Average (15 minutes – 1 hour)
WikiSecrets
| Frontline | It was the biggest intelligence breach in U.S. history – the leaking of more than a half-million classified documents on the WikiLeaks website in the spring of 2010. Behind it all stood two very different individuals: Julian…
- 2011
- Espionage
The Card Game
| Frontline | As credit card companies face rising public anger, new regulation from Washington and a potential perfect storm of economic bad news, FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman examines the future of the massive consumer loan industry and its impact…
- 2009
- Business ethics
College, Inc.
| Frontline | The business of higher education is booming. It’s a $400 billion industry fueled by taxpayer money. But what are students getting out of the deal? Critics say a worthless degree and a mountain of debt. Investors insist…
Flying Cheap
| Frontline | One year after the deadly airline crash of Continental 3407 in Buffalo, NY, FRONTLINE investigates the accident and discovers a dramatically changed airline industry, where regional carriers now account for half of the nation’s daily departures. The…
- 2010
- Business ethics
Doctor Hotspot
| Frontline | New Yorker writer and FRONTLINE correspondent Atul Gawande reports on a doctor in Camden, N.J., who actually seeks out the community’s sickest — and most expensive — patients. Dr. Jeffrey Brenner and his team are pioneering a…
- 2011
- Business ethics
Cell Tower Deaths
| Frontline | The smartphone revolution comes with a hidden cost. A joint investigation by FRONTLINE and ProPublica explores the hazardous work of independent contractors who are building and servicing America’s expanding cellular infrastructure. While some tower climbers say they…
- 2012
- Business ethics
Money, Power and Wall Street
| Frontline | In the special four-hour investigation, Money, Power and Wall Street, FRONTLINE tells the inside story of the struggles to rescue and repair a shattered economy, exploring key decisions, missed opportunities, and the unprecedented and uneasy partnership between…
- 2012
- Tax evasion, Financial fraud
The Real CSI
| Frontline | From the courtroom to the living room (thanks to the hit television series CSI), forensic science is king. Expertise on fingerprints, ballistics and bite mark analysis are routinely called on to solve the most difficult criminal cases…
- 2012
- Science fraud
Murdoch’s Scandal
| Frontline | Over half a century Rupert Murdoch’s business audacity and political shrewdness built one of the world’s most powerful media empires. Now his dynasty is under threat — not from outside competition, but from shocking accounts of bribery,…
- 2012
- Bribery, Corruption
Six Billion Dollar Bet
| Frontline | Nearly four years after the financial crisis, yet another scandal rocks Wall Street. Jon Corzine, former head of Goldman Sachs and political power broker, took over MF Global in the spring of 2010 with oversize ambition and…