The Fifth Estate

Show Info

Status

Continuing

Show Type

Documentary

First Aired

18th September 1979

Runtime

60 minutes

Network

CBC (CA)

Air Time

21:00:00 GMT-5 +DST

Air Day

Friday

Rating

Overview

For more than three decades, the fifth estate has been Canada's premier investigative documentary program, acquainting viewers with a dazzling parade of political leaders, shady characters and ordinary people whose lives were touched by triumph or tragedy. The tradition of provocative and courageous journalism which began with Adrienne Clarkson, Warner Troyer and Peter Reilly on September 16, 1975 continues unabated with our current team of Hana Gartner, Linden MacIntyre, Bob McKeown and Gillian Findlay.

Episode List:

Season 49

Episode	Airdate	Name
14	29th Mar 2024	96 Hours
13	15th Mar 2024	Rotten Promises
12	8th Mar 2024	Contract to Kill
11	23rd Feb 2024	Who's minding the store?
10	16th Feb 2024	Boiling Point: Climate Chaos
9	9th Feb 2024	When the dark web crosses over
8	2nd Feb 2024	Made in Bangladesh: 10 Years Later
7	26th Jan 2024	Search for the Smugglers
6	1st Dec 2023	Surviving the Circle
5	24th Nov 2023	Swindling the System
4	17th Nov 2023	The Assassin Next Door
3	3rd Nov 2023	Whose Police?
2	27th Oct 2023	Making an Icon
1	20th Oct 2023	Lessons Not Learned

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Season 48

Episode	Airdate	Name
14	9th Feb 2023	Anatomy of a Scandal 2
13	2nd Feb 2023	The Girls Around Robert G. Miller
12	19th Jan 2023	A Complicated Death
11	12th Jan 2023	The Gamblification of Canada
10	5th Jan 2023	The Dissidents
9	1st Dec 2022	Cold Case Ghost
8	24th Nov 2022	The Trump Files
7	10th Nov 2022	Hunting the Hacker of Gatineau
6	3rd Nov 2022	Investigating War Crimes in Ukraine
5	27th Oct 2022	The Mormons' Books
4	20th Oct 2022	Death at the Border
3	13th Oct 2022	Sold a Lie
2	6th Oct 2022	The Big Burn
1	29th Sep 2022	Anatomy of a Scandal

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Season 47

Episode	Airdate	Name
15	21st Apr 2022	Bait and Switch: Recycling's Dirty Secret
14	21st Apr 2022	Priced Out: Canada's Rental Crisis
13	5th Mar 2022	Parents Without Power: When Addicted Kids Can't Be Forced Into Care
12	24th Feb 2022	The convoy and the questions: How a protest paralyzed a capital
11	20th Jan 2022	School of Secrets: New Revelations from Inside the Cult
10	13th Jan 2022	The Reckoning: Secrets Unearthed by Tk'emlups te Secwepemc
9	9th Dec 2021	Abandoned in Afghanistan: Canada's Failed Promise
8	2nd Dec 2021	Why Not In Winnipeg?
7	25th Nov 2021	Come Hell... BC Under Water
6	18th Nov 2021	Finding School No 4 - WE Charity Donor Deception in Kenya
5	11th Nov 2021	School of Secrets: The Church, the cult and the consequences
4	4th Nov 2021	The Cluster: New Brunswick's Mysterious Illness
3	28th Oct 2021	Abandoned in Afghanistan
2	21st Oct 2021	Amazon unpacked
1	14th Oct 2021	Vaccines

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Season 46

Episode	Airdate	Name
11	18th Mar 2021	The gene hunters
10	11th Mar 2021	When police don't knock
9	4th Mar 2021	Treatment or torture
8	25th Feb 2021	The missing millions
7	18th Feb 2021	Fatal care: how a teen was killed in his foster home
6	11th Feb 2021	Policing the police
5	4th Feb 2021	The Price WE Paid
4	28th Jan 2021	Nygard: The Secret Videos
3	7th Dec 2020	The Smartest Guy in the Room: Cameron Ortis and the RCMP Secrets Scandal
2	30th Nov 2020	Bitter harvest: Canada's migrant farm workers and COVID-19
1	23rd Nov 2020	Thirteen Deadly Hours: The Nova Scotia Shooting

