46 minSeason 66 • Episode 6
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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.
Writing
Journalism that actually changed laws and destroyed careers.
Direction
Six decades of evolving documentary craft.
Production
ABC's institutional guts in an increasingly timid media landscape.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1962 'The Shame of Australia' episode was so explosive it helped catalyze the 1967 referendum.
Robert Raymond allegedly kept a 'enemies list' of politicians who tried to kill the program — it grew very long.
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