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

March 24, 2025

Seasons

21

Episodes

711

Language

English

Production Companies

Networks

ABC TV

The Agent Inside
S65E12

The Agent Inside

In an extraordinary Four Corners exclusive, a former ASIO agent reveals to investigative reporter Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop how a resurgent Islamic State network is radicalising Australian teens and plotting violence.

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