Episode
60 Minutes Australia: Tough stuff, No pain, no gain, China’s Spy Secrets: Update
Overview
A hero farmer, horribly injured in a freak accident, is saved by a brilliant surgeon and the most extraordinary technology; the revolutionary way to cure chronic pain in teenagers by inflicting more pain; and the Chinese spy storm.
Details
- Series
- 60 Minutes Australia
- Season
- Season 2019
- Episode
- Episode 42
- Air date
- 2019-12-01
Episode context
Tough stuff, No pain, no gain, China’s Spy Secrets: Update is Episode 42 in Season 2019 of 60 Minutes Australia. It aired on 2019-12-01.
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