The Cost Of Living

June 9, 2015

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Foreign Correspondent - S24 - E8

A French photo-journalist tells how he survived 10 months as a hostage of Islamic State terrorists while five of his fellow captives were taken away and beheaded. Should ransoms have been paid to save their lives.

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Foreign Correspondent: Season 24 - 26 Episode s

24x1 - Pitch Battle
April 14, 2015
For the first time ever Palestine's football team qualified for the Asian Cup, played in Australia. We follow the highs and lows as players are caught up in a brutal war at home and dramas on and off the pitch in Australia.
24x2 - Vietnam - Are You My Mother?
April 21, 2015
Foreign Correspondent follows the remarkable journey of a Vietnamese adoptee as she desperately searches for the mother she lost nearly 40 years ago.
24x3 - The Boris Mission
April 28, 2015
An exclusive with the Mayor of London - Boris Johnson. Philip Williams follows the star of British politics across London and asks: What challenges will he face if he gets the top job of Prime Minister?
24x4 - Antarctica - Southern Exposure
May 5, 2015
Penguins and partying, Foreign Correspondent travels to Antarctica, the world's biggest natural laboratory, but it's not all work and no play for the dedicated scientific community who live there. Eric Campbell reports.
24x5 - Syria - Brides Of ISIS
May 19, 2015
Hundreds of young Western educated women are running away from home to marry radical Islamic fighters and live in the self declared "Islamic State" in Syria and Iraq. We go into the secret world of the online recruiters.
24x6 - India - Let There Be Light
May 26, 2015
In the slums of India, lives are being changed by an Australian enterprise providing jobs & clean energy to some of the poorest people on the planet. South Asia correspondent Stephanie March reports.
24x7 - Slaves To The Beautiful Game
June 2, 2015
Qatar's triumphant bid for the 2022 World Cup is under fire not just because of the FIFA corruption scandal. Migrant workers now building its multi-billion dollar facilities endure wretched living & working conditions.
24x8 - The Cost Of Living
June 9, 2015
A French photo-journalist tells how he survived 10 months as a hostage of Islamic State terrorists while five of his fellow captives were taken away and beheaded. Should ransoms have been paid to save their lives.
24x9 - South Korea - Education Gangnam Style
June 16, 2015
Once shackled by mass illiteracy, South Korea now tops global academic league tables. But as North Asia Correspondent Matthew Carney reports, its stressed out students also rank as the unhappiest in the developed world.
24x10 - India - About A Boy
June 23, 2015
Foreign Correspondent goes in search of a baby boy who was born via surrogacy in India but left behind by his Australian parents. Samantha Hawley reports.
24x11 - Saving Mary Jane
July 7, 2015
With just minutes to spare, mother-of-two Mary Jane Veloso escaped the firing squad that executed Australia's Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. Find out how she was saved and whether she will make it home to her children.
24x12 - Greece - Odyssey
July 14, 2015
Greece is broke but now has to deal with a flood of foreign boat people fleeing war and poverty. From the picture postcard island of Kos, Barbara Miller reports on the great migration.
24x13 - The Emerald Aisle
July 21, 2015
Sally Sara journeys across Ireland to discover why this conservative Catholic country became the first in the world to say yes to gay marriage in a popular vote.
24x14 - Peter Greste: My Fight For Freedom (Part 1)
July 28, 2015
For the first time, journalist Peter Greste reports his own story: the trumped up terrorism charges, his 400 days in Egyptian jails, and the long hard fight for freedom of speech.
24x15 - Peter Greste: My Fight For Freedom (Part 2)
August 4, 2015
Peter Greste's own story of his joyful homecoming after 400 days in an Egyptian jail - and the tense build-up to the final verdict on terrorism charges.
24x16 - China - Tales Of A City
August 11, 2015
A diving stock market, a wobbling economy and a new security crackdown: where is China heading? Tapping into voices you've never heard, Stephen McDonell reports on the changing face of the superpower.
24x17 - Cuba - Neighbours
August 18, 2015
With the US poised to lift its 55 year trade embargo, reporter Eric Campbell tells the remarkable story of how one American farming family befriended Fidel Castro and helped end Cuba's isolation.
24x18 - Spain - Yes We Can
August 25, 2015
Sally Sara meets the grass roots, social media-driven activists who are turning politics on its head in Spain. Now that they've got the power, what will they do with it?
24x19 - USA - The Trump Show
September 1, 2015
Donald Trump was supposed to crash and burn but he is streaking ahead of his rivals in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Emma Alberici asks why the bombastic billionaire is defying the pundits.
24x20 - India - Tashi And The Monk
September 8, 2015
The inspirational story of a former Buddhist monk and the home he built for abandoned children in the Himalayan foothills. His newest charge, a traumatised little girl called Tashi, is his toughest challenge so far.
24x21 - PNG - Doctor Dim Dim
September 15, 2015
Carpenter Barry Kirby's life turned upside down when he chanced upon a young woman dying on a bush road. The Australian tradie became a doctor with a mission: saving women's lives in the wilds of Papua New Guinea.
24x22 - Ukraine - Republic Of Nowhere
September 22, 2015
It's the war the world forgot. At Europe's side door nearly 8000 people have been killed and 1.5 million have fled their homes. Correspondent Matt Brown reports from devastated eastern Ukraine.
24x23 - How To Save the World
November 30, 2015
As key climate talks start in Paris, Eric Campbell looks at potential solutions to global warming - from Costa Rica's thermal power to giant North Sea wind farms and California's solar start ups.
24x24 - #BlackLivesMatter
December 7, 2015
In a Foreign Correspondent special, Sally Sara takes to the streets of Baltimore & Chicago to investigate a reawakened civil rights movement that's fighting to stop the killing of black Americans.
24x25 - Our Man In China
December 14, 2015
After 10 years as the ABC's China Correspondent, Stephen McDonell looks back at the big stories of his time based in Beijing and asks where the country is headed.
24x26 - Digital Disruption
December 21, 2015
In the final Foreign Correspondent for 2015, Mark Corcoran reveals how the digital revolution is changing the way we get the news from around the world.

24x1 - Pitch Battle

24x2 - Vietnam - Are You My Mother?

24x3 - The Boris Mission

24x4 - Antarctica - Southern Exposure

24x5 - Syria - Brides Of ISIS

24x6 - India - Let There Be Light

24x7 - Slaves To The Beautiful Game

24x8 - The Cost Of Living

24x9 - South Korea - Education Gangnam Style

24x10 - India - About A Boy

24x11 - Saving Mary Jane

24x12 - Greece - Odyssey

24x13 - The Emerald Aisle

24x14 - Peter Greste: My Fight For Freedom (Part 1)

24x15 - Peter Greste: My Fight For Freedom (Part 2)

24x16 - China - Tales Of A City

24x17 - Cuba - Neighbours

24x18 - Spain - Yes We Can

24x19 - USA - The Trump Show

24x20 - India - Tashi And The Monk

24x21 - PNG - Doctor Dim Dim

24x22 - Ukraine - Republic Of Nowhere

24x23 - How To Save the World

24x24 - #BlackLivesMatter

24x25 - Our Man In China

24x26 - Digital Disruption

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