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Company

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One of the Channel 5 idents used from 1999-2000

Five logo used from 2002-Present

Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited (as of 2006, still the legal name of the company, though it now trades exclusively as five) was licensed by the UK Government in 1995 after an exhaustive bidding process that lasted from 1993 and throughout 1994. The initial round of bidders, which included a network of city-TV stations planned by Thames Television, was rejected outright and the Independent Television Commission contemplated not awarding the licence at all. Image File history File links Channel_5. ... Image File history File links Channel_5. ... Image File history File links Channel5_Logo. ... Image File history File links Channel5_Logo. ... Image File history File links Five. ... Image File history File links Five. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The ITC has been superseded as the British commercial television regulator by Ofcom (the Office of Communications). ...

The difficulty with the project lay in use of television broadcast frequencies that had been allocated to RF outputs from domestic video recorders. To achieve national coverage, large numbers of domestic video recorders (which output at a nearby frequency) had to be retuned or fitted with a filter, at the bidding company's expense.

The project was revived in mid 1994 when the Independent Television Commission re-advertised the franchise. Tom McGrath, then-president of Time Warner International Broadcasting, put together a revised frequency plan with NTL and consulting engineer Ellis Griffiths, involving less re-tuning and greater signal coverage. Lord (Clive) Hollick, then CEO of Meridian Broadcasting (later United News & Media, and now UBM) took up the project as lead investor as UK law prohibited Time Warner from owning more than 25%. Pearson Television, who by now owned original licence bidders Thames Television, also came on board. Ironically, when McGrath left to become President of Paramount, Time Warner dropped out of the project and was replaced by CLT. Pearson Television and CLT later merged, becoming RTL Group who, as of 2006, control the network, after buying UBM's share. The ITC has been superseded as the British commercial television regulator by Ofcom (the Office of Communications). ... Tom McGrath Thomas B. McGrath (born 1956, married, 2 children) though little known outside Hollywood, has been an important, behind-the-scenes player in reshaping modern media throughout his entertainment career. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Virgin Media, Telewest and Virgin. ... Clive Hollick (Lord Hollick of Notting Hill) (born 19 May 1945) is a British businessman with media interests. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Meridian Broadcasting (ITV Meridian) is the holder of the ITV franchise for South and South East England. ... RTL Group is Europes largest TV, radio and production company. ... RTL Group is Europes largest TV, radio and production company, and is majority-owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. ...

History

"Give me 5!" the Pre-launch hype

Wolf Olins and Saatchi & Saatchi were the main companies behind the pre-launch advertising campaign: "Give Me 5".^[1] The channel would be both modern and mainstream. The "5" logo (a numeric "5" within a circle) and "candy strip" (a bar of colours) was used, and an attempt was made to establish a collection of "C5 faces"; hence through the spring of 1997, billboards of Jack Docherty were displayed, along with other unknown characters.^[1] Wolff Olins is a brand consultancy founded in 1965. ... Saatchi and Saatchi is an advertising agency founded by brothers Maurice (now Lord Saatchi) and art collector Charles, most famous for their campaign on behalf of the Conservative Party before the 1979 UK general election and for the adverts for British Airways and other state owned interests privatised by the... Jack Docherty is a Scottish comedian. ...

However the main issue around the pre-launch hype was the retuning of thousands of video recorders so that viewers could actually view the channel. The British frequency plan was designed for four channels; Channel 5 could be squeezed into the allocated frequencies that became vacant, however in order to be distributed broadly like its opposition, a clumsy re-wiring process had to take place. It gave a somewhat farcical impression to its future viewers. It also created confusion as to where the channel could be viewed, simply because in some regions of the country it wasn't (and in some places still isn't) possible for the channel to be broadcasted; this is due to the fact the channel could cause interference with French networks.

A series of pre-launch screens were displayed on the frequencies channel 5 would begin broadcasting on in the months before launch as well, these included:

• A local "give me 5" screen that was broadcast in Croydon on January 26 1997. It gave various transmitter information and numbers to call for viewers with difficulty.

• On the 25th February 1997 a fresh "wavy flag" design was broadcast, displaying similar information as the previous screen. It would remain for six and a half minutes, before the three and a half minute long trailer was distributed. This screen was altered accordingly to the area where it was shown.

• The "give me 5" trailer (shown between 25 February and 22 March 1997) featured a collection of previews, it told the viewers what to expect from the UK's newest channel:
  • "Give me action" England's World Cup Qualify against Poland.
  • "Give me News" Kirsty Young changes the face of news reporting.
  • "Give me kids stuff" a preview of Channel 5's children's entertainment output.

• On the 26th of March an animated version of the channel 5 logo was broadcasted.

In the last week before launch, the Spice girls featured in a three second promotional advert saying: "Channel 5, Easter Sunday, 6pm!"

