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Olena Zelenska | What Happened at Grizzly Flats | Captain Kolisi
TV Flash files “Olena Zelenska | What Happened at Grizzly Flats | Captain Kolisi” as hour 645 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 55, episode 3, aired 2022-10-02, 60 min.
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This leaf is S55E03: listed hour 645 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 3 of 31 in season 55. It aired 2022-10-02 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Secretary of State Blinken | Inside the Committee | Rescuing Reefs” (S55E02). Next is “Taiwan | After Ian | Church and State” (S55E04). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Olena Zelenska – Following months of the catastrophic war in Ukraine and news of Vladimir Putin's declaration of annexing occupied Ukrainian territories (a violation of international law), 60 MINUTES' Scott Pelley meets First Lady Olena Zelenska in the capital of Kyiv. Zelenska, a trained architect and former comedy writer, speaks of the transformation of her country and herself. What Happened at Grizzly Flats – 60 MINUTES' Bill Whitaker visits the rural community of Grizzly Flats in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, almost wiped out in one of the worst wildfires in California's history. A year after the fire, angry residents are demanding answers from the U.S. Forest Service, whom they blame for letting a small fire get out of control and become a catastrophe. Through Freedom of Information Act requests and eye-witness testimony, Whitaker seeks to uncover what happened in those crucial first days of the Caldor fire. Captain Kolisi – Correspondent Jon Wertheim profiles South Africa's first Black rugby captain, Siya Kolisi, whose team, the Springboks, won the 2019 Rugby World Cup. For a century, the Springboks have been a symbol of the nation's oppressive white minority rule. In post-apartheid South Africa, Kolisi is keenly aware of the challenges of transforming the team. Wertheim follows Kolisi's long and unexpected road to rugby glory as he uses the sport to help bind a country still riven by inequality and racial divisions.
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Where does Olena Zelenska | What Happened at Grizzly Flats | Captain Kolisi sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S55E03 is listed hour 645 of 767 — hour 3 of 31 in season 55, season 55 episode 3.
When did 60 Minutes S55E03 air?
Olena Zelenska | What Happened at Grizzly Flats | Captain Kolisi aired 2022-10-02 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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Also in season 55
- S55E01 President Biden | Ebrahim Raisi
- S55E02 Secretary of State Blinken | Inside the Committee | Rescuing Reefs
- S55E04 Taiwan | After Ian | Church and State
- S55E05 The Lost Souls Of Bucha | The Power Of Grimsby | Coach Prime
- S55E06 Dominion | American Prairie | Ina Garten
- S55E07 Belief in the Ballot | Pathogen X | David Sedaris