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Season 45

Episode	Airdate	Name
25	16th Feb 2020	John Connelly’s death: A family fights for answers
24	16th Feb 2020	The priest’s confession: What the Catholic bishops knew
23	26th Jan 2020	Who are they? Reconstructing faces of the dead
22	26th Jan 2020	Runaway train: Investigating a fatal CP Rail crash
21	19th Jan 2020	How Boeing crashed: The inside story of the 737 Max
20	19th Jan 2020	The autopsy (part 2): What did justice cover up?
19	12th Jan 2020	The insider: Tales from inside Benny Hinn Ministries
18	12th Jan 2020	The autopsy (part 1): What if justice got it wrong?
17	5th Jan 2020	Confronting hate: How Antifa is tracking the extreme right
16	5th Jan 2020	Passport babies: The growing shadow industry of birth tourism
15	24th Nov 2019	Sexism in science: The woman who pioneered giraffe research
14	24th Nov 2019	Hockey fight: Wives reveal the cost of concussions
13	17th Nov 2017	Vintage Grapes: Revisiting a famous Don Cherry interview
12	17th Nov 2019	The list: Unravelling church secrets
11	10th Nov 2019	Captive: Caitlan Coleman vs. Joshua Boyle
10	3rd Nov 2019	Muskoka murders: Closing in on the killers
9	27th Oct 2019	Wronged (Ashley Smith)
8	27th Oct 2019	My father’s killer: Murder mystery on Cortes Island
7	20th Oct 2019	Dear Mr. Bissonnette
6	13th Oct 2019	Episode 6 - The hood: Cops, gangs and a community in the crossfire
5	6th Oct 2019	Episode 5 - Havana Syndrome: Investigating what made the diplomats sick
4	6th Oct 2019	Episode 4 - The Forgotten: The Girls of Marian Hall speak
3	29th Sep 2019	Episode 3 - When Terror Comes Home
2	29th Sep 2019	Episode 2 - Is Murder in Your DNA?
1	22nd Sep 2019	Episode 1 - Targeted: Inside the Gun Lobby's Fight to Save Weapons in Canada

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Season 44

Episode	Airdate	Name
15	7th Apr 2019	Dead End: An Investigation Gone Wrong | Waiting For Justice: The Oland Murder
14	24th Mar 2019	The Soldier & the Survivor; Murder on Cortes Island
13	10th Mar 2019	Officer Down; The Collector: Still a Mystery
12	17th Feb 2019	Reconciliation Betrayed: The Horrors of St. Anne's | The Defectors
11	6th Jan 2019	Justice for Jassi | The Children of Sainte-Justine
10	16th Dec 2018	The Lone Wolf | Ghost Immigrants
9	9th Dec 2018	Dump Trump | A Brother's Story
8	2nd Dec 2018	Kickbacks: Caught on Camera | Polygamy In Canada: An Open Secret
7	25th Nov 2018	Unreported: The Essure Story | High Impact: Action on Safer School Buses
6	18th Nov 2018	The Deepfake | The War Over Truth | The Lie Detectors
5	11th Nov 2018	Church of Secrets | Banking on Cord Blood
4	4th Nov 2018	Unnecessary Risk | Driving High
3	28th Oct 2018	Murder in the Jungle | Muslim Adoption Ban
2	21st Oct 2018	The Trouble with Uber | Finding Jennifer: The Investigation
1	14th Oct 2018	Unbuckled: School Bus Safety | Finding Jennifer

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Season 43

Episode	Airdate	Name
20	6th Apr 2018	Murder in the Village
19	16th Mar 2018	The Costco Kickbacks
18	2nd Mar 2018	The Hostage Family
17	2nd Feb 2018	The Mystery of the Sherman Murders
16	26th Jan 2018	Driving High
15	19th Jan 2018	Pulling Back The Curtain
14	12th Jan 2018	The Murders of Dellen Millard
13	15th Dec 2017	Brainwashed: The Secret CIA Experiments In Canada
12	8th Dec 2017	Gambling on Addiction
11	1st Dec 2017	Death Behind Bars
10	24th Nov 2017	Circle of Fear: Basil Borutski and the Renfrew County Murders
9	17th Nov 2017	The Murder of a President
8	10th Nov 2017	The Super Scalpers and The Mystery of the Masterpiece: Panama Papers Revelations
7	3rd Nov 2017	The Money Pipeline
6	27th Oct 2017	Terror Plot In Canada: The Inside Man
5	20th Oct 2017	Tainted Tests: Broken Families
4	13th Oct 2017	Jagmeet Singh: The Colour of Politics
3	29th Sep 2017	The Truth Smugglers
2	22nd Sep 2017	Pit Bulls Unleashed: Should They Be Banned?
1	15th Sep 2017	Murder in Cottage Country

