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The Best Episodes of Four Corners Season 56

Every episode of Four Corners Season 56 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Four Corners Season 56!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Four Corners Season 56 Episode 26 - Australia's Shame
    6.6/10(6 votes)

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    Australia's Shame: The brutalisation of children behind bars. This confronting investigation by Caro Meldrum-Hanna will send shockwaves around Australia.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 1 - Bad Sport
    0.0/10(0 votes)

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    Sarah Ferguson presents an investigation into the criminal networks that are threatening the integrity of sport, amidst the uproar over the match fixing revelations in tennis, Linton Besser reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 2 - Shark Alarm
    0.0/10(0 votes)

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    What's behind the rise in shark attacks, and is there anything we can do to stop them? Geoff Thompson reports.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 3 - Dying To Dance
    0.0/10(0 votes)

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    Dying to Dance. Inside the dance party drug scene. Caro Meldrum-Hanna reports.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 4 - Guns In The USA - Child's Play
    0.0/10(0 votes)

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    Exploring America's gun culture where kids learn to shoot and their classrooms are designed to be bulletproof. How America grapples with gun violence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 5 - Catastrophic Failure
    0.0/10(0 votes)

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    In his first story for Four Corners, reporter Ben Knight travels to Brazil to investigate BHP's responsibility for the Samarco mine disaster that's destroyed lives and polluted an entire river system.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 6 - Money For Nothing
    0.0/10(0 votes)

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    It's the bank that's spent two years rebuilding its reputation after being exposed for ripping off its customers in a devastating financial advice scandal. An explosive corporate investigation by Adele Ferguson.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 7 - Safari: Paying To Kill
    0.0/10(0 votes)

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    The big game and big bucks in Africa's trophy hunting industry. Taking us into the darker world of illegal hunting where lions are tranquilised or partly domesticated to make them easier to shot.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 8 - Whatever It Takes
    0.0/10(0 votes)

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    A rare account from inside the Essendon doping scandal. Quentin McDermott reports.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 9 - State Of Fear
    0.0/10(0 votes)

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    The investigation into the scandal engulfing Malaysia's Prime Minister and the question that led to the arrest of our reporter and cameraman.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 10 - The Secrets Of The Super Rich
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S56:E10

    This Four Corners investigation will reveal how the rich and powerful exploit the system. Reporter Marian Wilkinson follows the money trail.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 11 - Clive Palmer
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S56:E11

    The rise and fall of Clive Palmer's business empire and political career. Hayden Cooper reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 12 - Inside Europe's Terror Attacks
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S56:E12

    In the wake of the attacks in France and Brussels, a BBC Panorama investigation into Islamic State's European terror network and Western intelligence agencies' battle to stop it.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 13 - Bad Blood
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S56:E13

    The bad blood between Australian doctors and the Federal Government over offshore detention.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 14 - Home Truths: What Happened To The Great Australian Dream?
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S56:E14

    Ben Knight reports on the white hot issues of housing affordability and negative gearing and the generation left wondering if they will ever own their own home.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 15 - Callous Disregard
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S56:E15

    Gold Walkley award-winning reporter Caro Meldrum-Hanna follows the trail of evidence in the brutal death of a young woman as her family fights for justice.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 16 - Supplements and Safety
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S56:E16

    Supplements and safety: an investigation into the billion dollar health supplement and vitamin industry. What's in all those pills and could they be doing you harm?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 17 - Money And Influence
    0.0/10(0 votes)

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    As we head into the third week of the election campaign, Four Corners examines how money and influence operates in the shadowy world of political donations.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 18 - The Baby Business
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S56:E18

    With an increasing number of women turning to fertility treatments to help them conceive a baby, Four Corners investigates, are women being sold false hope by the IVF industry?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 19 - Ripped Off
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S56:E19

    The scams, fraud and incompetence leaving remote communities exploited and betrayed. Linton Besser journeys almost 5000km across Australia in search of who's to blame.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 20 - The Miracle Of Kobani
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S56:E20

    We meet the people of the small Syrian town who defeated ISIS and are determined to rebuild their lives in the rubble.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 21 - The Deputy And The Dark Horse
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S56:E21

    The Deputy and the Dark Horse: Barnaby Joyce vs. Tony Windsor in the contest that could bring down the Deputy Prime Minister.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 22 - The Leaders
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S56:E22

    With the election only days away, Gold Walkley and Logie Award-winning reporter Sarah Ferguson interviews Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten. What will she ask?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 23 - Future Proof
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S56:E23

    With startling predictions that more than 5 million Australian jobs will disappear in the next 15 years, as a result of technology, we look at the future of work and ask are we preparing our kids for the jobs of the future?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Four Corners Season 56 Episode 24 - Soldiers Of Allah
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S56:E24

    Going undercover with an ISIS terror cell. For six months this intrepid reporter infiltrated and secretly filmed a terrorist cell as they made plans for an attack.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 56 Ratings Summary

"Australia's Shame" is the best rated episode of "Four Corners" season 56. It scored 6.6/10 based on 6 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/25/2016. This episode is rated 6.6 points higher than the second-best, "Bad Sport".