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Four Corners is Australia's longest-running investigative journalism/current affairs television program. Broadcast on ABC1 in Australia, it premiered on 19 August 1961 and celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2021. Founding producer Robert Raymond and his successor Allan Ashbolt did much to set the ongoing tone of the program. Based on the Panorama concept, the program addresses a single issue in depth each week, showing either a locally produced program or a relevant documentary from overseas. The program has won many awards for investigative journalism, and broken many high-profile stories. A notable early example of this was the show's epoch-making 1962 exposé on the appalling living conditions endured by many Aboriginal Australians living in rural New South Wales.
Episode 43 : Rosie's Story
November. 30,2015
The tragic death of Luke Batty, killed by his father. Could his brutal murder have been prevented? Geoff Thompson reports.
Episode 42 : Plan of Attack: The Making of a Teenage Terrorist
November. 23,2015
It was the random act of violence that authorities had been warning of and it left the nation crying out for answers. How could a 15-year-old school boy become a killer?
Episode 41 : Our Kids: Why are they so stressed?
November. 16,2015
In frank, funny and sometimes heartbreaking conversations, Australian kids take us inside their world and tell us why they're so anxious about the present and the future.
Episode 40 : Return to the Valley of Death
November. 09,2015
In this report, BBC producer Merwais Miakhail takes us on a personal journey into Afghanistan's tribal heartland, known as the 'Valley of Death'.
Episode 39 : Hidden Harm
November. 02,2015
Next on Four Corners, we examine the sobering reality of the damage done by alcohol to unborn babies.
Episode 38 : Digital Dissidents
October. 26,2015
From WDR (DE). Next on Four Corners, a documentary on the digital dissidents blowing the whistle on government surveillance around the globe.
Episode 37 : Jackson and Lawler: Inside the Eye of the Storm
October. 19,2015
Next on Four Corners, we take you inside the world of Australia's most formidable power couple - former union boss Kathy Jackson and Fair Work Commission Vice President, Michael Lawler.
Episode 36 : The Great Wall of Money
October. 12,2015
Next week on Four Corners: the Chinese billions flooding into Australian real estate.
Episode 35 : Escape From ISIS
October. 05,2015
From Channel 4 (UK). As asylum seekers flee from the ISIS conflict zone, Four Corners brings you this timely and powerful story of the secret network rescuing women and children held captive by ISIS.
Episode 34 : Wasted
September. 28,2015
A special investigation by Dr Norman Swan on the unnecessary testing and treatments choking the health system and making patients ill.
Episode 33 : Dethroning Tony Abbott
September. 21,2015
On Monday night, Four Corners will chart the events that led to the former Prime Minister's downfall.
Episode 32 : The Truth About Halal
September. 07,2015
The war of words over the Halal certification of food. Anti-Islam groups label it a religious tax. Claims of corruption and links to terrorism light up the blogosphere. Four Corners searches out the truth.
Episode 31 : 7-Eleven: The Price of Convenience
August. 31,2015
Adele Ferguson returns to Four Corners with an investigation into the 7-Eleven business empire with revelations of dodgy bookkeeping, blackmail and the mass underpayment of its workforce.
Episode 30 : Machine Man
August. 24,2015
Four Corners puts Labor leader Bill Shorten under the microscope.
Episode 29 : Secrets, Politics and Torture
August. 17,2015
From PBS Frontline. Secrets, Politics and Torture: The ghosts of the CIA's controversial interrogation program.
Episode 28 : The Great Cricket Coup
August. 10,2015
How India hijacked the game of cricket, and how Australia helped.
Episode 27 : Escorts
August. 03,2015
Inside the hidden world of transgender escorts.
Episode 26 : Iron Man
July. 27,2015
Inside the power plays of the mercurial mining billionaire Andrew Twiggy Forrest, as he fights for survival. Stephen Long reports.
Episode 25 : A Nation Divided? The Charlie Hebdo Aftermath
July. 20,2015
From BBC Three. A personal and provocative look at life in France following the Charlie Hebdo terror attacks.
Episode 24 : 7/7: Ten Years On
July. 13,2015
Stories of courage and humanity in the aftermath of the 2005 London bombings.
Episode 23 : The Mafia in Australia: Blood Ties
July. 06,2015
Part two of this special investigation goes inside one of the most ambitious organised crime investigations in Australian history.
Episode 22 : The Mafia in Australia: Drugs, Murder and Politics
June. 29,2015
In this joint Four Corners/Fairfax Media investigation, we reveal how the mafia continues to flourish in Australia despite major police operations.
Episode 21 : Journey into Hell
June. 22,2015
On the trail of the traffickers exploiting the most unwanted people on the planet.
Episode 20 : The End of Coal?
June. 15,2015
With the price of coal plummeting and our biggest customers turning to renewable energy, is Australia backing a loser?
Episode 19 : Nepal Quake: Terror on Everest
June. 08,2015
Terror on Everest: extraordinary accounts and footage from the day the Nepal earthquake struck.
Episode 18 : Ship of Death
June. 01,2015
A whodunit on the high seas.
Episode 17 : At Their Mercy
May. 25,2015
The bullying and bastardisation of young doctors in our hospitals.
Episode 16 : Secrets of Mexico's Drug War
May. 18,2015
This investigation from the BBC looks into the American authorities' relationship with the biggest and most powerful criminal organisation in the world, the Sinaloa Cartel.
Episode 15 : Remote Hope
May. 11,2015
An unflinching portrait of Australia's remote Indigenous communities and their struggle to survive.
Episode 14 : Slaving Away
May. 04,2015
The dirty secrets behind Australia's fresh food.
Episode 13 : No Free Steps to Heaven
April. 27,2015
On the frontline with the women taking up arms against Islamic State.
Episode 12 : Degrees of Deception
April. 20,2015
Australia has been gripped by a national debate over how to fund our university education. But perhaps there's a more important question: what is it worth?
Episode 11 : ANZAC to Afghanistan
April. 13,2015
Reporter Chris Masters revisits the Fatal Shore, the story of Gallipoli.
Episode 10 : India's Daughter
April. 06,2015
The crime that shamed India and divided the country.
Episode 9 : Game of Loans
March. 30,2015
The merchants of debt: how fast cash loans become a ruinous financial trap.
Episode 8 : Ditched
March. 23,2015
An investigation into the shocking human cost felt by the survivors of an aviation crash.
Episode 7 : House of Cards
March. 16,2013
Why the Liberal Party came so close to toppling its leader after just 18 months in Government.
Episode 6 : Bringing The War Home
March. 09,2015
The scourge of PTSD; as soldiers they fought the enemy abroad, now as civilians they battle a silent enemy within. Quentin McDermott reports.
Episode 5 : Apple's Broken Promises
March. 02,2015
Apple is the most valuable brand on the planet, making products that everyone wants - but how are its workers treated when the world isn't looking?
Episode 4 : The Jobs Game
February. 23,2015
Scandal in the federal government's employment programs. Linton Besser reports.
Episode 3 : Making a Killing
February. 16,2015
Inside Australia's multi-billion dollar greyhound racing industry.
Episode 2 : Eat, Pray, Shoot
February. 09,2015
Inside the campaign to save the two Australians on death row in Bali. Mark Davis reports.
Episode 1 : True Detectives
February. 02,2015
Shocking revelations on Melbourne's gangland killings. Nick McKenzie reports.
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Season 61
Holding power to account for 60 Years, Four Corners continues to expose scandals, trigger inquiries, lead national debate and confront the issues that matter to us all. Australia's premier investigative journalism program.
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