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Season 42

Episode	Airdate	Name
21	7th Apr 2017	Cross Lake: This Is Where I Live
20	24th Mar 2017	The Unravelling of Nurse Wettlaufer
19	17th Mar 2017	After The Crossing: Refugees in Canada
18	10th Mar 2017	Black Lives Matter: The Disruptors
17	3rd Mar 2017	The Untouchables
16	24th Feb 2017	The Mennonite Connection
15	17th Feb 2017	Betrayal of Trust
14	10th Feb 2017	The Hunter and the Hunted
13	3rd Feb 2017	Under Attack
12	27th Jan 2017	Murder in the Family
11	20th Jan 2017	Putin, the FBI, and Donald Trump
10	13th Jan 2017	Canada's Drug Problem
9	6th Jan 2016	The Pour: Treating Alcoholics with Wine
8	2nd Dec 2016	The Murder of Tim Bosma: The Devil Had a Name
7	25th Nov 2016	Quebec Stock Frauds: Dan and Carol Get Busted
6	18th Nov 2016	Who Killed Jane Doe #59
5	11th Nov 2016	Death In Thunder Bay: No Foul Play
4	4th Nov 2016	Police Shootings: Caught on Camera
3	28th Oct 2016	Saved at Sea
2	21st Oct 2016	E-Cigarettes : Welcome Back, Big Tobacco
1	23rd Sep 2016	The Torture Files

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Season 41

Episode	Airdate	Name
17	8th Apr 2016	Stolen Treasures
16	25th Mar 2016	The Trial of Jian Ghomeshi
15	18th Mar 2016	In Their Own Words
14	11th Mar 2016	The Fire Breather: The Rise and Rage of Donald Trump
13	4th Mar 2016	True Believers
12	19th Feb 2016	Murder in the Family
11	12th Feb 2016	Dealing With a Dictator
10	29th Jan 2016	After the Cameras Went Away
9	22nd Jan 2016	Doctors Without Boundaries
8	15th Jan 2016	Why Didn't We Know?
7	8th Jan 2016	Nightmare In Indonesia
6	4th Dec 2015	A Mother's Trial
5	27th Nov 2015	Aftermath: How Paris Changed The World
4	23rd Nov 2015	School Of Secrets
3	13th Nov 2015	Vitamins and Supplements: Magic Pills
2	6th Nov 2015	The Fire Within: The Secret Battles of Female Firefighters
1	30th Oct 2015	Canada in Iraq : The Hidden War

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Season 40

Episode	Airdate	Name
21	10th Apr 2015	Too Young To Lose
20	3rd Apr 2015	In the Eye of the Storm
19	27th Mar 2015	The Boy Who Should Have Lived
18	20th Mar 2015	Murder and The Judge
17	13th Mar 2015	The Pain Game: Drugs, Doctors and Pro Sports
16	6th Mar 2015	Lost On The Ice
15	27th Feb 2015	The War on Wheat
14	20th Feb 2015	The Mohamed Fahmy Story : 400 Days
13	13th Feb 2015	After the Cameras Went Away
12	6th Feb 2015	Saving David Waines
11	30th Jan 2015	Marijuana in Canada : Pot Fiction
10	23rd Jan 2015	The Mob and Michael DeGroote
9	16th Jan 2015	Mr. Big Stings : Cops, Criminals and Confessions
8	9th Jan 2015	Putin’s Long Shadow
7	5th Dec 2014	Stalking Amanda Todd : The Man in the Shadows
6	28th Nov 2014	The Unmaking of Jian Ghomeshi
5	21st Nov 2014	The Interrogation Room
4	14th Nov 2014	A Boy Named Moses
3	7th Nov 2014	Finding Emma
2	31st Oct 2014	GM Recall : The Switch From Hell
1	24th Oct 2014	The Fear Within

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Season 39

Episode	Airdate	Name
19	11th Apr 2014	After the Cameras Went Away
18	24th Mar 2014	Your Tips, Our Stories
17	21st Mar 2014	Dead Enough
16	14th Mar 2014	Return to Paradise
15	7th Mar 2014	The Rise and Fall of Mike Duffy
14	28th Feb 2014	Rabbi of the Pure Hearts: Inside Lev Tahor
13	31st Jan 2014	Voyage of the Black Dragon
12	24th Jan 2014	Walk the Line
11	17th Jan 2014	The Man Who Hears Voices
10	10th Jan 2014	Silence of the Labs
9	29th Nov 2013	The Last Great Escape
8	22nd Nov 2013	The Conspiracy Files: JFK and 9/11
7	15th Nov 2013	The Sextortion of Amanda Todd
6	8th Nov 2013	The Rob Ford Story
5	1st Nov 2013	The Strange World of Julian Assange
4	25th Oct 2013	Elephants on Board: A Journey to Remember
3	18th Oct 2013	The Murder and the Money Trail
2	11th Oct 2013	Made in Bangladesh
1	4th Oct 2013	The Secrets of Sugar

