The Fifth Estate Season 48 Episodes
Season 48 Episode Guide
Episode 1 - Anatomy of a ScandalHockey Canada is on the defensive over allegations that some members of its gold-medal winning World Junior team in 2018 took part in a group sexual assault, and the organization didn’t do enough to hold players accountable. The Fifth Estate examines the national shame inside Canada’s game, and the disturbing history that suggests this was not an isolated incident.
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Episode 2 - The Big BurnAmid the ongoing fight to protect British Columbia’s forests, The Fifth Estate examines how the province has become a leading exporter of wood pellets being burned to fuel energy needs in the U.K., where some activists and politicians say both the U.K. and Canada have made a mistake in supporting the industry.
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Episode 3 - Sold a LieThe Fifth Estate goes undercover to reveal the pitch made in India by some recruitment agents, and their financial connections to colleges in Canada. Lured by the promise of a post-secondary education, and a chance to build a life here, thousands of foreign students are coming every year and are arriving to find what they were promised, and what their families paid for, often isn’t what awaits them.
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Episode 4 - Death at the BorderThe Fifth Estate investigates the murky world of human smuggling after a family of four from India, including an infant, froze to death earlier this year trying to cross from Manitoba into Minnesota. The investigation reveals a convicted smuggler who had been under surveillance by U.S. Homeland Security for years, is now being investigated in connection with the family’s death, raising questions about whether more could have been done to save the family.
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Episode 5 - The Mormons' BookThe Fifth Estate reveals more than $1 billion raised by the Mormon church in Canada has been funneled to the U.S., rather than going to charitable works in this country. We hear from former members in Canada and elsewhere, who say concerns about how money is spent have led them to leave the church.
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Episode 6 - Investigating War Crimes in UkraineEven as war in Ukraine continues to rage, in villages where Russian soldiers have retreated, war crimes investigators have moved in. The Fifth Estate shows you some of what’s been discovered, and reveals what happened when some Russian soldiers who’d left were tracked down by journalists, including a surprising confession.
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Episode 7 - Hunting the Hacker of GatineauBy day he worked for the Canadian government as an IT specialist. By night he worked as a hacker extorting companies and others around the world as a part of a criminal ransomware gang, amassing millions of dollars in bitcoin by threatening to expose the private digital information of victims who didn’t pay up. The Fifth Estate reveals how he did it, the digital trail of destruction he left and how he got caught, and whether victims will ever see restitution.
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Episode 8 - The Trump FilesClassified documents discovered in Donald Trump’s Mar-a-lago home are the subject of a criminal investigation in the United States. The Fifth Estate reveals the find also set off alarm bells with intelligence sources in Ottawa about whether secrets important to Canada were left unprotected.
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Episode 9 - Cold Case GhostFor decades, Toronto police tried to figure out who raped and killed two women mere months apart in 1983. To the family of one of them, he seemed like a ghost who had disappeared leaving behind no clues. But he did leave DNA, finally leading to an arrest nearly 40 years later. The Fifth Estate takes you inside the remarkable search for a suspect.
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Episode 10 - The DissidentsThe FBI says four Iranian dissidents living in Canada and the U.S. were being secretly surveilled by the Iranian government. With protests and crackdowns roiling Iran, The Fifth Estate examines how far the regime is going to keep dissidents elsewhere quiet.
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Episode 11 - The Gamblification of CanadaOntario is awash in ads promoting betting on sports.The Fifth Estate explores the sudden spike in gambling options and why some in the United Kingdom, where gambling advertising is now being scaled back, say Canada is making a bad bet.
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Episode 12 - A Complicated DeathSince Canada legalized medically assisted death in 2016, more than 30,000 Canadians have opted to die this way, even many who are not terminally ill. The Fifth Estate examines why some are making the choice to die, and why critics argue the system allowing it has become too broad too quickly.
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Episode 13 - The Girls Around Robert G. MillerIn partnership with Societe Radio-Canada’s investigative program, Enquête, The Fifth Estate examines troubling claims that a Canadian billionaire had a long history of paying teenagers for sex, going to extraordinary lengths to obscure his trail.
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Episode 14 - Anatomy of a Scandal [Update]More on allegations that some members of Hockey Canada’s 2018 world junior team took part in a group sexual assault. We unpack a history that suggests a pattern of abuse. And questions about why a charity has so much money stashed away.
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