After an exhaustive re-tuning system, 65% of the population could view the channel by launch night.^{[citation needed]}

The Launch

The Spice Girls launched the channel with a re-written version of the 60s hit "5-4-3-2-1" song on Sunday 30 March 1997 at 18.00. Presenters Tim Vine and Julia Bradbury introduced the nation to the UK's fifth free terrestrial network with half an hour of previews, given the title as "Give me 5!". The Spice Girls are a four-time BRIT Award-winning English all-female pop group, which formed in London in 1994. ... is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... Tim Vine in a promotional photograph for Whittle. ... Julia Bradbury is best known as a presenter (since 2005) of the BBC1 programme Watchdog. ...

The rest of The Channel 5 launch Night schedule, along with the official viewing figures were as follows:

• 18.30: Family Affairs - The first episode of Channel 5's very own soap (1.72 million viewers).
• 19.00: Two Little Boys - A one-off documentary, written and presented by David Aaronovitch, following the childhoods and early careers of then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom John Major and Leader of the Opposition Tony Blair (0.68 million viewers).
• 20.00: Hospital - a one-off comedy (1.12 million).
• 21.00: "Beyond Fear" - a one-off drama (1.70 million).
• 22.30 : The Jack Docherty Show - 5's very own 5 nights a week chat show (1.16 million).
• 23.10: The Comedy Store Special - Stand-up comedy and interviews with comedians (0.73 million).
• 23.40: Turnstyle - Sports preview show (0.49 million)
• 00.10: Live and Dangerous - Channel 5's all night sports strand (0.08 million)
• 05.30: Give me 5! - Another chance to see the Spice Girls launch the channel (0.03 million)

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The Re-launch

On Monday 21 August 2002, Channel 5 re-branded to Five, in a multi million pound re-launch. It was an attempt to shake off the reputation as a tacky-smut wielding machine that the channel picked up, due to its cumulating risqué output of the past. The project was directed by Trevor Beattie. The Director of marketing was David Pullin, who said: "This campaign set out to achieve three key objectives: to clarify the channel's creative strategy; to refresh the channel's on-screen identity; and to address the gap between the common perceptions of Five and the new reality of our programming - stimulating viewers' reappraisal of Five's programmes and brand. Channel 5 was a name; 'Five' is a brand. 'Five' as a brand reflects the evolution the channel is undergoing in programming and in becoming a more confident and distinctive viewer proposition." Trevor Beattie, former chairman of TBWA, is responsible for a number of high profile and often controversial advertising campaigns—most notably the “Hello Boys” for Wonderbra and the FCUK for French Connection. ...

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Rumoured merger

On 27 February 2004 it was reported that Five and Channel 4 were discussing a possible merger; this was widely seen as a potential upset for Channel 4's pride. Some comics joked that the merged company should call itself Chanel 9 after the spoof foreign network on The Fast Show. Channel 4 and Five announced that merger plans were being called off in November of that year. is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Channel 4 is a public-service British television station, broadcast to all areas of the United Kingdom (and also the Republic of Ireland), which began transmissions in 1982. ... Chanel 9 was a recurring sketch in the British sketch comedy TV show The Fast Show. ... In contemporary usage, a parody (or lampoon) is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... The Fast Show is a BBC comedy sketch show programme that ran for four series from 1994 to 2000. ... Channel 4 is a public-service British television station, broadcast to all areas of the United Kingdom (and also the Republic of Ireland), which began transmissions in 1982. ...

On 20 July 2005, RTL Group paid £247.6 million for United Business Media's 35.4% stake in the channel. The acquisition was approved on 26 August 2005. is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... RTL Group is Europes largest TV, radio and production company, and is majority-owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. ... is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Multi-channel strategy

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On 18 November 2005, it was announced that Five had bought a stake in DTT's pay-TV operator, Top Up TV. It was said that the investment may lead to the development of new free and pay services on DTT, and other platforms.^[2] is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and sound using aerial broadcasts to a conventional antenna (or aerial) instead of a satellite dish or cable connection. ... Top Up TV is a British television company registered on the island of Jersey, that offers subscription television services via digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom. ...

Following this, Five launched two new digital TV channels in autumn 2006 on Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media:^[3] Freeview is the operator of free digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom, using the DVB-T standard. ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... Virgin Media Inc. ...

• Five Life, launched on 15 October 2006, providing pre-school shows under the milkshake! banner as well as drama, films, soaps, popular factual and lifestyle shows aimed at women.
• Five US, launched on 16 October 2006, offering drama, films, sport, comedy and youth programming from across the Atlantic.

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The channels use Digital Terrestrial space that was previously occupied by Top Up TV's channels, but viewers will not require a Top Up TV subscription, or pay extra to receive the new channels. The channels will be funded by a "substantial additional investment" from the broadcaster's parent company RTL.^[4] Top Up TV is a British television company registered on the island of Jersey, that offers subscription television services via digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom. ...

