Lauren Day
Director
Foreign Correspondent (1992)
Series 2018
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
S27E1 - On His Own Terms
This is the inside story of 104-year-old activist David Goodall's last days in Europe as he farewells family and campaigns for the right to die, up to his final hour.
July 10, 2018, midnight
S27E2 - Don't Call Australia Home!
Australia is detaining, cuffing and deporting more New Zealanders than any other group. Guest reporter Peter FitzSimons finds it's riling Kiwis and straining relations across The Ditch. Is this how we treat an old mate?
July 17, 2018, midnight
S27E3 - Blockchain Island
A tropical paradise is racked with bankruptcy then smashed by a killer hurricane. In rides a cavalry of digital evangelists selling hi-tech revolution. Will they save the day? Eric Campbell reports.
July 24, 2018, midnight
S27E4 - Bloodland
Are attacks on white South African farmers aimed at terrorising them off the land? Should Australia offer them special haven, as some MPs here have suggested? Jonathan Holmes investigates.
July 31, 2018, midnight
S27E5 - Tipping Point
China sent Australia's recycling industry into a spin when it banned most waste imports. Now it's tackling a home-grown rubbish crisis. Bill Birtles looks at China's own war on waste and asks: is it winning?
Aug. 7, 2018, midnight
S27E6 - To Burn or Not to Burn
There's a new push in Australia to build giant incinerators to burn waste. Is this the way to go? Those clever Swedes think so. Foreign Correspondent sends War on Waste's Craig Reucassel to Sweden to investigate.
Aug. 14, 2018, midnight
S27E7 - The Village
Sean Dorney got thrown out of PNG for his reporting yet he received one of its top honours. He skippered its footy team and fell for a local girl. Now suffering motor neurone disease, he makes an emotional final visit.
Aug. 21, 2018, midnight
S27E8 - Homeland
Berlin was Holocaust headquarters - but for young Israeli Jews it's the paragon of cool. Eric Campbell tracks one of the odder modern migrations as he goes inside Berlin's Jewish diaspora in Homeland.
Aug. 28, 2018, midnight
S27E9 - The French Letter
Is it OK for a man to proposition a woman in the street or at work? Some leading French women say yes. In Paris, guest reporter Annabel Crabb asks what happens when #MeToo rubs up against Pepe Le Pew.
Sept. 4, 2018, midnight
S27E10 - A Big Piece of Good News
A wild piece of coast was threatened by malls and McMansions... until a reclusive billionaire couple arrived with the gift of a lifetime. Zoe Daniel reports.
Sept. 11, 2018, midnight
S27E11 - Leave No Dark Corner
China is marrying Big Brother to Big Data. Every citizen will be watched and their behaviour scored in the most ambitious and sophisticated system of social control in history. Matthew Carney reports.
Sept. 18, 2018, midnight
S27E12 - Eye of the Fire
It's a Greek tale of tragedy, heroism and mind-blowing incompetence. Eric Campbell tells the story of the world's deadliest bushfire since Australia's Black Saturday in 2009 - and the fury in its aftermath.
Sept. 25, 2018, 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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