THE FIFTH ESTATE

'''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 name is a play on the fact that the media are sometimes referred to as the Fourth Estate, and was chosen to highlight the program's determination to go beyond everyday news into original journalism.
The program has been on the air since September 16, 1975, and its primary focus is on investigative journalism. Stories from ''the fifth estate'' routinely make headlines in Canada and have been regularly exported to other television networks around the world.
Journalists associated with the show, past and present, include:

★ Linden MacIntyre

★ The Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson

★ Theresa Burke

★ Marie Caloz

★ Harvey Cashore

★ Gillian Findlay

★ Hana Gartner

★ Bob McKeown

★ Sheila MacVicar

★ Eric Malling

★ Ian Parker

★ Francine Pelletier

★ Peter Reilly

★ Anna Maria Tremonti

★ Warner Troyer

★ Trish Wood

★ Neil Docherty

★ David Studer

★ Jim Williamson

★ Robin Taylor

★ Ron Haggart

★ Sally Reardon

Contents

Programs

External links

Programs

News reports aired on ''the fifth estate'' have included investigations into/reports about:

★ Airport Security

★ David Frost and Mike Danton

★ Benny Hinn

★ 9/11 myths

★ Dick Cheney

★ Al Qaeda in Europe

★ Polygamy in British Columbia

★ Airbus

★ Steven Truscott

★ Tunagate

★ Pierre Vallières

★ To sell a war

★ Communications Security Establishment

★ Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation ("Luck of the Draw")
the fifth estate is Canada's foremost current affairs program. It has engaged in co-productions with the BBC, The New York Times, the leading Canadian newspapers The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Star, and often with the PBS series Frontline.
It has won far more awards than any other Canadian information program, including scores of Gemini awards (Canada's Emmys) among them nine for Best Information Series, numerous domestic investigative journalism awards, many New York and Columbus awards, International Emmys, and in 2000 The Michener Award, Canada's top journalism prize, which is open to all media and has only one annual winner. One recent co-production with The New York Times and PBS's Frontline was recognized with the Pulitzer, Peabody, Polk and other awards.
the fifth estate' is one of the only television series to have been nominated for--and won-- anAcademy Award. ''Just Another Missing Kid'', originally a ''fifth estate'' episode, was released in theatres in the United States and 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