Five Reviews

I've heard people slagging off Channel 5 and I've heard them praise it. I've aslo seen conflicting opinions in magazines, papers and on the internet about Channel 5's choice of programmes. The main concern seems to be with the films shown late at night. These are soft porn films, badly acted but they are not made with a story-line ...  Read the complete review

Not everyone in the UK is fortunate enough to be able to recieve Channel 5 , those of us that are are mostly not fortunate enough to get a clear picture. This is a channel that has it's sights firmly set within the budget end of television. Having said that they still have a lot going for them. Their style is very tongue in cheek and it almost ...  Read the complete review

Why do people slate Channel 5 so much? They offer an extra TV channel to us people who cannot afford Sky and it is to absolutely no cost whatsoever to us. The fact that it is actually a decent channel is a big bonus for us all. They have brought through a large number of new stars. Graham Norton, Jack Docherty, Tim Vine, Lee Hurst and ...  Read the complete review

Channel 5 - First of all not many people could receive the signal and if they could they sure found out that it isn't worth it. Do they actually have any decent programs showing? I mean, theres this one program called 100%, its a quiz show, 100 questions are asked and then it ends. I forced myself to watch it once (I don't know why, ...  Read the complete review

Channel 5 when first announced exited us all, we all saw then opening of the channel watching the first episode of Family Affairs, everyone was exited After a few month reality struck, this was not the best of channels available, and in most places of the Welsh country the picture was terrible, was that the ariel many people asked no it ...  Read the complete review

This programme is screened on Channel 5 on a Thursday evening around 11pm. The content is of an adult nature, as many have come to expect from Channel 5 at this hour. I believe that the actual content of the show was informative from what they were trying to get across to you, but is there really the need to see the girls doing their ...  Read the complete review

Having read a few of the other reviews in this section, I'd like to say that Channel 5 isn't really as bad as they all make it out to be. But that'd be like saying I think the Daily Mail is a great newspaper - b**locks. I remember C5's first day on air... I actually tuned in specifically to see the Spice Girls start it ...  Read the complete review

When a new fifth channel was announced and loads of blockbuster movies and great TV was promised. Unfortunately this dream did not come true. Apart from the occasional good film, Channel 5 is absolute b*llocks, using sh*te erotic films to gain all of its viewing figures. All of the channel’s other programs such as 100% or Family Affairs are ...  Read the complete review

With all the fuss that Channel 5 got during its lauch you would have been forgiven for thinking that we would get a quality channel to rival the BBC and ITV. How wrong could you be. Channel 5 is just so poor. The only viewers it gets are students who come home late at night drunk and they like all the cheesy programmes. The only good ...  Read the complete review

I find myself watching Channel five a lot, possibly even more than any of the other channels ( I don't have satellite). There is one very good reason for this. I am a big fan of Cult television shows. I also like to follow specific actors careers and will watch a film because an actor is in it not because it is good or bad. ...  Read the complete review

Possibly justifiably Channel Five had the label of being the channel to watch if you were after a bit of pornograophy. However ass the channel becomes older to the airwaves the quality of programms it puts out gets better and better. Yes O.K. they still have some smutty programms on but this should not stop those who are able to receive it to have ...  Read the complete review

Channel 5 is constontly critisised but I really like it. When theres fooball on they have a decent commentator - Jonathon Pearce. There's some good movies on. Theres movies for everyone children and adults. There news has been better than ITV, BBC, etc. as its more relaxed. Kirsty Young was very good - a shame she's left. Channel 5 will ...  Read the complete review

Channel 5 has been much maligned since its release in 1997. We had the problem with video tuning, the poor reception, the numerous other problem and at the end of it all we get a rather good television station...NOT! It was obvious from the amount of trash turned out by Channel 4 and BBC2 that there simply wasn't enough decent ...  Read the complete review

Channel 5 is the king of Soaps.But it's soaps are peopled with ham actors and it appears to import most of its programmes from the US. If you are into TV Soaps, what more could you ask for? Choose from Family Affairs, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives,or watch them all. (From July you can add Home and Away to the list). ...  Read the complete review

I don't like Channel 5 at all. The channel has been up and running for a while now, so why haven't they done anything about the appalling reception that alot of people have to suffer. We can watch Ch5 downstairs in our house via Sky but upstairs the reception stinks. Anyway, the poor reception doesn't bother me as the content ...  Read the complete review

One of the weirder things I have been involved in was the retuning campaign for C5. This was actually not a bad little earner though it was quite hard work in terms of trudging around the streets and scrabbling around on the floor behind peoples' TV's. I met a lot of really nice people from lonely pensioners only too pleased to have ...  Read the complete review

Channel 5 is probably the most complained about channel. Perhaps with good cause. The reception is terrible for some people. Most of their programmes are not what you would describe as quality. They have a lot of repeats. I live in the West Midlands, and have not had any problems with the reception. Obviously their reception quality is ...  Read the complete review

Most of the time I don't watch Channel 5, because of the very poor reception. I am not sure whether only me has this problem, but I know that most of my friends who stay around my area also have the same problem. Yes, Channel 5 does show a lot of movies, however most of them are quite old. In addition, after 10 PM, for those who like erotic ...  Read the complete review

Channel 5 [Background: Britain's fifth terrestrial television channel was launched on March 30th 1997 with a splash of publicity from the Spice Girls. The station has had to work hard to improve its market share in the three and a half years since its launch] Many people have already had their say on Channel 5, and the ...  Read the complete review

Channel 5 is probably the worst idea on TV, from the word "go". Remember the "huge" opening show? A quick song from the Spice Girls, a few trailers and that was it. And it didn't ever get better than that. For a start, not everyone in the country can receive Ch5 (maybe this is an advantage!) since they decided not ...  Read the complete review