Will Lyman

Will Lyman

Birthday: 1948-05-20

Place of Birth: Burlington, Vermont, USA

Biography: William Lyman (born May 20, 1948) is an American actor. Being known for his polished, resonant voice, Lyman has narrated the PBS series Frontline since its second season in 1984 and played William Tell in the action/adventure television series Crossbow.

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America After 9/11
America After 9/11

From veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker and chronicler of U.S. politics Michael Kirk and his team, this doc...

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Iron Man
Iron Man

After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponi...

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Boeing's Fatal Flaw
Boeing's Fatal Flaw

An investigation of Boeing’s flawed 737 Max jet and the crashes that killed 346 people. With the New...

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Aftermath
Aftermath

A returning war veteran, stricken with PTSD, gets trapped with his teenage sister on Boston's Tobin ...

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Taliban Takeover
Taliban Takeover

The Taliban take over Afghanistan, and the threat of ISIS and Al Qaeda intensifies. On the ground, r...

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Welcome to the Dollhouse
Welcome to the Dollhouse

An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive...

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Alma Mater
Alma Mater

1960's Harvard Professor is having an affair with his male teaching assistant....

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Putin and the Presidents
Putin and the Presidents

FRONTLINE investigates Russian President Vladimir Putin’s clashes with multiple American presidents ...

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Fierce People
Fierce People

A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is a...

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Celtic Pride
Celtic Pride

Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the ...

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Terror in Europe
Terror in Europe

FRONTLINE and ProPublica go inside Europe’s fight against terrorism — the missed warnings and the li...

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Shots Fired
Shots Fired

Amid record police shootings in Utah, an investigation into the use of deadly force in the state wit...

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Our Fathers
Our Fathers

In the '80s, priests and especially the Father Geoghan arrested for sexual abuse of minors. Cardinal...

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The Secret History of the Credit Card
The Secret History of the Credit Card

FRONTLINE and The New York Times examine how the credit card industry became so pervasive, so lucrat...

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Little Children
Little Children

The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgrace...

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Mother/Android
Mother/Android

Georgia and her boyfriend Sam go on a treacherous journey to escape their country, which is caught i...

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The Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs

On 17th April 1961, an invasion force of over 1,200 Cuban exiles - trained, financed, equipped and d...

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Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court

As controversy erupts around Clarence and Ginni Thomas, FRONTLINE tells the inside story of their pa...

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Generation Like
Generation Like

Thanks to social media, teens are able to directly interact with their culture - celebrities, movies...

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Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory
Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory

Award-winning sports chronicler Bud Greenspan delivers a powerful and emotional look at six individu...

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Netanyahu at War
Netanyahu at War

The inside story of the bitter clash between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. A...

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Floating
Floating

Already suffering fiscal and emotional bankruptcy after a car crash shatters his life, young Van fin...

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Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown
Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown

A devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan on March 11, 2011 triggering a crisis inside the F...

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The Boneyard
The Boneyard

This is the true story of one of the most grisly crime scene investigations in the history of the Un...

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Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976
Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976

The trilogy continues with The Mao Years, a look at the next period of modern China’s history: Mao Z...

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Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry
Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry

The complex engineering challenges that make re-entry into the earth's atmosphere so dangerous. Scie...

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The Autumn Heart
The Autumn Heart

When a school bus driving woman (Tyne Daly) has a heart attack, she makes one request of her three d...

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Abuse of Power
Abuse of Power

The late Irish hero fireman's (Lefty) charming son William M. "Billy" Dylan (25) is elected as indep...

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The Power of Big Oil
The Power of Big Oil

In an epic three-part documentary series, FRONTLINE investigates the decades-long failure to confron...

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Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera

The creative processes of avant-garde composer Philip Glass and progressive director/designer Robert...

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Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers
Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers

Does your parent's car have new dents or nicks? Does mentally reviewing the trip ahead of time help ...

