The Fifth Estate Season 48 Episodes

Episode 1

Anatomy of Scandal

A look at why a troubling history suggests an alleged sexual assault in 2018 by some members of Canada's World Junior team was not an isolated incident.

Episode 2

The Big Burn

Examining the wood pellet industry that fuels the United Kingdom's energy needs while raising questions about its impact on forests.

Episode 3

Sold a Lie

We went undercover in India to reveal the pitch made by some education recruitment agents with financial connections to colleges in Canada. Lured by the promise of a quality post-secondary education and a chance to build a life here, thousands of foreign students arrive every year and find what they were promised - and what their families paid for - often isn't what awaits them.

Episode 4

Death at the Border

Investigating the murky world of human smuggling after a family of four from India, including an infant, freezes to death in January while trying to cross from Manitoba into Minnesota.

Episode 7

Hunting the Hacker of Gatineau

By day he worked for the Canadian government as an IT specialist. By night he worked as a hacker extorting companies and others around the world as a part of a criminal ransomware gang, amassing millions of dollars in bitcoin by threatening to expose the private digital information of victims who didn't pay up. The Fifth Estate reveals how he did it, the digital trail of destruction he left, and how he got caught. Co-produced with Radio-Canada's Enquête.

Episode 8

The Trump Files

Thu, Nov 24, 2022

Classified documents discovered in former U.S. president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home are the subject of a criminal investigation in the United States. We reveal why these documents also set off alarm bells with intelligence sources in Ottawa over whether secrets important to Canada were left unprotected.

Episode 9

Cold Case Ghost

To the families of two women slain in Toronto in 1983, the killer seemed like a ghost who vanished without a trace; the remarkable search for a suspect; Mark Kelley hosts.

Episode 10

The Dissidents

Episode 11

The Gamblification of Canada

Ontario is awash in ads promoting betting on sports. The Fifth Estate explores the sudden spike in gambling options and why some in the United Kingdom, where gambling advertising is being scaled back, say Canada is making a bad bet.

Episode 13

A Complicated Death

Since Canada legalized medical assistance in dying (MAID) in 2016, more than 30,000 Canadians have opted to die this way, including many who are not terminally ill. The Fifth Estate examines why some are making the choice to die.

Episode 14

The Girls around Robert G. Miller

A reclusive Quebec billionaire is accused of paying young girls for sexual favours. Since the episode aired, further accusations have been made against Miller.

Episode 15

What Hockey Canada knew about sexual assault allegations

The Fifth Estate digs deeper into the allegations that some members of Hockey Canada's 2018 world junior team took part in a group sexual assault. They unpack a history that suggests a pattern of abuse and look at why a charity has so much money stashed away.