Broadcasting and reception

The British frequency plan had only allowed for four channels to be transmitted over the whole of the UK using analogue terrestrial transmitters. The ITC had identified that UHF channels 35 and 37 could provide coverage of around 70% of the UK population. However, these channels were used by many domestic video recorders for RF connection to television sets. Before the channel could launch on Easter Sunday 1997 the broadcaster had to provide over-the-phone instructions or visit any home that complained to retune the video recorder or fit a filter to completely block the Channel 5 signal. This article is about the radio frequency. ... Easter (also called Pascha) is generally accounted the most important holiday of the Christian year, observed March or April each year to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead (after his death by crucifixion; see Good Friday), which Christians believe happened at about this time of year, almost two...

However, for many transmitters channels 35 and 37 were 'out of group', which meant that the roof-top receiving aerials were specifically designed to filter out Channel 5's broadcasts. Many people either could not receive the channel at all, or required a new aerial. The broadcaster has added to the transmitters to improve the analogue terrestrial coverage since that time. The channel was also provided on the analogue Astra/BSkyB service, which enabled people outside of the terrestrial reception areas to receive it via a satellite dish. A Yagi-Uda beam antenna Short Wave Curtain Antenna (Moosbrunn, Austria) A building rooftop supporting numerous dish and sectored mobile telecommunications antennas (Doncaster, Victoria, Australia) An antenna is a transducer designed to transmit or receive radio waves which are a class of electromagnetic waves. ...

Unlike the other four analogue British television channels, the channel cannot be received via analogue terrestrial broadcasts in many areas, including some parts of the south coast of England, where the signal would otherwise interfere with signals from television stations in France, many areas in Scotland, most of Wales and parts of Cumbria. The channel is available on all digital platforms (Sky Digital satellite, and Freeview digital terrestrial, and also most cable operators). British television broadcasting has a range of different broadcasters, broadcasting multiple channels over a variety of distribution media. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... This article is about the country. ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... Freeview is the operator of free digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom, using the DVB-T standard. ...

The channel was the first in the UK to use a permanent digital on-screen graphic, which was unpopular with the viewing public and removed altogether on 16 September 2002.^[5] In a typical digital on screen graphic, the stations logo appears in a corner of the screen. ... // 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr declared Prince of Wales by his followers. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

Five's annual audience shares (1997-2006)

Five share of viewing since launch 1997-2007

Below is the official audience shares in percent for Five since 1997. Generally, Channel 4's audience share lingers around the 10% margin, and BBC One and ITV's share lingers around 20%-30%. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 26 KB, MIME type: image/png) five share of viewing since launch 1997-2007 I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 26 KB, MIME type: image/png) five share of viewing since launch 1997-2007 I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...

1997: 2.3%
1998: 4.3%
1999: 5.4%
2000: 5.7%
2001: 5.8%
2002: 6.3%
2003: 6.5%
2004: 6.6%
2005: 6.4%
2006: 4.9%
2007:

Programming

General

In the early days, the station had audience figures so low they were non-existent; thanks in part to the weak daytime programming and cheap U.S imports that took up much of the channel. Early evenings were dominated by lifestyle and cooking shows, before Kirsty Young turned up at half eight for the main evening news (praised for its informative presentation). The focus of the channel was the 9pm film, though the quality would vary, with TV movies often aired in place of cinematic releases. Ratings for the channel's soap opera Family Affairs were much lower than the soaps aired by other terrestrial channels, and the channel offset the weak primetime performance with risque late-night programming such as Red Shoe Diaries and Sex and Shopping. The channel did gain high ratings for football matches, and this caused then-Programming Director Dawn Airey to stress that the channel was about "more than just films, football and fucking!", though this quote is still often misquoted as a description of the channel's programming strategy rather than as a denial of said strategy.^[6] In an attempt to shake off this negative image, the channel re-branded as "five" in a multi-million advertising campaign. Kirsty Young on Five News Kirsty Jackson Young (born 23 November 1968 in East Kilbride) is a Scottish television journalist, presenter, actress and radio presenter. ... A television movie (also TV movie, TV-movie, made-for-TV movie, etc. ... Family Affairs was a British soap opera. ... The cover for one of the DVD releases. ... Dawn Airey, born in Lancashire in 1960, is a British television executive. ...

Family Affairs was pulled on 30 December 2005, due to low ratings freeing up £10 million for other programming. Since 2002, Five has pursued an aggressive acquisition strategy, and now airs several of the highest-rating American dramas, including Grey's Anatomy, all three CSI franchises, House, three of the Law & Order franchises, Shark and Prison Break. The channel also poached talk-show host Trisha Goddard from ITV to shore up its daytime schedule, and also bought the rights to Australian soap opera Home and Away.^[7] is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Greys Anatomy is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American primetime television medical drama. ... The term CSI franchise is commonly used to describe a number of related American television programs created by Anthony E. Zuiker and originally broadcast on CBS, all of which deal with forensic scientists as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths and crimes committed. ... House, M.D. (commonly promoted as just House) is an American television series aired by the Fox Broadcasting Company. ... Law & Order is a long-running American television police procedural and legal drama set in New York City. ... Shark is an American television show that is a part of the new crop of CBS shows in the Fall 2006 line up. ... Prison Break is an American serial drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on August 29, 2005. ... Trisha Goddard (born 23 December 1957) is an English television presenter well known for morning talk show Trisha which is aired on Channel Five. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... Home and Away (commonly abbreviated to H&A) is a soap opera that has been produced in Sydney by the Seven Network since July 1987. ...

