Four CornersStagione 1991

TV-PG
An Australian current affairs documentary television programme, the longest running of its kind nationally, produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).

Dove guardare Four Corners • Stagione 1991

41 Episodi

  • Winning the Peace
    E1
    Winning the PeaceWith all the problems in the Middle East, is there any chance of an enduring peace?
  • The Lie of the Land
    E2
    The Lie of the LandThe recession in the country.
  • Bad Blood: The Fairfax Story
    E3
    Bad Blood: The Fairfax StoryThe collapse of the Fairfax media empire plays out like high drama, filled with family conflict, failed ambition, and public consequences. Journalist David Marr unravels the story behind the downfall, featuring rare insights from key Fairfax family members - James, John, and Lady Fairfax; as they break their silence on the ill-fated attempt by young Warwick Fairfax to privatize the company.
  • The Home Front
    E4
    The Home FrontTonight, a forum examines how Gulf War has tested the racial tolerance of Australians. Hosted by Andrew Olle, broadcast from Bankstown Town Hall.
  • The New Terror
    E5
    The New TerrorVincent Cannistrato, retired chief of the CIA, reveals that the world's most feared terrorist organisations are assembled in Bagdad, and that after the Gulf War, attacks, aimed mainly at western civilians, will be chronic.
  • The Dancing Bear
    E6
    The Dancing BearThe BBC's Gavin Hewitt reports on President Gorbachev's extraordinary fall from public favor in the Soviet Union.
  • The Birmingham Six: Their Own Story
    E7
    The Birmingham Six: Their Own StoryThe six Irishmen talk about their 16 years in jail, imprisioned for a crime they didn't commit.
  • Six Pack Country
    E8
    Six Pack CountryWith the Aboriginal Deaths In Custody report due to be handed to the Government next week, David Marr reports on an Aboriginal community who are fighting violence, poverty and a growing death rate.
  • To Catch A Thief: The Saga Of The National Crime Authority
    E9
    To Catch A Thief: The Saga Of The National Crime AuthorityAn insight into Australia's premier law enforcement agency, the NCA, which is now held up to ridicule after a series of disastrous bungles during the past three years.
  • Labor's Watergate
    E10
    Labor's WatergateA report by Deborah Snow on the Labor Party's entanglement with WA Inc how it started and where it will go.
  • Children Of Chernobyl
    E11
    Children Of ChernobylMothers and doctors speak out about the grim reality of life five years after the world’s worst nuclear accident.
  • Titan of Trash
    E12
    Titan of TrashBrisbane City Council awarded the US company Pacific Waste Management a multi-million dollar contract. Mark Colvin reports on this company and the garbage disposal methods that are being questioned.
  • Labour Discord
    E13
    Labour DiscordA report on proposed changes to deplete the power of New Zealand's unions. Andrew Olle questions Liberal Party members about their similar plans for Australian unions.
  • Sick at Heart
    E14
    Sick at HeartThe circumstances surrounding premature deaths of Aboriginal adults and children.
  • RIP - Retirement Income Perils
    E15
    RIP - Retirement Income PerilsAn investigation into the pros and cons of superannuation funds.
  • Over a Barrel
    E16
    Over a BarrelAn exploration of the power of the alcohol lobby and the weakness of government regulation.
  • Debate On The Federal Leadership Challenge
    E17
    Debate On The Federal Leadership ChallengeAndrew Oile chairs a studio debate on the latest political events in Canberra.
  • No Vacancy
    E18
    No VacancyMark Colvin reports on the impact of the recession.
  • The Flickering Light of the Hill
    E19
    The Flickering Light of the HillOn the eve of the ALP Centenary National Conference in Hobart, Jonathan Holmes talks to the important, self-important and neglected members of the Australian Labor.
  • Blood on the Bougainvillea
    E20
    Blood on the BougainvilleaDeborah Snow's report focuses on the uprising in Bougainville and features an interview with Papua New Guinea's Bougainville commander, Colonel Leo Nuia, admitting that helicopters provided by Australia had been used to dump rebels' bodies at sea. Nuia was sacked after the program aired. The program won a Walkley Award for Best Investigative Report.
  • Dr Who?
