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Foreign Correspondent - Series 2018

Foreign Correspondent: Season 27 - 12 Episode s

27x1 - On His Own Terms
July 10, 2018
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.
27x2 - Don't Call Australia Home!
July 17, 2018
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?
27x3 - Blockchain Island
July 24, 2018
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.
27x4 - Bloodland
July 31, 2018
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.
27x5 - Tipping Point
August 7, 2018
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?
27x6 - To Burn or Not to Burn
August 14, 2018
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.
27x7 - The Village
August 21, 2018
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.
27x8 - Homeland
August 28, 2018
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.
27x9 - The French Letter
September 4, 2018
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.
27x10 - A Big Piece of Good News
September 11, 2018
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.
27x11 - Leave No Dark Corner
September 18, 2018
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.
27x12 - Eye of the Fire
September 25, 2018
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.

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