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Four Corners

Series 2016 · 43 episodes · Feb 1, 2016

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    Episode 1

    Bad Sport

    Feb 1, 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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    Episode 2

    Shark Alarm

    Feb 8, 2016

    What's behind the rise in shark attacks, and is there anything we can do to stop them? Geoff Thompson reports.

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    Episode 3

    Dying To Dance

    Feb 15, 2016

    Dying to Dance. Inside the dance party drug scene. Caro Meldrum-Hanna reports.

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    Episode 4

    Guns In The USA - Child's Play

    Feb 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.

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    Episode 5

    Catastrophic Failure

    Feb 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.

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    Episode 6

    Money For Nothing

    Mar 7, 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.

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    Episode 7

    Safari: Paying To Kill

    Mar 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.

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    Episode 8

    Whatever It Takes

    Mar 21, 2016

    A rare account from inside the Essendon doping scandal. Quentin McDermott reports.

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    Episode 9

    State Of Fear

    Mar 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.

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    Episode 10

    The Secrets Of The Super Rich

    Apr 4, 2016

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

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    Episode 11

    Clive Palmer

    Apr 11, 2016

    The rise and fall of Clive Palmer's business empire and political career. Hayden Cooper reports.

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    Episode 12

    Inside Europe's Terror Attacks

    Apr 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.

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    Episode 13

    Bad Blood

    Apr 25, 2016

    The bad blood between Australian doctors and the Federal Government over offshore detention.

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    Episode 14

    Home Truths: What Happened To The Great Australian Dream?

    May 2, 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.

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    Episode 15

    Callous Disregard

    May 9, 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.

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    Episode 16

    Supplements and Safety

    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?

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    Episode 17

    Money And Influence

    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.

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    Episode 18

    The Baby Business

    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?

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    Episode 19

    Ripped Off

    Jun 6, 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.

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    Episode 20

    The Miracle Of Kobani

    Jun 13, 2016

    We meet the people of the small Syrian town who defeated ISIS and are determined to rebuild their lives in the rubble.

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    Episode 21

    The Deputy And The Dark Horse

    Jun 20, 2016

    The Deputy and the Dark Horse: Barnaby Joyce vs. Tony Windsor in the contest that could bring down the Deputy Prime Minister.

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    Episode 22

    The Leaders

    Jun 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?

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    Episode 23

    Future Proof

    Jul 4, 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?

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    Episode 24

    Soldiers Of Allah

    Jul 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.

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    Episode 25

    The Race To Dope

    Jul 18, 2016

    The Race To Dope: The elite athletes blowing the whistle on how they cheated the system.

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    Episode 26

    Australia's Shame

    Jul 25, 2016

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

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    Episode 27

    Insult To Injury

    Aug 1, 2016

    Insult To Injury: How the system damages cops with PTSD. Quentin McDermott reports.

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    Episode 28

    Man On A Wire

    Aug 8, 2016

    Man on a wire: How long can Malcolm Turnbull survive?

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    Episode 29

    Milked Dry

    Aug 15, 2016

    Milked Dry: The awful price being paid by Australian dairy farmers for the milk we drink. Deb Whitmont reports.

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    Episode 30

    Children On The Frontline

    Aug 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.

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    Episode 31

    Cyber War

    Aug 29, 2016

    Cyber War: How hackers are threatening everything from your bank account to the nation's secrets. Linton Besser reports.

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    Episode 32

    Brexit: The Battle For Britain

    Sep 5, 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.

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    Episode 33

    Rehab Inc.

    Sep 12, 2016

    Rehab Inc: The high price parents pay to get their kids off ice. Ben Knight reports.

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    Episode 34

    Backing Bourke

    Sep 19, 2016

    An outback town's bold experiment to save its young people from a life of crime.

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    Episode 35

    Frat Boys

    Sep 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.

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    Episode 36

    China Rising

    Oct 3, 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.

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    Episode 37

    For Better Or Worse

    Oct 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.

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    Episode 38

    The Forgotten Children

    Oct 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.

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    Episode 39

    Copwatchers

    Oct 24, 2016

    The activists using cameras to fight back against police brutality in the US.

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    Episode 40

    Big Fish

    Oct 31, 2016

    Four Corners investigates the business of salmon farming. A report by Gold Walkley Award-winning journalist Caro Meldrum-Hanna.

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    Episode 41

    Crossroads Afghanistan

    Nov 7, 2016

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

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    Episode 42

    Broken Homes

    Nov 14, 2016

    Broken Homes: On the frontline of Australia's child protection crisis.

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    Episode 43

    A Sense Of Self

    Nov 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.