8.0/107 votesLoading...#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.
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7.6/105 votesLoading...#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?
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7.4/1027 votesLoading...#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.
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7.4/105 votesLoading...#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.
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7.2/1018 votesLoading...#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.
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7.2/105 votesLoading...#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.
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7.1/109 votesLoading...#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
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7.1/1015 votesLoading...#8 - 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.
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7.0/105 votesLoading...#9 - 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.
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7.0/1019 votesLoading...#10 - 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.
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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.
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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.
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6.4/1011 votesLoading...#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.
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6.0/1025 votesLoading...#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.
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6.0/105 votesLoading...#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.
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5.8/1021 votesLoading...#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.
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5.8/108 votesLoading...#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.
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5.3/1029 votesLoading...#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?
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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)
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#20 - After "The Day After"
Season 23 Episode 1 - Aired 12/3/1983
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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".