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The Best Episodes of Foreign Correspondent Season 29

Every episode of Foreign Correspondent Season 29 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Foreign Correspondent Season 29!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 1 - The Coal War
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    #1 - The Coal War

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    While Australia ponders opening new coal fields, Germany has reached an agreement between government, mining and energy companies and unions to phase out brown coal by 2038 in return for a $60 billion injection of funds.

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  2. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 2 - Tourist Mecca
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    #2 - Tourist Mecca

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    Sam Hawley gains rare access to the reclusive kingdom of Saudi Arabia as it begins a campaign to become a tourist destination. But is the notoriously repressive, brutal regime ready to open itself up to the outside world?

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  3. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 3 - Paper Orphans
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    #3 - Paper Orphans

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    Reporter Sally Sara travels to Nepal to uncover an ugly truth: many children living in the more than 500 orphanages across the country are not orphans but victims of traffickers, who prey on poor families in remote areas.

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  4. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 4 - The Peacemaker of Syria
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    #4 - The Peacemaker of Syria

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    A young Syrian leader fighting for peace and prosperity for her country is brutally murdered, soon after President Trump pulled US troops out of north Syria. Reporter Yalda Hakim asks, who killed Hevrin Khalaf and why?

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  5. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 5 - The New Mafia
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    #5 - The New Mafia

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    Sex, drugs and people smuggling. Emma Alberici braves a no-man's land near Naples to report on a ruthless new criminal group moving in on the Italian mafia. Will the Nigerian mafia be as hard to root out as the local mob?

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  6. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 6 - Life in the Time of Corona
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    #6 - Life in the Time of Corona

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    Europe's Coronavirus epicentre and a system at breaking point. Italy in lockdown with thousands of new cases reported every day, hospitals in the north swamped and patients young and old are dying. Emma Alberici reports.

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  7. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 7 - The Singapore Solution
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    #7 - The Singapore Solution

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    While the world shuts down, Singapore has been open for business. Learning from the SARS outbreak Singapore acted on its pandemic plan even before the new virus arrived. Eric Campbell explores the secrets to its success.

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  8. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 8 - Atom Hunters in Antarctica
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    #8 - Atom Hunters in Antarctica

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    Take an epic journey across Antarctica with a crack team of scientists on a mission to unlock earth's secret history. They plan to drill hundreds of metres deep to find atoms in a bid to illuminate our climate future.

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  9. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 9 - The War on Afghan Women
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    #9 - The War on Afghan Women

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    After years of war the US government and the Taliban are making a 'peace deal'. But what does the Taliban's return to power mean for Afghan women? Will migrant Afghani workers returning home from Iran spread COVID-19?

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  10. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 10 - Behind Enemy Lines
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    #10 - Behind Enemy Lines

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    New York City is the epicentre of the US fight against the COVID-19 outbreak. We follow paramedics, police, ICU nurses, overworked doctors and volunteers on the frontline despite a lack of personal protective equipment.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 11 - A New Crusade
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    #11 - A New Crusade

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    A deeply divided nation in the throes of a culture war. The Polish government and Catholic Church are forming a holy alliance to denounce Western-style liberalism. Now feminists, gay people and liberals are fighting back.

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  12. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 12 - Revolution in the Time of Corona
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    #12 - Revolution in the Time of Corona

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    Lebanon's young and old, rich and poor, Muslim, Christian and Druze have united to try and overthrow corrupt and incompetent leaders. They face hyperinflation, currency collapse, high unemployment, power cuts and COVID-19.

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  13. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 13 - The War Next Door
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    #13 - The War Next Door

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    A secret war on Australia's doorstep. Sally Sara reports from inside the escalating conflict in Indonesian-ruled West Papua. There have been protests, fighting, a security crackdown, hundreds dead and thousands displaced.

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  14. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 14 - The World's Biggest Lockdown
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    #14 - The World's Biggest Lockdown

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    India has enforced the world's biggest lockdown. When the government ordered people to stay home, millions of migrant workers left the city for their villages so they wouldn't starve. Is the cure worse than the disease?

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  15. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 15 - Carry On Covid
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    #15 - Carry On Covid

    S29:E15

    Coronavirus has hit Britain hard with the highest death toll in Europe and forecasts of the deepest recession in 300 years. We look at England through the lockdown and hear people's fears and hopes for life after corona.

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  16. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 16 - The Doctor vs The President
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    #16 - The Doctor vs The President

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    She's a young doctor. He's the Russian President. He insists he's got the virus under control. She says he's lying. We follow the medic who's learned to fight without fear and the leader who's afraid of losing control.

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  17. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 17 - Pirates of the Caribbean
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    #17 - Pirates of the Caribbean

    S29:E17

    The laid back, self-proclaimed 'rainbow people' of Trinidad and Tobago are dealing with an increase in illegal migration, gang crime and piracy on-sea. Andy Park visits during peak party season, the festival of Carnival.

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  18. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 18 - No Justice, No Peace
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    #18 - No Justice, No Peace

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    What began as a hashtag seven years ago has transformed into a global movement for justice for black people. Sally Sara reports on #BlackLivesMatter, the force galvanising rage and grief sparked by George Floyd's death.

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  19. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 19 - All the Single Men
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    #19 - All the Single Men

    S29:E19

    Being a single man in China is tough. Young men face pressure to provide a family heir but finding a bride isn't easy. With 30 million more males than females, many bachelors are taking desperate measures to get hitched.

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  20. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 20 - The Swedish Model
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    #20 - The Swedish Model

    S29:E20

    Sweden is doing COVID differently. Its high-risk strategy allows cafes, schools and gyms to stay open, trusting citizens to do the right thing. But with over 5000 dead, many are asking - is the Swedish model working?

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  21. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 21 - Stolen Children
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    #21 - Stolen Children

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    Born in Timor, raised in Indonesia, a group of East Timorese stolen during wartime is now returning home. But will reunion with long lost family heal old wounds? This is a moving story about the power of blood and memory.

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  22. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 22 - North Korea's Secret Armada
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    #22 - North Korea's Secret Armada

    S29:E22

    Foreign Correspondent investigates North Korea's secret fishing fleets, exposing smuggling operations which make millions for leader Kim Jong Un. As they illegally fish further out to sea are they breaking UN Sanctions?

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 23 - The Power of Falun Gong
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    #23 - The Power of Falun Gong

    S29:E23

    Falun Gong has morphed from fringe quasi-religious group into a powerful player in America's conservative media landscape. Using social media they try to get Trump re-elected so he can continue his war of words with China.

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  24. Foreign Correspondent Season 29 Episode 24 - Life and Liberty
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    #24 - Life and Liberty

    S29:E24

    US Bureau Chief David Lipson travels through the northeast swing states to speak with voters about the coming presidential election. Will this fractured country survive the ultimate democratic stress test?

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Season 29 Ratings Summary

"The Coal War" is the best rated episode of "Foreign Correspondent" season 29. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/18/2020. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Tourist Mecca".