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The Fifth Estate Season 49 Episodes

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Season 49 Episode Guide

Episode 1 - Lessons Not Learned

Bob McKeown goes behind the rhetoric about Chinese police stations in Canada to reveal that, in fact, the Canadian government and the RCMP have long co-operated in China’s hunt for supposed fugitives.

  

Episode 2 - Making an Icon

An icon’s claims to Indigenous ancestry are being called into question by family members and an investigation that included genealogical documentation, historical research and personal accounts. Host: Geoff Leo

  

Episode 3 - Whose Police?

Critics say a controversial RCMP unit in B.C. acts as a de facto private security force for resource companies. Leaked documents show industry leaders provided direction to RCMP bosses. Host: Steven D'Souza

  

Episode 4 - The Assassin Next Door

A man convicted in absentia for his role in the 1975 coup and murder of the first family in Bangladesh lives in Canada. In an exclusive, the current prime minister, daughter of the slain PM, tells us that she wants him brought to justice. Host: Mark Kelley

  

Episode 5 - Swindling the System

The CRA is being tricked into issuing tax refunds for bogus business transactions. By the time the CRA realizes it has been duped, the players and hundreds of millions of dollars have vanished. We go searching for that missing money. Host: Bob McKeown

  

Episode 6 - Surviving the Circle

Dances with Wolves actor Nathan Chasing Horse is set to stand trial in Nevada for alleged sexual abuse inside his ‘cult’ known as The Circle. But survivors in Canada say their reports have been ignored for years. Host: Mark Kelley

  

Episode 7 - Search for the Smugglers

In 2022, smugglers left the Patel family to cross the Canada/U.S. border on foot during a snowstorm, an ordeal they would not survive. The Fifth Estate’s pursuit of the men Indian police allege planned the crossing leads to a surprising location.

  

Episode 8 - Made in Bangladesh: 10 years later

In the decade since Bangladesh’s deadly Rana Plaza garment factory collapse, promises to improve wages and factory safety have backslid - including by some Canadian companies. Host: Mark Kelley

  

Episode 9 - When the Dark Web Crosses Over

Hate groups are targeting kids on social media platforms with privacy features. They are groomed to self-harm, plan violent attacks and even end their lives. Police are limited in their ability to act until the crimes cross over to the real world.

  

Episode 10 - Boiling Point: Climate Chaos

Thirty years into UN climate talks, the world is hotter than ever. Provinces battle the feds over fossil fuels and frustrated activists escalate their tactics, all while the heat grows deadly.

  

Episode 11 - Who's Minding The Store?

A look at what’s driving sky-high food prices in partnership with APTN Investigates.

  

Episode 12 - Contract to Kill

A U.S. indictment bolstered Justin Trudeau’s claim that the killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada was carried out by the Indian government. We speak to other alleged targets and give exclusive insight into the plot.

  

Episode 13 - Rotten Promises

A pitch to turn the Maritimes into an apple-growing capital, with influential supporters, was an easy sell to investors and would-be foreign workers. Those who bought in say it was a scam.

  

Episode 14 - 96 Hours

The 2023 implosion of the Titan submersible shocked the world. Mark Kelley is on the trail to find out how an experimental sub was ever allowed to take passengers to one of the most unforgiving places in the ocean and do it via Newfoundland.

  

Episode 4008 - Putin's Long Shadow

A joint 2015 investigation with PBS’s Frontline reveals details about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s past, including allegations of criminal activity dating back to his early days as a top official in St. Petersburg and ties to organized crime.

  

Episode 4401 - Finding Jennifer

Many in a small town in Newfoundland are trying to solve a mystery: What happened to Jennifer Hillier-Penney? She disappeared without a trace almost two years ago, and since then there have been no named suspects, no arrests and no answers. Mark Kelley investigates.

  

Episode 4603 - The Smartest Guy in the Room: Cameron Ortis and the RCMP Secrets Scandal

The Fifth Estate tells the inside story of how RCMP charged one of their own with leaking confidential police secrets. Hosted by Bob McKeown.

  

Episode 4813 - The Girls Around Robert G. Miller

In 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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