Four Corners To The Bitter End
Labor's leader Kevin Rudd, dispatched three years ago by his own party, was returned to take up where he left off as Prime Minister of Australia. By any measure it's a desperate move by a party facing, as the new Prime Minister said, an electoral catastrophe. For the past four weeks, Four Corners has been tracking Labor's painful decision to restore Kevin Rudd as leader, the mounting fear within the party of electoral wipe-out, the ambitious last acts of Julia Gillard's minority government and the gamble for Labor's future with a leader it rejected more than once.
Four Corners is Australia's premier television current affairs program. It has been part of the Australian story since August 1961, exposing scandals, triggering inquiries, firing debate, confronting taboos and interpreting fads, trends and sub-cultures. Its consistently high standards of journalism and film-making have earned international recognition and an array of Walkleys, Logies and other national awards.
Primary Title
- Four Corners
Secondary Title
- To The Bitter End
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 11 July 2013
Finish Time
- 00 : 45
Duration
- 180:00
Channel
- Australia Network
Broadcaster
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Programme Description
- Four Corners is Australia's premier television current affairs program. It has been part of the Australian story since August 1961, exposing scandals, triggering inquiries, firing debate, confronting taboos and interpreting fads, trends and sub-cultures. Its consistently high standards of journalism and film-making have earned international recognition and an array of Walkleys, Logies and other national awards.
Episode Description
- Labor's leader Kevin Rudd, dispatched three years ago by his own party, was returned to take up where he left off as Prime Minister of Australia. By any measure it's a desperate move by a party facing, as the new Prime Minister said, an electoral catastrophe. For the past four weeks, Four Corners has been tracking Labor's painful decision to restore Kevin Rudd as leader, the mounting fear within the party of electoral wipe-out, the ambitious last acts of Julia Gillard's minority government and the gamble for Labor's future with a leader it rejected more than once.
Classification
- Not Classified
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Documentary television programs--Australia
- Australia--Politics and government
Genres
- Current affairs
- Politics
Hosts
- Kerry O'Brien (Presenter)
Contributors
- Kevin Rudd (Subject)
- Julia Gillard (Subject)
Subjects
- Documentary television programs--Australia
- Australia--Politics and government