Series 2016

Four CornersSeries 2016

2016
43 Episodes

Episodes

Bad Sport
S56E01

Bad Sport

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.

01 Feb 201645m
Shark Alarm
S56E02

Shark Alarm

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

08 Feb 201645m
Dying To Dance
S56E03

Dying To Dance

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

15 Feb 201645m
Guns In The USA - Child's Play
S56E04

Guns In The USA - Child's Play

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

22 Feb 201645m
Catastrophic Failure
S56E05

Catastrophic Failure

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.

29 Feb 201645m
Money For Nothing
S56E06

Money For Nothing

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.

07 Mar 201645m
Safari: Paying To Kill
S56E07

Safari: Paying To Kill

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.

14 Mar 201645m
Whatever It Takes
S56E08

Whatever It Takes

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

21 Mar 201645m
State Of Fear
S56E09

State Of Fear

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

28 Mar 201645m
The Secrets Of The Super Rich
S56E10

The Secrets Of The Super Rich

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

04 Apr 201645m
Clive Palmer
S56E11

Clive Palmer

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

11 Apr 201645m
Inside Europe's Terror Attacks
S56E12

Inside Europe's Terror Attacks

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.

18 Apr 201645m
Bad Blood
S56E13

Bad Blood

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

25 Apr 201645m
Home Truths: What Happened To The Great Australian Dream?
S56E14

Home Truths: What Happened To The Great Australian Dream?

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.

02 May 201645m
Callous Disregard
S56E15

Callous Disregard

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.

09 May 201645m
Supplements and Safety
S56E16

Supplements and Safety

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?

16 May 201645m
Money And Influence
S56E17

Money And Influence

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.

23 May 201645m
The Baby Business
S56E18

The Baby Business

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?

30 May 201645m
Ripped Off
S56E19

Ripped Off

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.

06 Jun 201645m
The Miracle Of Kobani
S56E20

The Miracle Of Kobani

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

13 Jun 201645m
The Deputy And The Dark Horse
S56E21

The Deputy And The Dark Horse

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

20 Jun 201645m
The Leaders
S56E22

The Leaders

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?

27 Jun 201645m
Future Proof
S56E23

Future Proof

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?

04 Jul 201645m
Soldiers Of Allah
S56E24

Soldiers Of Allah

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.

11 Jul 201645m
The Race To Dope
S56E25

The Race To Dope

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

18 Jul 201645m
Australia's Shame
S56E26

Australia's Shame

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

25 Jul 201645m
Insult To Injury
S56E27

Insult To Injury

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

01 Aug 201645m
Man On A Wire
S56E28

Man On A Wire

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

08 Aug 201645m
Milked Dry
S56E29

Milked Dry

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

15 Aug 201645m
Children On The Frontline
S56E30

Children On The Frontline

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.

22 Aug 201645m
Cyber War
S56E31

Cyber War

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

29 Aug 201645m
Brexit: The Battle For Britain
S56E32

Brexit: The Battle For Britain

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.

05 Sept 201645m
Rehab Inc.
S56E33

Rehab Inc.

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

12 Sept 201645m
Backing Bourke
S56E34

Backing Bourke

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

19 Sept 201645m
Frat Boys
S56E35

Frat Boys

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.

26 Sept 201645m
China Rising
S56E36

China Rising

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.

03 Oct 201645m
For Better Or Worse
S56E37

For Better Or Worse

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 Oct 201645m
The Forgotten Children
S56E38

The Forgotten Children

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

17 Oct 201645m
Copwatchers
S56E39

Copwatchers

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

24 Oct 201645m
Big Fish
S56E40

Big Fish

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

31 Oct 201645m
Crossroads Afghanistan
S56E41

Crossroads Afghanistan

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

07 Nov 201645m
Broken Homes
S56E42

Broken Homes

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

14 Nov 201645m
A Sense Of Self
S56E43

A Sense Of Self

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.

21 Nov 201645m