The Fifth Estate · SEASON 50
The Shadow War on Libraries
Episode 10 · 2025-02-07

- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
Now more and more libraries find themselves on the front lines of a culture war, with battles over books, bans and the freedom to read. The attacks on libraries started in the U.S. and, like a slow-burning brushfire, they've been moving north, the flames fanned by pressure groups who feel libraries should not have books about sex education, gender identity or stories
Season 50 episodes
1. Dawson Creek: We Want Our Town Back Season2024-10-11
2. Road to Ruin2024-10-18
3. Stronach: Power and Silence2024-10-25
4. The Election and the War2024-11-01
5. Conspiracy in Coutts2024-11-15
6. Cracked: Crimes Behind Encryption2024-11-22
7. Episode 72024-11-29
9. Pet Care Inc.2025-01-24
10. The Shadow War on Libraries2025-02-07
11. Inside Job: The airport gold heist2025-02-14
12. The second term project 20252025-02-28
13. Tax Hack: Identity Theft2025-03-07
14. A Sister's Promise2025-03-14
15. Trapped: The Online Terror Network2025-03-21