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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.

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StatusReturning Series
Original NameFour Corners
First Air DateAugust 19, 1961
Last Air DateSeptember 8, 2025
Seasons21
Episodes735
Episode Runtime 45min
LanguageEnglish
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesAustralia
Production Companies
NetworksABC TV
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