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The Fifth Estate

Season 35 · 20 episodes · Sep 25, 2009

  1. Episode 1

    Riding on Risk

    Sep 25, 2009

    Disturbing allegations about our safety in the air.

  2. Episode 2

    The Education of Brian Nicholl

    Oct 2, 2009

    Learning lessons about the economic downturn, the hard way.

  3. Episode 3

    Death Online

    Oct 9, 2009

    A young Ottawa woman's suicide leads to an international hunt for an online predator.

  4. Episode 4

    The Fall and Rise of Theo Fleury

    Oct 16, 2009

    He had it all and lost it. Now, Theo Fleury finally may have found himself.

  5. Episode 5

    Broken Heroes

    Oct 30, 2009

    They went off to war like heroes and returned with invisible wounds.

  6. Episode 6

    Bus 1170

    Nov 6, 2009

    When a bus ride home turned into a night of terror.

  7. Episode 7

    Over the Edge

    Nov 13, 2009

    What happens when a small town thrill-seeker is lured into B.C.

  8. Episode 8

    The Unofficial Story

    Nov 27, 2009

  9. Episode 9

    Out of Control

    Jan 8, 2010

    Ashley Smith was a troubled 19-year-old when she choked herself to death with a strip of cloth at Grand Valley Institution in Kitchener, Ontario. Her death made national headlines and led to a scathing report by Canada's federal prison ombudsman. Now, through exclusive access to prison video exposing Ashley's treatment in custody, the fifth estate shares the story of this young woman's harrowing life and the circumstances surrounding her death.

  10. Episode 10

    House of Cards

    Jan 15, 2010

    The collapse of a financial giant and its Canadian connection.

  11. Episode 11

    Fasten Your Seatbelts

    Jan 29, 2010

    Billions have been spent on airport security.

  12. Episode 12

    Earl Jones: In Trust

    Feb 5, 2010

    Over two decades he bilked investors of $50 million.

  13. Episode 13

    21st Century: War and Terrorism

    Feb 12, 2010

    Part one of a three-part series: How the fifth estate covered the first decade of the 21st century.

  14. Episode 14

    21st Century: The People

    Feb 19, 2010

    Part two of a three-part series: How the fifth estate covered the first decade of the 21st century.

  15. Episode 15

    21st Century: Law and Disorder

    Feb 26, 2010

    Part three of a three-part series: How the fifth estate covered the first decade of the 21st century.

  16. Episode 16

    The Wrong Man

    Mar 5, 2010

    A string of wrongful murder convictions... and the man who prosecuted them.

  17. Episode 17

    Cougar 491

    Mar 12, 2010

    A helicopter ride to an oil rig, a crash and 17 deaths. New details about what may have caused it.

  18. Episode 18

    Hannah's Heart

    Mar 19, 2010

    She's 13 and has a failing heart. Hannah Jones said "no" to the transplant that will save her life.

  19. Episode 19

    The Code

    Mar 26, 2010

    Hockey's unwritten law of fighting and the men who live by it.

  20. Episode 20

    Larger Than Life

    Apr 9, 2010

    He's rich, he's powerful, he's larger than life. But what kind of boss is Peter Nygard?