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Foreign Correspondent

Season 22 2013
TV-PG

  • 2013-02-04T13:00:00Z on ABC
  • 30m
  • 15h (30 episodes)
  • Australia
  • English
  • Documentary, News
Australia's leading international affairs program featuring fascinating, in-depth stories from the ABC's unrivalled network of foreign correspondents.

30 episodes

Season Premiere

22x01 Tanzania/Kenya - Where Have All The Elephants Gone?

  • 2013-02-04T13:00:00Z30m

In a special investigation reporter Eric Campbell goes undercover with the world's top ranger, Australian Sean Willmore - to expose ivory traders and their rampant, black trade.

Who was Prisoner X? A special Foreign Correspondent investigation to crack an international super secret.

2013-02-18T13:00:00Z

22x03 Made In Italy

22x03 Made In Italy

  • 2013-02-18T13:00:00Z30m

Emma Alberici investigates the paradox of the modern Italian state - a country that the European Union simply can't afford to go the same way as some of its neighbours.

2013-02-25T13:00:00Z

22x04 USA - Inside The NRA

22x04 USA - Inside The NRA

  • 2013-02-25T13:00:00Z30m

In the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre, reporter Lisa Millar examines the incredible power and influence of the National Rifle Association

2013-03-04T13:00:00Z

22x05 India On Trial

22x05 India On Trial

  • 2013-03-04T13:00:00Z30m

Zoe Daniel reports from India, where a woman is raped almost every 20 minutes. But Joyti's story stood out, and her family tells Zoe that they're determined to bring about change.

22x06 Mexico - The Veins Of The Earth

  • 2013-03-11T13:00:00Z30m

Foreign Correspondent explores the mysterious and stunningly beautiful underground lakes and rivers of Mexico - the largest subterranean river system in the world, and it's under threat.

2013-03-18T13:00:00Z

22x07 Syria - Ibrahim's War

22x07 Syria - Ibrahim's War

  • 2013-03-18T13:00:00Z30m

As the bombs and ballistic missiles rain down on the divided ancient Syrian city of Aleppo, Matt Brown follows the life of an 11 year old boy who just wants to go to school and play football with his mates.

22x08 Ireland - Race To The Bottom

  • 2013-03-25T13:00:00Z30m

When Ireland's Food Standards Authority announced that it had found beef products sold by popular food brands contaminated with horse meat, it was the start of a scandal that spread around Europe and to parts of Asia.

2013-04-01T13:00:00Z

22x09 Searching For Steele

22x09 Searching For Steele

  • 2013-04-01T13:00:00Z30m

Did the U.S. and its allies sponsor the use of torture methods in Iraq?

Mark Willacy reporting from Taiwan, where there are fears that a fourth nuclear power plant being constructed close to an active seismic fault could be the setting for another Fukushima-style disaster.

Eric Campbell takes a 1,000km road trip to the fabled Saharan desert city of Timbuktu, which has just been liberated by French troops after radical Islamists invaded.

In part two of his road trip through the West African music centre of Mali, Eric Campbell finally reaches the town of Timbuktu, where he finds out what happened to ordinary people during the occupation by hardline Islamists.

2013-04-29T13:30:00Z

22x13 Cyprus - The Haircut

22x13 Cyprus - The Haircut

  • 2013-04-29T13:30:00Z30m

Economics Correspondent Stephen Long meets shocked, angry residents of this sun drenched Mediterranean island who've had their savings - including their pension funds - seized.

22x14 Israel - Prisoner X: The Secret

  • 2013-05-06T13:30:00Z30m

Stunning revelations emerge from a special Foreign Correspondent investigation.

Australia's leading international current affairs returns with the first of a captivating two part investigation into China's booming drug culture and surging supply chains out of Myanmar.

Foreign Correspondent's explosive investigation into China's booming drug culture and surging supply chains out of Myanmar continues, following big shipments of drug ingredients all the way to Australia.

2013-08-26T13:30:00Z

22x17 Brazil - Showtime!

22x17 Brazil - Showtime!

