# 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) |
| 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" | TBA | — | 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" | TBA | 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" | TBA | 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" | TBA | 2 | September 4, 2003 (2003-09-04) |
| 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) |

## 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" | TBA | 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) |
| 9 | "The Saudi Question" | TBA | 1 | October 7, 2004 (2004-10-07) |

## 2005 special

| # | Title | Directed by | Awards | Original airdate |
| — | "White Smoke" | TBA | — | 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) |
| 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" | Judy Katz | 3 | September 5, 2006 (2006-09-05) |
| 8 | "Democracy in the Rough" | Fred de Sam Lazaro | — | 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" | TBA | — | 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" | TBA | Emmy Nomination | July 1, 2009 (2009-07-01) |
| 2 | "Heart of Jenin" | Leon Geller and Marcus Vetter | Overseas Press Club Award, Emmy Nomination | 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) |