Season 1
2013 | 12 Episodes
"The Fourth Estate" is a television series, which addresses the clash between power and media, thus showing the many faces of politics and journalism. In the twelve episodes, viewers can trace an actual journalistic investigation, the main protagonists being politicians and journalists, while the plot is based on facts and events, which seem familiar due to the documentary background of many of the discussed plots. The story is built around the life of a newspaper, which endeavours to work by pursuing its own rules for independent journalism in a society overtaken by dependencies. The investigation leads to a clash between the outside and the personal world of reporters and they come to realize that they will have to choose between taking part in manipulation or stand up against it. What happens onscreen repeats life - cutthroat fight for power, dirty political games, hits below the belt, disclosure of information, pressure and desperate journalistic resistance. Illegal wiretapping, espionage, discrediting sex affair evidence, racketeering and scam are genre approaches that keep the viewers on the edge of their seats.
Country: Bulgaria
Type: scripted
Status: Ended
Language: Bulgarian
Release Date: September 29, 2013
Also Known As: Четвърта власт
Production Co: Bulgarian National Television, Spotlight Production Company
2013 | 12 Episodes
Nominee
Bulgarian Film Academy Award
Best Supporting Actress (Nai-Dobra Poudurzhashta Zhenskya Rolya)
Nominee
Bulgarian Film Academy Award
Best Supporting Actor (Nai-Dobra Poddurzhashta Muzhka Rolya)
Nominee
Bulgarian Film Academy Award
Best Supporting Actor (Nai-Dobra Poddurzhashta Muzhka Rolya)
Nominee
Winner
Bulgarian Film Academy Award
Best Production Design (Nai-Dobur Filmova Stsenografiya)
Nominee
Winner
Bulgarian Film Academy Award
Best Costume Design (Nai-Dobur Khudozhnik po Kostyumi)