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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!

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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Best Episodes Summary

"Pandemic" is the best rated episode of "Four Corners". It scored 8/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/30/2020. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Silence: AFL's Last Taboo".

  • Pandemic
    8.0/107 votes
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    #1 - Pandemic

    Season 60 Episode 9 - Aired 3/30/2020

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Silence: AFL's Last Taboo
    7.6/105 votes
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    #2 - The Silence: AFL's Last Taboo

    Season 63 Episode 30 - Aired 8/21/2023

    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?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Not A Boy, Not A Girl
    7.4/1027 votes
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    #3 - Not A Boy, Not A Girl

    Season 60 Episode 5 - Aired 3/2/2020

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Retribution - The Battle For Democracy (Part 1)
    7.4/105 votes
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    #4 - Retribution - The Battle For Democracy (Part 1)

    Season 64 Episode 22 - Aired 7/15/2024

    There has never been a US president like Donald Trump - and now he's back, this time with a detailed plan for his second coming. Mark Willacy sits down with White House insiders who witnessed the chaos of Trump's first term.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Outbreak Onboard
    7.2/1018 votes
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    #5 - Outbreak Onboard

    Season 60 Episode 16 - Aired 5/25/2020

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • AI Rising
    7.2/105 votes
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    #6 - AI Rising

    Season 63 Episode 15 - Aired 5/8/2023

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Scientology: The Ex-Files
    7.1/109 votes
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    #7 - Scientology: The Ex-Files

    Season 50 Episode 5 - Aired 3/8/2010

    Former members of the Church give a chilling portrait of life inside the organisation.

    Director: Quentin McDermott

    Writer: N/A

  • Project Dragon
    7.0/105 votes
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    #8 - Project Dragon

    Season 59 Episode 3 - Aired 2/18/2019

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Saving The Amazon
    7.0/1019 votes
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    #9 - Saving The Amazon

    Season 60 Episode 8 - Aired 3/23/2020

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ukraine's War - The Other Side
    7.0/1013 votes
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    #10 - Ukraine's War - The Other Side

    Season 64 Episode 5 - Aired 3/18/2024

    Two years since Ukraine was invaded by Russia, Four Corners brings you a rare insight from the other side. Filmmaker Sean Langan's groundbreaking documentary offers a human perspective on life on the Russian frontline.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Trump/Russia: Moscow Rules
    6.6/107 votes
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    #11 - Trump/Russia: Moscow Rules

    Season 58 Episode 19 - Aired 6/18/2018

    In the final part of our special report, Sarah Ferguson investigates central allegations that members of the Trump team, including possibly the President himself, actively colluded with Russia to subvert American democracy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Manhunt: The Boston Bombers
    6.4/1017 votes
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    #12 - Manhunt: The Boston Bombers

    Season 53 Episode 24 - Aired 7/15/2013

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Trump/Russia: Follow The Money
    6.4/1011 votes
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    #13 - Trump/Russia: Follow The Money

    Season 58 Episode 17 - Aired 6/4/2018

    Four Corners follows the money trail from New York to Moscow, tracking the ties between Trump, his business empire and Russia.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Meet the Scammers
    6.0/1025 votes
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    #14 - Meet the Scammers

    Season 59 Episode 2 - Aired 2/11/2019

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Interrogation
    6.0/105 votes
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    #15 - The Interrogation

    Season 59 Episode 12 - Aired 4/29/2019

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Truth About 5G
    5.8/1021 votes
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    #16 - The Truth About 5G

    Season 60 Episode 26 - Aired 8/3/2020

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tinder
    5.4/107 votes
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    #17 - Tinder

    Season 60 Episode 36 - Aired 10/12/2020

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Under the Radar
    5.2/1028 votes
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    #18 - Under the Radar

    Season 59 Episode 8 - Aired 3/25/2019

    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?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Cult Of Horrors
    1.0/1066 votes
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    #19 - Cult Of Horrors

    Season 54 Episode 26 - Aired 7/28/2014

    He is a self-styled evangelist who told his followers he was The Anointed One, chosen by God to convert the world to his beliefs. In reality, Scott Williams was a cult leader who used his own brand of religion to warp biblical scripture in the pursuit of sex, money and power. Reporter Caro Meldrum-Hanna investigates the rise of Scott Williams and his incredible path around the world and back to Australia, exposing how he created a hell on earth for many followers.(Australia, English)

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • After "The Day After"
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    #20 - After "The Day After"

    Season 23 Episode 1 - Aired 12/3/1983

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Willie Brigitte
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    #21 - Willie Brigitte

    Season 44 Episode 1 - Aired 2/9/2004

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Lords Of The Forests
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    #22 - Lords Of The Forests

    Season 44 Episode 2 - Aired 2/16/2004

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • In the Firing Line
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    #23 - In the Firing Line

    Season 44 Episode 3 - Aired 2/23/2004

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Arafat Investigated
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    #24 - Arafat Investigated

    Season 44 Episode 4 - Aired 3/1/2004

    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?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Speed Trap
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    #25 - The Speed Trap

    Season 44 Episode 5 - Aired 3/8/2004

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A