5 (British TV channel)

{{Further|Timeline of 5 (British TV channel)}}

Wolff Olins and Saatchi & Saatchi were the main companies behind the pre-launch advertising campaign: "Give Me 5".{{cite web|url=http://www.wolffolins.com/files/Channel5CaseStudy.pdf|title=Channel 5 Give me five|access-date=21 July 2007|publisher=Wolff Olins|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070925210746/http://www.wolffolins.com/files/Channel5CaseStudy.pdf |archive-date = 25 September 2007}} The channel would be both modern and mainstream. A logo (a numeric "5" within a circle) and visual motif (a "candy stripe" bar of colours, reminiscent of TV test cards) were used, and an attempt was made to establish a collection of Channel 5 faces; through the spring of 1997, billboards of Jack Docherty were displayed, along with other unknown characters.

A series of pre-launch screens were displayed on the frequencies Channel 5 would begin broadcasting on in the months before launch as well, including a trailer for the channel and information screens.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKjmlJBUlQs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/GKjmlJBUlQs |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Channel 5 (British TV channel) Pre-Launch Promo [1997] |date=23 November 2008 |via=YouTube |access-date=7 January 2011}}{{cbignore}} After re-tuning, around 65% of the population's televisions could view the channel on launch night, and a month after launch, the channel launched on satellite to provide coverage to the rest of the UK.[https://tvark.org/channel-5-astra-launch Channel 5 (Astra) launch]

The channel's launch on 30 March 1997 (Easter Sunday) at {{nowrap|6 p.m.}} After a brief voice over by continuity presenter David Vickery, the first broadcast was the Spice Girls singing a cover version of Manfred Mann's hit "5-4-3-2-1" as "1-2-3-4-5",{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T9uZhrh-YA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/2T9uZhrh-YA |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Spice Girls launch Channel 5 (UK) |via=YouTube |date=22 November 2008|access-date=24 June 2010}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite news |last=McCann |first=Paul |date=30 March 1997 |title=Shock and pop as Channel 5 goes live with modern mix |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/shock-and-pop-as-channel-5-goes-live-with-modern-mix-1276081.html |access-date=20 October 2024 |work=The Independent}} for which they were reportedly paid around £500,000.{{Cite news |last=Blackhurst |first=Chris |date=17 May 1997 |title=Five little rich girls |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/five-little-rich-girls-1262231.html |access-date=20 October 2024 |work=The Independent}} Presenters Tim Vine and Julia Bradbury were the first people to introduce the nation to the UK's fifth terrestrial channel with half an hour of previews.

The rest of the Channel 5 launch night schedule, along with the official viewing figures, was as follows:{{cite web|url=http://625.uk.com/channel5/index.htm#ratings|title=Channel 5|publisher=Andrew Wiseman's Television Room|website=DOG Watch!|access-date=11 February 2008}}

Overall, an estimated 2,490,000 tuned in to see Britain's fifth free channel launch, a figure higher than that achieved by the launch of Channel 4, fourteen and a half years earlier.

The first advert shown on Channel 5 was for Chanel No. 5 perfume.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/five-ten/646048|title=Five at ten|first=Ian|last=Derby|date=23 March 2007|access-date=10 May 2022|magazine=Campaign|quote=Channel 5 launched at 6pm on 30 March 1997. ... Fittingly, the first ad to run on the station was for Chanel No 5. Kellogg, which made great play of also being around for the launch of ITV and Channel 4, appeared in the first {{abbr|ad|advert}} break with a spot specially shot for the launch night.}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.telecompaper.com/news/chanel-to-advertise-perfume-on-channel-5--104824|title=Chanel to advertise perfume on Channel 5|date=1 April 1997|access-date=10 May 2022|quote=Chanel, perfume giant, is set to be the first advertiser on Channel 5, as it shows a new commercial for its Chanel No 5 perfume. The film will be shown once on Channel 5, and then kept on ice until Christmas 1997|magazine=Telecom Paper}}

On 16 September 2002, Channel 5 re-branded to Five, in a multimillion-pound project directed by Trevor Beattie. The channel's director of marketing at the time, David Pullen, said: {{cquote|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.}}

Five was taken over by Richard Desmond's publishing group Northern & Shell on {{nowrap|23 July 2010}} for £103.5{{nbsp}}million.{{Cite news|title=UK: Media tycoon Desmond seals deal for Five|work=The Spy Report|publisher=Media Spy|date=24 July 2010|url=http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2010/07/24/uk-media-tycoon-desmond-seals-deal-for-five|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727091613/http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2010/07/24/uk-media-tycoon-desmond-seals-deal-for-five|archive-date=27 July 2010|access-date=24 July 2010}}{{Cite news|title=Richard Desmond promises Channel Five 'investment, drive and leadership'|work=The Guardian|date=23 July 2010|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/jul/23/richard-desmond-channel-five1|access-date=24 July 2010|first=James|last=Robinson|location=London}}{{cite press release|publisher=RTL Group|date=23 July 2010|title=RTL Group sells UK broadcaster Five|url=http://www.rtlgroup.com/en/press_releases/2010/rtl_group_sells_uk_broadcaster.cfm|access-date=24 July 2010}} Desmond pledged to top up the broadcaster's total budget to about £1.5bn over the next five years, including new investment of £50m to £100m a year to boost programming and the equivalent of £20m promoting the channel and its shows in a marketing campaign in Northern & Shell publications.{{cite news|title=Channel 5 chief reassures staff as experts question strategy|author=Sweney, Mark|work=The Guardian|date=27 July 2010|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/jul/27/channel-five-richard-desmond|location=London}}

Upon completing his takeover of Five on 23 July 2010, Richard Desmond remarked; "I prefer Channel 5 to Five, but... we haven't met with the team yet to discuss these sorts of details".{{cite news|title=New Five owner Desmond eyes Corrie|work=Express.co.uk|date=23 July 2010|url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/188784/New-Five-owner-Desmond-eyes-Corrie}} The day after, Desmond's Daily Express newspaper noted that the channel's name was to change: "From today the rather vague 'Five' (Five what? Days of the week? Fingers?) reverts to the much more informative Channel 5".{{cite news|title=Channel 5: Great new era for British television|author=Abbott, Brendan|work=Express.co.uk|date=24 July 2010|url=http://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/188853/Channel-5-Great-new-era-for-British-television}} On 11 August 2010, Desmond confirmed the restoration of the original name used from 1997 to 2002. The restoration was revealed onscreen on 14 February 2011.