    E21
    Dr Who?A profile of Opposition Leader Dr John Hewson, the man who could be Australia's next Prime Minister.
  • Slovenia Independence
    E22
    Slovenia IndependenceTony Jones backgrounds the long-running struggle within Yugoslavia and the implication of Slovenia's determination to continue its fight for independence.
  • Escape From Tiananmen
    E23
    Escape From TiananmenAn investigation into what became of those people who led the democracy movement inside China, Hong Kong, the United States and Britain.
  • Big Buck Territory
    E24
    Big Buck TerritoryState governments are being forced to reexamine the rules surrounding secret political donations, first Queensland, then WA and now the Northern Territory has been called to account.
  • The Big Finish
    E25
    The Big FinishA moving portrait of the conductor Stuart Challender, who at the time of filming in 1991 was the chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. What the public didn’t know was that he was dying from AIDS. But Stuart Challender was not defeated by his illness. Despite being progressively weakened, he continued to perform, using the short time he had left as a spur to his musical achievement. The program won the 1991 Walkley Award for Best Application of TV Medium to Journalism.
  • Star Wars
    E26
    Star WarsThe media circus and the Gulf war.
  • The Ship Breakers
    E27
    The Ship BreakersAn report into oil tanker disasters.
  • Keating's Accounting
    E28
    Keating's AccountingPaul Keating defends his record as Labor's Treasurer for the past eight years. He talks about the recession we had to have; the unemployed, the 'Banana Republic', and more.
  • Cloak and Daggar
    E29
    Cloak and DaggarOn this, the 30th anniversary of the program, Chris Masters presents a report that casts serious doubt on the evidence against six Croatian Australians who were convicted of a terrorist conspiracy to bomb targets around Sydney.
  • The Soviet Break-Up
    E30
    The Soviet Break-UpDavid Marr and Monica Attard report live from Moscow on the extraordinary session of the Soviet Congress of Deputies called to overturn the Soviet Union.
  • Endangered Species
    E31
    Endangered SpeciesA report on the lobby's political campaign of the year, the fight to save Australia's endangered species.
  • Citizen Packer
    E32
    Citizen PackerReporter Paul Barry traces the life of Kerry Packer from his teenage years hampered by illness and isolation to the zenith of his political and business power.
  • Police Story
    E33
    Police StoryIn 1991 Neil Mercer made 'Police Story', profiling Kings Cross crime boss Louis Bayeh. The program introduced the public to organised crime's unromantic underbelly, and was one of Four Corners' first reports investigating crime and corruption in NSW.
  • Shady Links
    E34
    Shady LinksJonathan Holmes reports on the Japanese golf course developers operating in Australia and Japan, where some are said to be involved in financial scandals.
  • Moscow Monopoly
    E35
    Moscow MonopolyDavid Marr presents a report on the quest to purge the old guard of the Soviet Communist Party and examines just how much will change with their departure.
  • The Price of Beauty
    E36
    The Price of BeautyA report on the potential hazards of breast implant surgery.
  • Big Brother Down Under
    E37
    Big Brother Down UnderRoss Coulthart reveals how the Federal Government has achieved a de-facto ID system through the back door.
  • Deadly Chemistry
    E38
    Deadly ChemistryExamines the two recent chemical explosions in Victoria and NSW and the after-effects of chemical smoke clouds drifting over our cities.
  • Murder In Mississippi
    E39
    Murder In MississippiThe murder of Medgar Evers changed the course of segregation in America's South. But his killer has never been convicted.
  • Mother's Little Helper
    E40
    Mother's Little HelperThe overprescription of tranquillisers in the '60s and '70s has left a legacy of dependency among unsuspecting patients.
  • The Callous Country
    E41
    The Callous CountryWollongong’s Lord Mayor, Frank Arkell proclaims that Wollongong was now vital, progressive and vigorously developing, providing “boundless opportunity and economic growth”. Chris Masters explores the region's continuing mass poverty and unemployment.

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