List of Wide Angle episodes
This is a list of episodes for the PBS documentary television series Wide Angle.
Season 1: 2002
| # | Title | Directed by | Awards | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Saddam's Ultimate Solution" | Gwynne Roberts | 1 | July 11, 2002 |
| 2 | "To Have and Have Not" | Jon Alpert | 1 | July 18, 2002[a] |
| 3 | "Greetings from Grozny" | Paul Mitchell and Tania Rakhmanova | 5 | July 25, 2002 |
| 4 | "Land of Wandering Souls" | Rithy Panh | — | August 1, 2002 |
| 5 | "The Empty ATM" | Angus MacQueen | 2 | August 8, 2002 |
| 6 | "Bitter Harvest" | TBA | — | August 22, 2002 |
| 7 | "Growing Up Global" | Bruno Sorrentino | 1 | August 29, 2002 |
| 8 | "Cause for Murder" | Pamela Yates | — | September 5, 2002 |
| 9 | "Media by Milosevic" | Leslie Woodhead | — | September 12, 2002 |
| 10 | "Soul of India" | Steven Silver | 1 | September 19, 2002 |
Season 2: 2003
| # | Title | Directed by | Awards | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Exclusive to al-Jazeera" | TBA | 1 | July 10, 2003 |
| 2 | "The Rock Star and the Mullahs" | Ruhi Hamid and Angus MacQueen | 1 | July 17, 2003 |
| 3 | "AIDS Warriors" | TBA | 1 | July 24, 2003 |
| 4 | "Coca and the Congressman" | Jon Alpert | 1 | August 7, 2003 |
| 5 | "Citizen Berlusconi – The Prime Minister and the Press" | Susan Gray | 1 | August 21, 2003 |
| 6 | "Road to Riches" | Mandy Jacobson | — | August 28, 2003 |
| 7 | "Time for School" | TBA | 2 | September 4, 2003[b] |
| 8 | "A State of Mind" | Dan Gordon | 2 | September 11, 2003 |
| 9 | "The Dammed" | Franny Armstrong | — | September 18, 2003 |
| 10 | "Dying to Leave" | Chris Hilton and Aaron Woolf | 6 | September 25, 2003[c] |
Season 3: 2004
| # | Title | Directed by | Awards | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Suicide Bombers" | Tom Roberts | 2 | July 1, 2004 |
| 2 | "The Russian Newspaper Murders" | Paul Jenkins | 1 | July 8, 2004 |
| 3 | "Ladies First" | Gini Reticker | 4 | July 22, 2004 |
| 4 | "Sahara Marathon" | Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño | — | August 19, 2004 |
| 5 | "Young, Muslim, and French" | TBA | 1 | August 26, 2004 |
| 6 | "Hell of a Nation" | Tamara Gould | 3 | September 9, 2004 |
| 7 | "An Honest Citizen" | Angus MacQueen | 2 | September 16, 2004 |
| 8 | "Red Lines and Deadlines" | Taghi Amirani | 2 | September 23, 2004[d] |
| 9 | "The Saudi Question" | TBA | 1 | October 7, 2004 |
2005 special
| # | Title | Directed by | Awards | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | "White Smoke" | TBA | — | April 26, 2005 | |
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A look at the process of selecting a new pope in the days following the death of Pope John Paul II. | |||||
Season 4: 2005
| # | Title | Directed by | Awards | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Beslan: Siege of School No. 1" | Kevin Sim | 1 | July 12, 2005 |
| 2 | "Future for Lebanon" | Paul Mitchell | — | July 19, 2005 |
| 3 | "Border Jumpers" | Peter Hutchens and Ryan Hill | 1 | July 26, 2005 |
| 4 | "Gutted" | David Peat | 1 | August 23, 2005 |
| 5 | "Pickles, Inc." | Dalit Kimor | 2 | August 30, 2005 |
| 6 | "Unfinished Country" | Whitney Dow | — | September 6, 2005 |
| 7 | "1-800-INDIA" | Safina Uberoi | 4 | September 13, 2005 |
| 8 | "HSN1 · Killer Flu" | Steven Silver | 2 | September 20, 2005 |
Season 5: 2006
| # | Title | Directed by | Awards | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "18 with a Bullet" | Ricardo Pollack | 1 | July 11, 2006[e] |