The relaunch also saw investment in a range of new programming with the debut of the (now-cancelled) nightly entertainment show OK! TV.[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/feb/11/channel-5-candy-bar-girls Richard Desmond's Channel 5 to air reality show set in lesbian bar] guardian.co.uk, 11 February 2011[http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a303270/illusion-show-heads-up-channel-5-season/ Illusion show heads up Channel 5 season] Digital Spy, 11 February 2011 Audience figures for the relaunch were boosted with increased viewing figures for the main 5 News bulletins and improved figures for OK! TV in the 6.30{{nbsp}}pm slot over its predecessor Live from Studio Five.Jason Deans [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/feb/15/channel-5-relaunch-ok-tv Channel 5 relaunch does OK!] guardian.co.uk, 15 February 2011 On 18 August 2011, Channel 5 relaunched Big Brother, starting with Celebrity Big Brother 8 and followed by Big Brother 12, having bought the rights to air the programme following its cancellation by Channel 4 in April 2011. The deal was worth a reported £200{{nbsp}}million.{{cite news|last=Andrews|first=Amanda|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/8431669/Big-Brother-to-return-this-year-on-Channel-5.html|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/8431669/Big-Brother-to-return-this-year-on-Channel-5.html|archive-date=11 January 2022|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|title=Big Brother to return this year on Channel 5|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=6 April 2011|access-date=3 January 2014|location=London}}{{cbignore}} The show helped the channel's viewing figures and audience share to rise slightly {{nowrap|year-on-year}}, from 4.4% to 4.5%, in 2012. It was only achieved by Channel 5 and BBC One later in 2012; all other terrestrial broadcasters fell in comparison.{{cite news|last=Plunkett|first=John|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jan/10/bbc1-channel-5-increase-audience-share|title=BBC1 and Channel 5 increase their audience share in 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=10 January 2013|access-date=3 January 2014}}

In 2013, Ben Frow, the channel's Director of Programming, revealed that the station would be moving away from broadcasting just American imports, by introducing shows from other countries such as Canada, Ireland and Australia to the schedules. The station has since begun screening the Australian prison drama Wentworth Prison and the Irish gangland series Love/Hate.{{cite web|last=Munn|first=Patrick|url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2013/05/la-screenings-2013-channel-4-channel-5s-new-acquisitions-teams-less-bullish-on-us-content/|title=LA Screenings: Channel 4 & Channel 5's New Acquisitions Teams Less Bullish On U.S. Content?|website=Tvwise.co.uk|date=9 May 2013|access-date=3 January 2014}}

In January 2014, it was reported that Richard Desmond was looking at selling Channel 5 for up to £700 million.{{cite news|last=Sweney|first=Mark|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jan/02/richard-desmond-sale-channel-5|title=Richard Desmond appoints Barclays to explore sale of Channel 5|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2 January 2014|access-date=1 May 2014}} On 1 May 2014, Desmond agreed to sell Channel 5 to Viacom for £450{{nbsp}}million (US$759{{nbsp}}million). The deal was approved on 10 September 2014 and at the same time, it was announced that it was to co-commission programmes with its pay channels such as Nickelodeon and MTV.{{cite web|last=Sweney|first=Mark|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/sep/10/viacom-channel-5-joint-commissions-takeover-deal-closes|title=Viacom and Channel 5 unveil joint commissions as takeover deal closes|work=The Guardian|date=10 September 2014|access-date=14 September 2014}}

Under Viacom, the channel planned to increase its original programming output, increasing its budget by 10%. On 11 February 2016, Channel 5 also unveiled an overhauled brand, meant to reflect a new remit of "Spirited TV with an Emotional Heart".

In December 2019, Viacom re-merged with CBS Corporation, forming ViacomCBS (now Paramount Global) and making Channel 5 a sister to CBS in the United States and Network 10 in Australia. Channel 5 received Channel of the Year honours from the Royal Television Society and Broadcast Awards in 2020, with judges for both recognising the network's expansion under ViacomCBS.{{cite web|url=https://www.ibc.org/trends/rts-unveils-2020-programme-awards-winners/5602.article|title=RTS UNVEILS 2020 PROGRAMME AWARDS WINNERS|website=IBC.org|access-date=21 July 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcast-awards-2020/c5-scoops-broadcast-awards-channel-of-the-year/5146926.article|title=C5 scoops Broadcast Awards channel of the year|website=Broadcastnow.co.uk|access-date=21 July 2020}}

On 20 August 2024, it was reported that Paramount was planning a rebrand of Channel 5 to occur in early 2025, which would see its on-air name shortened back to "5". In addition, catch-up platform My5 will also be consolidated under the "5" branding to unify its linear and streaming outlets, following the lead of Channel 4. In addition, plans to consolidate Pluto TV with My5 were shelved.{{Cite web|date=2024-08-20|title=Channel 5 to become just '5': UK PSB's first 'unified' rebrand|last=Oakes|first=Omar|url=https://the-media-leader.com/channel-5-to-become-just-5-uk-psb-in-first-major-rebrand-in-27-years/|access-date=2024-08-22|website=The Media Leader|language=en-GB}} The rebrand took place on 12 March 2025 and pre{{nbh}}launch promotional material featuring the same '5' logo in a new yellow colour appeared on public transport locations around London.{{Cite web|title=worst part about commuting fr|url=https://www.tiktok.com/@abbie.benford/video/7478719869324709142|website=TikTok}}

• Virgin Media {{small|UK}}: Channel 105 (HD) and Channel 305 (+1)

• Sky Glass {{small|UK}}: Channel 105 (HD)
• Freely {{small|UK}}: Channel 5 (HD)

• TVPlayer: [http://www.tvplayer.com/watch/five Watch live]
• Sky Go: [https://go.sky.com Watch live]
• Virgin TV Go: [https://virgintvgo.virginmedia.com Watch live]
• Pluto TV: [https://pluto.tv Watch live]

• Freesat {{small|UK}}: Channel 105 (HD) and Channel 128 (+1)
• Sky {{small|UK}}: Channel 105 (HD), Channel 205 (+1) and Channel 805 (SD)

• Freeview {{small|UK}}: Channel 5 (SD), Channel 38 (+1) and Channel 105 (HD)

The British frequency plan had only allowed for four channels to be transmitted over the whole of the UK using analogue terrestrial transmitters, but the ITC identified that UHF channels 35 and 37 could provide coverage for around 70% of the UK population. These channels were used by many domestic video recorders for RF connection to television sets. Before the channel could launch, the broadcaster had to provide over-the-phone instructions or visit any home that complained, to either retune the video recorder or fit a filter to completely block the Channel 5 signal.

