The Fifth Estate
NR
7.7
1976
Documentary
, News
Each week the fifth estate brings in-depth investigations that matter to Canadians – delivering a dazzling parade of political leaders, controversial characters and ordinary people whose lives were touched by triumph or tragedy.
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Episode 24 : Rate My Hospital
April. 12,2013
Bob McKeown hosts the fifth estate's sweeping cross-country investigation into Canada's hospitals and what they don't want you to know.
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Episode 21 : Second Wave
March. 08,2013
Two years ago, thousands of lives were lost and the landscape of Japan was changed forever by a tsunami that saw more than five million tonnes of debris swallowed up by the ocean. Mark Kelley reports on the Second Wave tsunami headed for Canadian shores, and a remarkable human drama that links our country with Japan.
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Episode 17 : Target Bin Laden
February. 01,2013
The true story of how the CIA tracked the world's most wanted terrorist.
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Episode 14 : The Imperfect Spy
January. 11,2013
Canadian naval intelligence officer Jeffrey Delisle and his secret life as a Russian Spy. Linden MacIntyre has an exclusive interview, and tells the full story of the biggest security breach in Canadian history.
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Episode 13 : Costa Concordia: The Captain's Tale
December. 07,2012
On January 13, 2012, the Costa Concordia set sail onto the Mediterranean with captain Francesco Schettino manning the ship and more than 4000 people on board. But within hours, disaster would strike as the cruise liner crashed into rocks on the coast of Italy. In one of the worst cruise disasters in recent memory, 32 people would die, and the 114,000 tonne vessel would take more than two years to dismantle.
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Episode 12 : Hunting Magnotta
November. 30,2012
Mark Kelley reveals the story of a secret group of online investigators who tracked accused killer Luka Magnotta for almost two years and warned police he was dangerous and had to be stopped.
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Episode 11 : Lance Armstrong: Master of Spin
November. 23,2012
Lance Armstrong was an inspiration to millions - he overcame a deadly disease and was hailed as one of the world's greatest athletes - but insiders knew the truth. the fifth estate examines the widespread use and abuse of doping in international cycling and how Lance Armstrong kept this dark secret for years.
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Episode 10 : Left for Dead
November. 16,2012
Mark Kelley tells the story of two friends on the adventure of a lifetime in a small plane who crashed into the icy waters of the Canadian North.
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Episode 8 : Lucky 7
November. 02,2012
Linden MacIntyre reveals for the first time the extraordinary tale of how seven ordinary guys suddenly struck it rich -- to the tune of $12.5 million.
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Episode 7 : Lost In The Struggle: The Next Chapter
October. 26,2012
The journey of three young men born into one world. Six years later, they're trying to escape into another.
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Episode 4 : The Widow's Web
October. 05,2012
Family members say she preyed on the lonely, then married and buried them. Now the so-called Black Widow has been charged with attempted murder after the the suspicious sudden illness of another husband. Linden MacIntyre first spoke to Melissa Friedrich when she was in jail in Florida, and then again on the phone last year after she moved back to Nova Scotia.
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Episode 2 : Kingston Pen: Secrets and Lies
September. 21,2012
As the nearly 180-year-old Kingston Penitentiary that has housed some of Canada's most notorious inmates prepares to close its gates for good, Linden MacIntyre weaves together the stories of three of its most famous inmates. "Kingston Pen: Secrets and Lies" is the story of convicts trapped in a cycle of violence, of miscarriages of justice, and psychopaths of incredible charm.
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