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Series 2010

39 episodes · 2010

  1. 1A Good Death

    08 Feb 2010 · 45 min

    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.

  2. 2Breaking Point

    15 Feb 2010 · 45 min

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

  3. 3The Warlord's Tune

    22 Feb 2010 · 45 min

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

  4. 4The State of Play

    01 Mar 2010 · 45 min

    The inside story of the battle to control Australian tennis.

  5. 5Scientology: The Ex-Files

    08 Mar 2010 · 45 min

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

  6. 6The Authentic Mr Abbott

    15 Mar 2010 · 45 min

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

  7. 7Mexico's Drug Wars

    22 Mar 2010 · 45 min

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

  8. 8Gypsy Child Thieves

    29 Mar 2010 · 45 min

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

  9. 9Over the Edge

    05 Apr 2010 · 45 min

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

  10. 10A Dirty Business

    12 Apr 2010 · 45 min

    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.

  11. 11Chinese Whispers

    19 Apr 2010 · 45 min

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

  12. 12A Lethal Miscalculation

    26 Apr 2010 · 45 min

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

  13. 13Chocolate: The Bitter Truth

    03 May 2010 · 45 min

    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.

  14. 14Access Denied

    10 May 2010 · 45 min

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

  15. 15In a Strange Land

    17 May 2010 · 45 min

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

  16. 16Dirty Money

    24 May 2010 · 45 min

    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.

  17. 17South Africa's Lost Innocence

    31 May 2010 · 45 min

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

  18. 18What's Yours Is Mine

    07 Jun 2010 · 45 min

    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.

  19. 19One Shitty Deal

    14 Jun 2010 · 45 min

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

  20. 20Rush to Riches

    21 Jun 2010 · 45 min

    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.

  21. 21Dancing with the Devil

    28 Jun 2010 · 45 min

    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.

  22. 22A Careful War - Part 1

    05 Jul 2010 · 45 min

    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.

  23. 23A Careful War - Part 2

    12 Jul 2010 · 45 min

    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.

  24. 24A Dog Act

    19 Jul 2010 · 45 min

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

  25. 25Heart of Darkness

    26 Jul 2010 · 45 min

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

  26. 26Smugglers' Paradise

    02 Aug 2010 · 45 min

    An expose of people smugglers and their networks in Indonesia.

  27. 27Hidden Voices

    09 Aug 2010 · 45 min

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

  28. 28Whatever it Takes

    16 Aug 2010 · 45 min

    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.

  29. 29Overdose

    23 Aug 2010 · 45 min

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

  30. 30Crime Incorporated

    30 Aug 2010 · 45 min

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

  31. 31Body Corporate

    06 Sep 2010 · 45 min

    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.

  32. 32After the Deluge

    09 Sep 2010 · 45 min

    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.

  33. 33Return to the Rainbow Warrior

    20 Sep 2010 · 45 min

    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.

  34. 34Oxy: The Hidden Epidemic

    23 Sep 2010 · 45 min

    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.

  35. 35The Deal

    04 Oct 2010 · 45 min

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

  36. 36Secret Iraq - Insurgency

    11 Oct 2010 · 45 min

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

  37. 37Secret Iraq - Awakening

    18 Oct 2010 · 45 min

    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.

  38. 38In a Fix

    25 Oct 2010 · 45 min

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

  39. 39Bad Callfinale

    01 Nov 2010 · 45 min

    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.