For many transmitters, channels 35 and 37 were 'out of the group', which meant that the roof-top receiving aerials were not designed to cover Channel 5's broadcast channels. Many people either could not receive the channel at all or required a new aerial. The broadcaster progressively added to the transmitters to improve the analogue terrestrial coverage since that time. From 23 April 1997, the channel was also provided on the analogue Astra satellite service, which enabled people outside the terrestrial reception areas to receive it via a dish.{{cite web | url=https://625.uk.com/channel5/index.htm |title = Channel 5|website=625.uk.com}}

Unlike the other four analogue British television channels, the channel could not 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 of North East England, especially around the major Tyne & Wear conurbation; many areas in Scotland; most of Wales, most of Northern Ireland and parts of Cumbria. The channel is available on all digital platforms (Freesat, Sky satellite, IPTV and Freeview digital terrestrial, and also most cable operators). On 5 November 2008, the channel launched on digital satellite service Freesat, on the Astra 28.2°E satellites.{{cite web| url = http://www.techradar.com/news/television/five-s-freesat-arrival-confirmed-482097|title=Five's Freesat arrival confirmed | date = 5 November 2008| publisher = TechRadar| author = Patrick Goss}}

It was the first terrestrial channel in the UK to use a permanent digital on-screen graphic, though this was removed in September 2002; however, the children's programming strands kept the DOG. In October 2007, the channel's logo returned to the screen.

Channel 5 is available in Switzerland on Swisscom TV and Cablecom.

On 30 September 2009, the channel temporarily ceased broadcasting on Freeview from around 9:30{{nbsp}}am until midday. This was due to changes to the Freeview platform, which necessitated moving Channel 5 from a commercial multiplex to a public service broadcasting multiplex. This was to increase the coverage of the channel from around 70% to 99% of the country by using relay transmitters: these only carried the three PSB multiplexes but did not carry the three commercial multiplexes.

On 20 September 2019, it was announced that Channel 5 had joined BritBox, a digital video subscription service created by the BBC and ITV.{{Cite press release |title=Channel 5 and Comedy Central join BritBox line-up}}

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5 HD is a high-definition simulcast of 5. The channel launched on Sky Channel 171 and Virgin Media channel 150 on 13 July 2010.{{cite web| url = http://corporate.sky.com/media/press_releases/2010/Five_HD.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100323084336/http://corporate.sky.com/media/press_releases/2010/Five_HD.htm| archive-date = 23 March 2010 | title=Five to Make HD Debut on Sky this Summer | date = 17 March 2010 | publisher = British Sky Broadcasting | access-date = 13 July 2010}}{{cite web| url = http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=205406&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1446758&highlight= | title=A Virgin Media high five for High Definition Five | date = 13 July 2010 | publisher = Virgin Media | access-date = 13 July 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2015}} In the Summer of 2015, Channel 5 and Channel 5 HD switched places, with Channel 5 HD now being located in Channel 5's original space of Channel 105.

Upon the launch, only the Australian soaps Neighbours and Home and Away were shown in HD, with the letters HD placed in the top right-hand corner of the screen.

Channel 5 HD was due to launch on Freeview in 2010 but was unable to reach the 'key criteria' to keep its slot.{{cite web|url=http://www.techradar.com/news/television/ofcom-hands-five-s-freeview-hd-slot-back-to-bbc-676901|title=Ofcom hands Five's Freeview HD slot back to BBC|publisher=Tech Radar|date=15 May 2010}} In 2011 Channel 5 HD was the sole applicant for a fifth high-definition channel slot on Freeview,{{cite web|url=http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2011/11/01/channel-5-takes-freeview-hd-slot/|title=Channel 5 takes Freeview HD slot|publisher=Broadband TV News|date=1 November 2011}} intending to launch in spring or early summer 2012.{{cite web|url=http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/spectrum/spectrum-policy-area/projects/dtv/third/ITA3-c5.pdf#page=8|title=Response to Ofcom's Third Invitation to Apply for DTT Multiplex B Capacity|publisher=Ofcom|date=17 October 2011|access-date=13 November 2011|archive-date=30 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430160919/http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/spectrum/spectrum-policy-area/projects/dtv/third/ITA3-c5.pdf#page=8|url-status=dead}} On 15 December 2011, Channel 5 dropped its bid to take the fifth slot after being unable to resolve "issues of commercial importance".{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/dec/16/channel-5-hd-freeview-ofcom|title=Channel 5 again ditches plans to launch HD channel on Freeview|work=The Guardian|date=15 December 2011|location=London|first=Mark|last=Sweney}} Channel 5 said it "remains committed" to having an HD channel on Freeview in the future.

In October 2013, Channel 5 HD became a subscription channel on the Sky satellite platform. Previously, it was available as a free-to-view channel, but is now only available to Sky 'Family Bundle' customers or those with the HD pack.

On 27 April 2016, Channel 5 HD test transmissions started on Freeview Mux. BBCB (CH105).

On 4 May 2016, Channel 5 HD became free-to-air, coinciding with its launch on Freeview and Freesat.

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The time-shifted 5 +1 was launched on Freesat, Freeview and Sky on 6 December 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/media/news/a353410/channel-51-to-launch-on-december-6/|title=Channel 5+1 to launch on December 6|publisher=Digital Spy|date=29 November 2011}} The channel was also expected to be made available via Virgin Media during 2012,{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/nov/03/richard-desmond-channel-5-plus-1|title=Desmond to launch Channel 5+1|work=The Guardian|date=3 November 2011|location=London|first=Mark|last=Sweney}} eventually launching on 25 October 2012. As with other similar '+1' services, Channel 5 +1 rebroadcasts Channel 5's entire programming output on a one-hour time delay, though the 'Supercasino' commercial gaming block is blacked out on the timeshift. The launch of Channel 5 +1 meant all three of the UK's commercial PSB services – ITV/STV/UTV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 – now have one-hour timeshifts.

