Staffel 44

Series 2004

Four Corners

42 Episoden09/02/2004

Episoden

Episode 1
S44 · E1 · 09/02/2004 · 45 min

Willie Brigitte

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

Episode 2
S44 · E2 · 16/02/2004 · 45 min

Lords Of The Forests

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

Episode 3
S44 · E3 · 23/02/2004 · 45 min

In the Firing Line

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

Episode 4
S44 · E4 · 01/03/2004 · 45 min

Arafat Investigated

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?

Episode 5
S44 · E5 · 08/03/2004 · 45 min

The Speed Trap

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

Episode 6
S44 · E6 · 15/03/2004 · 45 min

Ethiopia: A Journey with Michael Buerk

Michael Buerk returns to Ethiopia 20 years after first alerting the world to the Ethiopian famine.

Episode 7
S44 · E7 · 22/03/2004 · 45 min

Tarnished Gold

Are Australia's sports bosses surrendering to the drug cheats?

Episode 8
S44 · E8 · 29/03/2004 · 45 min

Riot In Redfern

What really happened that night in the tiny Redfern community .

Episode 9
S44 · E9 · 05/04/2004 · 45 min

A Crime of Insanity

Troubling questions arise when the legal and psychiatric worlds collide.

Episode 10
S44 · E10 · 12/04/2004 · 45 min

Lost In Translation

Are Australians hitching a ride on China's economic juggernaut?

Episode 11
S44 · E11 · 19/04/2004 · 45 min

Killers

A report on the conditions that made the violence in Rwanda possible.

Episode 12
S44 · E12 · 26/04/2004 · 45 min

The Nuclear Bazaar

A special report on the frightening trade in nuclear secrets.

Episode 13
S44 · E13 · 03/05/2004 · 45 min

Fair Game?

Allegations of sexual violence have engulfed some of Australia's top AFL footballers and their clubs.

Episode 14
S44 · E14 · 10/05/2004 · 45 min

Rich Man, Poor Man

The fight between Australia and East Timor over billion dollar oil and gas interests.

Episode 15
S44 · E15 · 17/05/2004 · 45 min

Al Qaeda Family

The inside story of the family that lived and trained with Osama Bin Laden.

Episode 16
S44 · E16 · 24/05/2004 · 45 min

Till Debt Us Do Part

Where will the credit binge end for the many thousands of Australians in debt?

Episode 17
S44 · E17 · 31/05/2004 · 45 min

The Taking of Logan Marr

Under what circumstances should a child be taken from its birth parents?

Episode 18
S44 · E18 · 07/06/2004 · 45 min

Chain of Command

The story behind what may endure as defining images of war in Iraq.

Episode 19
S44 · E19 · 14/06/2004 · 45 min

Corruption Inc.

Corruption spreads from state police forces into the Australian Crime Commission.

Episode 20
S44 · E20 · 21/06/2004 · 45 min

A Blind Eye

Is the RSPCA turning a blind eye to cruelty for the benefit of commercial interests?

Episode 21
S44 · E21 · 28/06/2004 · 45 min

The Clinton Interview

Bill Clinton defends his record and tells how his public and private lives clashed.

Episode 22
S44 · E22 · 05/07/2004 · 45 min

A Case To Answer

How the justice system failed star swim coach Scott Volkers and the women he was accused of sexually molesting.

Episode 23
S44 · E23 · 12/07/2004 · 45 min

A Dangerous Business

How one company’s obsession with the bottom line left a trail of death and dismemberment among its workers.

Episode 24
S44 · E24 · 19/07/2004 · 45 min

Worst of the Worst?

Four Corners investigates the story behind Mamdouh Habib's incarceration at the notorious prison Guantanamo Bay .

Episode 25
S44 · E25 · 26/07/2004 · 45 min

Training Day

Chris Masters talks to bent cops and police chiefs around Australia about the painful costs of corruption, the effectiveness of anti-corruption measures and the need for constant vigilance.

Episode 26
S44 · E26 · 02/08/2004 · 45 min

A Bitter Pill?

Jonathan Holmes investigates the cost to our subsidised pharmaceutical scheme since Australia signed the Free Trade Agreement.

Episode 27
S44 · E27 · 09/08/2004 · 45 min

The Secret Agent

This expose reveals the truth behind what the BNP has been telling the public in recent years, as it has tried to shed its image of a far-right, racist party.

Episode 28
S44 · E28 · 16/08/2004 · 45 min

Losing the Children

Four Corners tells the story of the Dalton family breakdown in the context of the Government's recent initiatives to reform the Family Court system, and the rising political influence of men's groups.

Episode 29
S44 · E29 · 23/08/2004 · 45 min

The Plea

"The Plea" examines the cases a jury will never get to hear and asks the question, is the plea bargain undermining an entire legal system?

Episode 30
S44 · E30 · 30/08/2004 · 45 min

After Saddam

What do Iraqis think about the war and its aftermath?

Episode 31
S44 · E31 · 06/09/2004 · 45 min

Doctoring the Figures

From outright fraud to allegations of cover up … and those who simply bend the rules.

Episode 32
S44 · E32 · 13/09/2004 · 45 min

Beating the Black Dog

Five Australians tell their story of beating depression; the 'black dog" affecting one in five Australians.

Episode 33
S44 · E33 · 20/09/2004 · 45 min

Run For Your Life

Four Corners presents the incredible journey of four young men .

Episode 34
S44 · E34 · 27/09/2004 · 45 min

Island Raiders

How can one island nation lose a two billion dollar fortune in the space of twenty years?

Episode 35
S44 · E35 · 04/10/2004 · 45 min

The Contenders

Liz Jackson follows the leaders' trails during an election campaign that's gone from truth in government, to billion dollar give-aways and old fashioned fear tactics - as the parties battle to win over middle Australia.

Episode 36
S44 · E36 · 08/10/2004 · 45 min

Battleground State

Reporter Jonathan Holmes takes us on a colourful journey through the battleground state of Ohio during the US Elections.

Episode 37
S44 · E37 · 18/10/2004 · 45 min

City Limits

Once we had enough water to waste.

Episode 38
S44 · E38 · 25/10/2004 · 45 min

A Baby To Save Our Son

Jamie Whitaker had been created to save the life of his brother Charlie, who suffers from Diamond-Blackfan anaemia, DBA, a form of bone marrow failure.

Episode 39
S44 · E39 · 01/11/2004 · 45 min

Trust and Betrayal

A story of spies, counterspies, double agents and defections as Andrew Fowler reveals the betrayal inside one of Australia’s secret intelligence agencies.

Episode 40
S44 · E40 · 08/11/2004 · 45 min

Blood Brothers

An exclusive story following a brave little boy’s fight to be cured.

Episode 41
S44 · E41 · 15/11/2004 · 45 min

What the Children Saw

In a place where they should have felt safest, the children of Beslan were targeted in an act of barbarism.

Episode 42
S44 · E42 · 24/11/2004 · 45 min

2004: In Review

2004 will be remembered chiefly for international issues, primarily events in Iraq: including the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal; as well as the continued threat of terrorism. We also faced crucial elections both at home and in the United States.