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The Fifth Estate

Network:CBC

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S51E16 - "Corruption, Crime & Cricket Canada"

Aired on Apr 18, 2026, 1:00 AM

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For four decades the fifth estate has been Canada's premier investigative documentary program. Hosts Bob McKeown, Gillian Findlay and Mark Kelley continue the tradition of provocative and fearless journalism which began with Adrienne Clarkson, Warner Troyer and Peter Reilly in 1975.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.In 2014, the fifth estate won an International Emmy® Award for its investigation into the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh, titled Made in Bangladesh. For the third year in a row, the fifth estate was named Canada's Best News Information Series at the Canadian Screen Awards.

Details

Status
Running
Language
English
Runtime
60 min
Premiered
September 18, 1979
Schedule
Friday at 9:00 PM

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Episodes (33 Seasons · 368 Episodes)

The Denial Machine

A data breach at B.C.'s Interior Health involving tens of thousands of employees' most sensitive information is for sale on the dark web. Health-care workers' identities are repeatedly stolen while the agency denies the breach ever happened.

Oct 10, 2025

60 min

Funding the Occupation

We're in the occupied West Bank on the trail of millions in tax deductible charitable donations sent to support Israeli settlements deemed illegal under international law. Canada calls the expansion of settlements a barrier to Palestinian statehood.

Oct 17, 2025

60 min

Dying to Recover

Oct 24, 2025

60 min

Dawson Creek: Behind the Fear

Oct 31, 2025

60 min

The War on Safe Drugs

Nov 14, 2025

60 min

Smash & Grab

A crime wave is hitting jewelry stores across Canada. Smash-and-grabs are going viral on social media, but who's really behind these robberies? We reveal how adults are playing the system by luring kids into violent crime with lifelong consequences.

Nov 21, 2025

60 min

Trapped on the Water

Lobster is a billion-dollar industry on the East Coast. Big money brings big problems. Who gets to trap and when is tearing communities apart. Fishers on all sides are accusing the federal government of doing too little to help ease tensions.

Nov 28, 2025

60 min

Vanished

Jan 16, 2026

60 min

Missing Black Boys

Reports of Black boys going missing have gone viral on social media. So have theories about what is happening to them. We investigate who or what is luring these boys to remote communities and meet families on a desperate search to find them.

Jan 23, 2026

60 min

Canada's Crypto Fugitive

Jan 30, 2026

60 min

Sign in Last Breath

Designed to protect law enforcement and health-care workers, spit hoods have been linked to deaths. Banned in parts of the world, in Canada, they're used commonly, sometimes even on minors, and few agencies track their use or the consequences.

Feb 27, 2026

60 min

The Business of Bigotry?

Online extremist content is influencing real-life violence. To creators, it's free speech; it's also big business. We go from Nashville to Calgary to eastern Europe on the trail of two Canadian companies that help creators turn hate into profit.

Mar 20, 2026

60 min

Critical Threat

Mar 27, 2026

60 min

The Dissident & The Spy

Apr 3, 2026

60 min

The Ostrich Con

Apr 10, 2026

60 min

Corruption, Crime & Cricket Canada

Apr 17, 2026

60 min

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