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The original Channel 5 logo was a numeric "5" within a circle, sometimes accompanied by "candy stripes" of five colours (an idea based on the colour bars used by vision engineers to monitor picture output). Between 30 March 1997 and 15 September 2002, Channel 5 was the only UK terrestrial channel to display a digital on-screen graphic (DOG) in the top left-hand corner. On some programmes in the channel's early years, commercial breaks were introduced by an "end of part one" sign emerging horizontally from the DOG; when the programme returned after the break, this would become a "part two" sign, which then disappears back into the DOG.

On 14 April 1997, Teletext reported that 70% of viewers who took part in a poll were in favour of removing the DOG. Channel 5 refused to remove it, though they did state that since launch, the DOG had been toned down. Channel 5 explained their reasons for keeping the DOG on screen, in an interview on 30 March 1997, they explained that:[http://625.uk.com/dogwatch/index.htm#five Channel 5 is Five] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930182530/http://625.uk.com/dogwatch/index.htm#five |date=30 September 2008 }} Dog Watch!

{{cquote|Five'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. Five 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.}}

On 6 September 1999, Channel 5 launched its new 'celebrity' idents, making the candy stripe more frequently used in idents and graphics, most notably in a hole in the backdrop of the idents. The set of idents was refreshed on 11 September 2000 (although the 'celebrity' idents were later withdrawn in the summer of 2001), as well as new idents from 4 March 2002, featuring the logo on coloured backgrounds by going widescreen. These idents were used until a major rebrand on 16 September 2002.

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In 2002, Channel 5 decided to drop the word 'Channel' from its name and refer to the channel as 'Five'. A new look was launched on 16 September 2002 featuring live-action footage with the new logo sliding in from the left of the screen. The new idents would sometimes be accompanied by pieces of chart music, such as Children by Robert Miles. The new look made frequent use of the Helvetica typeface. The informal name "Five" was used in early continuity announcements and idents containing a lowercase 'five' had been used on the channel from the launch.

The final set with this logo was launched on 23 January 2006, based on four-letter words such as Hope, Fast and Love. The idents at first did not feature the logo,{{cite web|last=Deans |first=Jason |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/20/channel5.marketingandpr |title=Five gets emotional in onscreen revamp |work=The Guardian |date=20 January 2006 |access-date=3 January 2014}} but the idents were revised on 2 January 2007 to include the word Five again.{{Cite news|url=http://tvlive.org.uk/tv-presentation/channel-5/channel-5/2006-2008/five-idents-2006-2008/|title=Five: Idents 2006–2008|date=27 March 2017|work=TV Live|access-date=14 May 2017|language=en-US}}{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Additional idents from late-2007 such as Bike, Beach, and Celebrity.

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On 6 October 2008 at 9 pm, Five launched and aired a new look, replacing the lower-case "five" logo with an upper-case "FIVE" in a circle occasionally with pink, turquoise and purple light effects. The rebrand was conducted by DixonBaxi, and according to them, the new look was "more vocal, expressive and creative". The relaunch included a mix of live-action and CGI idents; some of these included supermarket trolleys used as an accordion, the Food Chain, Invisible Superheroes and Drawings.

The look was refreshed in July 2009, making the logo notably larger, and the circle becoming red. As part of the refresh, special idents were made for popular shows such as The Mentalist, Paul Merton in Europe, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Gadget Show and FlashForward with the 2008 set being withdrawn except for the 'news safe' CGI idents. In February 2010, an additional ident was introduced, featuring a CGI aurora forming the logo tilted on its side. This was used at closedown and, sometimes, before news bulletins.

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After the takeover by Richard Desmond's Northern & Shell, major changes and considerable financial investment were promised by the new owners, alongside a return to the 'Channel 5' moniker.[http://www.digitalspy.com/media/news/a259893/five-to-rebrand-as-channel-5/ 'Five to rebrand as Channel 5'] Digital Spy, 11 August 2010

In October 2010, Desmond revealed the station's new look and confirmed its official on-screen identity as "Channel 5" during a press launch.Jane Clinton [http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/207205/Stars-celebrate-Channel-5-launch-into-stratosphere Stars celebrate Channel 5 launch into stratosphere] Express.co.uk, 24 October 2010 Desmond promoted these changes in his tabloid newspapers, the Daily Express and Daily Star.Elisa Roche [http://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/206468/Stars-celebrate-Channel-5-s-exciting-future Stars celebrate Five's exciting future] Express.co.uk, 20 October 2010 There is also cross-promotion between Northern & Shell's newspaper and magazine titles with their websites promoted on the Channel 5 website. In 2010, afternoon movies on Channel 5 were sponsored by the Daily Express.

As for the logo, the red circle was retained, however, the word "FIVE" was replaced with the numeral "5". The extended version of the logo has the word "CHANNEL" in upper case font to its left.[http://www.atvtoday.co.uk/channel-5-welcomed-into-desmonds-family/ Channel 5 welcomed into Desmond's family] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308230609/http://www.atvtoday.co.uk/channel-5-welcomed-into-desmonds-family/ |date=8 March 2016 }} ATV Network, 20 October 2010; Retrieved 21 October 2010 The DOG revived the "5" motif, originally as a transparent '5' cutout in a bright grey circle. From 18 February 2011, the DOG was modified to a white semi-transparent '5' on a faint grey circle. The DOG was later returned to the transparent '5' cutout in a bright grey circle. On 5 March 2013, the DOG was moved into the 16:9 safe area, along with the rest of their channels.

