Series 2004

Episodes • 2004

Willie Brigitte

1. Willie Brigitte

45 min

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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Lords Of The Forests

2. Lords Of The Forests

45 min

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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In the Firing Line

3. In the Firing Line

45 min

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

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Arafat Investigated

4. Arafat Investigated

45 min

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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The Speed Trap

5. The Speed Trap

45 min

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

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Ethiopia: A Journey with Michael Buerk

6. Ethiopia: A Journey with Michael Buerk

45 min

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

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Tarnished Gold

7. Tarnished Gold

45 min

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

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Riot In Redfern

8. Riot In Redfern

45 min

What really happened that night in the tiny Redfern community .

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A Crime of Insanity

9. A Crime of Insanity

45 min

Troubling questions arise when the legal and psychiatric worlds collide.

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Lost In Translation

10. Lost In Translation

45 min

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

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Killers

11. Killers

45 min

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

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The Nuclear Bazaar

12. The Nuclear Bazaar

45 min

A special report on the frightening trade in nuclear secrets.

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Fair Game?

13. Fair Game?

45 min

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

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Rich Man, Poor Man

14. Rich Man, Poor Man

45 min

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

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Al Qaeda Family

15. Al Qaeda Family

45 min

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

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Till Debt Us Do Part

16. Till Debt Us Do Part

45 min

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

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The Taking of Logan Marr

17. The Taking of Logan Marr

45 min

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

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Chain of Command

18. Chain of Command

45 min

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

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Corruption Inc.

19. Corruption Inc.

45 min

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

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A Blind Eye

20. A Blind Eye

45 min

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

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The Clinton Interview

21. The Clinton Interview

45 min

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

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A Case To Answer

22. A Case To Answer

45 min

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

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A Dangerous Business

23. A Dangerous Business

45 min

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

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Worst of the Worst?

24. Worst of the Worst?

45 min

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

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Training Day

25. Training Day

45 min

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.

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A Bitter Pill?

26. A Bitter Pill?

45 min

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

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The Secret Agent

27. The Secret Agent

45 min

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.

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Losing the Children

28. Losing the Children

45 min

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.

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The Plea

29. The Plea

45 min

"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?

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After Saddam

30. After Saddam

45 min

What do Iraqis think about the war and its aftermath?

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Doctoring the Figures

31. Doctoring the Figures

45 min

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

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Beating the Black Dog

32. Beating the Black Dog

45 min

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

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Run For Your Life

33. Run For Your Life

45 min

Four Corners presents the incredible journey of four young men .

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Island Raiders

34. Island Raiders

45 min

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

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The Contenders

35. The Contenders

45 min

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.

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Battleground State

36. Battleground State

45 min

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

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City Limits

37. City Limits

45 min

Once we had enough water to waste.

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A Baby To Save Our Son

38. A Baby To Save Our Son

45 min

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.

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Trust and Betrayal

39. Trust and Betrayal

45 min

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

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Blood Brothers

40. Blood Brothers

45 min

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

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What the Children Saw

41. What the Children Saw

45 min

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

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2004: In Review

42. 2004: In Review

45 min

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.

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