Join or Sign In
Sign in to customize your TV listings
By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy.
Frontline Season 15 Episodes
Season 15 Episode Guide
19 Episodes 1996 - 1997
Episode 1
Betting on the Market
Tue, Jan 14, 199760 mins
For fourteen years, Wall Street has produced record gains and has been embraced by America as place.
Episode 2
Six O'Clock News
Tue, Jan 21, 199790 mins
A documentary by and about a man who carries a film camera around most of the time and films the events of his life, including himself being interviewed by a news crew, and focusing on some of the real people behind the tragedies shown daily on the six o'clock news: a woman living on an island hit by a hurricane; a man whose wife was murdered in her store.
Episode 3
What Jennifer Saw
Tue, Feb 25, 199760 mins
Identified by victim, Ronald Cotton spent eleven years in prison for rape. But in 1995, DNA evidence proved Cotton could not have been attacker.
Episode 4
Valentina's Nightmare
60 mins
Four days after slaughter of her village, Valentina, a thirteen-year-old Tutsi girl, lay hidden among corpses of her family and neighbors, her machete wounds festering with infection.
Episode 5
Murder, Money, and Mexico
60 mins
For six years, Carlos and Raul Salinas ruled Mexico -- Carlos as president, his brother Raul.
Episode 6
The Fixers
Tue, Apr 15, 199760 mins
As campaign finance scandals dominate headlines, FRONTLINE correspondent Peter Boyer follows story of how easily small-time political operators Nora and Gene Lum have used a little money and a lot of moxie to get close to president.
Episode 7
Nuclear Reaction
Tue, Apr 22, 199760 mins
Since 1978, no new nuclear power stations have been commissioned in United States.
Episode 8
Little Criminals
60 mins
It was an unthinkable crime. In California, a six-year-old boy entered home of a neighbor to steal a tricycle and savagely beat Ignacio Bermudez, Jr.
Episode 9
The Opium Kings
60 mins
In a journalistic odyssey of more than three decades, filmmaker Adrian Cowell ventures into a remote corner of Burma known as Shan State.
Episode 10
Innocence Lost: The Plea
Tue, May 27, 1997120 mins
Bizarre accusations of abuse surround a prominent daycare in Edenton, North Carolina. Frontline's 3-part investigation "Innocence Lost" chronicles how a disagreement between two friends snowballed into a sexual abuse hysteria.
Episode 11
Hot Guns
Tue, Jun 3, 199760 mins
Two years ago, Evelyn Garcia was shot to death. Police arrested her husband -- a twice convicted felon -- but.
Episode 12
Easy Money
Tue, Jun 10, 199760 mins
Casino gambling -- once domain of mobsters and hustlers -- has emerged as most popular forms of adult entertainment.
Episode 13
Nazi Gold
Tue, Jun 17, 1997
It may be final tragedy of Holocaust. For years, many survivors and their families have tried in vain to collect assets deposited in Swiss banks.
Episode 14
Once Upon a Time in Arkansas
Tue, Oct 7, 199760 mins
The Whitewater scandals and the Clinton presidency.
Episode 15
The Lost American
Tue, Oct 14, 199790 mins
A look at the life and U.S. aid worker Fred Cuny, who mysteriously disappeared while working to negotiate peace in Chechnya.
Episode 16
Behind the Mask: The IRA and Sinn Fein
Tue, Oct 21, 1997225 mins
A documentary about the republican movement in the North of Eíre from the late 60s up until present day. Encompassing both the paramilitary wing and the politicial representatives.
Episode 17
Dreams of Tibet
Tue, Oct 28, 199755 mins
Journalist and China watcher Orville Schell explores the clash of values between American opinion of China's human rights record and the uncomprehending and intransigent Chinese leadership. Interviewees include actors, directors, musicians, and political figures who discuss the history of Tibet and its yearning for political independence. Richard Gere and Adam Yauch are converts to Buddhism.
Episode 18
A Whale of a Business
60 mins
America's marine theme parks are big business, attracting twenty million visitors each year.
Episode 19
The Princess and the Press
90 mins
The day Princess Diana died in Paris, her brother, Earl Spencer, blamed media for her death.