Series 2004

Four CornersSeries 2004

2004
42 Episodes

Episodes

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S44E01

Willie Brigitte

Allegations have swirled around Willie Brigitte ever since his discreet deportation from Australia and his much-publicised arrest in France in October 2003.

09 Feb 200445m
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S44E02

Lords Of The Forests

Ticky Fullerton looks at the management of Tasmania's forests and how one timber company enjoys extraordinary political support for its operations.

16 Feb 200445m
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S44E03

In the Firing Line

Fuelled by a cocktail of drugs, armed robberies are growing more violent and unpredictable.

23 Feb 200445m
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S44E04

Arafat Investigated

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?

01 Mar 200445m
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S44E05

The Speed Trap

How police laid a trap to catch drug dealers but instead found themselves entangled in a web of corruption allegations.

08 Mar 200445m
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S44E06

Ethiopia: A Journey with Michael Buerk

Michael Buerk returns to Ethiopia 20 years after first alerting the world to the Ethiopian famine.

15 Mar 200445m
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S44E07

Tarnished Gold

Are Australia's sports bosses surrendering to the drug cheats?

22 Mar 200445m
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S44E08

Riot In Redfern

What really happened that night in the tiny Redfern community .

29 Mar 200445m
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S44E09

A Crime of Insanity

Troubling questions arise when the legal and psychiatric worlds collide.

05 Apr 200445m
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S44E10

Lost In Translation

Are Australians hitching a ride on China's economic juggernaut?

12 Apr 200445m
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S44E11

Killers

A report on the conditions that made the violence in Rwanda possible.

19 Apr 200445m
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S44E12

The Nuclear Bazaar

A special report on the frightening trade in nuclear secrets.

26 Apr 200445m
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S44E13

Fair Game?

Allegations of sexual violence have engulfed some of Australia's top AFL footballers and their clubs.

03 May 200445m
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S44E14

Rich Man, Poor Man

The fight between Australia and East Timor over billion dollar oil and gas interests.

10 May 200445m
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S44E15

Al Qaeda Family

The inside story of the family that lived and trained with Osama Bin Laden.

17 May 200445m
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S44E16

Till Debt Us Do Part

Where will the credit binge end for the many thousands of Australians in debt?

24 May 200445m
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S44E17

The Taking of Logan Marr

Under what circumstances should a child be taken from its birth parents?

31 May 200445m
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S44E18

Chain of Command

The story behind what may endure as defining images of war in Iraq.

07 Jun 200445m
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S44E19

Corruption Inc.

Corruption spreads from state police forces into the Australian Crime Commission.

14 Jun 200445m
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S44E20

A Blind Eye

Is the RSPCA turning a blind eye to cruelty for the benefit of commercial interests?

21 Jun 200445m
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S44E21

The Clinton Interview

Bill Clinton defends his record and tells how his public and private lives clashed.

28 Jun 200445m
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S44E22

A Case To Answer

How the justice system failed star swim coach Scott Volkers and the women he was accused of sexually molesting.

05 Jul 200445m
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S44E23

A Dangerous Business

How one company’s obsession with the bottom line left a trail of death and dismemberment among its workers.

12 Jul 200445m
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S44E24

Worst of the Worst?

Four Corners investigates the story behind Mamdouh Habib's incarceration at the notorious prison Guantanamo Bay .

19 Jul 200445m
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S44E25

Training Day

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.

26 Jul 200445m
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S44E26

A Bitter Pill?

Jonathan Holmes investigates the cost to our subsidised pharmaceutical scheme since Australia signed the Free Trade Agreement.

02 Aug 200445m
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S44E27

The Secret Agent

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.

09 Aug 200445m
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S44E28

Losing the Children

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.

16 Aug 200445m
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S44E29

The Plea

"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?

23 Aug 200445m
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S44E30

After Saddam

What do Iraqis think about the war and its aftermath?

30 Aug 200445m
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S44E31

Doctoring the Figures

From outright fraud to allegations of cover up … and those who simply bend the rules.

06 Sept 200445m
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S44E32

Beating the Black Dog

Five Australians tell their story of beating depression; the 'black dog" affecting one in five Australians.

13 Sept 200445m
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S44E33

Run For Your Life

Four Corners presents the incredible journey of four young men .

20 Sept 200445m
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S44E34

Island Raiders

How can one island nation lose a two billion dollar fortune in the space of twenty years?

27 Sept 200445m
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S44E35

The Contenders

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.

04 Oct 200445m
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S44E36

Battleground State

Reporter Jonathan Holmes takes us on a colourful journey through the battleground state of Ohio during the US Elections.

08 Oct 200445m
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S44E37

City Limits

Once we had enough water to waste.

18 Oct 200445m
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S44E38

A Baby To Save Our Son

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.

25 Oct 200445m
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S44E39

Trust and Betrayal

A story of spies, counterspies, double agents and defections as Andrew Fowler reveals the betrayal inside one of Australia’s secret intelligence agencies.

01 Nov 200445m
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S44E40

Blood Brothers

An exclusive story following a brave little boy’s fight to be cured.

08 Nov 200445m
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S44E41

What the Children Saw

In a place where they should have felt safest, the children of Beslan were targeted in an act of barbarism.

15 Nov 200445m
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S44E42

2004: In Review

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.

24 Nov 200445m