Quentin McDermott
Director
Four Corners (1961)
Series 2017
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)
S57E1 - "A Helluva Ride" - The Trump Revolution Begins
Four Corners returns with an incisive exploration of how President Trump will wield power. Reporter Michael Brissenden interviews key players in the Trump camp & Republicans on the political earthquake rippling across the US.
Feb. 6, 2017, midnight
S57E2 - Swallowing It
How Australians are spending billions on unproven vitamins & supplements. With 7 out of 10 Australians taking a complementary medicine, Four Corners looks at the regulation & marketing of these products.
Feb. 13, 2017, midnight
S57E3 - Highway To Hell
A Report from the Frontlines in the Battle Against the Islamic State. As the war against IS intensifies, Matt Brown reports from the frontlines of Mosul - the biggest urban battle since World War II.
Feb. 20, 2017, midnight
S57E4 - Oceans Of Plastic
What happens to the plastic we throw away? A report on how our rubbish ends up in the ocean and the damage it causes.
Feb. 27, 2017, midnight
S57E5 - Crown Confidential: Packer's Losing Hand
The Crown empire have bet big for years on China. Four Corners investigates what went wrong for James Packer's gambling & entertainment operations in China & what this might mean for its Australian business.
March 6, 2017, midnight
S57E6 - The Price Of The American Dream
Can President Trump keep his promise to make America Great Again? Four Corners meets the human face of America's working poor as they struggle to feed their families.
March 13, 2017, midnight
S57E7 - The Age of Consequences
Four Corners brings you the views of distinguished former members of the US military and senior policy makers who warn that climate change is not only real, it's a threat to global security.
March 20, 2017, midnight
S57E8 - Fighting The System
The mothers and carers battling for justice and protection for their disabled children.
March 27, 2017, midnight
S57E9 - Please Explain
Four Corners reporter Caro Meldrum-Hanna reveals the brutal backroom politics ripping into Pauline Hanson's One Nation party.
April 3, 2017, midnight
S57E10 - Cracking The Code
Cracking the Code: What Facebook really knows about you. How one of the world's most powerful corporations is turning our lives and our data into vast profits, in ways we have no control over.
April 10, 2017, midnight
S57E11 - Syria's Disappeared
This powerful film shines a light on the barbarism of the Syrian regime at a time when the future of President Assad is being argued over by the world's most powerful nations.
April 24, 2017, midnight
S57E12 - After The Game
After the Game: Elite athletes blow the whistle on the high price paid for sporting glory.
May 1, 2017, midnight
S57E13 - Power Failure
Four Corners investigates how a nation as rich as Australia is in coal, gas, sunshine and wind, could find itself in an energy crisis.
May 8, 2017, midnight
S57E14 - Gun Runners
It was one of the biggest illegal firearms busts in Australian history. A criminal syndicate brazenly smuggling weapons into the country exposing the failings in the nation's border security. Ben Knight reports.
May 15, 2017, midnight
S57E15 - The Lindt Cafe Siege (Part 1)
A 2-part investigation into the Lindt Cafe siege. Sarah Ferguson talks exclusively with families of Tori Johnson & Katrina Dawson about their experience on the day & their devastation, anger & frustrations in the aftermath.
May 22, 2017, midnight
S57E16 - The Lindt Cafe Siege (Part 2)
Part Two takes you inside the Lindt Cafe & the police operation on the day, with a forensic examination of how the disaster unfolded. We expose what went wrong & ask whether Australia is prepared for another terror attack.
May 29, 2017, midnight
S57E17 - Power And Influence
An investigation uncovering how China's Communist Party is infiltrating Australia, tracking the activities of Beijing-backed organisations and the efforts made to intimidate CCP opponents.
June 5, 2017, midnight
S57E18 - Breaking The Brotherhood
The brave few who blew the whistle on Australia's most corrupt police force.
June 12, 2017, midnight
S57E19 - Rise Of The Trolls
With the rise of social media and smartphones in virtually every pocket, internet trolls are only ever a click, tap or swipe away. Four Corners takes you into the dark side of the internet.
June 19, 2017, midnight
S57E20 - Bleed Them Dry Until They Die
The retirement villages ripping off retirees. Adele Ferguson investigates.
June 26, 2017, midnight
S57E21 - The Company He Keeps
This Four Corners investigation will reveal how Donald Trump was negotiating luxury resort deals in Bali and Java, raising serious questions about Presidential conflicts of interest.
July 3, 2017, midnight
S57E22 - Forget Me Not
A story of identity, love and dignity, introducing three families who tell their stories about living with dementia.
July 10, 2017, midnight
S57E23 - Dark Secret
In Philadelphia in the early 2000s, a team of lawyers embarked on an investigation led by a formidable District Attorney. What they uncovered was one of the worst criminal cover-ups in US history.
