Four Corners Season 56, Episode 19: Ripped Off

1

Bad Sport

Sarah Ferguson presents an investigation into the criminal networks that are threatening the integrity of sport, amidst the uproar over the match fixing revelations in tennis, Linton Besser reports.

45 min

2

Shark Alarm

What's behind the rise in shark attacks, and is there anything we can do to stop them? Geoff Thompson reports.

45 min

3

Dying To Dance

Dying to Dance. Inside the dance party drug scene. Caro Meldrum-Hanna reports.

45 min

4

Guns In The USA - Child's Play

Exploring America's gun culture where kids learn to shoot and their classrooms are designed to be bulletproof. How America grapples with gun violence.

45 min

5

Catastrophic Failure

In his first story for Four Corners, reporter Ben Knight travels to Brazil to investigate BHP's responsibility for the Samarco mine disaster that's destroyed lives and polluted an entire river system.

45 min

6

Money For Nothing

It's the bank that's spent two years rebuilding its reputation after being exposed for ripping off its customers in a devastating financial advice scandal. An explosive corporate investigation by Adele Ferguson.

45 min

7

Safari: Paying To Kill

The big game and big bucks in Africa's trophy hunting industry. Taking us into the darker world of illegal hunting where lions are tranquilised or partly domesticated to make them easier to shot.

45 min

8

Whatever It Takes

A rare account from inside the Essendon doping scandal. Quentin McDermott reports.

45 min

9

State Of Fear

The investigation into the scandal engulfing Malaysia's Prime Minister and the question that led to the arrest of our reporter and cameraman.

45 min

10

The Secrets Of The Super Rich

This Four Corners investigation will reveal how the rich and powerful exploit the system. Reporter Marian Wilkinson follows the money trail.

45 min

11

Clive Palmer

The rise and fall of Clive Palmer's business empire and political career. Hayden Cooper reports.

45 min

12

Inside Europe's Terror Attacks

In the wake of the attacks in France and Brussels, a BBC Panorama investigation into Islamic State's European terror network and Western intelligence agencies' battle to stop it.

45 min

13

Bad Blood

The bad blood between Australian doctors and the Federal Government over offshore detention.

45 min

14

Home Truths: What Happened To The Great Australian Dream?

Ben Knight reports on the white hot issues of housing affordability and negative gearing and the generation left wondering if they will ever own their own home.

45 min

15

Callous Disregard

Gold Walkley award-winning reporter Caro Meldrum-Hanna follows the trail of evidence in the brutal death of a young woman as her family fights for justice.

45 min

16

Supplements and Safety

Supplements and safety: an investigation into the billion dollar health supplement and vitamin industry. What's in all those pills and could they be doing you harm?

45 min

17

Money And Influence

As we head into the third week of the election campaign, Four Corners examines how money and influence operates in the shadowy world of political donations.

45 min

18

The Baby Business

With an increasing number of women turning to fertility treatments to help them conceive a baby, Four Corners investigates, are women being sold false hope by the IVF industry?

45 min

19

Ripped Off

The scams, fraud and incompetence leaving remote communities exploited and betrayed. Linton Besser journeys almost 5000km across Australia in search of who's to blame.

45 min

20

The Miracle Of Kobani

We meet the people of the small Syrian town who defeated ISIS and are determined to rebuild their lives in the rubble.

45 min

21

The Deputy And The Dark Horse

The Deputy and the Dark Horse: Barnaby Joyce vs. Tony Windsor in the contest that could bring down the Deputy Prime Minister.

45 min

22

The Leaders

With the election only days away, Gold Walkley and Logie Award-winning reporter Sarah Ferguson interviews Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten. What will she ask?

45 min

23

Future Proof

With startling predictions that more than 5 million Australian jobs will disappear in the next 15 years, as a result of technology, we look at the future of work and ask are we preparing our kids for the jobs of the future?

45 min

24

Soldiers Of Allah

Going undercover with an ISIS terror cell. For six months this intrepid reporter infiltrated and secretly filmed a terrorist cell as they made plans for an attack.

45 min

25

The Race To Dope

The Race To Dope: The elite athletes blowing the whistle on how they cheated the system.

45 min

26

Australia's Shame

Australia's Shame: The brutalisation of children behind bars. This confronting investigation by Caro Meldrum-Hanna will send shockwaves around Australia.

45 min

27

Insult To Injury

Insult To Injury: How the system damages cops with PTSD. Quentin McDermott reports.

45 min

28

Man On A Wire

Man on a wire: How long can Malcolm Turnbull survive?

45 min

29

Milked Dry

Milked Dry: The awful price being paid by Australian dairy farmers for the milk we drink. Deb Whitmont reports.

45 min

30

Children On The Frontline

Children On The Frontline: Escape from Aleppo, one family's extraordinary story of life in the rubble of Syria and their escape to a new life, told through the eyes of four children.

45 min

31

Cyber War

Cyber War: How hackers are threatening everything from your bank account to the nation's secrets. Linton Besser reports.

45 min

32

Brexit: The Battle For Britain

The EU referendum result shocked many, but as this BBC film shows the warning signs were there. In interviews with key players, the program charts the tactics & spin used in the campaign.

45 min

33

Rehab Inc.

Rehab Inc: The high price parents pay to get their kids off ice. Ben Knight reports.

45 min

34

Backing Bourke

An outback town's bold experiment to save its young people from a life of crime.

45 min

35

Frat Boys

Inside America's university fraternities. They're the elite clubs where testosterone, alcohol & campus life come together in a potent mix. Normally media shy, one frat house agreed to let the cameras in.

45 min

36

China Rising

China Rising: The challenges for Australia as China and the US struggle for supremacy in Asia. Peter Greste joins Four Corners for a special report.

45 min

37

For Better Or Worse

For Better or Worse: How the personal has become political in the fight over same-sex marriage. Four Corners investigates the politics behind the plebiscite debate.

45 min

38

The Forgotten Children

They're the human face of Australia's tough border policies - the more than 100 refugee children living on Nauru. Debbie Whitmont reports.

45 min

39

Copwatchers

The activists using cameras to fight back against police brutality in the US.

45 min

40

Big Fish

Four Corners investigates the business of salmon farming. A report by Gold Walkley Award-winning journalist Caro Meldrum-Hanna.

45 min

41

Crossroads Afghanistan

Crossroads Afghanistan: A heart-stopping journey on one of the most dangerous roads in the world, right through the heart of Taliban country.

45 min

42

Broken Homes

Broken Homes: On the frontline of Australia's child protection crisis.

45 min

43

A Sense Of Self

When acclaimed TV journalist Liz Jackson is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, crippling her with pain & panic attacks, she turns the lens on herself to make the most challenging story of her life.

45 min