The Enemy Within

March 11, 2013

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Four Corners - S53 - E6

How did a Lebanese immigrant move from owning an ethnic newspaper business to become the most influential politician in the State...

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Four Corners: Season 53 - 43 Episode s

53x1 - Lance and the Truth
January 4, 2013
He's a drug cheat, a bully and a liar who abused his best friends to keep a terrible secret, but has Lance Armstrong finally told the truth? The answer - almost certainly - is no.
53x2 - America's Broken Dreams
February 11, 2013
It may be the wealthiest country in the world but as documentary maker Philippe Levasseur shows in America's Broken Dreams, when you lose your job in the US there is very little to protect you. In 2008 the global financial crisis hit the poor first, but now America's middle class is being devastated.
53x3 - Reach For The Sky
February 18, 2013
It's been called the smartest fighter plane on the planet but it is way over budget and still not delivered. Can the F.35 live up to the hype, or is the project set ot crash and burn?
53x4 - Punch Drunk
February 25, 2013
Australians love a drink, and some see no problem at all with drinking to excess. But now doctors, police and paramedics have called 'time', warning that alcohol-fuelled violence has reached crisis levels.
53x5 - A Betrayal of Trust
March 4, 2013
With Australia's population ageing, governments have made it very clear, you had better save and plan for your own retirement. But how can you be sure your money is in safe hands...
53x6 - The Enemy Within
March 11, 2013
How did a Lebanese immigrant move from owning an ethnic newspaper business to become the most influential politician in the State...
53x7 - The Untouchables
March 18, 2013
This PBS-Frontline investigation asks why the US Department of Justice has failed to act on credible evidence that Wall Street deliberately packaged toxic loans and sold them to investors.
53x8 - Mission Accomplished?
March 25, 2013
The plan for Afghanistan was a robust democracy overseen by a well-trained army and police. But do the new security forces really have their hearts in the job?
53x9 - Gas Leak!
April 1, 2013
The coal seam gas industry promotes itself as a cleaner carbon-fuel alternative; but how do we know this is true? Until now much of the information used to back this claim has come from the industry itself. Four Corners reveals what really happened when two major companies applied to develop thousands of square kilometres of southern Queensland for coal seam gas.
53x10 - A Gracious Gift
April 8, 2013
This is a story Australians think they know: the gift of a donated organ that transforms the life of someone with a devastating illness. What we see here for the first time is the extraordinary journey families undergo whose loved ones are dying in hospital from a sudden, unexpected event.
53x11 - The Spies Who Fooled the World
April 15, 2013
How the West was duped by informants who claimed Saddam Hussein had WMD and how this phony intelligence was used to justify the invasion of Iraq.
53x12 - Who's Cheating Whom?
April 22, 2013
Australians like to think their sports stars play fair but now it's alleged there's widespread drug taking and links with organised crime.
53x13 - No Advantage
April 29, 2013
We go inside Australia's offshore refugee processing centres on Nauru and Manus Island. What you see will shock you. Protests, evidence of self-harm and testimony of suicide attempts.
53x14 - The Surf Club
May 6, 2013
The surf life saving movement is Australia's biggest volunteer organisation and it saves thousands of lives each year. But right now Surf Life Saving Australia is at a crossroads... Wendy Carlisle investigates.
53x15 - Raising Adam Lanza
May 13, 2013
An unflinching profile of the young man responsible for one of America's worst school massacres. Who was Adam Lanza - and what led him to kill 27 people at Sandy Hook Elementary school last year?
53x16 - The Big Gamble
May 20, 2013
We take a revealing look at the world of sports betting and the man who's made himself the face of the industry - Tom Waterhouse.
53x17 - Hacked!
May 27, 2013
Andrew Fowler reveals that hackers, working from locations overseas, have targeted key Federal Government departments and major corporations in Australia.
53x18 - The Hunt For Britain's Sex Gangs
June 3, 2013
It was the police investigation that stunned Britain. Young men of Pakistani heritage grooming young girls with the intention of abusing them, gang raping them and then trading them with other groups of men. How could it happen in modern Britain?
53x19 - The Hunting Party
June 10, 2013
Hunting wild animals is a growth industry and now the pressure is on to get access to national parks. Who really benefits and who is at risk?
53x20 - Escaping North Korea
June 13, 2013
Two North Korean defectors are smuggled across borders by a human smuggler who promises them a safe escape. Will they survive the perilous 5,000 km journey to freedom?
53x21 - Fashion Victims
June 25, 2013
Australians love a bargain, but what's the real cost of cheap clothes from the sweat shops in Bangladesh? On 24th April this year more than a thousand people were killed when an eight storey building collapsed in the heart of Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka.
53x22 - On the Brink
July 1, 2013
Could you live on 35 dollars a day and pay for food, clothing, transport and other bills? That's what single unemployed people are entitled to on the Newstart allowance.
53x23 - To the Bitter End
July 8, 2013
Reporter Marian Wilkinson tells the turbulent story of Labor's bitter leadership struggle, the dramatic day that ended the term of Australia's first female Prime Minister and Labor's renewed ambition to win the next election.
53x24 - Manhunt: The Boston Bombers
July 15, 2013
Next on Four Corners, PBS' NOVA documentary producer, Miles O'Brien, looks at how the events unfolded on the day of the bombing and he tracks how a team of investigators used modern technology, combined with good old fashioned detective work, to break the case.
53x25 - Chemical Time Bomb
July 22, 2013
In the 1980s and 1990s governments across Australia outlawed the use of the herbicide 245T. The ban was introduced for one very good reason - 245T contains dioxin, a chemical impurity with the potential to seriously harm people who are exposed to it. But has the dioxin menace been tamed? Four Corners reveals evidence that this potentially deadly chemical compound may still be present in weed control products and that authorities do not routinely test for it.
53x26 - In Search of Nathan Tinkler
July 29, 2013
The rise and fall of Australia's youngest billionaire, Nathan Tinkler. How did he make so much money and where did it go?
53x27 - Walking Wounded
August 1, 2013
War photographer Giles Dooley lost both legs and an arm while on assignment in Afghanistan and returns to record the plight of Afghan civilians who've lost even more.
53x28 - Cry Freedom: Mandela's Legacy
August 12, 2013
Nelson Mandela promised a South Africa based on freedom and equality. But as the country's former leader lies in hospital critically ill, the nation he fought to create is slowly disintegrating. Violence is commonplace, unemployment is out of control and the ruling ANC Government is accused of rampant corruption.
53x29 - Finding Mercy
August 19, 2013
What do you do when your best friend is lost to you in a tide of violence and cruelty? Do you search across continents to find her? That is the story of filmmaker Robyn Paterson and her friend Mercy.
53x30 - Buying Time
August 26, 2013
There is not a person in the community that is not affected by cancer in some way. We go inside the hospitals and consulting rooms with Australians who are confronting the reality that the advanced cancer they have could kill them.
53x31 - No Margin For Error
September 2, 2013
Four Corners goes on the campaign trail, taking a fly-on-the-wall look at two seats that will be crucial in deciding who wins Government this time around.
53x32 - In Google We Trust
September 9, 2013
Australians are among the most technically connected in the world - but do we know where our data goes and how it's being used?
53x33 - My Own Choice
September 16, 2013
The story of a young man with a serious debilitating illness trying to find a way to legally end his own life.
53x34 - Preying on Paradise
September 23, 2013
A look at the renewed fight against corruption in Papua New Guinea. Will Australia help or hinder the battle? Marian Wilkinson reports.
53x35 - Cover Up
September 30, 2013
Two insiders blow the lid on a financial scandal that goes to the heart of one of Australia's most important and trusted institutions.
53x36 - Terror in the Desert
October 7, 2013
The harrowing story of an al Qaeda raid on a remote North African gas plant, told by the people who survived it.
53x37 - No Accounting
October 14, 2013
The Jawoyn people were held up as the model Indigenous community. What went wrong? Matthew Carney reports.
53x38 - While They Were Sleeping
October 21, 2013
It was an Australia Day paddock party for a group of 19-year-old school friends. But something went very wrong. By sunrise, two young people were dying. So why has no one been held to account?
53x39 - Fire In The Wire
October 28, 2013
We're told many bushfires are deliberately lit but close analysis suggests powerlines are the main culprits. What if many of our worst fires are in fact very much like industrial accidents which could have been prevented?
53x40 - Supersizing India's Kids
November 4, 2013
A large part of India is in danger of eating itself into an early grave. BBC This World discovers Indian families, obsessed with the glitter of the West, are indulging their children with fast, fatty foods.
53x41 - JFK - The Lost Bullet
November 11, 2013
Was John F. Kennedy the victim of conspiracy or a lone gunman? Can the third bullet fired at him that day in Dallas help answer that question?
53x42 - Trading Misery
November 18, 2013
In September a boat carrying 72 asylum seekers sank in stormy waters off the coast of Indonesia. Most of those onboard drowned, many of them children. Sarah Ferguson goes on the trail of the people smugglers who organised the vessel.
53x43 - Palmer Drama
November 25, 2013
Clive Palmer says he's bankrolled the Palmer United Party to give voice to millions of Australians who can't afford a lobbyist, but can we take him at his word?

