Four Corners Season 44, Episode 29: The Plea

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Willie Brigitte

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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2

Lords Of The Forests

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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3

In the Firing Line

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

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4

Arafat Investigated

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?

45 min

5

The Speed Trap

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

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6

Ethiopia: A Journey with Michael Buerk

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

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7

Tarnished Gold

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

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8

Riot In Redfern

What really happened that night in the tiny Redfern community .

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9

A Crime of Insanity

Troubling questions arise when the legal and psychiatric worlds collide.

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10

Lost In Translation

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

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11

Killers

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

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12

The Nuclear Bazaar

A special report on the frightening trade in nuclear secrets.

45 min

13

Fair Game?

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

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14

Rich Man, Poor Man

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

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15

Al Qaeda Family

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

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16

Till Debt Us Do Part

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

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17

The Taking of Logan Marr

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

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18

Chain of Command

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

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19

Corruption Inc.

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

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20

A Blind Eye

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

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21

The Clinton Interview

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

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22

A Case To Answer

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

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23

A Dangerous Business

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

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24

Worst of the Worst?

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

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25

Training Day

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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26

A Bitter Pill?

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

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27

The Secret Agent

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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28

Losing the Children

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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29

The Plea

"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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30

After Saddam

What do Iraqis think about the war and its aftermath?

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31

Doctoring the Figures

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

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32

Beating the Black Dog

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

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33

Run For Your Life

Four Corners presents the incredible journey of four young men .

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34

Island Raiders

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

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35

The Contenders

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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36

Battleground State

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

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37

City Limits

Once we had enough water to waste.

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38

A Baby To Save Our Son

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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39

Trust and Betrayal

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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40

Blood Brothers

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

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41

What the Children Saw

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

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42

2004: In Review

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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