Four Corners
Four Corners: Season 56

Air Date

February 1, 2016

Episodes

43 episodes

Four Corners

Season 56

Episodes

Bad Sport

1. Bad Sport

February 1, 2016
45 min

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.

Shark Alarm

2. Shark Alarm

February 8, 2016
45 min

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

Dying To Dance

3. Dying To Dance

February 15, 2016
45 min

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

Guns In The USA - Child's Play

4. Guns In The USA - Child's Play

February 22, 2016
45 min

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

Catastrophic Failure

5. Catastrophic Failure

February 29, 2016
45 min

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.

Money For Nothing

6. Money For Nothing

March 7, 2016
45 min

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.

Safari: Paying To Kill

7. Safari: Paying To Kill

March 14, 2016
45 min

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.

Whatever It Takes

8. Whatever It Takes

March 21, 2016
45 min

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

State Of Fear

9. State Of Fear

March 28, 2016
45 min

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

The Secrets Of The Super Rich

10. The Secrets Of The Super Rich

April 4, 2016
45 min

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

Clive Palmer

11. Clive Palmer

April 11, 2016
45 min

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

Inside Europe's Terror Attacks

12. Inside Europe's Terror Attacks

April 18, 2016
45 min

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.

Bad Blood

13. Bad Blood

April 25, 2016
45 min

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

Home Truths: What Happened To The Great Australian Dream?

14. Home Truths: What Happened To The Great Australian Dream?

May 2, 2016
45 min

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.

Callous Disregard

15. Callous Disregard

May 9, 2016
45 min

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.

Supplements and Safety

16. Supplements and Safety

May 16, 2016
45 min

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?

Money And Influence

17. Money And Influence

May 23, 2016
45 min

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.

The Baby Business

18. The Baby Business

May 30, 2016
45 min

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?

Ripped Off

19. Ripped Off

June 6, 2016
45 min

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.

The Miracle Of Kobani

20. The Miracle Of Kobani

June 13, 2016
45 min

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

The Deputy And The Dark Horse

21. The Deputy And The Dark Horse

June 20, 2016
45 min

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

The Leaders

22. The Leaders

June 27, 2016
45 min

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?

Future Proof

23. Future Proof

July 4, 2016
45 min

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?

Soldiers Of Allah

24. Soldiers Of Allah

July 11, 2016
45 min

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.

The Race To Dope

25. The Race To Dope

July 18, 2016
45 min

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

Australia's Shame

26. Australia's Shame

July 25, 2016
45 min

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

Insult To Injury

27. Insult To Injury

August 1, 2016
45 min

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

Man On A Wire

28. Man On A Wire

August 8, 2016
45 min

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

Milked Dry

29. Milked Dry

August 15, 2016
45 min

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

Children On The Frontline

30. Children On The Frontline

August 22, 2016
45 min

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.

Cyber War

31. Cyber War

August 29, 2016
45 min

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

Brexit: The Battle For Britain

32. Brexit: The Battle For Britain

September 5, 2016
45 min

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.

Rehab Inc.

33. Rehab Inc.

September 12, 2016
45 min

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

Backing Bourke

34. Backing Bourke

September 19, 2016
45 min

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

Frat Boys

35. Frat Boys

September 26, 2016
45 min

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.

China Rising

36. China Rising

October 3, 2016
45 min

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.

For Better Or Worse

37. For Better Or Worse

October 10, 2016
45 min

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.

The Forgotten Children

38. The Forgotten Children

October 17, 2016
45 min

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

Copwatchers

39. Copwatchers

October 24, 2016
45 min

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

Big Fish

40. Big Fish

October 31, 2016
45 min

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

Crossroads Afghanistan

41. Crossroads Afghanistan

November 7, 2016
45 min

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

Broken Homes

42. Broken Homes

November 14, 2016
45 min

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

A Sense Of Self

43. A Sense Of Self

November 21, 2016
45 min

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.