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 (2002-07-11) |
| 2 |
"To Have and Have Not" |
Jon Alpert |
1 |
July 18, 2002 (2002-07-18) |
| This episode was updated and rebroadcast on July 31, 2003. |
| 3 |
"Greetings from Grozny" |
Paul Mitchell and Tania Rakhmanova |
5 |
July 25, 2002 (2002-07-25) |
| 4 |
"Land of Wandering Souls" |
Rithy Panh |
|
August 1, 2002 (2002-08-01) |
| 5 |
"The Empty ATM" |
Angus MacQueen |
2 |
August 8, 2002 (2002-08-08) |
| 6 |
"Bitter Harvest" |
|
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August 22, 2002 (2002-08-22) |
| 7 |
"Growing Up Global" |
Bruno Sorrentino |
1 |
August 29, 2002 (2002-08-29) |
| 8 |
"Cause for Murder" |
Pamela Yates |
|
September 5, 2002 (2002-09-05) |
| 9 |
"Media by Milosevic" |
Leslie Woodhead |
|
September 12, 2002 (2002-09-12) |
| 10 |
"Soul of India" |
Steven Silver |
1 |
September 19, 2002 (2002-09-19) |
Season 2: 2003
| # |
Title |
Directed by |
Awards |
Original airdate |
| 1 |
"Exclusive to al-Jazeera" |
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1 |
July 10, 2003 (2003-07-10) |
| 2 |
"The Rock Star and the Mullahs" |
Ruhi Hamid and Angus MacQueen |
1 |
July 17, 2003 (2003-07-17) |
| 3 |
"AIDS Warriors" |
|
1 |
July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24) |
| 4 |
"Coca and the Congressman" |
Jon Alpert |
1 |
August 7, 2003 (2003-08-07) |
| 5 |
"Citizen Berlusconi – The Prime Minister and the Press" |
Susan Gray |
1 |
August 21, 2003 (2003-08-21) |
| 6 |
"Road to Riches" |
Mandy Jacobson |
|
August 28, 2003 (2003-08-28) |
| 7 |
"Time for School" |
|
2 |
September 4, 2003 (2003-09-04) |
| This episode was updated and rebroadcast on September 2, 2004 |
| 8 |
"A State of Mind" |
Dan Gordon |
2 |
September 11, 2003 (2003-09-11) |
| 9 |
"The Dammed" |
Franny Armstrong |
|
September 18, 2003 (2003-09-18) |
| 10 |
"Dying to Leave" |
Chris Hilton and Aaron Woolf |
6 |
September 25, 2003 (2003-09-25) |
| This is a two-hour episode. It was later edited to one hour and rebroadcast on July 29, 2004. |
Season 3: 2004
| # |
Title |
Directed by |
Awards |
Original airdate |
| 1 |
"Suicide Bombers" |
Tom Roberts |
2 |
July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01) |
| 2 |
"The Russian Newspaper Murders" |
Paul Jenkins |
1 |
July 8, 2004 (2004-07-08) |
| 3 |
"Ladies First" |
Gini Reticker |
4 |
July 22, 2004 (2004-07-22) |
| 4 |
"Sahara Marathon" |
Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño |
|
August 19, 2004 (2004-08-19) |
| 5 |
"Young, Muslim, and French" |
|
1 |
August 26, 2004 (2004-08-26) |
| 6 |
"Hell of a Nation" |
Tamara Gould |
3 |
September 9, 2004 (2004-09-09) |
| 7 |
"An Honest Citizen" |
Angus MacQueen |
2 |
September 16, 2004 (2004-09-16) |
| 8 |
"Red Lines and Deadlines" |
Taghi Amirani |
2 |
September 23, 2004 (2004-09-23) |
| This episode was updated and rebroadcast on August 2, 2005 |
| 9 |
"The Saudi Question" |
|
1 |
October 7, 2004 (2004-10-07) |
2005 special
| # |
Title |
Directed by |
Awards |
Original airdate |
|
"White Smoke" |
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April 26, 2005 (2005-04-26) |
| 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 (2005-07-12) |
| 2 |
"Future for Lebanon" |
Paul Mitchell |
|
July 19, 2005 (2005-07-19) |
| 3 |
"Border Jumpers" |
Peter Hutchens and Ryan Hill |
1 |
July 26, 2005 (2005-07-26) |
| 4 |
"Gutted" |
David Peat |
1 |
August 23, 2005 (2005-08-23) |
| 5 |
"Pickles, Inc." |
Dalit Kimor |
2 |
August 30, 2005 (2005-08-30) |
| 6 |
"Unfinished Country" |
Whitney Dow |
|
September 6, 2005 (2005-09-06) |
| 7 |
"1-800-INDIA" |
Safina Uberoi |
4 |
September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13) |
| 8 |