A range of new idents for Channel 5 was launched in February 2011 incorporating the "5" motif featuring live-action and CGI elements. They echo the predominantly red colour scheme of the channel's new corporate image, each based in a spacious studio with a large screen as the backdrop for the action. "Drums" features a drummer against a backdrop of animated shapes with the "5" appearing on a screen behind. In "Equaliser", a "5" contained in a cube emerges from a graphic equaliser display. "Imagination" features a battle between a toy dinosaur and a robot figure with the "5" logo imposed in neon lights (outlined). "VIP" features a model walking on a red carpet formed from the big screen with the logo formed out of the camera flashes. "Car Chase" features a police car chasing another car which eventually crashes 'through' the big screen with the logo being on the side of the police car. A generic ident with the Channel 5 logo pulsating on the studio screen was introduced in April 2012.[http://theident.gallery/five-2011.php Channel 5 : Current Idents] The Ident Gallery, 14 February 2011 Several special idents have also been used for The Hotel Inspector, The Walking Dead, Impossible?, Big Brother, The Bachelor, Europa League, The Mentalist, Tamara Ecclestone: Billion $$ Girl, It's All About Amy, How to Take Stunning Pictures, and The Gadget Show: World Tour also based around the same theme of the studio and screen.[http://www.thisisfive.co.uk/ident2011a.shtml Channel 5 Idents February 2011 – Present] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160210185502/http://www.thisisfive.co.uk/ident2011a.shtml |date=10 February 2016 }} thisisfive.co.uk, 14 February 2011 Programme preview cards feature the font "Gotham" in upper case. Break bumpers featured the "5" logo in the left-hand corner of the screen with a pattern of circles radiating out from the logo in an alternating red and black colour scheme.

This logo was retired from use on 10 February 2016; a virtually identical logo would later be used by American ABC affiliate WEWS-TV in Cleveland, Ohio beginning in September of that year, albeit in a blue colour.

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On 11 February 2016, Channel 5 launched a new logo across all of its properties—a segmented 5 which can be rendered with various designs and animations, alongside a new series of "cinematic" idents, and break bumpers with text messages on them. The new branding was meant to signify a more upmarket and "creative" positioning for the broadcaster; vice-president of marketing Jo Bacon explained that "Our core proposition is Spirited TV, with emotional heart, reflecting the diverse, lively, colourful and creative content that has been the driving force behind our new strategic approach." Critics noted similarities between 5's new logo and that of competitor Channel 4. However, Bacon contrasted Channel 4, explaining that "our content allows millions of normal people access to diverse entertainment with no fuss. We are a playful challenger brand and can appeal to all audiences. The rebrand is a big opportunity to redefine the DNA of the Channel 5 brand and how it is perceived." 5Star and 5USA also adopted the new logo, while the catch-up service Demand 5 was renamed My5.{{cite news|title=Channel 5 tilts at Channel 4 with 'emotional' post-Richard Desmond rebrand|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/channel-5-tilts-at-channel-4-with-emotional-post-richard-desmond-rebrand-a6863441.html|access-date=11 February 2016|work=The Independent|date=11 February 2016}}{{cite web|title=Channel 5 rebrands as it claims its 'diverse' content doesn't get the credit it deserves|url=https://www.marketingweek.com/2016/02/09/channel-5-rebrands-to-give-its-diverse-content-the-credit-it-deserves/|website=Marketing Week|access-date=11 February 2016|date=9 February 2016}}

The idents were changed on 26 February 2020 with a new set focusing more on the logo on coloured backdrops pink, green, orange, blue, teal and black.

In August 2024, Channel 5's owner Paramount announced that it would be combining Channel 5 and My5 under a single brand to launch Q1 2025 simply known as "5".{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=20 August 2024 |title=Paramount abandons Pluto TV and My5 merger |url=https://rxtvinfo.com/2024/paramount-abandons-pluto-tv-and-my5-merger/ |website=RXTV Info}} Therefore these idents were retired on 12 March 2025, with the segmented '5' continuing on for the relaunch.

The 2020 ident concept was recycled with the new colours for a new generic ident in 2025, which debuted at 9.15am on 12 March 2025. Despite the change from Channel 5 to simply 5, sister channels 5Star, 5USA, 5Select and 5Action have remained the same.

Below are the official audience shares in per cent for Channel 5 since its launch in 1997. Data provided by BARB.{{cite web |url=http://www.barb.co.uk/whats-new/monthly-viewing-summary?_s=4 |title=Total viewing summary – monthly |publisher=BARB |access-date=3 January 2014 |archive-date=25 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125052445/http://www.barb.co.uk/whats-new/monthly-viewing-summary?_s=4 |url-status=dead }} The channel consistently is the fifth most watched channel in the country, usually being beaten by main rivals BBC One, BBC Two, ITV and Channel 4.

Audience share rose consistently for the first seven years of broadcast, reaching a peak of 6.6% in 2004. Two years later the audience share had dropped to under 5.0%. In 2012, the audience share rose to 4.5%, the first yearly rise for the channel in audience share since 2009. In July 2013, Channel 5 overtook Channel 4 when taking into account consolidated shares, for the first time. As of 2020 (the last full year published by BARB), the channel averages 4.1% of the total audience share.

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5, like all public service broadcasters, broadcasts a wide variety of programmes. The channel mainly broadcasts documentaries and drama with a few entertainment programmes, reality television and quiz shows in the schedule. In the early days, the channel was known for a high number of imported American dramas, including the broadcast rights to NCIS and CSI spin-offs, NCIS: New Orleans and CSI: Cyber, all of which Channel 5 had acquired by October 2014.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/oct/14/channel-5-ncis-new-orleans-csi-cyber-viacom-programming-budget |title=Channel 5 acquires NCIS: New Orleans and CSI: Cyber |last=Sweney |first=Mark |date=14 October 2014 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=27 October 2019}} By 2021, the rights to these shows had either expired or these titles were moved over to Channel 5's sister channels as the channel decided to focus its drama budget on its 'Original Dramas'.

The channel broadcasts some sports events not covered by other broadcasters but is notable for having been for several years the only terrestrial channel to show cricket, in the shape of highlights of England's summer test matches and one-day games. It also broadcasts its news service, which is currently produced by ITN but was produced between 2005 and 2012 by Sky News.{{cite news|title=ITN Re-Appointed to produce 5 News|url=http://www.itn.co.uk/press-releases/itn-re-appointed-to-produce-5-news/|access-date=8 November 2011|newspaper=ITN|date=8 November 2011}}

The channel frequently sticks to a regular schedule during the day, which during the 2010s included a phone-in chat show at 9:15 am (currently Jeremy Vine, which replaced The Wright Stuff in 2018), TV movies in the afternoon, after the Australian soap, Home and Away. 5 News programmes go out between 5 pm and 6{{nbsp}}pm.