As a public service broadcaster, Five is required to show educational programmes, including some moderately successful documentaries, such as the Hidden Lives series. In 2005 Five acquired another public service figleaf - the rights to the annual Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. Michael Faraday delivering a Christmas Lecture in 1856. ...

Entertainment

Five aired cult prison drama Prisoner Cell Block H, running all 692 episodes between April 1997 and February 2001 and they also bought another Australian soap, Sons and Daughters, running all 972 episodes between 1998 and 2005. Five also aired two popular American soap operas Sunset Beach and The Bold and the Beautiful every weekday morning with an omnibus edition of Sunset Beach every Saturday from 1998 to 2001. After the end of Sunset Beach in 1999, Five aired the remaining episodes up till early 2000. Five then replaced it with another popular American soap opera Days of our Lives. However after poor ratings Days of our Lives was also dropped from Five's weekday morning schedules in 2002. Soon after The Bold and the Beautiful was also abruptly dropped from the weekday morning schedules and as of 2007 they have not replaced the morning schedule with any soap operas. Prisoner is an Australian television soap opera which was set in Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional womens prison. ... Sons and Daughters was an Australian soap opera created by Reg Watson and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation. ... Sunset Beach was an American soap opera that aired on NBC from January 6, 1997 to December 31, 1999. ... The Bold and the Beautiful (often called Bold or annotated to B&B) is an American television soap opera, created by Lee Phillip Bell and William J. Bell. ... Days of our Lives is an American soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965[2] on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world. ...

One of Five's other popular programmes was the New Zealand teenage futuristic drama series The Tribe which they aired in its entire run of five seasons from 1999 to 2003. After the end of each season they usually repeated each season's episodes on Weekday mornings in the school summer holidays. After the end of the fifth season, there were plans for a sixth season which have not materialized. Five has also aired the The Tribe spin-off The New Tomorrow in 2005 which has so far only lasted one season. The Tribe is a science fiction television program, created by Raymond Thompson and Harry Duffin, produced by Cloud 9. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... The New Tomorrow is a New Zealand-based television series produced by Cloud 9 and is a sequel to the cult television series The Tribe. ...

Five obtained the rights for Australian soap opera Home and Away in 2001, and the cancelled music show CD:UK both in a bidding war with ITV, though it failed in a bid to buy terrestrial rights for The Simpsons which went to Channel 4. Five later decided to drop plans to bring back CD:UK. For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... Home and Away (commonly abbreviated to H&A) is a soap opera that has been produced in Sydney by the Seven Network since July 1987. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... Simpsons redirects here. ... Channel 4 is a public-service British television station, broadcast to all areas of the United Kingdom (and also the Republic of Ireland), which began transmissions in 1982. ...

Five beat the BBC to the format rights for a UK version of The Mole. This was well received, and attracted a moderate audience for the channel. The website UKGameshows.com announced that The Mole beat The Crystal Maze to win its first reader poll to find the best UK gameshow of all time. Five also aired the popular game show Fort Boyard from 1998 to 2002. In 2003, Five acquired the rights to the cult show Robot Wars, previously shown on BBC2, though the show ended soon after this, and repeats of previous series went out on Sky One in late 2006. The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... For the South Park character, see Mole (South Park) For the hip hop artist, see The Mole (emcee/producer) The Mole is a reality television game show. ... UKGameshows. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Fort Boyard, as seen from the sea. ... Robot Wars is a British game show broadcast on BBC Two from 1997 until 2002, with a final series broadcast on Five in 2003. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ...

Five has recently aired Make Me A Supermodel, a reality show where contestants try to win a contract with Select Modelling Agency. The show has had two series, and the second series was also featured on Five Life. Another reality TV strand is Trust Me, I'm A..., which features celebrities performing different jobs. This strand has so far had two incarnations, Trust Me, I'm A Holiday Rep and Trust Me, I'm A Beauty Therapist. Make Me A Supermodel was a modelling contest reality TV show hosted and judged by supermodel Rachel Hunter. ... Five Life is a free-to-air television channel in the United Kingdom owned by Five. ...

On May 18, 2007, Five acquired the rights to Australian soap opera Neighbours from the BBC after outbidding ITV1. This will be the second time the two UK networks have fought over an Australian soap. Back in 2001, Five won the rights over ITV to air Home and Away (another popular Australian soap) when ITV's contract with Home and Away ended. is the 138th day of the year (139th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Neighbours is a long-running Australian soap opera, which began its run in March 1985. ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... Home and Away (commonly abbreviated to H&A) is a soap opera that has been produced in Sydney by the Seven Network since July 1987. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting...

