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Country of origin Canada Running time 60 minutes Original release 1975 – present | 8/10 IMDb No. of seasons 42 Original network CBC Television | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Gillian Findlay
Bob McKeown
Mark Kelley Theme song The Fifth Estate Theme Song Executive producers Julian Sher, Neil Docherty, Oleh Rumak Writers Bob McKeown, Mark Kelley, Gillian Findlay Awards Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research Nominations Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program Similar W5, The Nature of Things, Marketplace, The National, CBC News: Sunday Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Fifth Estate (stylized as the fifth estate) is an award-winning Canadian television newsmagazine, which airs on the English language CBC Television network and CBC News Network. 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 1975, and its primary focus is on investigative journalism. It has engaged in co-productions with the BBC, The New York Times, The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, and often with the PBS series Frontline.
Contents
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- Programs
- Journalists
- Season 39
- Season 38
- Season 37
- Season 36
- Awards
- Controversy
- References
The series began its 40th season in October 2014.
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Programs
News reports aired on The Fifth Estate have included investigations into and reports about:
Journalists
Journalists associated with the show, past and present, include:
Season 39
The 2013-2014 Television season was the 39th season of The Fifth Estate.
Season 38
The 2012–13 Television season was the 38th season of The Fifth Estate.
Season 37
The 2011–12 Television season was the 37th season of The Fifth Estate.
Season 36
The 2010–11 Television season was the 36th season of The Fifth Estate.
Awards
The Fifth Estate has won many awards, including Gemini Awards – among them ten for Best Information Series, numerous domestic investigative journalism awards, many New York and Columbus awards, International Emmys, and in 2000 and 2010 the Michener Award, Canada's top journalism prize, which is open to all media and has only one annual winner. A 2003 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 two television series (with The Twilight Zone being the first) to win an Academy Award, a prize presented to theatrical films: Just Another Missing Kid, originally a The Fifth Estate episode, was released in theatres in the United States and won the 1982 Academy Award for Documentary Feature.
Controversy
The CBC was successfully sued for libel over an episode that aired on February 27, 1996. Dr. Myers asked for an apology plus $25,000, while Dr. Leenen asked for an apology plus $10,000, but the CBC decided to fight. Dr. Myers was awarded $200,000, plus interest and costs, while Dr. Leenen won $950,000, plus interest and costs that could total over $2-million, a record for Canadian libel. The CBC has no libel insurance. Both judges ruled that the journalists had twisted the facts and acted with malice, with one writing in his discission "This was sensationalistic journalism of the worst sort and should serve as an embarrassment to this so-called 'flagship' investigative program." The episode's host Trish Wood, producer Nicholas Regush, the researcher and executive producer David Studer with punitive and aggravated damages. [41]