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United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost
United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost

An investigation into the hidden relationship between Silicon Valley and the National Security Agenc...

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Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack

A look inside the Russian assault on Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, told by displaced famil...

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Lies, Politics and Democracy
Lies, Politics and Democracy

Frontline’s season premiere investigates American political leaders and choices they’ve made that ha...

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Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza
Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza

As the war in Gaza continues with devastating consequences, a major 90-minute documentary offers a s...

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Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'
Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'

A brief look at the history of "Homicide: Life on the Street", one of the best shows on television a...

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Inside the Uvalde Response
Inside the Uvalde Response

Drawing on real-time, firsthand accounts and using official bodycam and audio, FRONTLINE, ProPublica...

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The Discord Leaks
The Discord Leaks

An investigation into how a young Air National Guardsman allegedly leaked classified documents on th...

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Last Man Out
Last Man Out

Walt Whitman's "Leaves Of Grass" proves transformative for the ghost of a handsome young Civil War s...

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Losing Iraq
Losing Iraq

Examines the unfolding chaos in Iraq and how the U.S. is being pulled back into the conflict. Drawin...

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A Perfect Murder
A Perfect Murder

Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the lov...

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League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis
League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis

Drawing on the book of the same name, League of Denial crafts a searing two-hour indictment of the N...

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Warriors of the French Foreign Legion
Warriors of the French Foreign Legion

It's been called an army of thieves and cutthroats. A band of hired killers. But from the burning sa...

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Democracy on Trial
Democracy on Trial

FRONTLINE investigates the roots of the criminal cases against former President Trump stemming from ...

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The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela

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Truth, War and Consequences
Truth, War and Consequences

Did America rush into a war in Iraq for which it was unprepared? FRONTLINE examines why the U.S. wen...

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The Search for Satan
The Search for Satan

FRONTLINE untangles the mysterious web of satanic ritual abuse, psychiatric treatment, and insurance...

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The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1

A look into the mind of one of the Hillside Strangler murderers, Kenneth Bianchi....

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The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2

A look at the trial and the use of psychiatric evidence in the criminal proceedings of mass murderer...

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Out of Gitmo
Out of Gitmo

The dramatic story of a Gitmo detainee released from the controversial U.S. prison after 14 years. W...

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The New Asylums
The New Asylums

There are nearly half a million mentally ill people serving time in America's prisons and jails....

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Children of Ukraine
Children of Ukraine

FRONTLINE examines how thousands of Ukrainian children have been taken and held in Russian-controlle...

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United States of Conspiracy
United States of Conspiracy

How trafficking in conspiracy theories went from the fringes of U.S. politics into the White House....

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Norse America
Norse America

Documentary correlating contemporary archaeological discoveries in the Far North with the descriptio...

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The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People
The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People

Follows U.S., Canadian, and European scientists from the barrens of Labrador - where archaeologists ...

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Crisis on Campus
Crisis on Campus

A firestorm has been raging on many American college campuses. Ignited by the devastating October 20...

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Sinking the Lusitania
Sinking the Lusitania

The sinking of the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania off the Irish coast on May 7, 1915....

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Satan in the Suburbs
Satan in the Suburbs

Satan in the Suburbs tells the shocking story of a grisly ritualistic murder in the quiet bedroom co...

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Frontline: President Trump
Frontline: President Trump

The key moments that helped shape President-elect Donald Trump....

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The Choice 2016
The Choice 2016

An interwoven investigative biography of U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Tru...

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Divided States of America
Divided States of America

Review the partisanship that gridlocked Washington and charged the 2016 presidential campaign....

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The Age of AIDS
The Age of AIDS

After a quarter-century of political denial and social stigma, of stunning scientific breakthroughs,...

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Prison State
Prison State

From PBS and Frontline: With unprecedented access, FRONTLINE investigates the impact of mass incarce...

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What Doesn't Kill You
What Doesn't Kill You

Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strai...