Flagship programmes for the channel include shows about farming, trains and royalty such as Our Yorkshire Farm,{{cite web|url=https://www.channel5.com/show/our-yorkshire-farm|title=My5|website=Channel5.com|access-date=10 March 2022}} Springtime On The Farm{{cite web|url=https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/28dayratings-05april|title = 28-Day Ratings: 05-11 April 2021|date = 14 May 2021}} and World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys.{{cite web|url=https://www.channel5.com/show/worlds-most-scenic-railway-journeys|title=My5|website=Channel5.com|access-date=10 March 2022}} Saturday night royal documentaries have been a rating winner for Channel 5, with programmes about past members of the British Royal Family also getting good viewing figures, with a programme about King George V (whose reign was from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936) achieving a rating of 1.4 million viewers when it was first broadcast.{{cite web|url=https://www.televisual.com/news/ben-frow-pledges-to-shake-up-channel-5-programming/ |title=Ben Frow pledges to 'shake up' Channel 5 programming |website=Televisual.com |date= 25 August 2020|access-date=27 November 2021}}

The channel has picked up some formats in the last 20 years that have been previously broadcast on other channels. These programmes have included titles such as Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother (both ex-Channel 4, becoming shared between Channel 5 and MTV), Blind Date (ex-ITV) and the nightly quiz show Eggheads{{cite web|author=17 Nov |url=https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/c5-eggheads-s2commission |title=CHANNEL 5 ORDER SECOND SERVING OF EGGHEADS |website=Tvzoneuk.com |date= 17 November 2021|access-date=27 November 2021}} (previously broadcast on BBC Two). In the early 2000s it was also the home of Fifth Gear, a continuation of the original incarnation of the BBC show Top Gear with ex-presenters Quentin Willson, Tiff Needell, and Vicki Butler-Henderson, presenting the consumer advice series on Channel 5,{{cite news|author= Timms, Dominic|date= 15 November 2001|url= http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/multi-platform/news/top-gear-drives-over-to-c5/1185599.article|title= Top Gear drives over to C5|work= Broadcast|publisher= Emap Media}}{{cite news |title=Top Gear team switch lanes |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1657807.stm |date=15 November 2001 |publisher=BBC News Online }}{{cite web|url=http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/entertainment/news/a29300/tiff-needell-fifth-gear-cancelled/|title=Tiff Needell's "Fifth Gear" Has Been Cancelled|date=24 May 2016|website=Road & Track|access-date=25 May 2016}} whilst the BBC version of Top Gear became more of an entertainment car show.

Children's programming begins at 6{{nbsp}}am every day with Milkshake! showing children's programmes include Thomas & Friends, Paw Patrol, Peppa Pig, Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom, Little Princess, Fifi and the Flowertots, Roary the Racing Car, Fireman Sam, Joshua Jones and many more.{{cite web|url=http://www.channel5.com/tv-guide |title=Schedule |publisher=Channel 5 |access-date=5 May 2013}}

In 2021, Channel 5 scheduled many music documentaries and countdowns on Friday nights, with shows such as Greatest Hits of the 80s,{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/tv-listings/?sd=24-09-2021%2020:00|title = TV listings guide|website=Radiotimes.com| date=30 November 2023 }}{{cite web|url=https://viacomstudiosuk.com/the-80s-greatest-hits/|title=Viacom International Studios UK|access-date=23 September 2021|archive-date=4 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004122955/https://viacomstudiosuk.com/the-80s-greatest-hits/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://viacomstudiosuk.com/greatest-hits-of-the-80s/|title = Viacom International Studios UK|website=Viacomstudiosuk.com}} The Story of Songs{{cite web|url=https://viacomstudiosuk.com/the-story-of-the-songs/|title=Viacom International Studios UK|website=Viacomstudiosuk.com|access-date=10 March 2022}} and Britain's Biggest 90s Hits{{cite web|url=https://viacomstudiosuk.com/the-90s-greatest-hits-1990-1999/|title=Viacom International Studios UK|website=Viacomstudiosuk.com|access-date=10 March 2022|archive-date=9 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009165801/https://viacomstudiosuk.com/the-90s-greatest-hits-1990-1999/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.channel5.com/show/britains-favourite-songs/|title = My5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.my5.tv/britain-s-favourite-songs/season-1/britain-s-favourite-songs-1990|title=My5|website=My5.tv}} made by Viacom International Studios UK, the British production arm of owner ViacomCBS. After running music countdowns of the best selling songs 1970s, 80s and 90s, VIS started producing Britain's Favourite 80s Songs[https://www.channel5.com/show/britain-s-favourite-80s-songs/season-2/episode-5 Episode 5] channel5.com and Britain's Favourite 90s Songs{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel5.com/show/britain-s-favourite-songs-90s|title=Britain's favourite songs 1990s|website=www.channel5.com|access-date=19 February 2024}} in 2022, which dispensed with the countdown aspect of the show. However, Britain's Favourite 90s Songs was dropped from the primetime schedule after 1994, with 1995 being broadcast on its own and the final four episodes being broadcast around 3am in February 2024, with 1996 being added to the schedule at the last-minute in the place of a repeat of Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun on 16 February 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/tv-listings/|title=TV listings guide|date=10 February 2024|website=Radio Times|accessdate=19 February 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-lrsd8d/90s-greatest-pop-hits-season-1/|title=Britain's Favourite 90s Songs Season 1|website=Radio Times|accessdate=19 February 2024}}Radio Times 10–16 February 2024: print edition schedules – Channel 5Radio Times 17–23 February 2024: print edition schedules – Channel 5

In September 2021, Ofcom approved the removal of Channel 5's 6.30 pm news slot for the channel to schedule Neighbours at 6 pm and Eggheads at 6.30 pm (with a new hour-long 5 News programme going out at 5 pm).{{cite web|url=https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/ofcom-c5newsapproval|title = Ofcom Approve Changes to Channel 5 News|website=Tvzoneuk.com|date = 24 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/home-and-away/a37721453/home-and-away-loses-channel-5-evening-slot/|title = Home and Away to lose evening slot on Channel 5|website = Digital Spy|date = 24 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://advanced-television.com/2021/09/24/channel-5-extends-evening-news/|title = Channel 5 extends evening news|website=Advanced-television.com|date = 24 September 2021}} These changes saw the early evening repeat of Home and Away moved to 5Star, with the Australian soap only broadcast on the main channel at lunchtime. The first-hour long-version of 5 News at 5 was broadcast by Channel 5 on 8 November 2021, with the programme still produced for the channel by ITN. 5 News at 5 is presented by Sian Williams and Claudia-Liza Vanderpuije, and has a live reporting team across the UK.{{cite web |url=https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/5news-8novrelaunch |title=CHANNEL 5 NEWS TO RELAUNCH ON 8th NOVEMBER WITH HOUR LONG EDITION |website=Tvzoneuk.com |date= 25 October 2021|access-date=27 November 2021}}