July 17, 2017, midnight
S57E24 - Pumped
Stretching from Qld to SA, billions of dollars in taxpayer's money has been poured into rescuing the rivers & streams of the Murray-Darling Basin. Linton Besser investigates where the money, & the water is going.
July 24, 2017, midnight
S57E25 - Weapons Of Mass Surveillance
The digital age has revolutionised the way we live our lives. With the technology of smartphones governments have been given the ability to spy on their citizens on an astonishing scale. Nawal Al-Maghafi reports.
July 31, 2017, midnight
S57E26 - Trashed
The dirty truth about your rubbish. Four Corners investigates the big business of rubbish & where it ends up. In interviews with insiders, reporter Caro Meldrum-Hanna exposes hidden practices occurring in the waste industry.
Aug. 7, 2017, midnight
S57E27 - Inside The Greens
The Greens have been a party in disarray. As the party faces its biggest challenges since its foundation, Four Corners investigates if the party's actions live up to their spin. Louise Milligan reports.
Aug. 14, 2017, midnight
S57E28 - Betting On The House
Australians are carrying more personal debt than ever. We hold the second highest level of household debt in the world. Michael Brissenden investigates the forces driving our debt fuelled housing boom & the risks it poses.
Aug. 21, 2017, midnight
S57E29 - Blood Business
Giving blood is a selfless act that saves lives. For many, it's a way of giving back to the community. In other countries, blood has become a lucrative commodity fuelling a global trade worth billions of dollars.
Aug. 28, 2017, midnight
S57E30 - Combustible
In the wake of the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in London, reporter Deb Whitmont investigates the risk of flammable aluminium cladding in Australia & the dangerous legacy of failed regulation in the building industry.
Sept. 4, 2017, midnight
S57E31 - North Korea - Murder In The Family
How Kim Jong-un's murderous ambitions & nuclear weapons program are threatening world peace - tracing his rise to power, his aggressive pursuit of a nuclear weapons program to eliminating potential rivals.
Sept. 11, 2017, midnight
S57E32 - All That Glitters
Developers, deals and donations on the Gold Coast. In this pro-development town, a series of controversial billion dollar proposals have prompted a collection of unlikely allies to say enough is enough. Mark Willacy reports.
Sept. 18, 2017, midnight
S57E33 - The Ransom
Inside the murky world of international kidnapping and hostage negotiation. Every year more than 30,000 people are kidnapped around the world. A small number are taken for political reasons, many more held for financial gain.
Sept. 25, 2017, midnight
S57E34 - Digging Into Adani
The dubious dealings of India's corporate colossus. Four Corners travelled to India to dig into the business practices of Adani, the corporate giant planning to build Australia's biggest mine site. Stephen Long reports.
Oct. 2, 2017, midnight
S57E35 - Contamination
It's one of the biggest environmental scandals in Australian history. Harmful chemicals, leaching into the ground & waterways, contaminating our water. Linton Besser investigates the toxic legacy of fire-fighting foam.
Oct. 9, 2017, midnight
S57E36 - Hillary Clinton
In her only Australian TV interview, Hillary Clinton speaks exclusively with Sarah Ferguson. Candid, open & at times angry, the former presidential candidate talks about what went wrong & her fears for the future.
Oct. 16, 2017, midnight
S57E37 - What's Wrong With The NBN?
As the National Broadband Network passes the halfway point in its rollout, Geoff Thompson investigates why Australia's fast broadband is stuck in the slow lane, leaving a growing number of customers disappointed and angry.
Oct. 23, 2017, midnight
S57E38 - Germany's New Nazis
A right-wing nationalist party is centre stage in German politics for the first time since Hitler's Nazi Party. We chart the rise of a notorious anti-immigrant group which stands accused of a wave of violent attacks.
Oct. 30, 2017, midnight
S57E39 - Inside The Tax Havens Of The Rich And Powerful
Inside the secretive world of tax havens where corporations and the wealthy operate far from public view. In a global investigation we reveal the lengths some business figures and global corporations go to avoid paying tax.
Nov. 6, 2017, midnight
S57E40 - Malcolm In A Muddle
In the week of the same-sex marriage survey result Four Corners looks into the battle for control raging inside the Liberal Party. Whatever the survey result, the politicking will be far from over. Michael Brissenden reports.
Nov. 13, 2017, midnight
S57E41 - The Murphy Scandal
Justice Lionel Murphy was one of the most senior political and legal figures in Australia. He was also at the centre of one of the most extraordinary scandals in our nation's history. Debbie Whitmont reports.
Nov. 20, 2017, midnight
ABC (AU)
45 min/ep
60 min
Aug. 19, 1961
Nov. 3, 2025, midnight
Returning Series
TV-PG / 10+
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