Channel 5

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About Channel 5

Location: United Kingdom
Category: Public

Channel 5 is a British commercial television network. It was launched in 1997, and was the fifth national terrestrial analogue network in the United Kingdom after BBC One, BBC Two, ITV, and Channel 4. It is generally the fifth-placed network in the country in audience share, and has been since its inception. Five was launched as Britain's fifth and final terrestrial broadcaster on the 31st March 1997. Currently well over 30 million UK viewers watch Five any given week tuning in for programming as diverse as the CSI franchise, Extraordinary People, live UEFA CUP Football, House, Home & Away and Paul Merton in China, as well as the channel's award winning children's strand, Milkshake! 2008 saw the arrival of the hit Australian soap Neighbours, and a revamped and relaunched Five News fronted by Natasha Kaplinsky.

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