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The Best Episodes of Four Corners

Every episode of Four Corners ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Four Corners!

The Best Episodes of Four Corners

Four Corners is Australia's longest-running investigative journalism/current affairs television program. Broadcast on ABC1 in Australia, it premiered on 19 August 1961 and celebrated its 60th...
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    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #1 - Pandemic

    S60:E9

    The fight to contain coronavirus. Have critical mistakes left Australia and our frontline medical workers dangerously exposed? Doctors, patients and health practitioners talk about confronting the virus for the first time.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #2 - The Silence: AFL's Last Taboo

    S63:E30

    The AFL is the only major sporting code in the world that hasn't had a single elite male player publicly identify as gay. Louise Milligan investigates the AFL's culture and asks what has created this silence?

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    Director:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Not A Boy, Not A Girl
    7.4/10(28 votes)

    #3 - Not A Boy, Not A Girl

    S60:E5

    Growing up without a gender. Young Australians who do not identify as male or female explain how they negotiate the world and the judgement of others. Their parents talk about what it's like to raise a gender neutral child.

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    Director:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Outbreak Onboard
    7.2/10(20 votes)

    #4 - Outbreak Onboard

    S60:E16

    How the Ruby Princess became an incubator for infection, leaving passengers and staff dangerously exposed. An alarming picture emerges of crucial decisions by the cruise operator and the actions of Australian authorities.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #5 - Project Dragon

    S59:E3

    As China transforms into an economic powerhouse, billions of dollars have been illegally spirited out of the country. Mark Willacy reports on the bounty hunters chasing China's missing millions in Australia.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.0/10(7 votes)

    #6 - AI Rising

    S63:E15

    The new reality of artificial life. As tech companies race to dominate the artificial intelligence market, experts warn we're not prepared for what happens next. Grace Tobin investigates the misuse and abuse of generative AI.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Saving The Amazon
    6.9/10(21 votes)

    #7 - Saving The Amazon

    S60:E8

    On the frontline to preserve the world's largest tropical rainforest. Brazil is allowing the Amazon to be felled at an alarming rate, but Indigenous tribes, scientists and activists are fighting back. Sophie McNeill reports.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Manhunt: The Boston Bombers
    6.4/10(17 votes)

    #8 - Manhunt: The Boston Bombers

    S53:E24

    Next on Four Corners, PBS' NOVA documentary producer, Miles O'Brien, looks at how the events unfolded on the day of the bombing and he tracks how a team of investigators used modern technology, combined with good old fashioned detective work, to break the case.

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    Director:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Meet the Scammers
    6.0/10(26 votes)

    #9 - Meet the Scammers

    S59:E2

    Their voices are persuasive, their emails insistent and they have proven to be remarkably successful at conning countless people into handing over their money. Internet scamming began in the early days of email with appeals from Nigerian 'princes' asking for help to regain their missing money. From those amateurish beginnings, the scammers watched, learned and refined their techniques. What started out as a simple scam from West Africa has now morphed into a global enterprise, conning people on an industrial scale.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.0/10(5 votes)

    #10 - The Interrogation

    S59:E12

    Four Corners explores the controversial police technique putting innocent people behind bars, with a series of high-profile cases across America revealing a slew of wrongful convictions based on false confessions.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for The Truth About 5G
    5.8/10(23 votes)

    #11 - The Truth About 5G

    S60:E26

    Four Corners investigates the claims of a worldwide protest movement against wireless 5G technology, exploring how it works and the scientific studies undertaken into whether the technology is actually a threat to our health.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    5.8/10(9 votes)

    #12 - Tinder

    S60:E36

    How digital dating became a predators' playground. In a joint investigation for Four Corners and triple j Hack, Avani Dias uncovers a deeply troubling pattern of sexual assault and rape facilitated by the use of Tinder.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Under the Radar
    5.3/10(31 votes)

    #13 - Under the Radar

    S59:E8

    The Christchurch terror attack brought to light the violent, disturbing right-wing extremist movement flourishing on the internet. Were authorities so focused on Islamic extremism that they failed to grasp this deadly threat?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #14 - After "The Day After"

    S23:E1

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    Director:Unknown
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    #15 - Willie Brigitte

    S44:E1

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

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    Director:Unknown
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    #16 - Lords Of The Forests

    S44:E2

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

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    Director:Unknown
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    #17 - In the Firing Line

    S44:E3

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

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    Director:Unknown
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    #18 - Arafat Investigated

    S44:E4

    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?

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    Director:Unknown
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    #19 - The Speed Trap

    S44:E5

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

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    Director:Unknown
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    #20 - Ethiopia: A Journey with Michael Buerk

    S44:E6

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #21 - Tarnished Gold

    S44:E7

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #22 - Riot In Redfern

    S44:E8

    What really happened that night in the tiny Redfern community .

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    Director:Unknown
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    #23 - A Crime of Insanity

    S44:E9

    Troubling questions arise when the legal and psychiatric worlds collide.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #24 - Lost In Translation

    S44:E10

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #25 - Killers

    S44:E11

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Pandemic" is the best rated episode of "Four Corners". It scored 7.8/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/30/2020. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Silence: AFL's Last Taboo".