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Frontline : Season 17
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Air date: 21 Sep '98 - 19 episodesSince it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to extend the impact of the documentary beyond its initial broadcast by serving as a catalyst for change.
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List of Episodes (19)
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Frontline (1983)
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1. From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (Pt. 1)
21 Sep '98The story of the life of Jesus and the epic rise of Christianity. Said one critic: " It's a revelation of what television can be."
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Frontline (1983)
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2. From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (Pt. 2)
22 Sep '98The story of the life of Jesus and the epic rise of Christianity. Said one critic: " It's a revelation of what television can be."
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Frontline (1983)
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3. The Farmer's Wife, Part 3
23 Sep '98In the concluding episode of "The Farmer's Wife," Darrel finally harvests the bumper crop he had dreamt about his whole life. But Darrel has to go to work for another farmer to make enough money to feed his family, and the stress and exhaustion cause him to explode. In December, Juanita takes the girls and leaves for a week--it has a deep and profound effect on Darrel. Two months later, the marriage that had seemed almost doomed is miraculously transformed. Through counseling, Darrel learns to
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Frontline (1983)
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4. Ambush in Mogadishu
29 Sep '98
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Frontline (1983)
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5. Washington's Other Scandal
06 Oct '98"Washington's Other Scandal" reveals the heart of a Washington where money - not sex - is the obsession. In this special report by Bill Moyers, FRONTLINE shows how both political parties, cynically and shamelessly, contrived to bend and break campaign laws in the '96 election.
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Frontline (1983)
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6. Plague War
13 Oct '98FRONTLINE's "Plague War" investigates the ever-increasing threat of biological weapons in today's world, focusing on the rise and fall of the Soviet Union's enormous covert bio-weapons program which went undetected for almost two decades.
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Frontline (1983)
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7. The Child Terror
27 Oct '98In "The Child Terror," FRONTLINE correspondent Peter J. Boyer travels to Dade County, Florida to explore the impassioned roots and controversial consequences of the nation's 15-year legal battle against child sexual abuse. During the 1980s, Miami became ground zero in the crusade to prosecute child molesters. Many high-profile cases were prosecuted by the office of then-chief prosecutor Janet Reno who pioneered a national effort to bring child molesters to justice. Now, however, some of these
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Frontline (1983)
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8. Fat
03 Nov '98
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Frontline (1983)
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9. Snitch
12 Jan '99
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Frontline (1983)
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10. The Triumph of Evil
26 Jan '99
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Frontline (1983)
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11. The Execution
09 Feb '99
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Frontline (1983)
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12. Russian Roulette
23 Feb '99
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Frontline (1983)
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13. Hunting Bin Laden
13 Apr '99For years this one man has taunted, threatened and frustrated the United States. But who is he? The U.S. government has tried to link him to nearly every act of Islamic terrorism against Americans in the 90s: from the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center, to the bombings of U.S. military installations in Saudi Arabia, to the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa.
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Frontline (1983)
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14. Spying on Saddam
27 Apr '99
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Frontline (1983)
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15. Give War a Chance
11 May '99
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Frontline (1983)
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16. The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
25 May '99An intimate portrait of one of the 20th century's greatest leaders.
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Frontline (1983)
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17. Making Babies
01 Jun '99
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Frontline (1983)
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18. Pop
22 Jun '99
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Frontline (1983)
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19. The Crash
29 Jun '99
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