Four Corners (1961)

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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.

IMDb rating: 7.7 (273 votes)
Episode average: 7.3 -0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 5
Status: Still airing
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 59 (2019)

6.03 avg 4 episodes 6.0 → 5.8 49 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 59 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	Escape From Saudi	6.0	28
3	Meet the Scammers	7.0	6
8	The Uber Story	5.3	32
12	Orphans of ISIS	5.8	7

Season 60 (2020)

6.82 avg 6 episodes 7.3 → 5.9 45 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 60 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
5	Coronavirus	7.3	30
8	Not a Boy, Not a Girl	7.1	24
9	Saving the Amazon	7.8	9
16	Outbreak Onboard	7.0	27
26	The Truth About 5G	5.8	26
36	Tinder: A Predator's Playground	5.9	12

Season 64 (2024)

7.40 avg 3 episodes 7.8 → 7.3 48 min avg

U-shaped

Season 64 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Super Power	7.8	7
5	Ukraine's War - The Other Side	7.1	19
22	Retribution: Part 1 - The Battle For Democracy	7.3	8

Season 65 (2025)

7.80 avg 10 episodes 7.8 → 7.6 46 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 65 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
3	Leaving Hate	7.8	7
5	Tobacco Wars	8.2	7
7	Betrayal of Trust: Australia's Childcare Crisis	8.2	7
11	Can Climate Scientists Save the World?	7.6	6
12	The Agent Inside	8.3	7
15	Hammered: Inside the Bunnings Machine	8.3	8
18	Emergency: The Long Wait for Help	8.4	6
21	Diddy: In Plain Sight	6.2	10
28	Trump vs the Law: Trump's Power and the Law	7.4	6
29	Lawfare	7.6	8

Season 66 (2026)

7.56 avg 11 episodes Still airing 7.6 → 7.4 48 min avg

Season 66 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Bondi: Part 1 - Light Over Darkness	7.6	7
2	Bondi: Part 2 - Path to Terror	7.8	7
3	Realignment	7.0	6
5	Toxic Tide	8.0	6
6	Trump and the Tech Titans	7.9	7
10	Attention Deficit	7.2	6
17	The AI Race	7.0	7
21	Click To Kill: The AI War Machine	7.5	6
24	Duped: Food Exposed: Part 1	8.2	10
25	Duped: Food Exposed: Part 2	7.6	5
30	Asleep At The Wheel	7.4	5

Four Corners (1961)

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