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Previous Reports: 2008


Below is a full, chronological listing (based on original airdate) of FRONTLINE's programs since the launch of the series in 1983. You can also browse reports by subject (biographies, business/economy, etc.) using the links in the right-hand column of this page. For programs since the 1995-96 season, you'll find a link to the companion website and to the program transcript. (Plus, click here for transcripts of more than a dozen often-requested reports that originally aired before FRONTLINE appeared on the Web.) For more recent programs, you may also see a link to "watch online," allowing you to view the entire report in streaming video format.


BY ORIGINAL AIRDATE

Jun. 17, 2008

Young & Restless In China
(120 minutes) This spring, FRONTLINE explores the generation coming of age in China today. Shot over four years, the film follows a group of nine young Chinese ... (more)

May. 13, 2008

Storm Over Everest
(120 minutes) As darkness fell on May 10, 1996, a fast-moving storm of unimaginable ferocity trapped three climbing teams high on the slopes of Mount Everest. The ... (more)

Apr. 15, 2008

Sick Around The World
(60 minutes) Four in five Americans say the U.S. health-care system needs "fundamental" change. Can the U.S. learn anything from the rest of the world about ... (more)

Apr. 01, 2008

Bad Voodoo's War
(60 minutes) In June 2007, as the American military surge reached its peak, a band of National Guard infantrymen who call themselves "The Bad Voodoo Platoon" was ... (more)

Mar. 24, 2008

Bush's War
(120 minutes) 9/11 and Al Qaeda, Afghanistan and Iraq, WMD and the Insurgency, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, Fallujah, and the Surge. For six years FRONTLINE has been revealing ... (more)

Feb. 19, 2008

Rules of Engagement
(60 minutes) FRONTLINE cuts through the fog of war to reveal the untold story of what happened in Haditha, Iraq -- where twenty-four of the town's residents ... (more)

Feb. 05, 2008

A Dangerous Business Revisited
(60 minutes) Five years ago, FRONTLINE and The New York Times joined forces to investigate death and dismemberment in one of America's most dangerous industries -- the ... (more)

Jan. 22, 2008

Growing Up Online
(60 minutes) MySpace. YouTube. Facebook. Friendster. Nearly every teen in America is on the Internet every day, socializing with friends and strangers alike, "trying on" identities, and ... (more)

Jan. 08, 2008

The Medicated Child
(60 minutes) Ten years ago, stimulants like Ritalin and Adderall were the drugs of choice to treat behavioral issues in children. Today children as young as four ... (more)