Australia's leading international affairs program featuring fascinating, in-depth stories from the ABC's unrivalled network of foreign correspondents.
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- Seasons
- 19
- Episodes aired
- 537
- Latest aired
- S35E19
- Total runtime
- 11d 7h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 5 February 1996 – November 1996 40 episodes
- the show was away for 12 years and 3 months
- Season 17 February 2009 – November 2009 42 episodes
- Season 18 February 2010 – November 2010 37 episodes
- Season 20 February 2011 – November 2011 40 episodes
- Season 21 February 2012 – November 2012 26 episodes
- Season 22 February 2013 – November 2013 30 episodes
- Season 23 March 2014 – October 2014 30 episodes
- Season 24 April 2015 – December 2015 26 episodes
- Season 25 March 2016 – November 2016 31 episodes
- Season 26 March 2017 – January 2018 29 episodes
- Season 27 July 2018 – September 2018 12 episodes
- Season 28 January 2019 – October 2019 24 episodes
- Season 29 February 2020 – July 2020 24 episodes
- Season 30 February 2021 – October 2021 27 episodes
- Season 31 February 2022 – November 2022 29 episodes
- Season 32 February 2023 – October 2023 24 episodes
- Season 33 February 2024 – October 2024 24 episodes
- Season 34 February 2025 – September 2025 23 episodes
- Season 35 February 2026 – September 2026 19 episodes
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S05E01 U.S. Election / Kenya - Strictly Township / The Philippines - Child Labour
February 14 · 30min find the promo
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S05E02 Afghanistan - Massoud / Africa - Camels / Palau
February 21 · 30min find the promo
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S05E03 Kuwait - War? What War? / Russia - Ring My Bell / The Philippines - The Media
February 28 · 30min find the promo
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S05E04 Israel - Hebron / Indonesia - Cyclos / Falklands - Penguins
March 6 · 30min find the promo
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S05E05 Angola / Syria - Sister Narelle / Italy - Venice's peril
March 13 · 30min find the promo
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S05E06 Iran - Guardians of the Ayatollah / Southern Jordan - Petra / Uganda - Chimps
March 20 · 30min find the promo
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S05E07 Argentina - Tango / Japan - Didgerido / Palestine - Pals
March 27 · 30min find the promo
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S05E08 Britain - Mad Cow / Brazil - Ipanema / China - Floating Population
April 2 · 30min find the promo
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S05E09 Japan - Speed / Scotland - Tea Ladies / Rwanda
April 9 · 30min find the promo
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S05E10 Japan - Okinawa / Uganda - Equator / India - Shiv Sena
April 16 · 30min find the promo
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S05E11 Bolivia - Cocaine / India - Polo / Eritrea - Railway
April 23 · 30min find the promo
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S05E12 Bosnia - Missing People / China - Strictly Beijing / Brazil - Bahia
April 30 · 30min find the promo
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S05E13 Burma - Aung San Suu Kyi / Britain - Hounds / Siberia - Nenets
May 7 · 30min find the promo
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S05E14 U.S.A. - Dead Man Walking / Vietnam - Hanoi Cycling / The Philippines - Manila Kidnaps
May 14 · 30min find the promo
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S05E15 Siberia - Vorkuta / China - Granite Women / Vietnam - Returnees
May 21 · 30min find the promo
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S05E16 Middle East - Israel Elections / Bolivia - Witches of La Paz / U.S.A. - Leary's Last Trip
May 28 · 30min find the promo
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S05E17 Liberia - Monrovia / U.S.A. - National Rifle Association / Southern Jordan - Bedouins
June 4 · 30min find the promo
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S05E18 Russia - Media / U.S.A. - Greenbrier Bunker / China - Black River
June 11 · 30min find the promo
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S05E19 Tajikistan / Burma - Rangoon Rock / Canada/U.S.A - Ultimate Fighting
June 18 · 30min find the promo
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S05E20 U.S.A. - New Deep South / Kyrgyzstan - Sanitorium / Romania - Street Kids
June 25 · 30min find the promo
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S05E21 Turkey - Refah Party / Japan - Pachinko / Kazakhstan - Crossroads
July 2 · 30min find the promo
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S05E22 Cambodia - Khmer Rouge Inc. / Moscow - Circus / Iran - Women
July 9 · 30min find the promo
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S05E23 Kyrgyzstan - Drugs / Britain - Ballroom Olympics / Lost Japan
July 16 · 30min find the promo
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S05E24 Canada - Cree Indians / Kenya - Runners / China - Chinese Christians
July 23 · 30min find the promo
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S05E25 Indonesia - Megawati Sukarnoputri / South Africa - Rhinos / Britain - Tree People
July 30 · 30min find the promo
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S05E26 Bosnia - Mostar / Jordan - Jerash Festival / Russia - Gays Liberated?
August 6 · 30min find the promo
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S05E27 Solomons - Logging / Thailand - Katoeys / Jordan - Dead Sea
August 13 · 30min find the promo
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S05E28 Italy - Padania / Turkey - Renaissance Houses / Sakhalin - Koreans
August 20 · 30min find the promo
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S05E29 Syria - Kurds / China - The Last Brother-in-Law / U.S.A. - Bill Clinton
August 27 · 30min find the promo
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S05E30 Cambodia - Decline / Japan - Tokyo Summer / Nepal - Child Prostitution
September 3 · 30min find the promo
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S05E31 Bosnia - Brcko / Britain - Bag Lady / Kazakhstan - Space Race
September 10 · 30min find the promo
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S05E32 Ireland - Drug War / Greece - Greek Greenie / Nepal - Child Prostitution
September 17 · 30min find the promo
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S05E33 Borneo - Bakun Dam / U.S.A. - Rap Finishing School / Turkey - Stolen Antiquities
September 24 · 30min find the promo
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S05E34 Northern Iraq - Kurdish Safe Haven / Marshall Islands / Peru - Shining Path
October 1 · 30min find the promo
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S05E35 New Zealand - Election Lead-up / Britain - Murder Mystery / Russia - The Scandal of the Asylums
October 8 · 30min find the promo
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S05E36 Nicaragua - Whatever Happened to the Revolution? / U.S.A. - Tug-of-War / Mongolia - Nomads
October 15 · 30min find the promo
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S05E37 Afghanistan - The Kingmaker / Peru - Machu Picchu / Albania - The New Crusade
October 22 · 30min find the promo
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S05E38 Israel - Shimon Peres / Fiji - Firewalkers / Malaysia - Migrant Workers
October 29 · 30min find the promo
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S05E39 U.S.A. - Bill Clinton... How the West was Won / Singapore - Transvestites / Cook Islands
November 5 · 30min find the promo
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S05E40 Fiji - The Coup that Turned Sour / China - Model Police / 1996 in Review
November 12 · 30min find the promo