the fifth estate

Lucky 7

2013-05-25T01:00:00Z

How a fraudulent claim to a lottery ticket changed the rules of the game, and made a group of ordinary guys millionaires. Note : the fifth estate may be preempted by NHL playoff hockey.

Rate My Hospital

2013-04-13T02:00:00Z

Bob McKeown hosts the fifth estate's sweeping cross-country investigation into Canada's hospitals and what they don't want you to know.

Mission Improbable

2013-04-06T01:00:00Z

Cyndy Vanier thought she'd hit the big time when she signed up with SNC-Lavalin for a high risk mission working undercover in Libya. Linden MacIntyre investigates how a billion dollars worth of business with a dictator and a mysterious plot landed Vanier in a prison cell in Mexico.

Ironman

2013-03-29T16:47:29Z

He's been called a geo-vigilante, an eco-terrorist, a visionary who says he can fix global warming by seeding the ocean with iron. Thumbing his nose at UN conventions and possibly Canadian law, Russ George has teamed up with an impoverished Haida village to carry out his grand experiment off BC's coast.

Second Wave

2013-03-09T02:00:00Z

Two years ago, thousands of lives were lost and the landscape of Japan was changed forever by a tsunami that saw more than five million tonnes of debris swallowed up by the ocean. Mark Kelley reports on the Second Wave of the tsunami headed for Canadian shores, and a remarkable human drama that links our country with Japan.

The Vanishing

2013-03-01T22:24:10Z

A daughter's twelve-year quest to solve her mother's mysterious disappearance uncovers the dark secrets of a close-knit family.

The Unrepentant

2013-02-23T02:00:00Z

Linden MacIntyre stares down some of Canada's most frightening criminals. They are dangerous, disordered personalities whose lack of guilt and shame makes them both fascinating and horrifying.

Crossfire

2013-02-09T03:00:00Z

The Furious fight over guns in America.

Target bin Laden

2013-02-02T03:00:00Z

You've seen the Hollywood movie ... but what really happened in the hunt for Osama bin Laden? The true story of how the CIA tracked the world's most wanted terrorist.

Death in Paradise

2013-01-26T02:00:00Z

A distraught family searches for the truth behind the mystery of what happened to two sisters from Quebec on the vacation of a lifetime in Thailand and other tourists who've met with sudden and unexplained death.

The Last Race

2013-01-19T02:00:00Z

Troubling new revelations about the high speed crash that killed Canadian World Cup ski cross star Nik Zoricic and the dangers faced by top athletes who push the limit on risky and extreme competitive courses.

The Imperfect Spy

2013-01-12T02:00:00Z

Canadian naval intelligence officer Jeffrey Delisle and his secret life as a Russian Spy. Linden MacIntyre has an exclusive interview, and tells the full story of the biggest security breach in Canadian history.

Costa Concordia: The Captain's Tale

2012-12-08T02:00:00Z

As the biggest salvage operation in modern history gets underway, Bob McKeown revisits the cruise liner disaster and shares a revealing exclusive first in-depth interview with Captain Francesco Schettino

Hunting Magnotta

2012-12-01T02:00:00Z

Mark Kelley reveals the story of a secret group of online investigators who tracked accused killer Luka Magnotta for almost two years and warned police he was dangerous and had to be stopped.

Lance Armstrong

2012-11-24T02:00:00Z

Lance Armstrong was an inspiration to millions - he overcame a deadly disease and was hailed as one of the world's greatest athletes - but insiders knew the truth.

]]> the fifth estate examines the widespread use and abuse of doping in international cycling and how Lance Armstrong kept this dark secret for years.