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BLOOD BROTHERS
Wednesday February 2, 2005 at 9p.m. on CBC-TV
 Imagine if your child had a life threatening illness. There is a potential cure, but it's risky and controversial. What would you do?
Last season we brought you the story of Jason and Michelle Whittaker's extraordinary battle to provide a cure for their desperately ill son, Charlie, by creating Britain's first designer baby. They created a life to save a life. The news of the Whittaker's decision created a ferocious debate with accusations of creating a "spare parts" baby, something the Whittakers vehemently refuted.
In the concluding chapter of this story, Charlie receives the stem cell transplant from his baby brother, Jamie. It's the hardest decision of the Whittakers' life. What hangs on their decision is Charlie's life.
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COMING UP
What Happened Next
Wednesday February 9, 2005 at 9p.m. on CBC-TV
In the course of producing our stories for the fifth estate we meet some remarkable people. Life doesn't stop for them after our television cameras go away, so we like to check back in and find out what happened next. If there's a theme in this group of stories then it's that everyone you'll meet is a fighter of some kind.
Hana Gartner has two stories--the first, a young woman in Medicine Hat, Alberta named Melanie Serr, who has fought the odds against a terrible disease. The other, Margaret Sidoroff, we first met as a female World boxing champion, a real-life Million Dollar Baby.
Linden MacIntyre re-visits Jeffrey Wigand, a man who fought the powerful tobacco industry and became a whistleblower immortalized in the Hollywood movie The Insider.
And Bob McKeown tells us about Luben Boykov and Elena Popova. When we first met the young Bulgarian couple they had fled Communist repression and were fighting to be able to stay and create a new life in Newfoundland. Find out what happened next.
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BLOOD BROTHERS
Thursday, February 3, 10:00 p.m.,
Friday, February 4, 1:00 & 4:00 a.m.
Sunday, February 6, 3:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.
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STICKS AND STONES
One of the most talked-about exchanges in Sticks and Stones occurred between reporter Bob McKeown and Ann Coulter and concerned Canada's role in the Vietnam War. Visit this page to watch the video.
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