On the same day Five announced it won the rights to air Neighbours, the channel announced it would launch a new game show called Payday. A brand new primetime weekday quiz that gives eight players the chance of winning one of their fellow contestants' annual salaries. Five was excited about the new prime-time quiz show, but the show didn't meet expectations and recieved hardly any press attention which equalled in a lack of people watching the show. Ironically, from 16th July 2007, a format in a similar vein called Win My Wage, presented by Nick Hancock, has recently started screening on Channel 4 in the Deal or No Deal slot while it takes a summer break. Although viewing figures are reportedly slightly lower than the usual average for that time of day, the format seems to have had more early success in its teatime slot than its peaktime counterpart on Five. Linda de Mol, host of Miljoenenjacht (and the sister of Endemols founder), enters the game shows set. ...

Daytime

In the early days, Five's morning schedules were clogged up with American imports such as soaps The Bold and the Beautiful and Days of our Lives. These only gathered small audiences and the rest of its early morning output wasn't any more successful. Shows like "Espresso" and "Exclusive" failed to garner any success, as did American talk show "Leeza". In these late nineties days, the only feature of any credibility in the channels morning/daytime output was the above average milkshake, that received rather pleasing infant following. The Bold and the Beautiful (often called Bold or annotated to B&B) is an American television soap opera, created by Lee Phillip Bell and William J. Bell. ... Days of our Lives is an American soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965[2] on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world. ...

In 2003 however, there were signs of the channel steadily moving upmarket. It attempted to strengthen its morning output to draw viewers away from the fierce competition of the other networks. Terry Wogan and Gaby Roslin arrived to host the morning talk show The Terry and Gaby Show. The show only lasted a year, failing to pull in the viewers. Sir Michael Terence Wogan, KBE DL (born August 3rd 1938, in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland), more commonly known as Terry Wogan, is a radio and television broadcaster who has worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in the United Kingdom (UK) for most of his career. ... Gaby Roslin (born July 12, 1964) is a British television presenter. ... The Terry & Gaby Show was a daytime television show broadcast on five on weekday mornings between June 2003 and March 2004, produced by UMTV. It was hosted by Terry Wogan and Gaby Roslin. ...

Then 2004, Five's daytime scheduling was re-crafted once more, its morning line-up has become extremely strong since then. After popular children's block programming show Milkshake!, the channel switches to The Wright Stuff, a morning debate show with celebrity guests on the panel debating major issues of the day. This is followed by British talk show host Trisha Goddard hosting her new show on Five, (after she left ITV in 2003). At 11.30 Five News airs, followed by a repeated episode of the previous night's episode of Home and Away at 12.00 normally presented by John Suchet,Helen Fospero or Kirsty Young. Until recently, at 12.30 Five would air its popular quiz show BrainTeaser which was presented by Alex Lovell. However, after four years, Brainteaser has been pulled for the time being, following the revelation that production staff faked winners on the show's premium-rate call-in competition. In the afternoon Five airs two made for TV movies (mostly American imported) known as Five's Afternoon Movie section. From 2008, Five will become the new home for Australian soap Neighbours. The show has been broadcast on the BBC since 1986 but they have recently lost the contract. Five acquired Australian soap Home and Away from ITV a few years ago, and Neighbours is expected to add to this premiership. ITV lost out on the show which is made by FremantleMedia Australia (which is also owned by RTL, the owners of Five). The Wright Stuff is a British television chat show, hosted by Matthew Wright, and currently airing on Five each weekday at 9:00am. ... Trisha Goddard (born 23 December 1957) is an English television presenter well known for morning talk show Trisha which is aired on Channel Five. ... The Five News logo Five News is the news division of British broadcaster Five. ... Home and Away (commonly abbreviated to H&A) is a soap opera that has been produced in Sydney by the Seven Network since July 1987. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion, because: almost no content, doesnt indicate notability If you disagree with its speedy deletion, please explain why on its talk page or at Wikipedia:Speedy deletions. ... Kirsty Young on Five News Kirsty Jackson Young (born 23 November 1968 in East Kilbride) is a Scottish television journalist, presenter, actress and radio presenter. ... For the type of puzzle, see Brain teaser BrainTeaser was a British game show, first broadcast in 2002, produced by Endemol UK subsidiary Cheetah Productions. ... Alex Lovell (born 28 March 1973 in Gravesend, Kent) is an English television presenter. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... FremantleMedia (formerly All-American Television and Pearson Television) is a division of RTL Group which holds the rights to the Goodson/Todman game show library which includes such classic game shows as The Price is Right, Match Game, Ive Got a Secret, and Family Feud, as well as non...

Lifestyle

Lifestyle programming forms a major part of Five's schedule. This includes property shows, such as House Doctor, presented by Ann Maurice, Build A New Life In The Country and How Not To Decorate, presented by Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan. Other lifestyle shows include Diet Doctors, Colin & Justin's Wedding Belles, and The Hotel Inspector. House Doctor is a British Entertainment television programme. ... Ann Maurice (born California) is an American House Stager, better known in the UK as TVs The House Doctor // Born and raised in California, Maurice started out in real estate, but after 13 years got frustrated with it. ... Justin Ryan (left) and Colin McAllister (right) on the cover of the book version of one their television programmes Colin McAllister (b. ... It is proposed that this article be deleted, because of the following concern: Poorly written, no assertion of notability beyond being a TV program, Indiscriminate information. ...

