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Four Corners Season 56

February. 01,2016
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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.

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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.

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Four Corners Season 56 Full Episode Guide

Episode 43 - A Sense Of Self
First Aired: November. 21,2016

When acclaimed TV journalist Liz Jackson is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, crippling her with pain & panic attacks, she turns the lens on herself to make the most challenging story of her life.

Episode 41 - Crossroads Afghanistan
First Aired: November. 07,2016

Crossroads Afghanistan: A heart-stopping journey on one of the most dangerous roads in the world, right through the heart of Taliban country.

Episode 40 - Big Fish
Episode 38 - The Forgotten Children
First Aired: October. 17,2016

They're the human face of Australia's tough border policies - the more than 100 refugee children living on Nauru. Debbie Whitmont reports.

Episode 37 - For Better Or Worse
First Aired: October. 10,2016

For Better or Worse: How the personal has become political in the fight over same-sex marriage. Four Corners investigates the politics behind the plebiscite debate.

Episode 36 - China Rising
First Aired: October. 03,2016

China Rising: The challenges for Australia as China and the US struggle for supremacy in Asia. Peter Greste joins Four Corners for a special report.

Episode 35 - Frat Boys
First Aired: September. 26,2016

Inside America's university fraternities. They're the elite clubs where testosterone, alcohol & campus life come together in a potent mix. Normally media shy, one frat house agreed to let the cameras in.

Episode 32 - Brexit: The Battle For Britain
First Aired: September. 05,2016

The EU referendum result shocked many, but as this BBC film shows the warning signs were there. In interviews with key players, the program charts the tactics & spin used in the campaign.

Episode 31 - Cyber War
Episode 30 - Children On The Frontline
First Aired: August. 22,2016

Children On The Frontline: Escape from Aleppo, one family's extraordinary story of life in the rubble of Syria and their escape to a new life, told through the eyes of four children.

Episode 29 - Milked Dry
Episode 26 - Australia's Shame
First Aired: July. 25,2016

Australia's Shame: The brutalisation of children behind bars. This confronting investigation by Caro Meldrum-Hanna will send shockwaves around Australia.

Episode 24 - Soldiers Of Allah
First Aired: July. 11,2016

Going undercover with an ISIS terror cell. For six months this intrepid reporter infiltrated and secretly filmed a terrorist cell as they made plans for an attack.

Episode 23 - Future Proof
First Aired: July. 04,2016

With startling predictions that more than 5 million Australian jobs will disappear in the next 15 years, as a result of technology, we look at the future of work and ask are we preparing our kids for the jobs of the future?

Episode 22 - The Leaders
First Aired: June. 27,2016

With the election only days away, Gold Walkley and Logie Award-winning reporter Sarah Ferguson interviews Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten. What will she ask?

Episode 21 - The Deputy And The Dark Horse
Episode 20 - The Miracle Of Kobani
Episode 19 - Ripped Off
First Aired: June. 06,2016

The scams, fraud and incompetence leaving remote communities exploited and betrayed. Linton Besser journeys almost 5000km across Australia in search of who's to blame.

Episode 18 - The Baby Business
First Aired: May. 30,2016

With an increasing number of women turning to fertility treatments to help them conceive a baby, Four Corners investigates, are women being sold false hope by the IVF industry?

Episode 17 - Money And Influence
First Aired: May. 23,2016

As we head into the third week of the election campaign, Four Corners examines how money and influence operates in the shadowy world of political donations.

Episode 16 - Supplements and Safety
First Aired: May. 16,2016

Supplements and safety: an investigation into the billion dollar health supplement and vitamin industry. What's in all those pills and could they be doing you harm?

Episode 15 - Callous Disregard
First Aired: May. 09,2016

Gold Walkley award-winning reporter Caro Meldrum-Hanna follows the trail of evidence in the brutal death of a young woman as her family fights for justice.

Episode 14 - Home Truths: What Happened To The Great Australian Dream?
First Aired: May. 02,2016

Ben Knight reports on the white hot issues of housing affordability and negative gearing and the generation left wondering if they will ever own their own home.

Episode 12 - Inside Europe's Terror Attacks
First Aired: April. 18,2016

In the wake of the attacks in France and Brussels, a BBC Panorama investigation into Islamic State's European terror network and Western intelligence agencies' battle to stop it.

Episode 10 - The Secrets Of The Super Rich
First Aired: April. 04,2016

This Four Corners investigation will reveal how the rich and powerful exploit the system. Reporter Marian Wilkinson follows the money trail.

Episode 9 - State Of Fear
First Aired: March. 28,2016

The investigation into the scandal engulfing Malaysia's Prime Minister and the question that led to the arrest of our reporter and cameraman.

Episode 7 - Safari: Paying To Kill
First Aired: March. 14,2016

The big game and big bucks in Africa's trophy hunting industry. Taking us into the darker world of illegal hunting where lions are tranquilised or partly domesticated to make them easier to shot.

Episode 6 - Money For Nothing
First Aired: March. 07,2016

It's the bank that's spent two years rebuilding its reputation after being exposed for ripping off its customers in a devastating financial advice scandal. An explosive corporate investigation by Adele Ferguson.

Episode 5 - Catastrophic Failure
First Aired: February. 29,2016

In his first story for Four Corners, reporter Ben Knight travels to Brazil to investigate BHP's responsibility for the Samarco mine disaster that's destroyed lives and polluted an entire river system.

Episode 4 - Guns In The USA - Child's Play
First Aired: February. 22,2016

Exploring America's gun culture where kids learn to shoot and their classrooms are designed to be bulletproof. How America grapples with gun violence.

Episode 2 - Shark Alarm
Episode 1 - Bad Sport
First Aired: February. 01,2016

Sarah Ferguson presents an investigation into the criminal networks that are threatening the integrity of sport, amidst the uproar over the match fixing revelations in tennis, Linton Besser reports.

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