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The Five Eyes | A Prisoner of Iran | Pink | The Isle of Man
TV Flash files “The Five Eyes | A Prisoner of Iran | Pink | The Isle of Man” as hour 679 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 56, episode 6, aired 2023-10-22, 90 min.
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This leaf is S56E06: listed hour 679 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 6 of 31 in season 56. It aired 2023-10-22 (90 min). The listed hour before it is “President Biden | Rescue at the Kibbutz | The 50” (S56E05). Next is “Vice President Harris | A Quiet Invasion | The Air We Breathe | The State of the Blues” (S56E07). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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The Five Eyes –Scott Pelley sits down with FBI director Christopher Wray and intelligence chiefs from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand to ask whether the Israel-Hamas war has raised the terror threat at home in the United States and around the globe. Aaron Weisz is the producer. A Prisoner of Iran – Margaret Brennan conducts the first interview with one of the five American prisoners freed from Iran last month. With 200 hostages reportedly being held in Gaza and 13 Americans unaccounted for, Emad Shargi's harrowing story is a stark illustration of the difficulties and perils involved in bringing citizens home. Andy Court is the producer. Pink –Cecilia Vega profiles international punk rock and pop princess Alecia Moore – also known as Pink – as she celebrates 25 years of her successful music-making career. Vega meets Pink at her home in California, stops backstage on her tour, and traces her somewhat troubled journey to superstardom. John Hamlin and Kara Vaccaro are the producers. The Isle of Man – Bill Whitaker reports from the Isle of Man on the longest-running and most dangerous motorcycle race on earth: the Isle of Man TT. Once the seat of a Viking kingdom, the 30-mile-long island sits in the middle of the Irish Sea, with England to the east and Ireland to the west. Whitaker examines the distinct Manx identity and the role a collision of cultures played in shaping such a wild and improbable race. This is a double-length segment. Rome Hartman is the producer.
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Where does The Five Eyes | A Prisoner of Iran | Pink | The Isle of Man sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S56E06 is listed hour 679 of 767 — hour 6 of 31 in season 56, season 56 episode 6.
When did 60 Minutes S56E06 air?
The Five Eyes | A Prisoner of Iran | Pink | The Isle of Man aired 2023-10-22 and is listed at 90 minutes.
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Also in season 56
- S56E01 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Into the Streets| Prime Time in Colorado
- S56E02 CARE Court | Bankrolling the War | Hanging On
- S56E03 The Attorney General | The Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
- S56E04 The Godfather of AI | General Milley | Rich Paul | 3D Printing
- S56E05 President Biden | Rescue at the Kibbutz | The 50
- S56E07 Vice President Harris | A Quiet Invasion | The Air We Breathe | The State of the Blues