The Fifth Estate

Season 50, Episode 10

Episode Title: The Shadow War on Libraries

Air Date: 2025-02-07

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