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Season 38

Episode	Airdate	Name
24	12th Apr 2013	Rate My Hospital
23	5th Apr 2013	Mission Improbable
22	29th Mar 2013	Ironman
21	8th Mar 2013	Second Wave
20	1st Mar 2013	The Vanishing
19	22nd Feb 2013	The Unrepentant
18	8th Feb 2013	Crossfire
17	1st Feb 2013	Target Bin Laden
16	25th Jan 2013	Death In Paradise
15	18th Jan 2013	The Last Race
14	11th Jan 2013	The Imperfect Spy
13	7th Dec 2012	Costa Concordia: The Captain's Tale
12	30th Nov 2012	Hunting Magnotta
11	23rd Nov 2012	Lance Armstrong: Master of Spin
10	16th Nov 2012	Left For Dead
9	9th Nov 2012	The Elephant In The Room
8	2nd Nov 2012	Lucky 7
7	26th Oct 2012	Lost In The Struggle: The Next Chapter
6	19th Oct 2012	Whistleblowers: Moment of Truth
5	12th Oct 2012	The Life and Death of Gloria Taylor
4	5th Oct 2012	The Widow's Web
3	28th Sep 2012	Runaway Fighter
2	21st Sep 2012	Kingston Pen: Secrets and Lies
1	14th Sep 2012	Into The Death Zone

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Season 37

Episode	Airdate	Name
25	6th Apr 2012	Kidnapped
24	23rd Mar 2012	Lost On The Ice
23	9th Mar 2012	OxyContin: Time Bomb
22	2nd Mar 2012	Fast Break
21	24th Feb 2012	Fearless
20	17th Feb 2012	The Lost Boys
19	10th Feb 2012	The House of Shafia
18	3rd Feb 2012	The Wreck of the Costa Concordia
17	27th Jan 2012	Who's Killing The Rizzutos?
16	20th Jan 2012	The Lies People Tell
15	13th Jan 2012	Diagnosis Murder
14	6th Jan 2012	Escape From Justice
13	9th Dec 2011	Behind the Line
12	2nd Dec 2011	Holiday Hell
11	25th Nov 2011	A Cold Case
10	18th Nov 2011	Murder, He Wrote
9	4th Nov 2011	Stories from the River's Edge
8	28th Oct 2011	'Til Death Do Us Part (Update)
7	21st Oct 2011	Scout's Honour
6	14th Oct 2011	True Confession
5	7th Oct 2011	Colonel Gadhafi: Palace of Secrets
4	30th Sep 2011	Mayday
3	23rd Sep 2011	Gatti-vs-Gatti
2	16th Sep 2011	Swissair 111: The Untold Story
1	9th Sep 2011	Truth and Lies: The Last Days of Osama bin Laden

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Season 36

Episode	Airdate	Name
22	25th Mar 2011	My Friend the Bank Robber
21	18th Mar 2011	Getting Off Easy
20	11th Mar 2011	Missing
18	25th Feb 2011	You Should Have Stayed At Home
17	18th Feb 2011	The Devil You Know
16	11th Feb 2011	Death at the Olympics
15	4th Feb 2011	WikiRebels
14	28th Jan 2011	Death of the Don
13	14th Jan 2011	Justice for Nadia
12	7th Jan 2011	After the Earth Shook
11	3rd Dec 2010	Presumed Dead
10	26th Nov 2010	The Legacy of Brendan Burke
9	19th Nov 2010	The Girl in the Suitcase (Update)
8	12th Nov 2010	Behind the Wall
7	5th Nov 2010	The Life and Death of Abdinasir Dirie
6	29th Oct 2010	The Fall and Rise of Theo Fleury (Update)
5	22nd Oct 2010	The Confession
4	15th Oct 2010	Enemies of the State
3	8th Oct 2010	'Til Death Do Us Part
2	1st Oct 2010	Betrayal
1	24th Sep 2010	Above Suspicion