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Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory
Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory

A documentary covering the 1994 Olympic Games in Lillehammer....

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Atlanta’s Olympic Glory
Atlanta’s Olympic Glory

A documentary covering the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta....

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Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory
Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory

A documentary covering the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano....

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Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory
Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory

A documentary covering the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney....

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Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory
Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory

A documentary covering the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin....

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Crossbow: The Movie
Crossbow: The Movie

A made-for-tv movie based on tv series 'Crossbow'....

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Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory
Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory

A documentary covering the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver....

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Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific
Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific

This documentary is a captivating account of the defense of Wake Island by a small contingent of Uni...

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American Porn
American Porn

It's one of the hottest industries in America. Easier to order at home than a pizza, bigger than roc...

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Three Sovereigns for Sarah
Three Sovereigns for Sarah

Nineteen people were hanged and one man pressed to death, while hundreds went to jail during the "wi...

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Hostile Takeover
Hostile Takeover

A man takes three co-workers hostage while working overtime on Thanksgiving weekend. He has no deman...

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I'm Paige Wilson
I'm Paige Wilson

Events in the life of Paige Wilson, a pretty, bright 27-year-old congressional aide in Washington, D...

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Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos is not only one of the richest men in the world, he has built a business empire that is w...

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Battle for Hong Kong
Battle for Hong Kong

With unique access inside the battle for Hong Kong, FRONTLINE follows five protesters through the mo...

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Michael Jordan: His Airness
Michael Jordan: His Airness

From his days as a child in North Carolina to his retirement from the Chicago Bulls in 1999, His Air...

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Firestone and the Warlord
Firestone and the Warlord

The untold story of The Firestone Tire Company, Charles Taylor, and the forgotten tragedy of Liberia...

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American Meltdown
American Meltdown

The telefilm centers on a present-day nuclear plant disaster and its aftermath....

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Mystic River
Mystic River

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tr...

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Nixon
Nixon

The enigmatic nature of the Nixon presidency combined comparatively progressive legislative initiati...

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The Siege
The Siege

The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of te...

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The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald

An investigative biography originally broadcast in 1993 for BBC Timewatch about the man at the cente...

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Christmas on Ice
Christmas on Ice

Courtney Bennett, a former US figure skating hopeful, runs the city’s public skating rink but when t...

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Separate and Unequal
Separate and Unequal

Sixty years after the Supreme Court declared separate schools for black and white children unconstit...

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The Other Guys
The Other Guys

Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no...

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The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden

A look into what has shaped President Donald Trump and presidential candidate Joe Biden, where they ...

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The Crucible
The Crucible

A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 w...

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Dog Days
Dog Days

In a time of war, a young girl takes in a stray against her father's wishes. Is he a dog or a man in...

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Life on Parole
Life on Parole

Follow former prisoners through the challenges of their first year on parole. With unique access, th...

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Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History
Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History

A documentary from PBS detailing the Watergate scandal with interviews from the men involved and sur...

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Supplements and Safety
Supplements and Safety

An investigation into the hidden dangers of vitamins and supplements, a multibillion-dollar industry...

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UN Sex Abuse Scandal
UN Sex Abuse Scandal

A documentary about the UN sex abuse scandal where companies and staff working for the United Nation...

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The Trouble with Antibiotics
The Trouble with Antibiotics

FRONTLINE investigates the widespread use of antibiotics in food animals and whether it is fueling t...

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The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump

The documentary investigates the lives and characters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as they seek...

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The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex
The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex

Learn about the king of the dinosaurs, the T-Rex. This was the greatest meat-eating machine of the d...

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The Electric State
The Electric State

An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up wit...

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The Arborist
The Arborist

A grief-stricken arborist and her son awaken a haunting when they begin felling trees at the estate ...

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Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe
Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe

Mattie endures an uneventful life, until her grandfather leaves a videotaped will. According to his ...

