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.
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01. True Detectives
2015-02-02
Shocking revelations on Melbourne's gangland killings. Nick McKenzie reports.
02. Eat, Pray, Shoot
2015-02-09
Inside the campaign to save the two Australians on death row in Bali. Mark Davis reports.
03. Making a Killing
2015-02-16
Inside Australia's multi-billion dollar greyhound racing industry.
04. The Jobs Game
2015-02-23
Scandal in the federal government's employment programs. Linton Besser reports.
05. Apple's Broken Promises
2015-03-02
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?
06. Bringing The War Home
2015-03-09
The scourge of PTSD; as soldiers they fought the enemy abroad, now as civilians they battle a silent enemy within. Quentin McDermott reports.
07. House of Cards
2013-03-16
Why the Liberal Party came so close to toppling its leader after just 18 months in Government.
08. Ditched
2015-03-23
An investigation into the shocking human cost felt by the survivors of an aviation crash.
09. Game of Loans
2015-03-30
The merchants of debt: how fast cash loans become a ruinous financial trap.
10. India's Daughter
2015-04-06
The crime that shamed India and divided the country.
11. ANZAC to Afghanistan
2015-04-13
Reporter Chris Masters revisits the Fatal Shore, the story of Gallipoli.
12. Degrees of Deception
2015-04-20
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?
13. No Free Steps to Heaven
2015-04-27
On the frontline with the women taking up arms against Islamic State.
14. Slaving Away
2015-05-04
The dirty secrets behind Australia's fresh food.
15. Remote Hope
2015-05-11
An unflinching portrait of Australia's remote Indigenous communities and their struggle to survive.
16. Secrets of Mexico's Drug War
2015-05-18
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.
17. At Their Mercy
2015-05-25
The bullying and bastardisation of young doctors in our hospitals.
18. Ship of Death
2015-06-01
A whodunit on the high seas.
19. Nepal Quake: Terror on Everest
2015-06-08
Terror on Everest: extraordinary accounts and footage from the day the Nepal earthquake struck.
20. The End of Coal?
2015-06-15
With the price of coal plummeting and our biggest customers turning to renewable energy, is Australia backing a loser?
21. Journey into Hell
2015-06-22
On the trail of the traffickers exploiting the most unwanted people on the planet.
22. The Mafia in Australia: Drugs, Murder and Politics
2015-06-29
In this joint Four Corners/Fairfax Media investigation, we reveal how the mafia continues to flourish in Australia despite major police operations.
23. The Mafia in Australia: Blood Ties
2015-07-06
Part two of this special investigation goes inside one of the most ambitious organised crime investigations in Australian history.
24. 7/7: Ten Years On
2015-07-13
Stories of courage and humanity in the aftermath of the 2005 London bombings.
25. A Nation Divided? The Charlie Hebdo Aftermath
2015-07-20
From BBC Three. A personal and provocative look at life in France following the Charlie Hebdo terror attacks.
26. Iron Man
2015-07-27
Inside the power plays of the mercurial mining billionaire Andrew Twiggy Forrest, as he fights for survival. Stephen Long reports.
27. Escorts
2015-08-03
Inside the hidden world of transgender escorts.
28. The Great Cricket Coup
2015-08-10
How India hijacked the game of cricket, and how Australia helped.
29. Secrets, Politics and Torture
2015-08-17
From PBS Frontline. Secrets, Politics and Torture: The ghosts of the CIA's controversial interrogation program.
30. Machine Man
2015-08-24
Four Corners puts Labor leader Bill Shorten under the microscope.
31. 7-Eleven: The Price of Convenience
2015-08-31
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.
32. The Truth About Halal
2015-09-07
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.
33. Dethroning Tony Abbott
2015-09-21
On Monday night, Four Corners will chart the events that led to the former Prime Minister's downfall.
34. Wasted
2015-09-28
A special investigation by Dr Norman Swan on the unnecessary testing and treatments choking the health system and making patients ill.
35. Escape From ISIS
2015-10-05
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.
36. The Great Wall of Money
2015-10-12
Next week on Four Corners: the Chinese billions flooding into Australian real estate.
37. Jackson and Lawler: Inside the Eye of the Storm
2015-10-19
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.
38. Digital Dissidents
2015-10-26
From WDR (DE). Next on Four Corners, a documentary on the digital dissidents blowing the whistle on government surveillance around the globe.
39. Hidden Harm
2015-11-02
Next on Four Corners, we examine the sobering reality of the damage done by alcohol to unborn babies.
40. Return to the Valley of Death
2015-11-09
In this report, BBC producer Merwais Miakhail takes us on a personal journey into Afghanistan's tribal heartland, known as the 'Valley of Death'.
41. Our Kids: Why are they so stressed?
2015-11-16
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.
42. Plan of Attack: The Making of a Teenage Terrorist
2015-11-23
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?
43. Rosie's Story
2015-11-30
The tragic death of Luke Batty, killed by his father. Could his brutal murder have been prevented? Geoff Thompson reports.
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