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March 18, 2014

Series 23

01. 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.

30min
March 18, 2014

02. 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.

30min
March 25, 2014

03. 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.

30min
April 1, 2014

04. 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.

30min
April 8, 2014

05. 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.

30min
April 15, 2014

06. 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.

30min
April 22, 2014

07. 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.

30min
April 29, 2014

08. 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.

30min
May 6, 2014

09. 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.

30min
May 20, 2014

10. 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?

30min
May 27, 2014

11. 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.

30min
June 3, 2014

12. 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?

30min
June 10, 2014

13. 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.

30min
June 17, 2014

14. 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.

30min
June 24, 2014

15. 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.

30min
July 1, 2014

16. 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.

30min
July 8, 2014

17. Laos - The Legacy

Sally Sara travels into the mountains of Laos, to meet the brave women hunting for bombs.

30min
July 15, 2014

18. 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.

30min
July 22, 2014

19. 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?

30min
July 29, 2014

20. 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.

30min
August 5, 2014

21. 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.

30min
August 12, 2014

22. 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.

30min
August 19, 2014

23. 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.

30min
August 26, 2014

24. 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?

30min
September 2, 2014

25. 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?

30min
September 9, 2014

26. 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.

30min
September 16, 2014

27. 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.

30min
September 23, 2014

28. 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.

30min
September 30, 2014

29. 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.

30min
October 7, 2014

30. 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.

30min
October 14, 2014