Programs by Year: 2012

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May. 22, 2012

Six Billion Dollar Bet

FRONTLINE investigates MF Global's massive bet on European debt that went sour, leaving more than a billion dollars of customer funds missing. (Web site »)

May. 22, 2012

Cell Tower Deaths

(25 minutes) FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate the hidden cost that comes with the demand for better and faster cell phone service. (Web site »)

Apr. 24, 2012

Money, Power and Wall Street

(240 minutes) In a special investigation, FRONTLINE goes inside the struggles to rescue and repair a shattered economy (Web site »)

Apr. 17, 2012

The Real CSI

(60 minutes) How reliable is the science behind forensics? A FRONTLINE investigation finds serious flaws in some of the best-known tools of forensic science. (Web site »)

Mar. 27, 2012

Murdoch's Scandal

(60 minutes) The struggle over the future of News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch's reputation and his family's fortunes. (Web site »)

Mar. 20, 2012

The Vaccine War

(60 minutes) Examining the raging debate--risks v. benefits and parents' right to make choices about their child v. the needs of a community (Web site »)

Feb. 28, 2012

Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown

(60 minutes) An unprecedented account of the crisis inside the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex after last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami. (Web site »)

Feb. 21, 2012

Educating Sergeant Pantzke

(20 minutes) For-profit college promise veterans a high quality degree -- but do they deliver? (Web site »)

Feb. 21, 2012

The Child Cases

(30 minutes) What happens when a child dies under suspicious circumstances? (Web site »)

Feb. 14, 2012

The Interrupters

(120 minutes) An unusually intimate, year-long journey across the stubbornly violent landscape of our cities through the eyes of those fighting to sow peace and security. (Web site »)

Feb. 7, 2012

Rules of Engagement

(60 minutes) What happened that November day in Haditha, Iraq gets to the heart of the war U.S. troops are fighting. (Web site »)

Jan. 31, 2012

Post Mortem

(60 minutes) Inside America's death investigation system. WARNING: Don't die in the wrong state. (Web site »)

Jan. 24, 2012

The Meth Epidemic

(60 minutes) Why, and how, have we reached the point where the United States has 1.5 million meth users - and rising? (Web site »)

Jan. 17, 2012

(60 minutes) FRONTLINE travels to three continents to explore the debate about nuclear power: Is it safe? What are the alternatives? And could a Fukushima-style disaster happen in the U.S.? (Web site »)

Jan. 10, 2012

A Perfect Terrorist

(60 minutes) FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate the mysterious circumstances behind David Headley’s rise from heroin dealer and U.S. government informant to plotter of the 2008 attack on Mumbai. (Web site »)