"HSN1 · Killer Flu" |
Steven Silver |
2 |
September 20, 2005 (2005-09-20) |
Season 5: 2006
| # |
Title |
Directed by |
Awards |
Original airdate |
| 1 |
"18 with a Bullet" |
Ricardo Pollack |
1 |
July 11, 2006 (2006-07-11) |
| This episode was updated and rebroadcast on August 5, 2008 |
| 2 |
"Mixed Blessings" |
Darragh Byrne |
|
July 18, 2006 (2006-07-18) |
| 3 |
"Class of 2006" |
Gini Reticker |
|
July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25) |
| 4 |
"Flying Down to Kabul" |
Simone Aaberg Kaern and Magnus Bejmar |
|
August 1, 2006 (2006-08-01) |
| 5 |
"Turkey's Tigers" |
Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill |
1 |
August 22, 2006 (2006-08-22) |
| 6 |
"Ransom City" |
Benito Montorio |
|
August 29, 2006 (2006-08-29) |
| 7 |
"Back to School" |
|
3 |
September 5, 2006 (2006-09-05) |
| 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. |
| 8 |
"Democracy in the Rough" |
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September 12, 2006 (2006-09-12) |
2007 special
| # |
Title |
Directed by |
Awards |
Original airdate |
|
"Pilgrimage To Karbala" |
Kevin Sim |
|
March 26, 2007 (2007-03-26) |
| 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 (2007-07-03) |
| 2 |
"Victory Is Your Duty" |
Andrew Lang |
|
July 10, 2007 (2007-07-10) |
| 3 |
"The Sand Castle" |
Eirin Gjørv |
|
July 24, 2007 (2007-07-24) |
| 4 |
"Dishing Democracy" |
Bregtje van der Haak |
|
July 31, 2007 (2007-07-31) |
| 5 |
"Gaza E.R." |
Olly Lambert |
|
August 14, 2007 (2007-08-14) |
| 6 |
"Gold Futures" |
Tibor Kocsis |
|
August 21, 2007 (2007-08-21) |
| 7 |
"The Dying Fields" |
Fred de Sam Lazaro |
|
August 28, 2007 (2007-08-28) |
| 8 |
"Brazil in Black and White" |
Adam Stepan |
|
September 4, 2007 (2007-09-04) |
| 9 |
"A Woman Among Warlords" |
Eva Mulvad and Anja Al-Erhayem |
|
September 11, 2007 (2007-09-11) |
Season 7: 2008
| # |
Title |
Directed by |
Awards |
Original airdate |
| 1 |
"Heart of Darfur" |
|
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July 1, 2008 (2008-07-01) |
| 2 |
"Japan's About-Face" |
Micah Fink |
|
July 8, 2008 (2008-07-08) |
| 3 |
"Birth of a Surgeon" |
Karin Falck |
|
July 15, 2008 (2008-07-15) |
| 4 |
"Burning Season" |
Cathy Henkel |
|
July 22, 2008 (2008-07-22) |
| 5 |
"Lord’s Children" |
Oliver Stoltz and Ali Samadi Ahadi |
|
July 29, 2008 (2008-07-29) |
| 6 |
"China Prep" |
Marije Meerman |
|
August 12, 2008 (2008-08-12) |
| 7 |
"Iraqi Exodus" |
Tania Rakhmanova |
|
August 19, 2008 (2008-08-19) |
Season 8: 2009
| # |
Title |
Directed by |
Awards |
Original airdate |
| 1 |
"Crossing Heaven's Border" |
|
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July 1, 2009 (2009-07-01) |
| 2 |
"Heart of Jenin" |
Leon Geller and Marcus Vetter |
|
July 8, 2009 (2009-07-08) |
| 3 |
"Birth of a Surgeon" |
Karin Falck |
|
July 15, 2009 (2009-07-15) |
| 4 |
"The Market Maker" |
Hugo Berkeley and Eli Kane |
|
July 22, 2009 (2009-07-22) |
| 5 |
"Contestant No. 2" |
Timna Goldstein Hattav and Barak Heymann |
|
July 29, 2009 (2009-07-29) |
| 6 |
"Victory Is Your Duty (Update)" |
Andrew Lang |
|
August 12, 2009 (2009-08-12) |
| 7 |
"Eyes of the Storm" |
Evan Williams and Jeremy Williams |
|
August 19, 2009 (2009-08-19) |
| 8 |
"Once Upon a Coup" |
Christopher Olgiati |
|
August 26, 2009 (2009-08-26) |
| 9 |
"Time for School 3" |
Pamela Hogan |
|
September 2, 2009 (2009-09-02) |
References
"About the Series: Awards". PBS. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/about-the-series/awards/35/. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
"About the Series: Credits". PBS. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/about-the-series/credits/36/. Retrieved 2008-09-16.