Children and Teenagers

Five's pre-school programming block Milkshake! airs from 6.00 to 9.00 daily. The block has a number of presenters, including Eddie Matthews and Naomi Wlkinson, and features a range of pre-school programming, including Fifi & the Flowertots. Peppa Pig and Hi-5. Until recently, the channel also had a block called Shake! on weekends, which was aimed at an older audience. However, Five recently removed the Shake! block from its schedules. ^[8] Milkshake! is a television programming block on Five, which debuted in 1997, and it is shown on weekdays and Sundays from 6. ... Fifi & the Flowertots is a stop-motion animated childrens television series first broadcast in 2005, which airs on Nick Jr, Channel Five, and ABC. It features a group of flower based characters and their adventures through the garden. ... DVD Volume 1 Peppa Pig is a UK animated television series about the life of an anthropomorphic pig, Peppa, and her family, made by Astley Baker Davies in conjunction with The Contender Group. ... For other uses, see Hi5. ... Shake! is a television programming block on Five, which debuted in 2000, and it is shown on weekdays and Sundays from 9a. ...

Five has purchased a Toonami branded block from Turner to start later in the year. ^[9] Toonami was a British childrens cartoons channel which aired from September 2003 to May 2007. ...

Drama and Comedy

Among Five's most popular programmes are its acquired dramas, including CSI, and also CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Charmed, Criminal Minds, House, Law and Order, NCIS, Grey's Anatomy, Prison Break, Big Love and The Shield. The second and final season of Friends spin-off Joey^[10] will air in 2007. Two and a Half Men, Everybody Hates Chris, Becker and Out of Practice also air on the channel. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... CSI: Miami is a spinoff of the popular CBS network series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. ... CSI: NY (working title CSI: New York) is an American police procedural television series which premiered on September 22, 2004. ... Charmed is an American television series that ran for eight seasons on The WB. It was produced by Aaron Spelling and is about three sisters who are the worlds most powerful good witches, known throughout the supernatural community as The Charmed Ones but known to everyone else as the... Criminal Minds is a crime drama that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005. ... House, also known as House, M.D., is a critically-acclaimed American medical drama television series created by David Shore and executive produced by Shore and film director Bryan Singer. ... Law and Order may refer to: Law and order (politics), a term common in political debate and discussion, generally indicating support of a strict criminal justice system Law and Order Offensive Party, a minor German political party In entertainment: Law & Order franchise, a number of related NBC television shows created... NCIS is a CBS network show about a team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. ... Greys Anatomy is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American primetime television medical drama. ... Prison Break is an American serial drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on August 29, 2005. ... Big Love is an HBO television drama about a Utah Fundamentalist Mormon family that practices plural marriage, a type of polygamy that is no longer officially endorsed by the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). ... The Shield is an American police-drama television series shown on FX Networks in the U.S. and other networks internationally. ... For the use of the word in a general sense, see Friendship. ... Joey was an American sitcom, starring Matt LeBlanc reprising his role as Joey Tribbiani from the popular sitcom Friends. ... Two and a Half Men is an Emmy-nominated television sitcom centered around a freewheeling bachelor, Charlie, whose carefree lifestyle is interrupted when his newly separated brother, Alan, moves in, along with Alans son Jake. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Becker may refer to one of the following: // Albrecht Becker (1906–2002), German production designer, photographer, actor, imprisoned by Nazis for homosexuality Ansgar Becker, German software developer (see HeidiSQL) Barbara Becker (born 1966), wife of Boris Becker Benjamin Becker (born 1981), German tennis player (not related to Boris Becker, below... Debuting in September 2005 on CBS, Out of Practice is a sitcom told from the point of view of the familys sole non-medical doctor, a psychologist specializing in marriage counseling who finds his own marriage unexpectedly on the rocks. ...

In 2006 the channel aired a commissioned drama, Tripping Over (a co-production with Network Ten), which has been given the green light for a second series in 2007. Five also aired Perfect Day, a commissioned British drama, in 2005. The success of this one-off drama led to the commissioning of a prequel and a sequel, Perfect Day: The Millennium and Perfect Day: The Funeral, which were aired in 2006. British comedies such as sitcoms Suburban Shootout and Respectable, and sketch show Swinging have also been shown. Tripping Over is a British/Australian six-part drama series. ... Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australias three commercial television networks, available in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in Australia. ... Suburban Shootout is a satirical dark comedy series from the United Kingdom. ... Respectable is a UK sitcom which was first shown on 30th August 2006, on five and repeated on Paramount Comedy 1. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

In 2007, Five started big advertising campaigns for its most popular dramas, including the second seasons of Prison Break and Grey's Anatomy

