Four Corners

Specials

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

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83 Episodes

  • 10th Anniversary Special: Riot & Revenge
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    10th Anniversary Special: Riot & RevengeTen years after the riot at Sydney's Cronulla Beach the original Four Corners program by reporter Liz Jackson that looks at the inside story of the riot, its triggers and its vengeful aftermath.
  • Fear in the Fast Lane
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    Fear in the Fast Lane
  • Celebrating 40 years
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    Celebrating 40 yearsThis special program is more than a record of Four Corners surviving 40 years. It tells about inquiries, lawsuits, brickbats and bouquets," says executive producer Bruce Belsham, "but it's also like re-reading a national diary which brings back half- forgotten memories of how Australia used to be and how we've changed.
  • 50 Years: 1960s - First Four Corners Program - 19 Aug 1961
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    50 Years: 1960s - First Four Corners Program - 19 Aug 1961
  • 50 Years: 1960s - Box Ridge - 9 Sep 1961
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    50 Years: 1960s - Box Ridge - 9 Sep 1961
  • 50 Years: 1960s - RSL Story - 31 Aug 1963
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    50 Years: 1960s - RSL Story - 31 Aug 1963
  • 50 Years: 1960s - Surfing Story - 31 May 1964
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    50 Years: 1960s - Surfing Story - 31 May 1964
  • 50 Years: 1960s - Nazi Party in Australia - 31 Jul 1964
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    50 Years: 1960s - Nazi Party in Australia - 31 Jul 1964
  • 50 Years: 1960s - WA Hanging Story - 1964
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    50 Years: 1960s - WA Hanging Story - 1964
  • 50 Years: 1960s - The Agony of Vietnam - 23 Apr 1966
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    50 Years: 1960s - The Agony of Vietnam - 23 Apr 1966
  • 50 Years: 1960s - Keep It White: Singapore Story - 21 Aug 1966
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    50 Years: 1960s - Keep It White: Singapore Story - 21 Aug 1966
  • 50 Years: 1960s - The Price of Equality - 1 Oct 1966
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    50 Years: 1960s - The Price of Equality - 1 Oct 1966
  • 50 Years: 1960s - The Second Sex - 29 Mar 1969
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    50 Years: 1960s - The Second Sex - 29 Mar 1969
  • 50 Years: 1960s - Out of Sight, Out of Mind - 30 Aug 1969
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    50 Years: 1960s - Out of Sight, Out of Mind - 30 Aug 1969
  • 50 Years: 1960s - Hiroshima Story - 21 Jun 1964
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    50 Years: 1960s - Hiroshima Story - 21 Jun 1964
  • 50 Years: 1960s - Turned On - 27 Aug 1966
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    50 Years: 1960s - Turned On - 27 Aug 1966
  • 50 Years: 1960s - Gang Bang - 31 May 1968
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    50 Years: 1960s - Gang Bang - 31 May 1968
  • 50 Years: 1970s - Duntroon: Marking Time - 2 May 1970
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    50 Years: 1970s - Duntroon: Marking Time - 2 May 1970
  • 50 Years: 1970s - Vietnam: Triumph or Tragedy - 6 Nov 1971
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    50 Years: 1970s - Vietnam: Triumph or Tragedy - 6 Nov 1971
  • 50 Years: 1970s - Smoking: The 5 Day Cure - 4 Mar 1972
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    50 Years: 1970s - Smoking: The 5 Day Cure - 4 Mar 1972
  • 50 Years: 1970s - Where Have All the Poisons Gone? - 5 and 12 Aug 1972
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    50 Years: 1970s - Where Have All the Poisons Gone? - 5 and 12 Aug 1972
  • 50 Years: 1970s - Housewife - 29 Sep 1973
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    50 Years: 1970s - Housewife - 29 Sep 1973
  • 50 Years: 1970s - Fall of Saigon - 19 Apr 1975
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    50 Years: 1970s - Fall of Saigon - 19 Apr 1975
  • 50 Years: 1970s - Rape: The Unspeakable Crime - 27 Jun 1975
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    50 Years: 1970s - Rape: The Unspeakable Crime - 27 Jun 1975
  • 50 Years: 1970s - Survival - 8 Nov 1975
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    50 Years: 1970s - Survival - 8 Nov 1975
  • 50 Years: 1970s - Whitlam on the Campaign Trail - 6 Dec 1975
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    50 Years: 1970s - Whitlam on the Campaign Trail - 6 Dec 1975
  • 50 Years: 1970s - Fraser on the Campaign Trail - 6 Dec 1975
