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List of Wide Angle episodes

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This is a list of episodes for the PBS documentary television series Wide Angle.

Season 1: 2002

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# Title Directed by Awards Original airdate
1"Saddam's Ultimate Solution"Gwynne Roberts1July 11, 2002 (2002-07-11)
2"To Have and Have Not"Jon Alpert1July 18, 2002 (2002-07-18)[a]
3"Greetings from Grozny"Paul Mitchell and Tania Rakhmanova5July 25, 2002 (2002-07-25)
4"Land of Wandering Souls"Rithy PanhAugust 1, 2002 (2002-08-01)
5"The Empty ATM"Angus MacQueen2August 8, 2002 (2002-08-08)
6"Bitter Harvest"TBAAugust 22, 2002 (2002-08-22)
7"Growing Up Global"Bruno Sorrentino1August 29, 2002 (2002-08-29)
8"Cause for Murder"Pamela YatesSeptember 5, 2002 (2002-09-05)
9"Media by Milosevic"Leslie WoodheadSeptember 12, 2002 (2002-09-12)
10"Soul of India"Steven Silver1September 19, 2002 (2002-09-19)

Season 2: 2003

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# Title Directed by Awards Original airdate
1"Exclusive to al-Jazeera"TBA1July 10, 2003 (2003-07-10)
2"The Rock Star and the Mullahs"Ruhi Hamid and Angus MacQueen1July 17, 2003 (2003-07-17)
3"AIDS Warriors"TBA1July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24)
4"Coca and the Congressman"Jon Alpert1August 7, 2003 (2003-08-07)
5"Citizen Berlusconi – The Prime Minister and the Press"Susan Gray1August 21, 2003 (2003-08-21)
6"Road to Riches"Mandy JacobsonAugust 28, 2003 (2003-08-28)
7"Time for School"TBA2September 4, 2003 (2003-09-04)[b]
8"A State of Mind"Dan Gordon2September 11, 2003 (2003-09-11)
9"The Dammed"Franny ArmstrongSeptember 18, 2003 (2003-09-18)
10"Dying to Leave"Chris Hilton and Aaron Woolf6September 25, 2003 (2003-09-25)[c]

Season 3: 2004

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# Title Directed by Awards Original airdate
1"Suicide Bombers"Tom Roberts2July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01)
2"The Russian Newspaper Murders"Paul Jenkins1July 8, 2004 (2004-07-08)
3"Ladies First"Gini Reticker4July 22, 2004 (2004-07-22)
4"Sahara Marathon"Aitor Arregi and Jon GarañoAugust 19, 2004 (2004-08-19)
5"Young, Muslim, and French"TBA1August 26, 2004 (2004-08-26)
6"Hell of a Nation"Tamara Gould3September 9, 2004 (2004-09-09)
7"An Honest Citizen"Angus MacQueen2September 16, 2004 (2004-09-16)
8"Red Lines and Deadlines"Taghi Amirani2September 23, 2004 (2004-09-23)[d]
9"The Saudi Question"TBA1October 7, 2004 (2004-10-07)

2005 special

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# Title Directed by Awards Original airdate
"White Smoke"TBAApril 26, 2005 (2005-04-26)
A look at the process of selecting a new pope in the days following the death of Pope John Paul II.

Season 4: 2005

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# Title Directed by Awards Original airdate
1"Beslan: Siege of School No. 1"Kevin Sim1July 12, 2005 (2005-07-12)
2"Future for Lebanon"Paul MitchellJuly 19, 2005 (2005-07-19)
3"Border Jumpers"Peter Hutchens and Ryan Hill1July 26, 2005 (2005-07-26)
4"Gutted"David Peat1August 23, 2005 (2005-08-23)
5"Pickles, Inc."Dalit Kimor2August 30, 2005 (2005-08-30)
6"Unfinished Country"Whitney DowSeptember 6, 2005 (2005-09-06)
7"1-800-INDIA"Safina Uberoi4September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13)
8"HSN1 · Killer Flu"Steven Silver2September 20, 2005 (2005-09-20)