News

Main article: Five News

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Sport

Late-night sports programming has been a feature of the channel since its launch, especially focusing on live coverage of major North American sports. The channel has covered Major League Baseball games, both regular season and playoffs since its first week on air, and also covers regular season National Football League and National Basketball Association games. Until 2004, it also covered the regular season and Stanley Cup playoffs of the National Hockey League; following the lost 2004-05 season, the broadcast rights passed to NASN. However, since 4 January 2006, Five is once again showing the NHL every Wednesday night. With the conclusion of Family Affairs, Five's MLB baseball coverage is the longest continuously run programme on the channel. Jonathan Gould and Josh Chetwynd are the co-hosts. MLB and Major Leagues redirect here. ... The National Football League (NFL) is the largest and most prestigious professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities and regions. ... “NBA” redirects here. ... The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup (French: ) is the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional ice hockey league in Canada and the United States. ... “NHL” redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... NASN, (North American Sports Network), is a television channel available in Ireland and the UK, and now across Europe. ... is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Family Affairs was a British soap opera. ... MLB on Five is a sports television programme featuring live and as live coverage of Major League Baseball games. ... Jonathan Gould (born 1961 in Kenya), often known as Jonny Gould, is a British television presenter. ... Josh in the GB dugout Josh Chetwynd is the baseball analyst for Five a UK TV channel where he works with Jonny Gould on MLB on Five. ...

Five also shows a mix of European and international club football, notably coverage from the Netherlands Eredivisie, Portugal's SuperLiga, Primera División Argentina and Copa Libertadores from South America. They have recently acquired the rights to the Italian Serie A 2007/8 season. Five has also regularly picked up the right to the international FIFA Confederations Cup competition, showing live matches and delayed coverage. It also shows coverage from the UEFA Intertoto Cup and UEFA Cup when British teams are involved. In 2007, the channel obtained rights to the Major League Soccer (MLS) match between Toronto FC and Los Angeles Galaxy on 4 August 2007; the match was expected to be David Beckham's first competitive match as a Galaxy player. A European is primarily a person who was born into one of the countries within the continent of Europe. ... Football On Five is the principal live football programme on British television channel Five. ... The Eredivisie (English: Honorary Division) is the highest football league in the Netherlands. ... The Portuguese Liga (pron. ... Primera División (First Division) is the top category of Argentine football (soccer), and it is organized by the Argentine Football Association. ... Copa Libertadores Logo The Copa Libertadores de América (also known as Copa Toyota Libertadores) (Portuguese: Taça Libertadores da América, English: Liberators of America Cup) is an international football cup competition played annually by the top clubs of South America. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... This article is about the Italian football league. ... The FIFA Confederations Cup is a football tournament for national teams, held every four years by FIFA. It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships (CAF, CONMEBOL, UEFA, AFC, OFC, CONCACAF), along with the FIFA World Cup champion and the host country, to bring... The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup is a summer football competition for European clubs that have not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. ... The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams, organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). ... Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada. ... Year founded 2006 League Major League Soccer Nickname TFC, Reds Stadium BMO Field Coach Mo Johnston Owner MLSE First Game C.D. Chivas USA 2-0 Toronto FC (Home Depot Center; April 7, 2007) Largest Win Toronto FC 4-0 FC Dallas (BMO Field; June 17, 2007) Worst Defeat New... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname The Galaxy, The Gs, Stadium Home Depot Center (HDC) Coach Frank Yallop Owner Philip Anschutz (AEG) First Game Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 MetroStars (Rose Bowl; April 13, 1996) Largest Win Dallas Burn 1–8 Los Angeles Galaxy (Cotton Bowl; June... is the 216th day of the year (217th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (born May 2, 1975) is an English footballer born in Leytonstone, London. ...

Five also show David Beckham's Soccer USA, a new show presented by Tim Lovejoy on Wednesdays at 7:15pm during the MLS season to show highlights of the weeks games, funny moments and also interviews with David Beckham on his latest match and also Tim is joined by guests who talk about the MLS and their favourite MLS Team. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Simpsons character, see Reverend Timothy Lovejoy Timothy Paul Lovejoy (born 28 March 1968), is a British television presenter, famous for his Saturday morning football programme on Sky Sports - Soccer AM - alongside co-host Helen Chamberlain. ... David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (born May 2, 1975) is an English footballer born in Leytonstone, London. ...

In 2005 Five secured the rights to show highlights of all of England's test and one-day cricket matches. This followed a period of much publicised success for the English cricket team and when the exclusive live rights to home England matches were controversially awarded to Sky Sports, Five was a surprise choice to pick up the highlights in light of Channel 4's excellent coverage and the BBC's previous interest. Prior to Channel 4, the BBC had held rights and Five were newcomers to cricket but the coverage has taken up where Channel 4 had left off in its coverage and has secured past cricketers such as Simon Hughes and Geoffrey Boycott to offer expert analysis on the day's play. Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. ... A night match at Old Trafford. ... Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ... The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ... Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of 9 channels. ... Channel 4 is a public-service British television station, broadcast to all areas of the United Kingdom (and also the Republic of Ireland), which began transmissions in 1982. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Simon Peter Hughes (born 20 December 1959) is an English cricketer and journalist. ... Geoffrey Boycott OBE (born October 21, 1940) is a former Yorkshire and England cricketer. ...

