List of Wide Angle episodes
This is a list of episodes for the PBS documentary television series Wide Angle.
Season 1: 2002[edit]
| # | 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[edit]
| # | 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[edit]
| # | 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[edit]
| # | Title | Directed by | Awards | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | "White Smoke" | TBA | — | April 26, 2005 | |
| A look at the process of selecting a new pope in the days following the death of Pope John Paul II. | |||||
Season 4: 2005[edit]
| # | 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[edit]
| # | 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[edit]
| # | Title | Directed by | Awards | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | "Pilgrimage To Karbala" | Kevin Sim | — | March 26, 2007 | |
| This is a 90-minute episode. | |||||
Season 6: 2007[edit]
| # | 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[edit]
| # | 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[edit]
| # | 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[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
"About the Series: Awards". PBS. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
"About the Series: Credits". PBS. Retrieved 2008-09-16.