Four Corners

Australia's premiere current affairs programme, incisive investigative journalism.

1961 – 2026
Returning Series
News · Documentary
~45m / ep
22 seasons
6.9/10

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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Latest: Series 2026 · 2026

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The multi-award winning Four Corners returns for another year of powerhouse investigative journalism - fearless and forensic, exposing scandals, triggering inquiries, leading debate and holding power to account for 65 years.

E1. Bondi: Light Over Darkness (Part 1)
Feb 2, 2026 · 54m
A powerful two-part special on the Bondi massacre. Mark Willacy brings the definitive account of what happened on that December day, as told by the people who were there, survivors of the attack and families of those killed.
E2. Bondi: Path to Terror (Part 2)
Feb 9, 2026 · 50m
Four Corners' two-part special on the Bondi massacre continues with Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop's investigation into the secret lives of the terrorists, uncovering astonishing new information leading up to the attack.
E3. Realignment
Feb 16, 2026 · 47m
The Liberal Party is hurtling towards a reckoning. This isn't just a battle that will decide who leads the Liberal Party; it's a battle for the party's identity, and direction. Patricia Karvelas takes you inside the contest that will shape the future of the Coalition.
E4. Scarred
Feb 23, 2026 · 49m
How a prominent Melbourne gynaecologist carried out repeated laparoscopic surgeries that senior specialists describe as unnecessary and harmful. Louise Milligan examines how complaints, warnings and red flags were ignored.
E5. Toxic Tide
Mar 16, 2026 · 46m
South Australia's algal bloom is one of the worst environmental disasters in Australian waters, continuing to devastate parts of the coastline. What did the government know about the health risks and what was the public told?
E6. Trump and the Tech Titans
Mar 23, 2026 · 46m
Wealthy tech titans Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and David Sacks were instrumental in Trump's rise to power and now hold sway far beyond Silicon Valley. How did they accumulate such unprecedented influence? Who's really in control?