The fifth estate

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the fifth estate is a Canadian television newsmagazine, which airs on the English television network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Its name is normally spelled in all lowercase letters.

The program has been on the air since September 16, 1975, and its primary focus is on investigative journalism. Stories from the fifth estate have been regularly exported to other television networks around the world.

Journalists associated with the show, past and present, include:

Theresa Burke
Stevie Cameron
Adrienne Clarkson
Gillian Findley
Hana Gartner
Bob Johnstone
Linden MacIntyre
Bob McKeown
Sheila MacVicar
Victor Malarek
Eric Malling
Ian Parker
Francine Pelletier
Peter Reilly
Anna Maria Tremonti
Warner Troyer
Trish Wood

Notable programs

The following articles include more detail on news reports that have aired on the fifth estate:

Since several episodes take the form of documentary films that have been distributed as such in other parts of the world, the fifth estate is one of the only television series to have been nominated for Academy Awards. Just Another Missing Kid, originally a fifth estate episode, was released in theatres in the United States and it won the 1982 Academy Award for Documentary Feature.

External links

[the fifth estate] official home page on CBC website
[the fifth estate history] on CBC website

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