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    50 Years: 1970s - Fraser on the Campaign Trail - 6 Dec 1975
  • 50 Years: 1970s - Utah and Australia - 4 Nov 1977
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    50 Years: 1970s - Utah and Australia - 4 Nov 1977
  • 50 Years: 1970s - Profile: Germaine Greer - 1 Sep 1979
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    50 Years: 1970s - Profile: Germaine Greer - 1 Sep 1979
  • 50 Years: 1970s - Child Prostitution - 10 Nov 1979
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    50 Years: 1970s - Child Prostitution - 10 Nov 1979
  • 50 Years: 1980s - What's a Nice Girl Like You... - 20 Nov 1982
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    50 Years: 1980s - What's a Nice Girl Like You... - 20 Nov 1982
  • 50 Years: 1980s - The Big League - 30 Apr 1983
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    50 Years: 1980s - The Big League - 30 Apr 1983
  • 50 Years: 1980s - Aiding or Abetting - 27 Aug 1983
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    50 Years: 1980s - Aiding or Abetting - 27 Aug 1983
  • 50 Years: 1980s - Branded - 3 Nov 1984
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    50 Years: 1980s - Branded - 3 Nov 1984
  • 50 Years: 1980s - Banned Aid - 5 Mar 1985
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    50 Years: 1980s - Banned Aid - 5 Mar 1985
  • 50 Years: 1980s - AIDS - 19 Mar 1985
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    50 Years: 1980s - AIDS - 19 Mar 1985
  • 50 Years: 1980s - French Connections - 26 Aug 1985
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    50 Years: 1980s - French Connections - 26 Aug 1985
  • 50 Years: 1980s - Black Death - 23 Sep 1985
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    50 Years: 1980s - Black Death - 23 Sep 1985
  • 50 Years: 1980s - Unborn Battleground - 7 Oct 1985
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    50 Years: 1980s - Unborn Battleground - 7 Oct 1985
  • 50 Years: 1980s - Horses for Courses - 10 Nov 1986
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    50 Years: 1980s - Horses for Courses - 10 Nov 1986
  • 50 Years: 1980s - The Moonlight State - 11 May 1987
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    50 Years: 1980s - The Moonlight State - 11 May 1987
  • 50 Years: 1980s - Gallipoli: The Fatal Shore - 25 Apr 1988
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    50 Years: 1980s - Gallipoli: The Fatal Shore - 25 Apr 1988
  • 50 Years: 1980s - Blue Death - 23 May 1988
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    50 Years: 1980s - Blue Death - 23 May 1988
  • 50 Years: 1980s - Bondy's Bounty - 13 Mar 1989
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    50 Years: 1980s - Bondy's Bounty - 13 Mar 1989
  • 50 Years: 1980s - Frozen Asset - 20 Mar 1989
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    50 Years: 1980s - Frozen Asset - 20 Mar 1989
  • 50 Years: 1980s - True Believers - 15 May 1989
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    50 Years: 1980s - True Believers - 15 May 1989
  • 50 Years: 1990s - A Licence to Kill - 15 Mar 1999
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    50 Years: 1990s - A Licence to Kill - 15 Mar 1999
  • 50 Years: 1990s - Soeharto: The End - 25 May 1998
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    50 Years: 1990s - Soeharto: The End - 25 May 1998
  • 50 Years: 1990s - Kennett's Culture - 22 Sep 1997
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    50 Years: 1990s - Kennett's Culture - 22 Sep 1997
  • 50 Years: 1990s - An Average Australian Bloke - 19 Feb 1996
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    50 Years: 1990s - An Average Australian Bloke - 19 Feb 1996
  • 50 Years: 1990s - The Coward's War - 13 Nov 1995
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    50 Years: 1990s - The Coward's War - 13 Nov 1995
  • 50 Years: 1990s - Academy of Crime - 5 Jun 1995
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    50 Years: 1990s - Academy of Crime - 5 Jun 1995
  • 50 Years: 1990s - Inside a Holocaust - 8 Aug 1994
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    50 Years: 1990s - Inside a Holocaust - 8 Aug 1994
  • 50 Years: 1990s - Bondy's Benefactor - 9 May 1994
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    50 Years: 1990s - Bondy's Benefactor - 9 May 1994
  • 50 Years: 1990s - Police Story - 23 Sep 1991
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    50 Years: 1990s - Police Story - 23 Sep 1991
  • 50 Years: 1990s - The Big Finish - 29 Jul 1991
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    50 Years: 1990s - The Big Finish - 29 Jul 1991
  • 50 Years: 1990s - Blood on the Bougainvillea - 24 Jun 1991
