Frontline Season 24 Episodes

Episode 1

Country Boys

Mon, Jan 9, 2006360 mins

"Country Boys" tells the story of Chris Johnson and Cody Perkins, two teenage boys coming of age in Appalachian Kentucky. Filmed over three years (1999-2001), in the intimate style of "The Farmer's Wife", Sutherland follows them as they navigate the emotional terrain that will change them from boys to men.

Episode 2

Sex Slaves

Tue, Feb 7, 200689 mins

Sex Slaves is a gripping documentary expose inside the global sex trade in women from the former Soviet Bloc. The film takes viewers into the shadowy, multi-billion dollar world of sex trafficking. Part cinema verité, part investigation, Sex Slaves puts a human face on this most inhuman of contemporary issues. From the villages of Moldova and Ukraine, to underground brothels and discotheques in Turkey where many women are trafficked and forced into prostitution, we witness first-hand the brutal world of white sex slavery.

Episode 3

The Meth Epidemic

Tue, Feb 14, 200660 mins

An investigation into how and why meth use spiraled out of control and became the fastest-growing drug abuse problem in America.

Episode 4

The Insurgency

Tue, Feb 21, 2006

A story of people fighting against the U.S. and the coalition in Iraq.

Episode 5

The Tank Man

Tue, Apr 11, 2006

On 4 June, 1989, a mysterious peaceful figure interrupted a line of war tanks during the protests over Tiananmen Square in China. Who was the young man who made an act of defiance and had his image shown all around the world as a symbol of democracy and fight for justice and world rights? The Deadline program follows the story behind the photos and videos of him and also tells a story about Modern China.

Episode 6

Can You Afford to Retire?

Tue, May 16, 2006

The baby boomer generation is headed for a shock as it hits retirement: boomers will be long on life expectancy but short on income.

Episode 7

The Age of AIDS

Tue, May 30, 2006240 mins

On the 25th anniversary of the first diagnosed cases of AIDS, FRONTLINE examines one of the worst pandemics the world has ever known. After a quarter-century of political denial and social stigma, of stunning scientific breakthroughs, bitter policy battles and inadequate prevention campaigns, HIV/AIDS continues to spread rapidly throughout much of the world. Through interviews with AIDS researchers, world leaders, activists, and patients, FRONTLINE investigates the science, politics, and human cost of this fateful disease and asks: What are the lessons of the past, and what can be done to stop AIDS?

Episode 8

The Dark Side

Tue, Jun 20, 200655 mins

Dick Cheney's efforts to expand the President's power

Episode 9

Return of the Taliban

Tue, Oct 3, 200660 mins

FRONTLINE reports from lawless Pakistani tribal areas along Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

Episode 10

The Enemy Within

Tue, Oct 10, 200660 mins

Episode 11

The Lost Year in Iraq

Tue, Oct 17, 200660 mins

Episode 12

A Hidden Life

Tue, Nov 14, 200660 mins

In 2005, Spokane, Washington mayor Jim West faces accusations that he used his office to lure young men into sexual relationships.

Episode 12

A Hidden Life

Tue, Nov 14, 200660 mins

In 2005, Spokane, Washington mayor Jim West faces accusations that he used his office to lure young men into sexual relationships.

Episode 13

Living Old

Tue, Nov 21, 200660 mins

FRONTLINE reports from lawless Pakistani tribal areas along Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

Episode 14

Episode #24.14

Tue, Oct 17, 2006

Five years after attacks on 9/11 and massive, multi-billion-dollar reorganization of government agencies.

Episode 15

Episode #24.15

Tue, Nov 14, 2006

In aftermath of fall of Saddam Hussein, a group of Americans led by Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III set off to Baghdad to build a new nation.