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Previous Reports: 2003


BY ORIGINAL AIRDATE

Nov. 20, 2003

Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?
(180 minutes) On November 20, FRONTLINE marks the 40th anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination with an encore broadcast of "Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?" - an investigative ... (more)

Nov. 13, 2003

Dangerous Prescription
(60 minutes) As medications play an ever-increasing role in modern health care, the importance of FDA approval to consumers, it would seem, has never been greater. ... (more)

Nov. 06, 2003

The Alternative Fix
(60 minutes) The past few years has seen an explosion in the popularity--and profitability--of complementary and alternative medicine. Under pressure from everyone from consumers to Congress--and tempted ... (more)

Oct. 16, 2003

Chasing the Sleeper Cell
(60 minutes) What is the real story behind the group that U.S. intelligence called "the most dangerous terrorist cell in America?" FRONTLINE and The New York ... (more)

Oct. 09, 2003

Truth, War, and Consequences
(90 minutes) FRONTLINE traces the roots of the Iraqi war back to the days immediately following September 11, when Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ordered the creation of ... (more)

Jul. 03, 2003

Public Schools, Inc.
(60 minutes) Ten years after "edupreneur" Chris Whittle first announced his bold plan to revolutionize the way we educate children, Whittle's Edison Schools continue to be a ... (more)

Jun. 19, 2003

The Other Drug War
(60 minutes) As Congress seems closer than ever to passing a new Medicare prescription drug benefit for seniors, FRONTLINE investigates the conflict between major pharmaceutical companies and ... (more)

May. 08, 2003

The Wall Street Fix
(60 minutes) With the nation's biggest banks about to finalize a record $1.4 billion settlement for securities violations, FRONTLINE investigates what New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer ... (more)

May. 01, 2003

Burden of Innocence
(60 minutes) In recent years, media headlines have trumpeted the release of more than 100 longtime inmates who have been exonerated by DNA testing. But what ... (more)

Apr. 24, 2003

Cyber War!
(60 minutes) The Slammer hit on Super Bowl Sunday. Nimda struck one week after 9/11. Code Red had ripped through the system that summer. Moonlight Maze moved ... (more)

Apr. 10, 2003

Kim's Nuclear Gamble
(60 minutes) The world is running out of time to strike a peace-preserving deal with North Korea's strange and reclusive leader Kim Jong Il. For ten ... (more)

Apr. 03, 2003

Blair's War
(60 minutes) For the past few months, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been fighting the biggest political battle of his career. Caught in the center ... (more)

Mar. 17, 2003

The Long Road to War: A FRONTLINE Special Report
(120 minutes) America appears to be within days of attacking Iraq. Many observers believe President Bush may soon signal to weapons inspectors, diplomats and members of ... (more)

Feb. 20, 2003

The War Behind Closed Doors
(60 minutes) FRONTLINE examines the hidden story of what is really driving the Bush administration to war with Iraq. The investigation asks whether the publicly reported reasons--fear ... (more)

Feb. 13, 2003

China in the Red
(120 minutes) Four years in the making, this two-hour FRONTLINE documentary chronicles three pivotal years in China's historic evolution from a rigid Communist society to an exploding ... (more)

Feb. 06, 2003

Failure to Protect: The Caseworker Files
(120 minutes) The removal of a child from an abusive or neglectful parent is one of the most drastic actions a government undertakes; and yet it does ... (more)

Jan. 30, 2003

Failure to Protect: The Taking of Logan Marr
(60 minutes) In January 2001, five-year-old Logan Marr was found dead in the basement of her foster mother's home in Chelsea, Maine. The foster mother, Sally Schofield, ... (more)

Jan. 09, 2003

A Dangerous Business
(60 minutes) Each year, six thousand Americans lose their lives on the job. Tens of thousands more are seriously injured or exposed to deadly poisons and carcinogens ... (more)

Jan. 02, 2003

Much Ado About Something
(90 minutes) His name is synonymous with great literature. Author of timeless masterpieces like "Romeo and Juliet," "Othello," and "Hamlet," William Shakespeare is widely considered to be ... (more)