Foreign Correspondent - Season 10 / Year 2017

Foreign Correspondent - Season 10 / Year 2017

Season 10 / Year 2017

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DatesMar 14, 2017 - Dec 18, 2017
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Episodes

Peru - It Doesn't Happen to People Like Me
Year 2017Episode 130 min

Peru - It Doesn't Happen to People Like Me

Thousands of travellers, many of them young Australians, are flocking to the Amazon to chase the highs of the ayahuasca plant. Tragically, some never return. Hamish Macdonald investigates. #ForeignCorrespondent (Return)

Mar 14, 2017
South America - Venezuela Undercover
Year 2017Episode 230 min

South America - Venezuela Undercover

Mar 21, 2017
Line in the Sand
Year 2017Episode 330 min

Line in the Sand

India's building boom has spawned a "sand mafia" that is plundering the environment and even killing those who get in its way. But as Samantha Hawley reports, some people refuse to be intimidated.

Mar 28, 2017
China - The Big Goal
Year 2017Episode 430 min

China - The Big Goal

China is executing a masterplan to dominate world football, pumping billions of dollars into buying foreign players, coaches & entire European clubs & grooming new generations of its own young stars.

Apr 4, 2017
USA - Resist!
Year 2017Episode 530 min

USA - Resist!

It's famed as the city of peace and love, but San Francisco is digging in for a fight over President Trump's order to expel millions of undocumented migrants. Stephanie March reports.

Apr 11, 2017
Spain - Saving the Big Blue
Year 2017Episode 630 min

Spain - Saving the Big Blue

Apr 18, 2017
Poland/Czech Republic - The Real Great Escape
Year 2017Episode 730 min

Poland/Czech Republic - The Real Great Escape

Foreign Correspondent tells the true story behind the legendary movie The Great Escape - and the overlooked role of Australians in breaking out of the "escape proof" German POW camp

Apr 25, 2017
The Last Eagle Hunters
Year 2017Episode 830 min

The Last Eagle Hunters

Foreign Correspondent takes a spectacular journey into the wilds of Mongolia in search of an ancient, imperilled tradition - the Kazakh golden eagle hunters.

May 2, 2017
Australia - The Home Show
Year 2017Episode 960 min

Australia - The Home Show

Australia is a tough place to buy a home. But we're not alone. So what are other countries doing to tackle high cost housing - and what bright ideas can we pinch from them? Hamish Macdonald hosts this special report.

May 9, 2017
Australia - A Man of the World
Year 2017Episode 1030 min

Australia - A Man of the World

In this special tribute episode to Mark Colvin Foreign Correspondent reports on his legacy as a foreign correspondent, as well as a virtual correspondent, harnessing Twitter as a portal to dive into big, breaking stories.

May 16, 2017
UK - Hunting the KGB Killers
Year 2017Episode 1130 min

UK - Hunting the KGB Killers

For the first time, British investigators tell the inside story of the bizarre murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. In a tale that's stranger than fiction, a teapot is the murder weapon. (Part 1 of 2)

May 23, 2017
UK - Taking on the Kremlin
Year 2017Episode 1230 min

UK - Taking on the Kremlin

British investigators continue to tell the inside story of the bizarre murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. In a tale that's stranger than fiction, a teapot is the murder weapon.

May 30, 2017
UK - Saving Wales
Year 2017Episode 1330 min

UK - Saving Wales

Labour is praying for one of history's great comebacks in Britain's election. But something once unthinkable may be happening in Wales. Are the tough, working class Welsh flirting with the Tories? Philip Williams reports.

Jun 6, 2017
Indonesia - Life in Kerokoban
Year 2017Episode 1430 min

Indonesia - Life in Kerokoban

A Foreign Correspondent exclusive: Unprecedented access inside Bali's notorious Kerobokan jail.

Jun 13, 2017
USA - Space Invaders
Year 2017Episode 1530 min

USA - Space Invaders

A new space race is on, as tech companies rush to launch thousands of tiny satellites that will tell us more about what's happening on our planet than ever before. But will the information be used for good, or for harm?

Jun 20, 2017
Through American Eyes
Year 2017Episode 1660 min

Through American Eyes

ABC NEWS & The New York Times collaborate on a special in which New York Times National Correspondent John Eligon examines the state of race relations in Australia through the fresh eyes of a journalist from Missouri.

Jun 27, 2017
Estonia - We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Year 2017Episode 1730 min

Estonia - We're Going on a Bear Hunt

Tiny Estonia is digging in against potential attacks from its giant neighbour Russia. And it's employing defences far more creative than guns and boots on the ground. Eric Campbell reports.

Jul 4, 2017
Kenya - Not Everybody Wants a Goat
Year 2017Episode 1830 min

Kenya - Not Everybody Wants a Goat

Matt Brown reports from Kenya on a radical cash experiment that challenges our deep-rooted notions of charity and may hold the seeds of a revolution in social welfare.

Jul 11, 2017
Jamaica - One Love
Year 2017Episode 1930 min

Jamaica - One Love

Jul 18, 2017
UK - Manchester United
Year 2017Episode 2030 min

UK - Manchester United

Jul 25, 2017
The Philippines - Escape from Marawi
Year 2017Episode 2130 min

The Philippines - Escape from Marawi

Thousands of people have been caught up in a brutal new ISIS battleground on Australia's doorstep. One of them was ABC correspondent Adam Harvey, who took a bullet to the neck. This is his story, and theirs. (Season Final)

Aug 1, 2017
The Dome
Year 2017Episode 2230 min

The Dome

Climate change meets nuclear legacy as Mark Willacy examines the aftermath of the US nuclear tests in the Pacific in the 1940s and 50s.

Nov 27, 2017
Happy Birthday Mr President
Year 2017Episode 2345 min

Happy Birthday Mr President

Vladimir Putin crushes opponents, but a growing army of young Russians is fighting back. Their gift to the strongman on his 65th birthday? A show of defiance and a demand to quit. Eric Campbell reports.

Dec 4, 2017
Iraq - Machine Man
Year 2017Episode 2445 min

Iraq - Machine Man

He fled Saddam Hussein's brutality to become detainee #982 in an Australian refugee camp. Now Munjed al-Muderis is a world-leading surgeon giving amputees a second chance at life. Sophie McNeill tells his inspiring story.

Dec 11, 2017
China - The Love Boat
Year 2017Episode 2530 min

China - The Love Boat

While Australia says 'yes', the country with more gay people than most says an implacable 'no'. But in China, a determined group of young men and women just won't take no for an answer, as Matthew Carney reports.

Dec 18, 2017

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