Four Corners
Four Corners

Four Corners

"Australia's premiere current affairs programme, incisive investigative journalism."

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 anniversary in 2021. Founding producer Robert Raymond and his successor Allan Ashbolt did much to set the ongoing tone of the program.

Based on the Panorama concept, the program addresses a single issue in depth each week, showing either a locally produced program or a relevant documentary from overseas. The program has won many awards for investigative journalism, and broken many high-profile stories. A notable early example of this was the show's epoch-making 1962 exposé on the appalling living conditions endured by many Aboriginal Australians living in rural New South Wales.

Created By

Status

Returning Series

Original Name

Four Corners

First Air Date

August 19, 1961

Last Air Date

April 8, 2024

Seasons

20

Episodes

673

Language

English

Production Companies

Networks

ABC TV

S64E31

Silent Orders

The execution of one of Australia's most powerful organised criminals in Sydney raised difficult questions. Surveillance recorded the alleged murder plot weeks beforehand, yet police faced a dilemma - Should they intervene?

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