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For other uses, see Fifth Estate (disambiguation).
The Fifth Estate title screen.
The Fifth Estate title screen.

The Fifth Estate is a Canadian television newsmagazine, which airs on the English language television network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A newsmagazine, also spelled news magazine, is usually a weekly Magazine featuring articles or segments on current events English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic 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 term Fourth Estate refers to the press, both in its explicit capacity of advocacy and in its implicit ability to frame political issues It is normally spelled in all lowercase letters. The program has been on the air since September 16, 1975, and its primary focus is on investigative journalism. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stories from The Fifth Estate routinely make headlines in Canada and have been regularly exported to other television networks around the world.

The Fifth Estate is Canada's foremost current affairs program. It has engaged in co-productions with the BBC, The New York Times, the leading Canadian newspapers The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Star, and often with the PBS series Frontline. The Globe and Mail is a Canadian English language nationally distributed Newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities The Toronto Star is Canada 's highest-circulation newspaper though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario. The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the Frontline is a public affairs television program of varying length produced at WGBH in Boston Massachusetts, and distributed through the

It has won far more awards than any other Canadian information program, including scores of Gemini awards (Canada's Emmys) among them nine for Best Information Series, numerous domestic investigative journalism awards, many New York and Columbus awards, International Emmys, and in 2000 The Michener Award, Canada's top journalism prize, which is open to all media and has only one annual winner. The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry Awards in Canada. The Michener Award is one of the highest distinctions in Canadian journalism One recent 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 the only television series to win an Academy Award: 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. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Just Another Missing Kid is a Documentary film about the search for missing teenager directed by John Zaritsky. The Academy Award for Documentary Feature is among the most prestigious awards for Documentary films Controversies

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Programs

News reports aired on The Fifth Estate have included investigations into/reports about:

Jounalists

Journalists associated with the show, past and present, include:

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Adrienne Louise Clarkson PC CC CMM COM CD (born February 10 1939 is an accomplished Canadian journalist and stateswoman Theresa Frances Veronica Burke (born Amy Lauren Gardner on May 11, 1956) is a Canadian Writer, Journalist and producer Stevie Cameron (born 1943 in Barrie Ontario) is a Canadian investigative journalist and author Gillian Findlay is a Canadian Television Journalist who has worked for the CBC and ABC. Hana Gartner (born 1948 in Prague Czechoslovakia) is a multiple award-winning Canadian television investigative journalist best known as the host/interviewer Robert "Bob" McKeown (/mə̆ˈkjuwən/ is an investigative reporter with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Sheila MacVicar (born Montreal, Canada) is a television Journalist. Eric Malling ( September 4, 1946 – September 28, 1998) was a Canadian television Journalist. Francine Pelletier (born c 1955 is a journalist based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Anna Maria Tremonti (born 1957) is a Canadian radio and television journalist who has been featured on a variety of programs on the CBC. Warner Troyer (1932 - 15 September 1991) was a Canadian broadcast journalist and writer
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