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The Fifth Estate

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The top-notch team of hosts Bob McKeown, Gillian Findlay, Mark Kelley and Habiba Nosheen provides unique and engaging documentaries from Canada and beyond. "The Fifth Estate" is a reference to the term Fourth Estate, and was chosen to highlight the program's determination to go beyond everyday news into original journalism. The series has won numerous awards for its reporting, including Gemini Awards, International Emmys, the Michener Award, and even an Academy Award for a 1981 episode that was released in theaters the following year. Since September 1975, Canadians have tuned in to experience interesting stories that are always well-crafted and thought-provoking.

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Upcoming TV Listings for The Fifth Estate

The Fifth Estate New

The Fifth Estate brings in-depth investigations important to Canadians, delivering a parade of political leaders, controversial characters and ordinary people with impacted lives.

9:00 PM on CBC - Network

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The Fifth Estate Hours Long New

The 2023 implosion of the Titan submersible shocked the world; 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.

7:00 PM on CBC News Network

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The Fifth Estate Hours Long

The 2023 implosion of the Titan submersible shocked the world; 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.

1:00 AM on CBC News Network

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The Fifth Estate Hours Long

The 2023 implosion of the Titan submersible shocked the world; 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.

7:00 PM on CBC News Network

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The Fifth Estate Runaway Train: Investigating a CP Rail Crash; Who Are They? Reconstructing Faces Of The Dead

Piecing together the investigation of a runaway train last winter through exclusive interviews; fifteen students, one instructor, and one RCMP officer attempt to identify the remains of 15 men found in Canada through forensic sculpture.

10:00 AM on Documentary Channel (Canada)

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The Fifth Estate Runaway Train: Investigating a CP Rail Crash; Who Are They? Reconstructing Faces Of The Dead

Piecing together the investigation of a runaway train last winter through exclusive interviews; fifteen students, one instructor, and one RCMP officer attempt to identify the remains of 15 men found in Canada through forensic sculpture.

3:00 PM on Documentary Channel (Canada)

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The Fifth Estate Runaway Train: Investigating a CP Rail Crash; Who Are They? Reconstructing Faces Of The Dead

Piecing together the investigation of a runaway train last winter through exclusive interviews; fifteen students, one instructor, and one RCMP officer attempt to identify the remains of 15 men found in Canada through forensic sculpture.

8:00 PM on Documentary Channel (Canada)

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The Fifth Estate Lessons Not Learned

Bob McKeown goes behind the rhetoric about Chinese police stations in Canada to reveal that far from being caught unaware, the Canadian government and the RCMP have long cooperated in China's hunt for supposed fugitives in this country.

9:00 PM on CBC - Network

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The Fifth Estate New

The Fifth Estate brings in-depth investigations important to Canadians, delivering a parade of political leaders, controversial characters and ordinary people with impacted lives.

7:00 PM on CBC News Network

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The Fifth Estate

The Fifth Estate brings in-depth investigations important to Canadians, delivering a parade of political leaders, controversial characters and ordinary people with impacted lives.

1:00 AM on CBC News Network

Select your lineup for TV local listings