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    50 Years: 1990s - Blood on the Bougainvillea - 24 Jun 1991
  • 50 Years: 1990s - The Forgotten Famine - 23 Apr 1990
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    50 Years: 1990s - The Forgotten Famine - 23 Apr 1990
  • 50 Years: 2000s - A Bloody Business - 30 May 2011
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    50 Years: 2000s - A Bloody Business - 30 May 2011
  • 50 Years: 2000s - The Forgotten Man - 14 Feb 2011
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    50 Years: 2000s - The Forgotten Man - 14 Feb 2011
  • 50 Years: 2000s - The Deal - 4 Oct 2010
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    50 Years: 2000s - The Deal - 4 Oct 2010
  • 50 Years: 2000s - Smugglers' Paradise - 2 Aug 2010
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    50 Years: 2000s - Smugglers' Paradise - 2 Aug 2010
  • 50 Years: 2000s - A Careful War - 5 and 12 July 2010
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    50 Years: 2000s - A Careful War - 5 and 12 July 2010
  • 50 Years: 2000s - Who Killed Mr Ward? - 15 Jun 2009
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    50 Years: 2000s - Who Killed Mr Ward? - 15 Jun 2009
  • 50 Years: 2000s - Code of Silence - 11 May 2009
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    50 Years: 2000s - Code of Silence - 11 May 2009
  • 50 Years: 2000s - Two Days in Hell - 16 Feb 2009
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    50 Years: 2000s - Two Days in Hell - 16 Feb 2009
  • 50 Years: 2000s - Stoking the Fires - 19 Jun 2006
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    50 Years: 2000s - Stoking the Fires - 19 Jun 2006
  • 50 Years: 2000s - The Ice Age - 20 Mar 2006
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    50 Years: 2000s - The Ice Age - 20 Mar 2006
  • 50 Years: 2000s - Supermax - 7 Nov 2005
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    50 Years: 2000s - Supermax - 7 Nov 2005
  • 50 Years: 2000s - Who's Afraid of Nuclear Power? - 22 Aug 2005
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    50 Years: 2000s - Who's Afraid of Nuclear Power? - 22 Aug 2005
  • 50 Years: 2000s - Melbourne Confidential - 14 Mar 2005
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    50 Years: 2000s - Melbourne Confidential - 14 Mar 2005
  • 50 Years: 2000s - After the Tsunami - 7 Feb 2005
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    50 Years: 2000s - After the Tsunami - 7 Feb 2005
  • 50 Years: 2000s - Spinning the Tubes - 27 Oct 2003
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    50 Years: 2000s - Spinning the Tubes - 27 Oct 2003
  • 50 Years: 2000s - The Network - 28 Oct 2002
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    50 Years: 2000s - The Network - 28 Oct 2002
  • 50 Years: 2000s - A Mission to Die For - 12 Nov 2001
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    50 Years: 2000s - A Mission to Die For - 12 Nov 2001
  • 50 Years: 2000s - The Shame - 3 Sep 2001
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    50 Years: 2000s - The Shame - 3 Sep 2001
  • 50 Years: 2000s - The Inside Story - 13 Aug 2001
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    50 Years: 2000s - The Inside Story - 13 Aug 2001
  • 50 Years: 2000s - Fixing Cricket - 24 July 2000
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    50 Years: 2000s - Fixing Cricket - 24 July 2000
  • Celebrating 40 years - Reflections from the Eighties: ‘French Connections’
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    Celebrating 40 years - Reflections from the Eighties: ‘French Connections’In July 1985, the Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior was sunk in Auckland Harbour following two explosions.
  • Celebrating 40 years - Reflections from 2000: ‘Fixing Cricket’
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    Celebrating 40 years - Reflections from 2000: ‘Fixing Cricket’
  • Celebrating 40 Years - Reflections from the Sixties
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    Celebrating 40 Years - Reflections from the SixtiesThree Four Corners stories from the 1960s presented by John Penlington.
  • Celebrating 40 years - Reflections from the Seventies
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    Celebrating 40 years - Reflections from the SeventiesThree Four Corners stories from the 1970s reveal how environmental consciousness was taking hold.
  • Celebrating 40 years - Reflections from the Nineties: "The Big Finish"
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    Celebrating 40 years - Reflections from the Nineties: "The Big Finish"A moving portrait of the conductor Stuart Challender.

 

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