The Real Great Escape

April 25, 2017

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Foreign Correspondent - S26 - E7

Foreign Correspondent tells the true story behind the legendary movie The Great Escape - and the overlooked role of Australians in breaking out of the "escape proof" German POW camp.

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Foreign Correspondent: Season 26 - 29 Episode s

26x1 - It Doesn't Happen To People Like Me
March 14, 2017
Thousands of travellers, many of them young Australians, are flocking to the Amazon to chase the highs of the ayahuasca plant. Tragically, some never return. Hamish Macdonald investigates.
26x2 - Venezuela Undercover
March 21, 2017
It's got more oil than any country on the planet but its people eat garbage and gangsters rule. Defying a media ban, Eric Campbell goes undercover in the onetime socialist idyll of Venezuela.
26x3 - Line In The Sand
March 28, 2017
India's building boom has spawned a "sand mafia" that is plundering the environment and even killing those who get in its way. But as Samantha Hawley reports, some people refuse to be intimidated.
26x4 - The Big Goal
April 4, 2017
China is executing a masterplan to dominate world football, pumping billions of dollars into buying foreign players, coaches & entire European clubs & grooming new generations of its own young stars.
26x5 - Resist!
April 11, 2017
It's famed as the city of peace and love, but San Francisco is digging in for a fight over President Trump's order to expel millions of undocumented migrants. Stephanie March reports.
26x6 - Saving The Big Blue
April 18, 2017
A band of inspired young Australians are deploying a new weapon against a global scourge - the great gobs of plastic polluting our oceans. Europe Correspondent Lisa Millar tells how they're doing it.
26x7 - The Real Great Escape
April 25, 2017
Foreign Correspondent tells the true story behind the legendary movie The Great Escape - and the overlooked role of Australians in breaking out of the "escape proof" German POW camp.
26x8 - The Last Eagle Hunters
May 2, 2017
Foreign Correspondent takes a spectacular journey into the wilds of Mongolia in search of an ancient, imperilled tradition - the Kazakh golden eagle hunters.
26x9 - The Home Show
May 9, 2017
Australia is a tough place to buy a home. But we're not alone. So what are other countries doing to tackle high cost housing - and what bright ideas can we pinch from them? Hamish Macdonald hosts this special report.
26x10 - A Man Of The World: Remembering Mark Colvin
May 16, 2017
In this special tribute episode to Mark Colvin Foreign Correspondent reports on his legacy as a foreign correspondent, as well as a virtual correspondent, harnessing Twitter as a portal to dive into big, breaking stories.
26x11 - Hunting The KGB Killers
May 23, 2017
For the first time, British investigators tell the inside story of the bizarre murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. In a tale that's stranger than fiction, a teapot is the murder weapon.
26x12 - Hunting The KGB Killers: Taking On The Kremlin
May 30, 2017
British investigators continue to tell the inside story of the bizarre murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. In a tale that's stranger than fiction, a teapot is the murder weapon.
26x13 - Saving Wales
June 6, 2017
Labour is praying for one of history's great comebacks in Britain's election. But something once unthinkable may be happening in Wales. Are the tough, working class Welsh flirting with the Tories? Philip Williams reports.
26x14 - Life Inside Kerobokan
June 13, 2017
A Foreign Correspondent exclusive: Unprecedented access inside Bali's notorious Kerobokan jail.
26x15 - Space Invaders
June 20, 2017
A new space race is on, as tech companies rush to launch thousands of tiny satellites that will tell us more about what's happening on our planet than ever before. But will the information be used for good, or for harm?
26x16 - Through American Eyes
June 27, 2017
ABC NEWS & The New York Times collaborate on a special in which New York Times National Correspondent John Eligon examines the state of race relations in Australia through the fresh eyes of a journalist from Missouri.
26x17 - We're Going On A Bear Hunt
July 4, 2017
Tiny Estonia is digging in against potential attacks from its giant neighbour Russia. And it's employing defences far more creative than guns and boots on the ground. Eric Campbell reports.
26x18 - Not Everybody Wants A Goat
July 11, 2017
Matt Brown reports from Kenya on a radical cash experiment that challenges our deep-rooted notions of charity and may hold the seeds of a revolution in social welfare.
26x19 - One Love
July 18, 2017
Jamaica's rich music heritage got hijacked by a vicious and violent brand of homophobia. But along came a new generation of artists who, with a little help from the Internet, are wresting it back. Eric Campbell reports.
26x20 - Manchester United
July 25, 2017
Terror at a pop concert. Children die. Sirens, grief, fury. How does a city recover? Hamish Macdonald deep dives into Manchester's Muslim community to find hard & revealing conversations going on.
26x21 - Escape From Marawi
August 1, 2017
Thousands of people have been caught up in a brutal new ISIS battleground on Australia's doorstep. One of them was ABC correspondent Adam Harvey, who took a bullet to the neck. This is his story, and theirs.
26x22 - The Dome
November 27, 2017
Foreign Correspondent returns for a new season. Rising sea levels threaten to flush a vast stash of highly radioactive plutonium into the Pacific Ocean. But thats not the only toxic fallout from a legacy of nuclear tests.
26x23 - Happy Birthday Mr. President!
December 4, 2017
Vladimir Putin crushes opponents, but a growing army of young Russians are fighting back. Their gift to the strongman on his 65th birthday? A show of defiance and a demand to quit. Eric Campbell reports.
26x24 - Machine Man
December 11, 2017
He fled Saddam Hussein's brutality to become detainee #982 in an Australian refugee camp. Now Munjed al-Muderis is a world-leading surgeon giving amputees a second chance at life. Sophie McNeill tells his inspiring story.
26x25 - The Love Boat
December 18, 2017
While Australia says 'yes', the country with more gay people than most says an implacable 'no'. But in China, a determined group of young men and women just won't take no for an answer, as Matthew Carney reports.
26x26 - The New Italian Job
January 8, 2018
The old is new. Ditching conventional careers, a generation of hip young Italians is rediscovering the grand tradition of "Made in Italy". Hamish Macdonald takes an exhilarating road trip to meet them.
26x27 - Redneck Revolt
January 15, 2018
A year into Donald Trump's presidency resurgent white supremacists are preaching hate. Now left-wing activists are hitting back with their own shock tactics. Stephanie March goes inside a controversial radical group.
26x28 - The Baby Trade
January 22, 2018
A cruel trade is tearing baby orangutans from their jungle homes to be sold abroad. Samantha Hawley gets a smuggler's story - and meets the warriors risking their lives to save the great apes from extinction.
26x29 - On Top Of The World
January 29, 2018
Is the world going mad when Greenlanders fight drought & brushfires & catch warm water fish? A decade after seeing a farming boom in Greenland, Eric Campbell returns to see how locals face climate change.

