List of Frontline (PBS) episodes

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A list of episodes from the Public Broadcasting Service documentary series Frontline.

Contents 1 Iraq war 2 Terrorism and 9/11 3 US Politics 4 International Issues 5 Business 6 Health 7 Miscellaneous 8 External links

[edit] Iraq war

• Bush's War – A two part series looking at the war's beginnings and conflicts within the Bush administration. (Mar. 24, 2008)
• The Lost Year in Iraq – Documents multiple failures of the reconstruction efforts headed by the ORHA and the CPA. (Oct. 17, 2006)
• Private Warriors – Examines the use of private contractors in the Iraq War. (Jun. 21, 2005)
• The Invasion of Iraq – Strategies, key battles, surprises, and turning points of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Feb. 26, 2004)
• Beyond Baghdad – The dynamics of democracy across Iraq. (Feb. 12, 2004)
• Chasing Saddam's Weapons – Hunting for Saddam's WMD's and unanswered questions. (Jan. 22, 2004)
• Truth, War, and Consequences – The consequences of using propaganda in the lead up to war with Iraq. (Oct. 09, 2003)
• 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. (Apr. 03, 2003)
• The Long Road to War – The complicated history of conflict between the U.S. and Saddam Hussein as told by numerous Frontline reports. (Mar. 17, 2003)
• The War Behind Closed Doors – The key people and disagreements over Bush's determination to go to war with Iraq. (Feb. 20, 2003)

[edit] Terrorism and 9/11

• Spying on the home front – Post 9/11 domestic spying with Narus, Nora (technology) and Total Information Awareness. Mark Klein of ATT uncoveres a domestic spying program by the NSA in San Francisco.
• Sacred Ground – Debate over use of the World Trade Center site and 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.
• Al Qaeda’s New Front (2005) An investigation into the threat radical jihadists pose to Western Europe and its allies — including the United States.
• The Enemy Within by Lowell Bergman. PBS Frontline (2006)
• Looking for Answers (2001) Produced in partnership with The New York Times, it looks into the roots of the Islamic terrorist network, and the anti-American hatred that feeds it, and traces how the trajectories of bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri met in the mountains of Afghanistan.
• Saudi Time Bomb (2001) Can America still count on one of its most important allies in the Arab world -- Saudi Arabia? Or does an undercurrent of militant Islamic fundamentalism threaten the stability of both Saudi Arabia and the entire region?

[edit] 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.

[edit] International Issues

• The Gate of Heavenly Peace (1998) A feature-length documentary about Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, reflecting the drama, tension, humor, absurdity, heroism, and many tragedies of the six weeks from April to June in 1989.
• 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.
• The Tank Man (2006) After all others had been silenced, his lonely act of defiance against the Chinese regime amazed the world. What became of him? And 17 years later, has China succeeded in erasing this event from its history?
• House of Saud (2005) Explores how the Al Saud family maintains its hold on power with the ever-growing tensions between Islam and modernity. Also traces America's relations with the Saudi royal family from the 1930s through September 11 and the present day.

[edit] Business

• The Way the Music Died – Business interests controlling creative endeavors.
• Tax Me if You Can – Corporate Tax avoidance and its implications.
• The Wall Street Fix – With the deception of big banks and corporations, can confidence be restored?
• A Dangerous Business – The McWane Inc. 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.
• A Dangerous Business Revisited – A return look at McWane, Inc. and the significant progress it has made in regard to saftey at its plants.
• 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.

[edit] Health

• Sick Around the World – Comparing health care systems in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Switzerland, Japan, and Taiwan. (Apr. 15, 2008)
• The Medicated Child – A look at child medication and the link between anti-psychotic drugs and bipolar disorder. (Jan. 08, 2008)
• The Age of AIDS – The history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. (4 hours) (May. 30, 2006)
• Diet Wars – Diets are competing for marketshare, but do they work? (Apr. 08, 2004)
• Dangerous Prescription – Pharmaceutical influence over the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drug approval process. (Nov. 13, 2003)
• The Alternative Fix – The big business and questionable science of alternative medicine. (Nov. 06, 2003)
• The Other Drug War – The battle over high priced pharmaceuticals. (Jun. 19, 2003)
• Medicating Kids – The growing use of psychoactive drugs in children. (Apr. 10, 2001)

[edit] 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)

[edit] External links

• PBS.org – Full chronological list
• PBS-frontline – Watch Frontline online (streamed without commercials)