Cricket on Five (which shows daily highlights of England's cricket matches) airs at 7:15pm and has became extremely popular with cricket fans. With Five proving to give excellence coverage of England's cricket, Five has raised its reputation as a first class UK broadcaster.

The channel has also covered motorsports, most notably Moto GP from 2000 to 2002 showing every race live before rights were snapped up by the BBC. For a brief time, Five showed professional wrestling in the form of the WCW Worldwide show between Summer 1999 and March 2001, when the company was purchased by World Wrestling Entertainment, and ceased to produce any more shows. Grand Prix motorcycle racing refers to the premier categories of motorcycle road racing. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... WCW WorldWide logo from 1999-2001. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ...

Participation TV

Quiz Call is broadcast simultaneously on Five, Five Life and Five US on the following days: Quiz Call is a phone-in quiz show, produced by Ostrich Media (owned by iTouch) for Five, Five US and Five Life. ...

• 00:00 to 04:30 every Thursday
• 00:00 to 05:30 every Friday and Saturday

The phone-in quiz show invites viewers to play along for a chance to win cash prizes in return for solving on-screen puzzles. Entrants must be aged eighteen or over to participate and each call and SMS text is charged whether an entrant successfully gets through to the show or not.

Past and present branding

The Logo:

• The original "Five" logo was a numeric "5" within a circle, sometimes accompanied by "candy stripes" of five colours (an idea based around the colour bars used by vision engineers to monitor picture output). It was the channels corporate logo from the launch of 1997, up until the re-brand of 2002; of which the logo was removed. Between the years of 1997-2002, five was the only channel to have stapled to all of its programmes a DOG (Digital on-screen graphic) in the left hand corner; it was the logo. For the channel's five years as "Channel 5" the logo was a permanent fixture, however it was immediately hated by its viewers.

On April 14 1997, teletext's logo poll specifically for five, took place. Teletext reported that 70% of viewers were in favour of the logo to be removed from the screen. Channel 5 however, refused to remove it; though did state since launch, the DOG had been toned down. Channel 5 explained their reasons for keeping the DOG on screen, in an interview on the 30 March 1997, they explained that:

"[Channel 5's] candy stripes are intended to join the Nike tick, the Levi's tab and the three Adidas stripes as signifiers of belonging... Brand identity is the new holy grail of marketing... Product recognition is the winning move in the new consumer system. Channel 5 is being sold like a car or a running shoe. Not surprisingly it will be the first of our terrestrial channels to wear its own label on the outside... "Consumers are very brand-conscious these days..." "...and we are definitely describing ourselves as a very modern channel. It would be curious to launch an old-fashioned channel without an image in the era of Next, Levi's and Nike."^{[citation needed]} Nike, Inc. ... Adidas AG (ISIN: DE0005003404) is a major German sports apparel manufacturer, part of the Adidas Group, consisting of Reebok sportswear company, Taylormade golf company, Maxfli golf balls, and Adidas golf and is the second largest sportswear manufacturer in the world. ...

• On the multi-million pounds re-brand as simply "five", the logo was replaced with a further basic design; the word "five" in lowercase characters. This was not featured on screen, because the company believed it was no longer necessary. The problem with this current logo however, is it is far too vague and lacking in any distinct feature; hence take it out of context and viewers probably wouldn't immediately recognise the logo, and where it is from. There has been no decision to alter the channel's latest logo yet.

The Break Bumpers:

• "Channel 5" had two break bumpers; the original was a shorter version of the the channel's "candy strip", it was later replaced with a longer and thinner version.

• "five" has had the same break bumper since the re-brand of 2002. A brief flash of the channel's logo in a varety of different colours.

Recent Idents:

• On 23 January 2006, Five launched new idents which were based on human emotions. Instead of displaying the channel's logo, each ident displays a word that is suggestive of what is being shown (using Five's current branding style), such as 'love', 'hope', 'rush' and 'live'. Prior to the re-launch Five released a preview of the "love" ident. The ident features sperm with the word "love" forming from an egg. However as of January 2007, some of the idents have been re-edited with the emotion names replaced with the word "Five" yet again.

• Five aired new Christmas idents, supporting the Christmas homeless appeal in the UK. Starting on the 11 December, the idents feature a forest, a post box, a narrowboat and a train, culminating with a final cityscape all decorated with Christmas lights. As well as the word 'five' the word 'give' also appears in these unique idents.

• Five celebrated its tenth birthday in 2007, from the 26 March - 30 March. Special idents were shown with the slogan Five is Ten to celebrate ten years since the channel's launch in 1997.

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See also

• List of British television channels

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References

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External links

• five.tv
• RTLGroup
• thisisfive.co.uk