Also at the start of November 2021, P. D. James' adaptation of Dalgliesh debuted on the channel with four million viewers, while Our Yorkshire Farm achieved a rating of 3,260,437. On Saturday nights, the network's other new drama The Madame Blanc Mysteries was drawing in over two million viewers to the channel.{{cite web |url=https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/7daysbr-01november |title=7-DAY RATINGS BREAKDOWN: 01-07 NOVEMBER 2021 |website=Tvzoneuk.com |date=7 November 2021 |access-date=27 November 2021}}

In February 2022, Channel 5 confirmed funding for Neighbours would be stopped with the production shutting down and the last episode aired 29 July 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/feb/06/neighbours-needs-good-friends-to-survive-after-uk-network-axes-iconic-soap|title = Neighbours needs good friends to survive after UK network axes iconic soap|website = TheGuardian.com|date = 6 February 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/dec/31/the-person-who-got-me-through-2021-dr-karl-kennedy-in-neighbours-was-strangely-reassuring|title = The person who got me through 2021: Dr Karl Kennedy in Neighbours was strangely reassuring|website = TheGuardian.com|date = 31 December 2021}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60277939|title=Neighbours under threat after Channel 5 drops show|work=BBC News|date=6 February 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/neighbours-tv-soap-will-be-axed-as-channel-5-increases-investment-in-uk-drama-12534254|title = Neighbours: TV soap will be axed from schedule as Channel 5 increases investment in UK drama}} As Paramount Global's 10 Peach scheduled the last episode for 7.30 pm on 28 July 2022 in Australia,{{cite web | url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/07/farewell-to-neighbours-i-really-wanted-it-to-be-a-celebration-of-the-past-the-present.html | title=Farewell to Neighbours: "I really wanted it to be a celebration of the past & the present." {{pipe}} TV Tonight | date=25 July 2022 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/neighbours-finale-to-be-simulcast-on-10-and-10-peach-in-july/ |title=Neighbours finale to be simulcast on 10 and 10 Peach in July |publisher=Mediaweek.com.au |date=1 July 2022 |accessdate=3 August 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://www.freeview.com.au/tv-guide | title=Freeview Australia }}{{cite web | url=https://www.freeview.com.au/watch-tv/shows/da71b4db-5fbe-4e5f-bd91-f5eda6def17f | title=Watch Neighbours on Freeview FV }} Channel 5 brought back the broadcast{{cite web | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/tv-listings/?ts=1659121200000 | title=TV listings guide | date=30 November 2023 }} of the final episode{{cite web | url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/03/10-peach-doubles-up-on-neighbours-episodes-in-time-for-finale.html | title=10 Peach doubles up on Neighbours episodes in time for finale {{pipe}} TV Tonight | date=31 March 2022 }} a few days to 29 July 2022, with The Finale{{cite web | url=https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/pr-neighboursfinale-2 | title=Neighbours: The Finale {{pipe}} Preview (Channel 5) | date=24 July 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-566p2l/neighbours/episodes/?episode=b-qhg6rn | title=Neighbours (TV Series) }} becoming part of a Neighbours night alongside the Viacom UK{{cite web | url=https://viacomstudiosuk.com/entertainment-and-comedy/ | title=Viacom International Studios UK }} programmes Neighbours Made Me a Star: From Ramsay St to Hollywood{{cite web | url=https://viacomstudiosuk.com/neighbours-made-me-a-star-from-ramsay-street-to-hollywood/ | title=Viacom International Studios UK | access-date=25 July 2022 | archive-date=19 August 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819073246/https://viacomstudiosuk.com/neighbours-made-me-a-star-from-ramsay-street-to-hollywood/ | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-jf2xq1/neighbours-made-me-a-star-from-ramsay-st-to-hollywood/ | title=Neighbours Made Me a Star: From Ramsay St to Hollywood }} and Neighbours: All the Pop Hits & More, Especially For You.{{cite web | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-ddwxps/neighbours-all-the-pop-hits-more-especially-for-you/ | title=Neighbours: All the Pop Hits & More, Especially for You }}{{cite web | url=https://viacomstudiosuk.com/2994-2/ | title=Viacom International Studios UK | access-date=25 July 2022 | archive-date=21 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721155328/https://viacomstudiosuk.com/2994-2/ | url-status=dead }} In addition, the 'Spirit of Queensland' episode of the channel's Bill Nighy narrated luxury train travel series was held back a weekRadio Times 16–22 July 2022: Channel 5 listings for 22 July 2022 with the Al Andalus train journey from Seville{{cite web | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-bp6gnn/worlds-most-scenic-railway-journeys-season-6/?episode=b-z9p3u1 | title=World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys Season 6 }} taking its place on 22 July and the Brisbane to Cairns trip's title amended to Australia's Most Scenic Railway Journeys to fit in with the Neighbours theme night on 29 July 2022.

