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A Good Death

A Good Death

Episode number: 1

Overview: Four Corners follows four brave Australians as they come to the end of their lives, and the people determined to give them a good death.

Breaking Point

Breaking Point

Episode number: 2

Overview: Will Australia's flawed disability support system be reformed in time to save the families now at breaking point?

The Warlord's Tune

The Warlord's Tune

Episode number: 3

Overview: A harrowing documentary that tells how thousands of young boys in Afghanistan are now being hunted and groomed to become sex slaves.

The State of Play

The State of Play

Episode number: 4

Overview: The inside story of the battle to control Australian tennis.

Scientology: The Ex-Files

Scientology: The Ex-Files

Episode number: 5

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

The Authentic Mr Abbott

The Authentic Mr Abbott

Episode number: 6

Overview: A revealing profile of the man who wants to be the next Prime Minister of Australia.

Mexico's Drug Wars

Mexico's Drug Wars

Episode number: 7

Overview: A horrifying account of the brutal war that's raging in the towns that dot the border between Mexico and the United States.

Gypsy Child Thieves

Gypsy Child Thieves

Episode number: 8

Overview: The harrowing story of the children who are forced into a life of crime on the streets in order to survive.

Over the Edge

Over the Edge

Episode number: 9

Overview: The harrowing story of the therapist whose work led some patients to believe they'd committed or been the victim of shocking sexual crimes.

A Dirty Business

A Dirty Business

Episode number: 10

Overview: How the people of a once picturesque valley found themselves surrounded by coalmines, dust and toxic chemicals, while the State Government ignores their pleas for help.

Chinese Whispers

Chinese Whispers

Episode number: 11

Overview: Four Corners looks at events surrounding the arrest of mining executive Stern Hu and the tensions now involved in doing business with China.

A Lethal Miscalculation

A Lethal Miscalculation

Episode number: 12

Overview: The story behind the Federal Government's multi-billion dollar home insulation scheme debacle.

Chocolate: The Bitter Truth

Chocolate: The Bitter Truth

Episode number: 13

Overview: An undercover investigation, spanning three continents, that exposes the way children are trafficked and used to produce the raw materials that drive a multi-billion dollar industry.

Access Denied

Access Denied

Episode number: 14

Overview: Quentin McDermott looks at the potential impact of the Government’s mandatory filtering system.

In a Strange Land

In a Strange Land

Episode number: 15

Overview: The story of a young woman's confronting journey back to the war-ravaged country of her birth.

Dirty Money

Dirty Money

Episode number: 16

Overview: In this joint investigation with The Age newspaper, Four Corners reveals how the central pillar of Australia's financial system, the Reserve Bank, became ensnared in an international bribery scandal.

South Africa's Lost Innocence

South Africa's Lost Innocence

Episode number: 17

Overview: South Africa has the highest incidence of rape in the world, and almost half the victims are children.

What's Yours Is Mine

What's Yours Is Mine

Episode number: 18

Overview: How the government's attempt to introduce a resource super profits tax began a war with mine bosses, split the business community and may yet derail Labor's attempt to win the next Federal election.

One Shitty Deal

One Shitty Deal

Episode number: 19

Overview: A story that reveals how a toxic cocktail of investment packages helped poison the retirement funds of hundreds of Australians.

Rush to Riches

Rush to Riches

Episode number: 20

Overview: How an attempt to negotiate a deal to create a state of the art resources development turned sour, pitting Indigenous people against each other and some of them against the State Government.

Dancing with the Devil

Dancing with the Devil

Episode number: 21

Overview: This story documents the intersecting lives of three men - a cop, a drug dealer and a preacher - as they struggle to survive on the backstreets of Rio de Janeiro.

A Careful War - Part 1

A Careful War - Part 1

Episode number: 22

Overview: Chris Masters delivers the first of two ground level reports giving a soldier's-eye view of the bloody war being waged against the Taliban in Afghanistan.

A Careful War - Part 2

A Careful War - Part 2

Episode number: 23

Overview: The story of Australian troops as they head into unchartered territory, trying to win the faith and trust of a brutalised people in conflict-torn Afghanistan.

A Dog Act

A Dog Act

Episode number: 24

Overview: A forensic investigation of the killing of Kwementyaye Ryder by five white, local youths from Alice Springs.

Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness

Episode number: 25

Overview: The story of a young woman's search to understand the shocking conflict that has laid waste the country where she was born.

Smugglers' Paradise

Smugglers' Paradise

Episode number: 26

Overview: An expose of people smugglers and their networks in Indonesia.

Hidden Voices

Hidden Voices

Episode number: 27

Overview: The story of an Australian town that holds a lesson for each and every person who's been touched by mental illness.

Whatever it Takes

Whatever it Takes

Episode number: 28

Overview: A critical look at one of the closest fought Federal elections in two decades, assessing the parties, their policies and the two people who want to lead the country.

Overdose

Overdose

Episode number: 29

Overview: The story of the greatest financial crisis you will ever see...

Crime Incorporated

Crime Incorporated

Episode number: 30

Overview: A joint ABC Four Corners/Fairfax investigation that takes us inside major Australian organised crime networks.

Body Corporate

Body Corporate

Episode number: 31

Overview: The story of the high stakes battle that will decide who owns your body and the key biological building blocks that make you the person that you are.

After the Deluge

After the Deluge

Episode number: 32

Overview: The story of the high stakes battle that will decide who owns your body and the key biological building blocks that make you the person that you are.

Return to the Rainbow Warrior

Return to the Rainbow Warrior

Episode number: 33

Overview: This week on Four Corners, "Return to the Rainbow Warrior", a story that attempts to finally get to the truth of a murderous attack that New Zealanders describe as an act of state sponsored terrorism.

Oxy: The Hidden Epidemic

Oxy: The Hidden Epidemic

Episode number: 34

Overview: This week on Four Corners, Oxy: The Hidden Epidemic - a story that reveals how the misuse of powerful prescription drugs is creating a new generation of addicts.

The Deal

The Deal

Episode number: 35

Overview: The inside story of the historic deal that created Australia's first national minority government in seven decades.

Secret Iraq - Insurgency

Secret Iraq - Insurgency

Episode number: 36

Overview: Part one of a startling expose revealing what really happened in Iraq after the occupation of the country by Coalition troops.

Secret Iraq - Awakening

Secret Iraq - Awakening

Episode number: 37

Overview: The story revealing how Coalition policy took Iraq to the brink of an all-out civil war and how key players in the U.S.

In a Fix

In a Fix

Episode number: 38

Overview: An investigation into the allegations of corruption and match fixing that threaten to undermine the multi-billion dollar sport of international cricket.

Bad Call

Bad Call

Episode number: 39

Overview: Everyone knows that telecommunications is a highly competitive business. Empires have been built on cheap phone calls and businesses are always looking to get a better deal from phone companies. But now Four Corners reporter Stephen Long blows the whistle on highly questionable phone deals.