The CBC wanted bold new ideas and they were surprised when one of the most daring one came from an investigative documentary programme called the Fifth Estate. The show was famous for doing stories on crime and justice in the classic documentary style. But this idea was different: The Fifth Estate: Kidnapped recreates a real-life kidnapping minute-by-tension-filled-minute and lets viewers decide what to do to catch the perpetrators each step of the way. Viewers can weigh in via social media and by scanning the on-screen QR code with their smartphones, as the true-life drama unfolds, offering their input on what they think investigators should do each step of the way to find the victim and bring the kidnappers to justice.