S23E4 - 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.
April 8, 2014, midnight
S23E5 - 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.
April 15, 2014, midnight
S23E6 - 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.
April 22, 2014, midnight
S23E7 - 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.
April 29, 2014, midnight
S23E8 - 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.
May 6, 2014, midnight
S23E9 - 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.
May 20, 2014, midnight
S23E10 - 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?
May 27, 2014, midnight
S23E11 - 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.
June 3, 2014, midnight
S23E12 - 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?
June 10, 2014, midnight
S23E13 - 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.
June 17, 2014, midnight
S23E14 - 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.
June 24, 2014, midnight
S23E15 - 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.
July 1, 2014, midnight
S23E16 - 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.
July 8, 2014, midnight
S23E17 - Laos - The Legacy
Sally Sara travels into the mountains of Laos, to meet the brave women hunting for bombs.
July 15, 2014, midnight
S23E18 - 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.
July 22, 2014, midnight
S23E19 - 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?
July 29, 2014, midnight
S23E20 - 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.
Aug. 5, 2014, midnight
S23E21 - 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.
Aug. 12, 2014, midnight
S23E22 - 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.
Aug. 19, 2014, midnight
S23E23 - 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.
Aug. 26, 2014, midnight
S23E24 - 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?
Sept. 2, 2014, midnight
S23E25 - 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?
Sept. 9, 2014, midnight
S23E26 - 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.
Sept. 16, 2014, midnight
S23E27 - 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.
Sept. 23, 2014, midnight
S23E28 - 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.
Sept. 30, 2014, midnight
S23E29 - 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.
Oct. 7, 2014, midnight
S23E30 - 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.
Oct. 14, 2014, midnight
Network: ABC TV
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: March 14, 1992
Last Air Date: Sept. 30, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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