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Four Corners

Season 1972 1972
TV-PG

  • 1972-03-04T10:30:00Z on ABC
  • 1h
  • 2h (2 episodes)
  • Australia
  • English
  • Documentary, News
Australia's premier television current affairs program. Four Corners has been part of the national story since 1961, exposing scandals, triggering inquiries, firing debate and confronting taboos.

2 episodes

Season Premiere

1972-03-04T10:30:00Z

1972x01 Smoking: The 5 Day Cure

Season Premiere

1972x01 Smoking: The 5 Day Cure

  • 1972-03-04T10:30:00Z1h

Jim Downes presents this report about a five-day course run by the medical department of the 7th Day Adventist Church which aims to 'cure' smokers.

Downes, a self-confessed nicotine addict, undertakes the course and is amazed to discover that after five days he is 'cured'.

In 2008, Jim Downes died from emphysema.

In this two-part report, Four Corners uncovers shocking evidence of toxic chemical dumping in the oceans surrounding Australia.

The program makes surprising revelations concerning the quantities of industrial waste dumped over the years 1968 to 1970, creating a legacy of pollution and contamination.

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