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Season 35

Episode	Airdate	Name
20	9th Apr 2010	Larger Than Life
19	26th Mar 2010	The Code
18	19th Mar 2010	Hannah's Heart
17	12th Mar 2010	Cougar 491
16	5th Mar 2010	The Wrong Man
15	26th Feb 2010	21st Century: Law and Disorder
14	19th Feb 2010	21st Century: The People
13	12th Feb 2010	21st Century: War and Terrorism
12	5th Feb 2010	Earl Jones: In Trust
11	29th Jan 2010	Fasten Your Seatbelts
10	15th Jan 2010	House of Cards
9	8th Jan 2010	Out of Control
8	27th Nov 2009	The Unofficial Story
7	13th Nov 2009	Over the Edge
6	6th Nov 2009	Bus 1170
5	30th Oct 2009	Broken Heroes
4	16th Oct 2009	The Fall and Rise of Theo Fleury
3	9th Oct 2009	Death Online
2	2nd Oct 2009	The Education of Brian Nicholl
1	25th Sep 2009	Riding on Risk

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Season 34

Episode	Airdate	Name
26	16th Feb 2008	Cruel Camera (Update)
25	15th Aug 2008	Ambushed
24	12th Mar 2008	Life and Death in Kandahar
23	27th Feb 2008	Bad Day in Barrhead
22	13th Feb 2008	Amazing Grace
21	6th Feb 2008	A Fight to the Death
20	10th Apr 2009	The Elephant in the Room
19	13th Mar 2009	Staying Alive
18	6th Mar 2009	Top Gun
17	27th Feb 2009	The Code
16	20th Feb 2009	Black Widow
15	13th Feb 2009	Powerless
14	4th Feb 2009	Collateral Damage
13	28th Jan 2009	Strangers in Paradise
12	21st Jan 2009	Someone Got Away With Murder
11	7th Jan 2009	A Death in the Family
10	3rd Dec 2008	The Chess Master
9	19th Nov 2008	Where the Women Went
8	19th Nov 2008	Head Games
7	12th Nov 2008	The Gospel of Green
6	5th Nov 2008	Overboard (Update)
5	29th Oct 2008	After the Storm
4	22nd Oct 2008	The Girl in Saskatoon (Update)
3	15th Oct 2008	Shadows of Doubt
2	8th Oct 2008	Inside Room 22
1	1st Oct 2008	Disappearing Act

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Season 33

Episode	Airdate	Name
3	6th Feb 2006	Chris Benoit: Fight To The Death
2	7th Nov 2007	Downhill Racer
1	31st Oct 2007	Brian Mulroney: The Unauthorized Chapter

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Season 32

Episode	Airdate	Name
18	1st Mar 2007	The Lies That Led To War
4	15th Nov 2006	The Denial Machine
1	25th Oct 2006	Luck of the Draw

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Season 31

Episode	Airdate	Name
1	2nd Feb 2006	On the Edge of Glory

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Season 30

Episode	Airdate	Name
2	Never	Do You Believe in Miracles
1	6th Oct 2004	The Unauthorized Biography of Dick Cheney

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Season 25

Episode	Airdate	Name
3	29th Mar 2000	Steven Truscott - His Word Against History
2	1st Dec 1999	Montreal Massacre: Legacy of Pain
1	3rd Nov 1999	Monsanto: Seeds of Distrust

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Season 23

Episode	Airdate	Name
1	25th Nov 1997	Karla Homolka

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Season 19

Episode	Airdate	Name
2	12th Apr 1994	The Trouble With Evan
1	26th Oct 1993	Democracy Derailed

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Season 18

Episode	Airdate	Name
2	1st Dec 1992	To Sell a War
1	6th Oct 1992	Crimes Against Humanity

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Season 17

Episode	Airdate	Name
3	Never	Guy Paul Morin - Odd Man Out
2	28th May 1992	Westray Mine Disaster - The Last Shift
1	10th Mar 1992	Mennonite Mob

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Season 13

Episode	Airdate	Name
1	19th Jan 1988	Judgement in Jerusalem

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Season 11

Episode	Airdate	Name
2	4th Mar 1986	Against All Odds
1	17th Sep 1985	Product of Canada

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Season 9

Episode	Airdate	Name
1	21st Feb 1984	Mail Order Bride

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Season 8

Episode	Airdate	Name
1	27th Apr 1983	Hitman

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Season 6

Episode	Airdate	Name
3	7th Apr 1981	Just Another Missing Kid
2	3rd Mar 1981	Podborski
1	17th Feb 1981	Mike Robitaille: Playing Hurt

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Season 5

Episode	Airdate	Name
3	11th Mar 1980	MK Ultra
2	18th Dec 1979	The Silkwood Syndrome
1	18th Sep 1979	Powder Keg

Specials

Episode	Airdate	Name
1	9th Apr 2015	Secrets of the Fifth Estate