Frontline China's COVID Secrets (Season 39, Episode 12)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 83 min | Documentary, News

Frontline

China's COVID Secrets (Season 39, Episode 12)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 83 min | Documentary, News

The untold story of the start of the COVID pandemic and how China responded. Chinese scientists and doctors, international disease experts and health officials reveal missed opportunities to suppress the outbreak and lessons for the world.

Director

Jane McMullen (directed by)

Producers

Daffodil Altan | Priyanka Boghani | Daniel Edge | James Edwards & 7 more

Composer

Nicholas A. Phillips (original music by) (as Nick Phillips)

Editors

Deb Holland | Bradley Manning (edited by) | Mark Townsend (edited by)

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 2, 2021

Release date

Feb 2, 2021 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

125 wins & 195 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
26 cast members

Name	Known for
Priyanka Boghani Actress Actress See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Rome Buathong Self - Thai Ministry of Public Health Self - Thai Ministry of Public Health See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Peter Daszak Self - Ecohealth Alliance Self - Ecohealth Alliance See fewer	Sky World News (1989)
Gauden Galea Self - WHO Representative to China (archive footage) Self - WHO Representative to China (archive footage) See fewer
George Gao Self - Chinese Centers for Disease Control (archive footage) Self - Chinese Centers for Disease Control (archive footage) See fewer	Unseen Enemy (2017)
Lawrence Gostin Self - WHO Center on Health Law Self - WHO Center on Health Law See fewer	At This Hour with Kate Bolduan (2014)
Wang Guangfa Self - Peking University (archive footage) Self - Peking University (archive footage) See fewer
Zhang Hai Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Richard Horton Self - The Lancet Self - The Lancet See fewer	Kay Burley (2019)
Yanzhong Huang Self - Council on Foreign Relations Self - Council on Foreign Relations See fewer	Sky News with Sarah Hewson (2019)
Xi Jinping Self (archive footage) (as Jinping Xi) Self (archive footage) (as Jinping Xi) See fewer	Beijing 2022: XIII Paralympic Winter Games (2022)
Dake Kang Self - The Associated Press Self - The Associated Press See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Wang Linfa Self - Duke-NUS Medical School Self - Duke-NUS Medical School See fewer	Landline (1991)
Ian Lipkin Self - Columbia Univ. Self - Columbia Univ. See fewer	Contagion (2011)
Will Lyman Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Mystic River (2003)
Zhong Nanshan Self - Pulmonologist (archive footage) Self - Pulmonologist (archive footage) See fewer	Shan He Wu Yang: Ying Xiang Zhong Guo De Yi Qing Dang An (2020)
James Palmer Self - Foreign Policy Self - Foreign Policy See fewer	Crime Connections (2012)
Tanarak Plipat Self - Thai Department of Disease Control Self - Thai Department of Disease Control See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Marjorie Pollack Self - Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases Self - Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Maria Repnikova Self - Georgia State University Self - Georgia State University See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Marcia Robiou Actor Actor See fewer	VOCES Latino Vote 2024 (2024)
Victor Shih Self - UC San Diego Self - UC San Diego See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Maria Van Kerkhove Self - COVID19 Technical Head WHO Self - COVID19 Technical Head WHO See fewer	The Sarah-Jane Mee Show (2019)
Supaporn Wacharapluesadee Self - Virologist Self - Virologist See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Sui-Lee Wee Self - The New York Times Self - The New York Times See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Judy Woodruff Self Self See fewer	PBS News Hour (1975)