53x1 - Lance and the Truth

53x2 - America's Broken Dreams

53x3 - Reach For The Sky

53x4 - Punch Drunk

53x5 - A Betrayal of Trust

53x6 - The Enemy Within

53x7 - The Untouchables

53x8 - Mission Accomplished?

53x9 - Gas Leak!

53x10 - A Gracious Gift

53x11 - The Spies Who Fooled the World

53x12 - Who's Cheating Whom?

53x13 - No Advantage

53x14 - The Surf Club

53x15 - Raising Adam Lanza

53x16 - The Big Gamble

53x17 - Hacked!

53x18 - The Hunt For Britain's Sex Gangs

53x19 - The Hunting Party

53x20 - Escaping North Korea

53x21 - Fashion Victims

53x22 - On the Brink

53x23 - To the Bitter End

53x24 - Manhunt: The Boston Bombers

53x25 - Chemical Time Bomb

53x26 - In Search of Nathan Tinkler

53x27 - Walking Wounded

53x28 - Cry Freedom: Mandela's Legacy

53x29 - Finding Mercy

53x30 - Buying Time

53x31 - No Margin For Error

53x32 - In Google We Trust

53x33 - My Own Choice

53x34 - Preying on Paradise

53x35 - Cover Up

53x36 - Terror in the Desert

53x37 - No Accounting

53x38 - While They Were Sleeping

53x39 - Fire In The Wire

53x40 - Supersizing India's Kids

53x41 - JFK - The Lost Bullet

53x42 - Trading Misery

53x43 - Palmer Drama

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S44: Series 2004

S46: Series 2006

S47: Series 2007

S49: Series 2009

S50: Series 2010

S51: Series 2011

S52: Series 2012

S53: Series 2013

S54: Series 2014

S55: Series 2015

S56: Series 2016

S57: Series 2017

S58: Series 2018

S59: Series 2019

S60: Series 2020

S61: Series 2021

S62: Series 2022

S63: Series 2023

S64: Series 2024