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the fifth estate: 21st Century
In a three-part series, the fifth estate looks back on a remarkable time — the tumultuous first decade of the 21st Century. In those 10 years, the program has investigated, uncovered, illuminated, aggravated and even entertained its viewers with nearly 200 stories. the fifth estate’s award-winning hosts reflect on some of the significant issues and personalities they covered in that time.
The first episode of this special series focuses on the fifth estate’s unique coverage of War and Terrorism. Reporter Linden MacIntyre says: “We tend not to follow the news agenda. We tend not to be terribly obliged to get on big bandwagons. But, you have an event like 9/11, like the invasion of Iraq…if everybody in your audience is thinking of this subject you have to at least find some way of looking at it that might be of service."
In the second instalment of this three-part series looking back on how the fifth estate covered the first decade of the new century, the show’s award-winning hosts reflect on some of its most extraordinary and unforgettable characters.
In the final installment, the fifth estate's hosts reflect on the issue that viewers associate more than any other with the program: justice and injustice.
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