| 2 | "Mixed Blessings" | Darragh Byrne | — | July 18, 2006 |
| 3 | "Class of 2006" | Gini Reticker | — | July 25, 2006 |
| 4 | "Flying Down to Kabul" | Simone Aaberg Kaern and Magnus Bejmar | — | August 1, 2006 |
| 5 | "Turkey's Tigers" | Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill | 1 | August 22, 2006 |
| 6 | "Ransom City" | Benito Montorio | — | August 29, 2006 |
| 7 | "Back to School" | Judy Katz | 3 | September 5, 2006[f] |
| 8 | "Democracy in the Rough" | Fred de Sam Lazaro | — | September 12, 2006 |
2007 special
| # | Title | Directed by | Awards | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | "Pilgrimage To Karbala" | Kevin Sim | — | March 26, 2007 | |
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This is a 90-minute episode. | |||||
Season 6: 2007
| # | Title | Directed by | Awards | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The People's Court" | Bruno Sorrentino | — | July 3, 2007 |
| 2 | "Victory Is Your Duty" | Andrew Lang | — | July 10, 2007 |
| 3 | "The Sand Castle" | Eirin Gjørv | — | July 24, 2007 |
| 4 | "Dishing Democracy" | Bregtje van der Haak | — | July 31, 2007 |
| 5 | "Gaza E.R." | Olly Lambert | — | August 14, 2007 |
| 6 | "Gold Futures" | Tibor Kocsis | — | August 21, 2007 |
| 7 | "The Dying Fields" | Fred de Sam Lazaro | — | August 28, 2007 |
| 8 | "Brazil in Black and White" | Adam Stepan | — | September 4, 2007 |
| 9 | "A Woman Among Warlords" | Eva Mulvad and Anja Al-Erhayem | — | September 11, 2007 |
Season 7: 2008
| # | Title | Directed by | Awards | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Heart of Darfur" | TBA | — | July 1, 2008 |
| 2 | "Japan's About-Face" | Micah Fink | — | July 8, 2008 |
| 3 | "Birth of a Surgeon" | Karin Falck | — | July 15, 2008 |
| 4 | "Burning Season" | Cathy Henkel | — | July 22, 2008 |
| 5 | "Lord’s Children" | Oliver Stoltz and Ali Samadi Ahadi | — | July 29, 2008 |
| 6 | "China Prep" | Marije Meerman | — | August 12, 2008 |
| 7 | "Iraqi Exodus" | Tania Rakhmanova | — | August 19, 2008 |
Season 8: 2009
| # | Title | Directed by | Awards | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Crossing Heaven's Border" | TBA | Emmy Nomination | July 1, 2009 |
| 2 | "Heart of Jenin" | Leon Geller and Marcus Vetter | Overseas Press Club Award, Emmy Nomination | July 8, 2009 |
| 3 | "Birth of a Surgeon" | Karin Falck | — | July 15, 2009 |
| 4 | "The Market Maker" | Hugo Berkeley and Eli Kane | — | July 22, 2009 |
| 5 | "Contestant No. 2" | Timna Goldstein Hattav and Barak Heymann | — | July 29, 2009 |
| 6 | "Victory Is Your Duty (Update)" | Andrew Lang | — | August 12, 2009 |
| 7 | "Eyes of the Storm" | Evan Williams and Jeremy Williams | — | August 19, 2009 |
| 8 | "Once Upon a Coup" | Christopher Olgiati | — | August 26, 2009 |
| 9 | "Time for School 3" | Pamela Hogan | — | September 2, 2009 |
Notes
- ^ This episode was updated and rebroadcast on July 31, 2003.
- ^ This episode was updated and rebroadcast on September 2, 2004.
- ^ This is a two-hour episode. It was later edited to one hour and rebroadcast on July 29, 2004.
- ^ This episode was updated and rebroadcast on August 2, 2005.
- ^ This episode was updated and rebroadcast on August 5, 2008.
- ^ This is a 90-minute episode and represents the second installment of "Time for School" from season two. It was later edited to one hour and rebroadcast on July 17, 2007.
References
"About the Series: Awards". PBS. May 27, 2008. Retrieved September 16, 2008.
"About the Series: Credits". PBS. May 27, 2008. Retrieved September 16, 2008.