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The Fifth Estate

Season 34 2008 - 2009
NR

  • 2008-10-02T01:00:00Z on CBC Television
  • 1h
  • 1d 2h (26 episodes)
  • Canada
  • English
  • Documentary, News
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.

26 episodes

Season Premiere

2008-10-02T01:00:00Z

34x01 Disappearing Act

Season Premiere

34x01 Disappearing Act

  • 2008-10-02T01:00:00Z1h

He was just an ordinary guy who stole almost a million dollars. Why?

2008-10-09T01:00:00Z

34x02 Inside Room 22

34x02 Inside Room 22

  • 2008-10-09T01:00:00Z1h

The latest episode in the long, strange and troubling story of ex-NHL player agent David Frost.

2008-10-16T01:00:00Z

34x03 Shadows of Doubt

34x03 Shadows of Doubt

  • 2008-10-16T01:00:00Z1h

On a rainy night in Kingston in October 2003, third-year Royal Military College cadet Joe Grozelle simply vanished.

An old cold case is warming up.

2008-10-30T01:00:00Z

34x05 After the Storm

34x05 After the Storm

  • 2008-10-30T01:00:00Z1h

A story of love and murder in post-Katrina New Orleans.

2008-11-06T02:00:00Z

34x06 Overboard (Update)

34x06 Overboard (Update)

  • 2008-11-06T02:00:00Z1h

Bob Gainey's long fight to reveal the truth about his daughter's death at sea.

2008-11-13T02:00:00Z

34x07 The Gospel of Green

34x07 The Gospel of Green

  • 2008-11-13T02:00:00Z1h

Giving power to the people. Germany's green revolution and the man who's leading it.

2008-11-20T02:00:00Z

34x08 Head Games

34x08 Head Games

  • 2008-11-20T02:00:00Z1h

What's killing the professional football players?

2008-11-20T02:00:00Z

34x09 Where the Women Went

34x09 Where the Women Went

  • 2008-11-20T02:00:00Z1h

When faced with economic hardship, they turned to their most valuable export -- themselves.

2008-12-04T02:00:00Z

34x10 The Chess Master

34x10 The Chess Master

  • 2008-12-04T02:00:00Z1h

Your backstage pass to political theatre.

2009-01-08T02:00:00Z

34x11 A Death in the Family

34x11 A Death in the Family

  • 2009-01-08T02:00:00Z1h

The price an entire family pays when one member is wrongfully convicted of murder.

Why did the Mounties pursue an innocent man, while someone else got away with murder?

2009-01-29T02:00:00Z

34x13 Strangers in Paradise

34x13 Strangers in Paradise

  • 2009-01-29T02:00:00Z1h

What happens when someone's virtual fantasy takes over their real life.

2009-02-05T02:00:00Z

34x14 Collateral Damage

34x14 Collateral Damage

  • 2009-02-05T02:00:00Z1h

He was sentenced in the killing of four Mounties. But, his story has never been heard. Until now.

2009-02-14T02:00:00Z

34x15 Powerless

34x15 Powerless

  • 2009-02-14T02:00:00Z1h

An Alberta teen addiction rehab centre and its controversial treatment methods.

2009-02-21T02:00:00Z

34x16 Black Widow

34x16 Black Widow

  • 2009-02-21T02:00:00Z1h

She preyed on the lonely, then married and buried them.

2009-02-28T02:00:00Z

34x17 The Code

34x17 The Code

  • 2009-02-28T02:00:00Z1h

Hockey's unwritten law of fighting and the men who live by it.

2009-03-07T02:00:00Z

34x18 Top Gun

34x18 Top Gun

  • 2009-03-07T02:00:00Z1h

When a video gaming obsession turns to addiction and tragedy.

2009-03-14T01:00:00Z

34x19 Staying Alive

34x19 Staying Alive

  • 2009-03-14T01:00:00Z1h

It's been called a "community centre for junkies". Shut it down or keep it going?

Season Finale

2009-04-11T01:00:00Z

34x20 The Elephant in the Room

Season Finale

34x20 The Elephant in the Room

  • 2009-04-11T01:00:00Z1h

Looking for answers, but to which questions?

2008-02-07T02:00:00Z

34x21 A Fight to the Death

34x21 A Fight to the Death

  • 2008-02-07T02:00:00Z1h

An investigation into the deaths of Chris Benoit and his family.

2008-02-14T02:00:00Z

34x22 Amazing Grace

34x22 Amazing Grace

  • 2008-02-14T02:00:00Z1h

Benny Hinn may be the most popular personality in the Christian world today. Thousands pack arenas to see him heal the sick and the afflicted. Tens of thousands more watch his television program. In this episode Bob McKeown investigates Benny Hinn’s “miracles” and his ministry, which collects millions of dollars every year from devoted flock.

2008-02-28T02:00:00Z

34x23 Bad Day in Barrhead

34x23 Bad Day in Barrhead

  • 2008-02-28T02:00:00Z1h

An investigation into the murders of four Mounties in Alberta.

The men and women who work at NATO's military hospital at Kandahar air base.

2008-08-16T01:00:00Z

34x25 Ambushed

34x25 Ambushed

  • 2008-08-16T01:00:00Z1h

2008-02-17T02:00:00Z

34x26 Cruel Camera (Update)

34x26 Cruel Camera (Update)

  • 2008-02-17T02:00:00Z1h

Twenty-five years ago, Bob Mckeown and a fifth estate crew stunned the country with an investigative report that showed that many of the wildlife documentaries we'd grown up watching on television (remember the famous footage of the lemmings going off the cliff or some of the memorable moments from shows like Wild Kingdom?) were staged for the television cameras. As well, they revealed that animals often died during the making of movies; all for the sake of the entertainment value.

Now, Bob McKeown and an investigative team have returned to the subject to find out what has changed since the fifth estate's first Cruel Camera documentary. What they found may astonish you.

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