Channel 5 (Five) is the youngest of the five major terrestrial channels in the UK. It was originally launched in 1997 so it has been around now for 13 years. The channels popularity slightly increased as it improved its programming schedule and included more interesting and entertaining programmes but recently has gone back down a bit again. It was never really going to be the most popular television channel and it's audience share has hovered around 5% for much of it's existence. Originally it had a quite a few problems with reception and many people could not actually receive the channel or it was not very clear. There may still be some issues for people but not as ...  Read the complete review

When Channel Five begun, they quickly amassed quite a tawdry reputation as the worst of the five channels, and earned a lot of criticism for their frequent airing of softcore porn in the early hours of the morning. While I might have appreciated it more than many as a kid growing up in the late nineties, they're a channel that have evolved into not only a respectable, but thoroughly entertaining channel that gets more of my attention than, say, the stuffy and family friendly BBC1. As someone who was raised on fine US crime dramas, Five is a welcome getaway from the rather dreadful British dramas we're subjected to, and they have gained a reputation as the home ...  Read the complete review

I remember when five first hit the airwaves, it launched with the big coup of having secured the rights to the England vs Poland match. The picture quality was terrible due to the very limited bandwidth they had and I questioned whether this was dead before it had even begun but after some very bland programmes and thankfully after the hiccups, things have improved markedly. So what does channel 5 offer? during the morning and early afternoon it offers the usual mix of talk shows, cooking programmes and this is not something of any interest to me. However the night time channel 5 really is an entirely different proposition as for football fans like myself, ...  Read the complete review

Channel Five is quite new in the world of TV but it is fair to say it is my favourite original terrestrial channel. Channel Five is famous for its brilliant US crime dramas from CSI to NCIS, Law & Order and previously House. Channel Five delivers what other channels never have which is to bring great crime drama straight out of America giving viewers some great entertainment which is what the yanks do the best. Channel Five also do some Australian soap operas like Neighbours and Home & Away, neither to my liking but they keep these for daytime viewing. Five also does some really good documentaries like Mean Machines, Big Bigger Biggest ...  Read the complete review

The year was 1997, and back then, there were only 4 tv channel on our screens, but that was until Channel 5 came about. However, even though it was a new channel, not everyone in the UK are able to recieve channel five, and it doesnt even come with an cable company, so for some of you, it is unfortunate. Over the years, one thing that I have noticed about channel five is that is broadcasts making shows that come from other countries, and it is very rare that there is a long running british show shown on this channel, after all the channels soap, family affiars got cancelled. Some of my favourite shows on this channel have to be the american show, CSI, and all ...  Read the complete review