Episode 1
Willie Brigitte
Feb 9, 2004
Allegations have swirled around Willie Brigitte ever since his discreet deportation from Australia and his much-publicised arrest in France in October 2003.
Episode 2
Lords Of The Forests
Feb 16, 2004
Ticky Fullerton looks at the management of Tasmania's forests and how one timber company enjoys extraordinary political support for its operations.
Episode 3
In the Firing Line
Feb 23, 2004
Fuelled by a cocktail of drugs, armed robberies are growing more violent and unpredictable.
Episode 4
Arafat Investigated
Mar 1, 2004
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?
Episode 5
The Speed Trap
Mar 8, 2004
How police laid a trap to catch drug dealers but instead found themselves entangled in a web of corruption allegations.
Episode 6
Ethiopia: A Journey with Michael Buerk
Mar 15, 2004
Michael Buerk returns to Ethiopia 20 years after first alerting the world to the Ethiopian famine.
Episode 7
Tarnished Gold
Mar 22, 2004
Are Australia's sports bosses surrendering to the drug cheats?
Episode 8
Riot In Redfern
Mar 29, 2004
What really happened that night in the tiny Redfern community .
Episode 9
A Crime of Insanity
Apr 5, 2004
Troubling questions arise when the legal and psychiatric worlds collide.
Episode 10
Lost In Translation
Apr 12, 2004
Are Australians hitching a ride on China's economic juggernaut?
Episode 11
Killers
Apr 19, 2004
A report on the conditions that made the violence in Rwanda possible.
Episode 12
The Nuclear Bazaar
Apr 26, 2004
A special report on the frightening trade in nuclear secrets.
Episode 13
Fair Game?
May 3, 2004
Allegations of sexual violence have engulfed some of Australia's top AFL footballers and their clubs.
Episode 14
Rich Man, Poor Man
May 10, 2004
The fight between Australia and East Timor over billion dollar oil and gas interests.
Episode 15
Al Qaeda Family
May 17, 2004
The inside story of the family that lived and trained with Osama Bin Laden.
Episode 16
Till Debt Us Do Part
May 24, 2004
Where will the credit binge end for the many thousands of Australians in debt?
Episode 17
The Taking of Logan Marr
May 31, 2004
Under what circumstances should a child be taken from its birth parents?
Episode 18
Chain of Command
Jun 7, 2004
The story behind what may endure as defining images of war in Iraq.
Episode 19
Corruption Inc.
Jun 14, 2004
Corruption spreads from state police forces into the Australian Crime Commission.
Episode 20
A Blind Eye
Jun 21, 2004
Is the RSPCA turning a blind eye to cruelty for the benefit of commercial interests?
Episode 21
The Clinton Interview
Jun 28, 2004
Bill Clinton defends his record and tells how his public and private lives clashed.
Episode 22
A Case To Answer
Jul 5, 2004
How the justice system failed star swim coach Scott Volkers and the women he was accused of sexually molesting.
Episode 23
A Dangerous Business
Jul 12, 2004
How one company’s obsession with the bottom line left a trail of death and dismemberment among its workers.
Episode 24
Worst of the Worst?
Jul 19, 2004
Four Corners investigates the story behind Mamdouh Habib's incarceration at the notorious prison Guantanamo Bay .
Episode 25
Training Day
Jul 26, 2004
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.
Episode 26
A Bitter Pill?
Aug 2, 2004
Jonathan Holmes investigates the cost to our subsidised pharmaceutical scheme since Australia signed the Free Trade Agreement.
Episode 27
The Secret Agent
Aug 9, 2004
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.
Episode 28
Losing the Children
Aug 16, 2004
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.
Episode 29
The Plea
Aug 23, 2004
"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?
Episode 30
After Saddam
Aug 30, 2004
What do Iraqis think about the war and its aftermath?
Episode 31
Doctoring the Figures
Sep 6, 2004
From outright fraud to allegations of cover up … and those who simply bend the rules.
Episode 32
Beating the Black Dog
Sep 13, 2004
Five Australians tell their story of beating depression; the 'black dog" affecting one in five Australians.
Episode 33
Run For Your Life
Sep 20, 2004
Four Corners presents the incredible journey of four young men .
Episode 34
Island Raiders
Sep 27, 2004
How can one island nation lose a two billion dollar fortune in the space of twenty years?
Episode 35
The Contenders
Oct 4, 2004
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.
Episode 36
Battleground State
Oct 8, 2004
Reporter Jonathan Holmes takes us on a colourful journey through the battleground state of Ohio during the US Elections.
Episode 37
City Limits
Oct 18, 2004
Once we had enough water to waste.
Episode 38
A Baby To Save Our Son
Oct 25, 2004
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.
Episode 39
Trust and Betrayal
Nov 1, 2004
A story of spies, counterspies, double agents and defections as Andrew Fowler reveals the betrayal inside one of Australia’s secret intelligence agencies.
Episode 40
Blood Brothers
Nov 8, 2004
An exclusive story following a brave little boy’s fight to be cured.
Episode 41
What the Children Saw
Nov 15, 2004
In a place where they should have felt safest, the children of Beslan were targeted in an act of barbarism.
Episode 42
2004: In Review
Nov 24, 2004
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.
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