Quentin McDermott
Director
Four Corners (1961)
Series 2004
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.
Released Aug. 19, 1961
Episode 45 min
10+
Genres: Documentary, News
Keywords: tmdb.investigative-journalism, imdb.non-fiction, imdb.television, imdb.vigilantes, imdb.number-4-in-title, imdb.two-word-title, imdb.number-in-title
Network: ABC (AU)
S44E1 - Willie Brigitte
Allegations have swirled around Willie Brigitte ever since his discreet deportation from Australia and his much-publicised arrest in France in October 2003.
Feb. 9, 2004, midnight
S44E2 - Lords Of The Forests
Ticky Fullerton looks at the management of Tasmania's forests and how one timber company enjoys extraordinary political support for its operations.
Feb. 16, 2004, midnight
S44E3 - In the Firing Line
Fuelled by a cocktail of drugs, armed robberies are growing more violent and unpredictable.
Feb. 23, 2004, midnight
S44E4 - Arafat Investigated
Why has Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat - once feted at the White House but now holed up in his West Bank headquarters - become such an outcast?
March 1, 2004, midnight
S44E5 - The Speed Trap
How police laid a trap to catch drug dealers but instead found themselves entangled in a web of corruption allegations.
March 8, 2004, midnight
S44E6 - Ethiopia: A Journey with Michael Buerk
Michael Buerk returns to Ethiopia 20 years after first alerting the world to the Ethiopian famine.
March 15, 2004, midnight
S44E7 - Tarnished Gold
Are Australia's sports bosses surrendering to the drug cheats?
March 22, 2004, midnight
S44E8 - Riot In Redfern
What really happened that night in the tiny Redfern community .
March 29, 2004, midnight
S44E9 - A Crime of Insanity
Troubling questions arise when the legal and psychiatric worlds collide.
April 5, 2004, midnight
S44E10 - Lost In Translation
Are Australians hitching a ride on China's economic juggernaut?
April 12, 2004, midnight
S44E11 - Killers
A report on the conditions that made the violence in Rwanda possible.
April 19, 2004, midnight
S44E12 - The Nuclear Bazaar
A special report on the frightening trade in nuclear secrets.
April 26, 2004, midnight
S44E13 - Fair Game?
Allegations of sexual violence have engulfed some of Australia's top AFL footballers and their clubs.
May 3, 2004, midnight
S44E14 - Rich Man, Poor Man
The fight between Australia and East Timor over billion dollar oil and gas interests.
May 10, 2004, midnight
S44E15 - Al Qaeda Family
The inside story of the family that lived and trained with Osama Bin Laden.
May 17, 2004, midnight
S44E16 - Till Debt Us Do Part
Where will the credit binge end for the many thousands of Australians in debt?
May 24, 2004, midnight
S44E17 - The Taking of Logan Marr
Under what circumstances should a child be taken from its birth parents?
May 31, 2004, midnight
S44E18 - Chain of Command
The story behind what may endure as defining images of war in Iraq.
June 7, 2004, midnight
S44E19 - Corruption Inc.
Corruption spreads from state police forces into the Australian Crime Commission.
June 14, 2004, midnight
S44E20 - A Blind Eye
Is the RSPCA turning a blind eye to cruelty for the benefit of commercial interests?
June 21, 2004, midnight
S44E21 - The Clinton Interview
Bill Clinton defends his record and tells how his public and private lives clashed.
June 28, 2004, midnight
S44E22 - A Case To Answer
How the justice system failed star swim coach Scott Volkers and the women he was accused of sexually molesting.
July 5, 2004, midnight
S44E23 - A Dangerous Business
How one company’s obsession with the bottom line left a trail of death and dismemberment among its workers.
July 12, 2004, midnight
S44E24 - Worst of the Worst?
Four Corners investigates the story behind Mamdouh Habib's incarceration at the notorious prison Guantanamo Bay .
July 19, 2004, midnight
S44E25 - Training Day
Chris Masters talks to bent cops and police chiefs around Australia about the painful costs of corruption, the effectiveness of anti-corruption measures and the need for constant vigilance.
July 26, 2004, midnight
S44E26 - A Bitter Pill?
Jonathan Holmes investigates the cost to our subsidised pharmaceutical scheme since Australia signed the Free Trade Agreement.
Aug. 2, 2004, midnight
S44E27 - The Secret Agent
This expose reveals the truth behind what the BNP has been telling the public in recent years, as it has tried to shed its image of a far-right, racist party.
Aug. 9, 2004, midnight
S44E28 - Losing the Children
Four Corners tells the story of the Dalton family breakdown in the context of the Government's recent initiatives to reform the Family Court system, and the rising political influence of men's groups.
Aug. 16, 2004, midnight
S44E29 - The Plea
"The Plea" examines the cases a jury will never get to hear and asks the question, is the plea bargain undermining an entire legal system?
Aug. 23, 2004, midnight
S44E30 - After Saddam
What do Iraqis think about the war and its aftermath?
Aug. 30, 2004, midnight
S44E31 - Doctoring the Figures
From outright fraud to allegations of cover up … and those who simply bend the rules.
Sept. 6, 2004, midnight
S44E32 - Beating the Black Dog
Five Australians tell their story of beating depression; the 'black dog" affecting one in five Australians.
Sept. 13, 2004, midnight
S44E33 - Run For Your Life
Four Corners presents the incredible journey of four young men .
Sept. 20, 2004, midnight
S44E34 - Island Raiders
How can one island nation lose a two billion dollar fortune in the space of twenty years?
Sept. 27, 2004, midnight
S44E35 - The Contenders
Liz Jackson follows the leaders' trails during an election campaign that's gone from truth in government, to billion dollar give-aways and old fashioned fear tactics - as the parties battle to win over middle Australia.
Oct. 4, 2004, midnight
S44E36 - Battleground State
Reporter Jonathan Holmes takes us on a colourful journey through the battleground state of Ohio during the US Elections.
Oct. 8, 2004, midnight
S44E37 - City Limits
Once we had enough water to waste.
Oct. 18, 2004, midnight
S44E38 - A Baby To Save Our Son
Jamie Whitaker had been created to save the life of his brother Charlie, who suffers from Diamond-Blackfan anaemia, DBA, a form of bone marrow failure.
Oct. 25, 2004, midnight
S44E39 - Trust and Betrayal
A story of spies, counterspies, double agents and defections as Andrew Fowler reveals the betrayal inside one of Australia’s secret intelligence agencies.
Nov. 1, 2004, midnight
S44E40 - Blood Brothers
An exclusive story following a brave little boy’s fight to be cured.
Nov. 8, 2004, midnight
S44E41 - What the Children Saw
In a place where they should have felt safest, the children of Beslan were targeted in an act of barbarism.
Nov. 15, 2004, midnight
S44E42 - 2004: In Review
2004 will be remembered chiefly for international issues, primarily events in Iraq: including the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal; as well as the continued threat of terrorism. We also faced crucial elections both at home and in the United States.
Nov. 24, 2004, midnight
ABC (AU)
45 min/ep
60 min
Aug. 19, 1961
Nov. 3, 2025, midnight
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TV-PG / 10+
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