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Rules of Engagement
Rules of Engagement

Frontline investigates the Haditha incident in which a group of Marines are accused of murdering 24 ...

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The War Briefing
The War Briefing

The next president of the United States will inherit some of the greatest foreign policy challenges ...

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On Our Watch
On Our Watch

The world invoked its vow “Never Again!” after the genocide in Rwanda and atrocities in Srebrenica. ...

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News War
News War

In a multi-part series, News War, FRONTLINE examines the political, cultural, legal, and economic fo...

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Yemen Under Siege
Yemen Under Siege

Journalist Safa Al Ahmad makes a dangerous trip to report on the fighting in Yemen and the stunning ...

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Hunting ISIS
Hunting ISIS

FRONTLINE follows an elite special operations unit at the center of the fight against ISIS in Iraq. ...

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Iraq Uncovered
Iraq Uncovered

Inside Iraq, as militias and the military fight for the future of the country. The film examines the...

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Battle for Tibet
Battle for Tibet

FRONTLINE investigates China’s rule over Tibet. With footage from inside the region, the documentary...

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The Arming of Saudi Arabia
The Arming of Saudi Arabia

Since 1979, the US has been helping Saudi Arabia contruct a sophisticated multibillion dollar networ...

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Hostage in Iran
Hostage in Iran

While the whole world watched, 52 Americans were held hostage in Iran by Islamic revolutionaries for...

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Return of the Taliban
Return of the Taliban

FRONTLINE reports from the lawless Pakistani tribal areas along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and ...

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Endgame
Endgame

As the United States begins one final effort to secure victory through a “surge” of troops, FRONTLIN...

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Taliban Hunters
Taliban Hunters

Inside a counter-terrorism unit in Karachi, Pakistan that’s dedicated to tracking down Taliban suspe...

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Once Upon a Time in Iraq
Once Upon a Time in Iraq

Civilians, journalists and soldiers from both sides of the conflict explain their experience during ...

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Saudi Arabia Uncovered
Saudi Arabia Uncovered

English reporter and documentarian, James Jones, in partnership with brave rebel Saudi Arabian under...

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Obama at War
Obama at War

Military and diplomatic leaders examine some of the choices President Barack Obama faces regarding t...

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The Fight for Yemen
The Fight for Yemen

As recently as September, President Obama was pointing to Yemen as a model for the U.S.’s counter-te...

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The Suicide Plan
The Suicide Plan

Explore the shadow world of assisted suicide, where the lines between legality and criminality are b...

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Business of Disaster
Business of Disaster

When disaster strikes, who profits? FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the Business of Disaster in a majo...

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NBA at 50
NBA at 50

Denzel Washington hosts this golden anniversary look at the game, players and coaches who help creat...

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Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain
Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain

Account of one of the most critical periods of World War II. In the spring of 1940, Holland, Belgium...

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Isis in Afghanistan
Isis in Afghanistan

Witness the rise of ISIS in Afghanistan and how they're training the next generation of jihadists. W...

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The Anthrax Files
The Anthrax Files

In the fall of 2001 envelopes carrying deadly Anthrax were delivered to U.S. Senate offices, network...

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The Rise of RFK Jr.
The Rise of RFK Jr.

Tracing the dramatic and controversial rise of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., FRONTLINE examines how the sci...

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Behind Taliban Lines
Behind Taliban Lines

Frontline followers a reporter who is embedded with Hezb-e-Islami who are group of insurgents allied...

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Trump's Power & the Rule of Law
Trump's Power & the Rule of Law

FRONTLINE goes inside the high-stakes showdown between President Donald Trump and the courts over pr...

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Young & Restless in China
Young & Restless in China

Helmed by Sue Williams, this eye-opening documentary follows a cross section of Chinese entrepreneur...

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The Ultimate Guide: Sharks
The Ultimate Guide: Sharks

A Discovery Channel documentary about sharks, from small bottom dwellers to massive man eaters. Deta...

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