26x1 - It Doesn't Happen To People Like Me

26x2 - Venezuela Undercover

26x3 - Line In The Sand

26x4 - The Big Goal

26x5 - Resist!

26x6 - Saving The Big Blue

26x7 - The Real Great Escape

26x8 - The Last Eagle Hunters

26x9 - The Home Show

26x10 - A Man Of The World: Remembering Mark Colvin

26x11 - Hunting The KGB Killers

26x12 - Hunting The KGB Killers: Taking On The Kremlin

26x13 - Saving Wales

26x14 - Life Inside Kerobokan

26x15 - Space Invaders

26x16 - Through American Eyes

26x17 - We're Going On A Bear Hunt

26x18 - Not Everybody Wants A Goat

26x19 - One Love

26x20 - Manchester United

26x21 - Escape From Marawi

26x22 - The Dome

26x23 - Happy Birthday Mr. President!

26x24 - Machine Man

26x25 - The Love Boat

26x26 - The New Italian Job

26x27 - Redneck Revolt

26x28 - The Baby Trade

26x29 - On Top Of The World

S0: Specials

S5: Season 5

S17: Season 17

S18: Season 18

S20: Season 20

S21: Season 21

S22: Series 22

S23: Series 23

S24: Series 24

S25: Series 25

S26: Series 26

S27: Series 2018

S28: Series 2019

S29: Series 2020

S30: Series 2021

S31: Series 2022

S32: Series 2023

S33: Series 2024