  • 2013-08-26T13:30:00Z30m

With the world's biggest sporting events heading their way, Brazilians are getting ready to party. So why are they so upset? Lisa Millar goes to Rio to find out.

2013-09-02T13:30:00Z

22x18 India - 23 Little Lives

22x18 India - 23 Little Lives

  • 2013-09-02T13:30:00Z30m

In a little, remote Indian school in July, 55 kids sat down to their government-supplied lunch. Very soon 23 would be dead. What happened? A Foreign Correspondent investigation sheds new light.

2013-09-09T13:30:00Z

22x19 Corsica - Murder Island

22x19 Corsica - Murder Island

  • 2013-09-09T13:30:00Z30m

It's got sun, beaches, spectacular scenery and hoards of holiday makers. It's also the number one European destination for murder. Foreign Correspondent examines the brutal, dark heart of a tourist playground.

22x20 Pakistan - The Enemy Within

  • 2013-09-16T13:30:00Z30m

The Enemy Within. A rare journey into Pakistan's wild, western no-go-zone where until recently the Taliban brutally enforced their doctrine. They've gone, but for how long?

We get up close and personal with the ageing rock stars of Rapa Nui - Easter Island's mysterious stone statues. While scientists race to save the gigantic statues, the locals hope those same statues will save their community.

Their lives intersected in a war zone where the crack combat doctor and the foreign correspondent shared one of the most harrowing days of their lives. Sally Sara tracks down Marc Dauphin - a life saver shattered by PTSD.

Sally Sara met the 'can-do' combat doctor in Kandahar. But when he made it home he struggled with PTSD. So many returned soldiers are ticking time bombs. Sally Sara investigates the impact of PTSD and how to beat it.

2013-10-14T13:00:00Z

22x24 Pakistan - Malala

22x24 Pakistan - Malala

  • 2013-10-14T13:00:00Z30m

Going to school in Taliban-controlled Swat Valley, Pakistan was a dangerous act of defiance and Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head. Incredibly, she survived. Now Malala is a global icon for education.

2013-10-21T13:00:00Z

22x25 USA - Down In Jungleland

22x25 USA - Down In Jungleland

  • 2013-10-21T13:00:00Z30m

Would you work for .13 an hour? That's the tough new reality for two former professionals you'll meet in this disturbing assessment of America's economic reality.

2013-10-28T13:00:00Z

22x26 Russia - The Iron Closet

22x26 Russia - The Iron Closet

  • 2013-10-28T13:00:00Z30m

The Winter Olympics are coming and Russia is putting out the welcome mat to the world - that is unless you are gay. Putin's Russia is now a place to stay firmly in the closet - or face jail or worse.

2013-11-04T13:00:00Z

22x27 Japan - The Next Wave

22x27 Japan - The Next Wave

  • 2013-11-04T13:00:00Z30m

Earthquakes. Tsunami. Nuclear Emergency. The chilling set of dominoes that dropped in March 2011 and devastated northern Japan have now largely coalesced into one word - Fukushima.

2013-11-11T13:00:00Z

22x28 UK - Honour & Obey

22x28 UK - Honour & Obey

  • 2013-11-11T13:00:00Z30m

In multi-cultural Britain police struggle to deal with honour crime as women from south-Asian and middle-eastern backgrounds are controlled, abused and sometimes murdered by their families. Foreign Correspondent investigates.

22x29 Indonesia - Cry Of The Tiger

  • 2013-11-18T13:00:00Z30m

Highly endangered Sumatran tigers are barely surviving in the wild - but captivity for these magnificent animals can be just as threatening - Foreign Correspondent investigates the zoo from hell.

Season Finale

2013-11-25T13:00:00Z

22x30 The Philippines - The Super Storm

Season Finale

22x30 The Philippines - The Super Storm

  • 2013-11-25T13:00:00Z30m

The monster waves & wind of Typhoon Haiyan caused destruction & despair on Bantayan Island, but it's a forgotten corner of the typhoon tragedy. Little help has reached them but the islanders are determined to help themselves.

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