Dateline (AU)
Season 2014
Dateline is an Australian television current affairs program broadcast on SBS One. Since its debut at 8:00 pm on Friday 19 October 1984, it has focused largely on international events, often in developing or warring nations. Since 2000, Dateline reporters have travelled by themselves without a camera crew or sound engineers. It remains the longest-running international current affairs program in Australia.
Where to Watch Dateline (AU) • Season 2014
40 Episodes
- Manus Insider/A Brother's Plea/Thailand in Turmoil/Return to ChristchurchE2
Manus Insider/A Brother's Plea/Thailand in Turmoil/Return to ChristchurchA Manus Island migration agent turned whistleblower speaks exclusively to Dateline, saying the asylum seeker processing there is 'fake'. Plus the latest on Thailand's unrest and Peter Greste's arrest in Egypt. - Italy's Toxic Secret/In the Driver's SeatE7
Italy's Toxic Secret/In the Driver's SeatAs child cancer cases in part of Italy rise, a former mafia boss turned informant reveals details of the tonnes of toxic waste that the mafia illegally dumped there. Plus meet the taboo-busting woman at Bangladesh's female driving school. - The Poorest President
E32The Poorest PresidentWhen Dateline normally interviews world leaders, the setting is a grand presidential palace or imposing parliament building, but not for David O'Shea's profile of Uruguayan President José Mujica. The 79-year-old still lives in the ramshackle one bedroom farmhouse he's shared with his wife for 30 years, and as chickens peck round the garden chairs, he gives his very progressive take on world affairs. The former guerrilla leader, who spent 13 years in prison, has legalised gay marriage and marijuana, and courted controversy by agreeing with Barack Obama to accept prisoners from Guantanamo Bay. He and his wife, Senator Lucia Topolansky, have become a formidable force in Uruguyan politics, but after donating 90% of his salary to charity, he's happy to drive home in his trusty old VW Beetle to tend to his animals. In a world where politicians aren't always held in high esteem, could this man of the people be showing the way forward? And when his term ends in March 2015, will his successor be following in his footsteps? A few weeks after this story was broadcast, an Arab sheikh reportedly offered President Mujica $1 million for his old Volkswagen. The president is said to have indicated that he will sell it, but would give all the money to charity.