Season 5: 2006

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# Title Directed by Awards Original airdate
1"18 with a Bullet"Ricardo Pollack1July 11, 2006 (2006-07-11)[e]
2"Mixed Blessings"Darragh ByrneJuly 18, 2006 (2006-07-18)
3"Class of 2006"Gini RetickerJuly 25, 2006 (2006-07-25)
4"Flying Down to Kabul"Simone Aaberg Kaern and Magnus BejmarAugust 1, 2006 (2006-08-01)
5"Turkey's Tigers"Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill1August 22, 2006 (2006-08-22)
6"Ransom City"Benito MontorioAugust 29, 2006 (2006-08-29)
7"Back to School"Judy Katz3September 5, 2006 (2006-09-05)[f]
8"Democracy in the Rough"Fred de Sam LazaroSeptember 12, 2006 (2006-09-12)

2007 special

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# Title Directed by Awards Original airdate
"Pilgrimage To Karbala"Kevin SimMarch 26, 2007 (2007-03-26)
This is a 90-minute episode.

Season 6: 2007

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# Title Directed by Awards Original airdate
1"The People's Court"Bruno SorrentinoJuly 3, 2007 (2007-07-03)
2"Victory Is Your Duty"Andrew LangJuly 10, 2007 (2007-07-10)
3"The Sand Castle"Eirin GjørvJuly 24, 2007 (2007-07-24)
4"Dishing Democracy"Bregtje van der HaakJuly 31, 2007 (2007-07-31)
5"Gaza E.R."Olly LambertAugust 14, 2007 (2007-08-14)
6"Gold Futures"Tibor KocsisAugust 21, 2007 (2007-08-21)
7"The Dying Fields"Fred de Sam LazaroAugust 28, 2007 (2007-08-28)
8"Brazil in Black and White"Adam StepanSeptember 4, 2007 (2007-09-04)
9"A Woman Among Warlords"Eva Mulvad and Anja Al-ErhayemSeptember 11, 2007 (2007-09-11)

Season 7: 2008

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# Title Directed by Awards Original airdate
1"Heart of Darfur"TBAJuly 1, 2008 (2008-07-01)
2"Japan's About-Face"Micah FinkJuly 8, 2008 (2008-07-08)
3"Birth of a Surgeon"Karin FalckJuly 15, 2008 (2008-07-15)
4"Burning Season"Cathy HenkelJuly 22, 2008 (2008-07-22)
5"Lord’s Children"Oliver Stoltz and Ali Samadi AhadiJuly 29, 2008 (2008-07-29)
6"China Prep"Marije MeermanAugust 12, 2008 (2008-08-12)
7"Iraqi Exodus"Tania RakhmanovaAugust 19, 2008 (2008-08-19)

Season 8: 2009

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# Title Directed by Awards Original airdate
1"Crossing Heaven's Border"TBAEmmy NominationJuly 1, 2009 (2009-07-01)
2"Heart of Jenin"Leon Geller and Marcus VetterOverseas Press Club Award, Emmy NominationJuly 8, 2009 (2009-07-08)
3"Birth of a Surgeon"Karin FalckJuly 15, 2009 (2009-07-15)
4"The Market Maker"Hugo Berkeley and Eli KaneJuly 22, 2009 (2009-07-22)
5"Contestant No. 2"Timna Goldstein Hattav and Barak HeymannJuly 29, 2009 (2009-07-29)
6"Victory Is Your Duty (Update)"Andrew LangAugust 12, 2009 (2009-08-12)
7"Eyes of the Storm"Evan Williams and Jeremy WilliamsAugust 19, 2009 (2009-08-19)
8"Once Upon a Coup"Christopher OlgiatiAugust 26, 2009 (2009-08-26)
9"Time for School 3"Pamela HoganSeptember 2, 2009 (2009-09-02)

Notes

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  1. ^ This episode was updated and rebroadcast on July 31, 2003.
  2. ^ This episode was updated and rebroadcast on September 2, 2004.
  3. ^ This is a two-hour episode. It was later edited to one hour and rebroadcast on July 29, 2004.
  4. ^ This episode was updated and rebroadcast on August 2, 2005.
  5. ^ This episode was updated and rebroadcast on August 5, 2008.
  6. ^ This is a 90-minute episode and represents the second installment of "Time for School" from season two. It was later edited to one hour and rebroadcast on July 17, 2007.

References

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"About the Series: Awards". PBS. 27 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
"About the Series: Credits". PBS. 27 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-16.