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Season 25 • Episode 8 • False Economy
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Foreign Correspondent Season 25, Episode 8: False Economy
Thousands of Australians book their holidays on cheap foreign airlines - but how safe are they? This special report reveals troubling evidence about the safety of some Asian budget carriers. Watch Foreign Correspondent Season 25, Episode 8 False Economy in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of Foreign Correspondent Season 25, Episode 8 and share your thoughts in the comments below!
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Rosie's Journey
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The Zombies From Wall Street
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One Night In Cologne
A mob sexual assault on young women revellers on New Year’s Eve snapped Germany’s celebrated tolerance of mass migration. What happened? Why was it hushed up? How has it changed the nation?
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Poppyland
Liam Cochrane travels to the source of most of Australia’s heroin - the vast opium fields of Myanmar, where poppy production has more than doubled in a decade. What will it take to stop the opium trade?
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Mafia Hunter
Inside the life of Pino Maniaci, the irrepressible Sicilian journalist who campaigns daily against the Mafia, defying constant threats to his life.
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On Thin Ice
A budding ski industry has sprung up in the remote alps of Afghanistan. But this enterprise – and the local people - face the menace of a resurgent Taliban.
30 min
Saudi Arabia Uncovered
Undercover cameras provide a rare window into one of the world's most secretive countries, revealing how Saudi Arabia ruthlessly crushes internal dissent - and how some people are fighting back.
30 min
False Economy
Thousands of Australians book their holidays on cheap foreign airlines - but how safe are they? This special report reveals troubling evidence about the safety of some Asian budget carriers.
30 min
Persian Jam
Hairy hipsters, beautiful girls, funky cafes, pulsing live music - this is modern Iran, where young artists and musicians are testing the tolerance of the Islamic regime. Matt Brown reports.
30 min
Come In Spinner
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Into The Zone
Mark Willacy travels to radiation-poisoned Fukushima to uncover startling new evidence about the dangers that still lurk there and the near insurmountable task of cleaning it up.
30 min
Surgical Strike
Anatomy of a military scandal. Why did US forces attack a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital in Afghanistan, killing 42 people? An Aussie doctor is among the survivors who tell their chilling stories.
30 min
There'll Always Be An England
Quit Europe or stay? It's the English who hold the whip in hand in the coming UK vote - and many want out. So what's up with the Poms? Lisa Millar explores the essence of "Englishness".
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Accused
A puff of rumour grew into a tempest of accusations and led to the jailing of seven people for alleged child abuse at an elite international school in Jakarta. Was justice served or was it a case of moral panic?
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A Fleeting Freedom
As supporters battle to free seven people jailed in a child abuse scandal at an elite Indonesian school, Foreign Correspondent digs into the evidence - and turns up some surprises.
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Honouring Noah
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30 min
The Reckoning
It deposed tyrant Saddam Hussein but caused hundreds of thousands of deaths, lit sectarian conflict and helped the rise of ISIS. Was the Iraq war justified? Thirteen years on, a major inquiry is set to pass judgment.
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Freedom Riders
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A Bloody Boycott
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The Labours Of Mr. Zhang
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Get Up, Stand Up
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30 min
Never Trump
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30 min
For Greater Glory
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The War on Children
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Last Whites of The East End
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Generation Left Behind
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Joe Leahy's Troubles
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30 min
Wild Things
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Keep Calm And Drill On
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The Bridge
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