List of Frontline (PBS) episodes
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A list of episodes from the Public Broadcasting Service documentary series Frontline.
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Contents
Iraq War
- The Invasion of Iraq – Strategies, key battles, surprises, and turning points of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
- Truth, War, and Consequences – The consequences of using propaganda in the lead up to war with Iraq.
- Private Warriors – Examines private contractors use in the Iraq War. [link]
- Beyond Baghdad – The dynamics of democracy across Iraq.
- Chasing Saddam's Weapons – Hunting for Saddam's WMD's and unanswered questions.
- Blair's War – Facing strong opposition in Britain, Tony Blair supports the Iraq war in an attempt to gain access to the Bush administration decision process.
- The Long Road to War – The complicated history of conflict between the U.S. and Saddam Hussein as told by numerous Frontline reports.
- The War Behind Closed Doors – The key people and disagreements over Bush's determination to go to war with Iraq.
Terrorism and 9/11
- Sacred Ground – Debate over designing the Freedom Tower.
- The Man Who Knew – A story of an FBI agent who came very close to uncovering the September 11th attacks. He was a maverick agent and was pressured to leave the FBI. He left the FBI for a job in security at the World Trade Center, where he died during the attack.
- Son of Al Qaeda – An informant from the inner circles of Al Qaeda.
- Chasing the Sleeper Cell – Background of the Lackawanna six and the Patriot Act.
- Cyber War! – Counter-terrorism expert Richard Clarke creates defenses for cyberspace.
US Politics
- The Choice 2004 – Biographies on John Kerry and George W. Bush.
- The Jesus Factor – The role religion played in Bush's rise to power.
International Issues
- Ghosts of Rwanda – Accounting for the failure to stop The Rwandan genocide.
- From China with Love – Philosophy and failure of counter-intelligence in the U.S..
- China in the Red – As China reforms their failing economy there are stories of human success and cost, along with unknown political and social consequences.
- Kim's Nuclear Gamble – Nuclear weapons provide North Korea protection and a bargaining chip, but also antagonizes the international community.
Business
- The Way the Music Died – Business interests controlling creative endeavors.
- Tax Me if You Can – How corporations avoid taxes and who pays as a result.
- The Wall Street Fix – With the deception of big banks and corporations, can confidence be restored?
- A Dangerous Business – The McWane iron foundries focus on production and profitability comes at a price. Raises accusations of safety and environmental shortcuts that may have been taken by the McWane corporation to increase production at the cost of workers lives and limbs.
- The Merchants of Cool – Corporations study teenagers to effectively market to them.
- The Secret History of the Credit Card – Credit card companies develop tactics to increase revenue.
Health
- Dangerous Prescription – Pharmaceutical influence over the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drug approval process.
- The Alternative Fix – The big business and questionable science of alternative medicine.
- Diet Wars – Diets are competing for marketshare, but do they work?
- The Other Drug War – The battle over high priced pharmaceuticals.
Miscellaneous
- The Plea – Harsh realities of U.S. jurisprudence.
- Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? – A detailed biography that puts conspiracies in context. (3 hours)
- Public Schools, Inc. – Edison Schools are trying to run better public schools for profit.
- Burden of Innocence – What happens to the wrongly convicted?
- Failure to Protect: The Caseworker Files – Discussion with caseworkers, experts and reformers on the failings and possible solutions for the child welfare system.
- Failure to Protect: The Taking of Logan Marr – The death of a five-year old in foster care forces Maine to reexamine its child protection system.
- Much Ado About Something – Did Shakespeare actually write his plays and poems, or was it Christopher Marlowe?
- From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians – Biblical scholars recount the rise of Christianity within the Roman Empire. (4 hours)
External links
- [PBS.org] – Full chronological list
- [PBS-frontline] – Watch Frontline online (streamed without commercials)
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