Four Corners (2016) Series 2016
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.
01 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.
2/1/2016
02 What's behind the rise in shark attacks, and is there anything we can do to stop them? Geoff Thompson reports.
2/8/2016
03 Dying to Dance. Inside the dance party drug scene. Caro Meldrum-Hanna reports.
2/15/2016
Guns In The USA - Child's Play 04 Exploring America's gun culture where kids learn to shoot and their classrooms are designed to be bulletproof. How America grapples with gun violence.
2/22/2016
05 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.
2/29/2016
06 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.
3/7/2016
07 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.
3/14/2016
08 A rare account from inside the Essendon doping scandal. Quentin McDermott reports.
3/21/2016
09 The investigation into the scandal engulfing Malaysia's Prime Minister and the question that led to the arrest of our reporter and cameraman.
3/28/2016
The Secrets Of The Super Rich 10 This Four Corners investigation will reveal how the rich and powerful exploit the system. Reporter Marian Wilkinson follows the money trail.
4/4/2016
11 The rise and fall of Clive Palmer's business empire and political career. Hayden Cooper reports.
4/11/2016
Inside Europe's Terror Attacks 12 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.
4/18/2016
13 The bad blood between Australian doctors and the Federal Government over offshore detention.
4/25/2016
Home Truths: What Happened To The Great Australian Dream? 14 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.
5/2/2016
15 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.
5/9/2016
16 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?
5/16/2016
17 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.
5/23/2016
18 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?
5/30/2016
19 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.
6/6/2016
20 We meet the people of the small Syrian town who defeated ISIS and are determined to rebuild their lives in the rubble.
6/13/2016
The Deputy And The Dark Horse 21 The Deputy and the Dark Horse: Barnaby Joyce vs. Tony Windsor in the contest that could bring down the Deputy Prime Minister.
6/20/2016
22 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?
6/27/2016
23 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?
7/4/2016
24 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.
7/11/2016
25 The Race To Dope: The elite athletes blowing the whistle on how they cheated the system.
7/18/2016
26 Australia's Shame: The brutalisation of children behind bars. This confronting investigation by Caro Meldrum-Hanna will send shockwaves around Australia.
7/25/2016
27 Insult To Injury: How the system damages cops with PTSD. Quentin McDermott reports.
8/1/2016
28 Man on a wire: How long can Malcolm Turnbull survive?
8/8/2016
29 Milked Dry: The awful price being paid by Australian dairy farmers for the milk we drink. Deb Whitmont reports.
8/15/2016
Children On The Frontline 30 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.
8/22/2016
31 Cyber War: How hackers are threatening everything from your bank account to the nation's secrets. Linton Besser reports.
8/29/2016
Brexit: The Battle For Britain 32 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.
9/5/2016
33 Rehab Inc: The high price parents pay to get their kids off ice. Ben Knight reports.
9/12/2016
34 An outback town's bold experiment to save its young people from a life of crime.
9/19/2016
35 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.
9/26/2016
36 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.
10/3/2016
37 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.
10/10/2016
38 They're the human face of Australia's tough border policies - the more than 100 refugee children living on Nauru. Debbie Whitmont reports.
10/17/2016
39 The activists using cameras to fight back against police brutality in the US.
10/24/2016
40 Four Corners investigates the business of salmon farming. A report by Gold Walkley Award-winning journalist Caro Meldrum-Hanna.
10/31/2016
41 Crossroads Afghanistan: A heart-stopping journey on one of the most dangerous roads in the world, right through the heart of Taliban country.
11/7/2016
42 Broken Homes: On the frontline of Australia's child protection crisis.
11/14/2016
43 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.
11/21/2016