On 7 September 2022, a two-part day-by-day documentary with Xand van Tulleken and Raksha Dave{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/great-smog-1952-when-london-brought-knees-thousands-died/ | title=The Great Smog of 1952: When London was brought to its knees and thousands died | newspaper=The Telegraph | date=7 September 2022 | last1=Rees | first1=Jasper }} called The Great Smog of 1952 started with the second episode scheduled for the following night. With the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the concluding part was dumped from the schedule after the channel went into a rolling royal documentary mode for the rest of the night. Their schedules for the following days were then amended to take out several thriller films, the over-night casino slots and documentaries which may have featured members of the Royal Family, like a forthcoming episode of The Cotswolds and Beyond with Pam Ayres,{{cite web | url=https://www.channel5.com/show/the-cotswolds-and-beyond-with-pam-ayres/season-2/episode-1 | title=My5 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-ukajud/the-cotswolds-with-pam-ayres-season-1/ | title=The Cotswolds with Pam Ayres Season 1 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/pamayres-c5beyond | title=Pam Ayres Returns to Channel 5 with the Cotswolds and Beyond | date=25 May 2022 }} replacing these programmes with a range of their travel documentaries.{{cite web | url=https://rxtvinfo.com/2022/recordings-may-fail-as-schedules-continue-to-change | title=Recordings may fail as schedules continue to change | work=RXTV | date=9 September 2022 }} The second part of The Great Smog of 1952{{cite web | url=https://www.tvguide.co.uk/detail/4789616/75286785/the-great-smog-winter-of-52 | title=The Great Smog: Winter of '52 on Channel 5 HD, Sat 17 Sep 1:00am – TV Guide UK TVGuide.co.uk }}{{cite web | url=https://www.whattowatch.com/uk-tv-guide | title=UK TV Guide & Listings {{pipe}} What to Watch }} was rescheduled for 13 September 2022, with the documentary and a repeat of Paramount Pictures' award-winning romantic drama film, An Officer and a Gentleman,{{cite web | url=https://www.freeview.co.uk/tv-guide | title=TV Guide }}{{cite web | url=https://www.tvguide.co.uk/?catcolor=&systemid=7&thistime=19&thisday=9/13/2022&gridspan=03:00&view=0&gw=1327&adj=3 | title=TV Guide UK – TVGuide.co.uk, Film, Soaps, Sports, News for Freeview, Sky, Virgin Media, Freesat & BT Vision }} replacing a double bill of murder investigations. Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly, The Yorkshire Vet and the last episode of The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo were kept in the schedule as previously listed, going out in hourly slots between 7 pm and 10 pm.

Even though the channel is known for its royal documentaries, on the day of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II Channel 5 decided to go with a counter-alternative schedule to all the royal coverage due to being shown on the BBC, ITV and Sky, with their regular Home and Away episode and Jeremy Vine dropped to make way for family-friendly productions like The Emoji Movie, The Adventures of Paddington and Stuart Little.{{cite web | url=https://rxtvinfo.com/2022/itv-to-simulcast-all-channels-as-broadcasters-clear-schedules-for-the-queens-funeral | title=ITV channels to simulcast as broadcasters clear schedules for the Queen's Funeral | date=14 September 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/channel-5-monday-tv-schedule-timings-newsupdate/ | title=Channel 5's Monday TV schedule confirmed – all the changes and timings }}{{cite web | url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/home-and-away/a41246690/home-and-away-schedule-change-september-19/ | title=Home and Away dropped by Channel 5 on Queen's funeral day | website=Digital Spy | date=16 September 2022 }}

In November 2022, Channel 5 confirmed that one of their recent hits, Our Yorkshire Farm, would not be returning to the channel in its original form, with a three-part spin-off programme called Beyond The Yorkshire Farm: Reuben & Clive due to be launched on the channel on 6 December 2022. This series will show the father and son farming duo launching a digging business venture which sees them in the Cumbrian village of Langwathby digging out a series of ponds.{{cite web | url=https://www.televisual.com/news/our-yorkshire-farm-ends-renegade-makes-spin-off/ | title=Renegade to make spin-off as Our Yorkshire Farm ends | date=23 November 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/c5-yorkfarmends-ann1 | title=Our Yorkshire Farm Ends on Channel 5 as Spin-Off Series is Announced | date=23 November 2022 }}

Even though the channel have commissioned Country & Coast series about Dorset,{{cite web | url=https://www.channel5.com/show/dorset-country-and-coast/season-1/episode-3 | title=No access outside UK }}{{Cite web |date=9 August 2023 |title=Swannery in the spotlight on national television tonight |url=https://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/23711096.tv-show-dorset-coast-country-channel-5-tonight/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=Bridport and Lyme Regis News |language=en}} Norfolk & Suffolk,{{cite web | url=https://www.channel5.com/show/norfolk-and-suffolk-country-coast/season-1/episode-6 | title=No access outside UK }} and Somerset,{{Cite web |date=21 February 2024 |title=Minehead to feature on first episode of new Somerset documentary starting next week |url=https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/24134051.minehead-feature-somerset-wonder-west-country/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=Somerset County Gazette |language=en}}{{cite web | url=https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/pr-somersetwestcountry | title=Somerset: Wonder of the West Country | Preview (Channel 5) | date=19 February 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.channel5.com/show/somerset-wonder-of-the-west-country | title=No access outside UK }}{{Cite web |last=Defalco |first=Daniel |date=6 September 2023 |title=Channel 5 show with Bill Nighy exploring Suffolk to air this week |url=https://www.suffolklive.com/news/suffolk-news/norfolk-suffolk-country-coast-channel-8728178 |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=Suffolk Live |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=BRITAIN'S MOST SCENIC COUNTIES: NORFOLK & SUFFOLK – Abacus |url=https://www.abacusmediarights.comhttps//www.abacusmediarights.com/programme/4110/britains-most-scenic-counties-norfolk-suffolk |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=Abacus Media Rights |language=en}} as well as a couple of series of Isle of Wight: Jewel of the South,{{cite web | url=https://www.channel5.com/show/isle-of-wight-jewel-of-the-south/season-2 | title=No access outside UK }}{{Cite web |last=Stocks |first=Amanda |date=26 January 2024 |title=Isle of Wight: Jewel of the South returns to Channel 5 for second series |url=https://onthewight.com/isle-of-wight-jewel-of-the-south-returns-to-channel-5-for-second-series/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=Isle of Wight News from OnTheWight |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=26 January 2024 |title=Meet the Islanders in the latest series of hit Channel 5 show |url=https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/24073589.isle-wight-jewel-south-channel-5-tv-show-back-new-faces/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=Isle of Wight County Press |language=en}} the network has mostly become associated with programmes about Yorkshire. Francis TaylorRadio Times page 78 og the 16–11 March 2024 issue in the Radio Times has commentated that the station gets a programming obsession with certain topics, though the channel has moved away from ordering so many programmes about Yorkshire and bulking the schedule out with programmes about scams and air fryers instead, with the channel going on to schedule nine documentaries about the kitchen appliance in 124 days.{{Cite news |last=Hogan |first=Michael |date=3 April 2024 |title=Air Fryers: Sunday Lunch Made Easy, Channel 5, review: bland filler TV at its worst |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2024/04/03/air-fryers-sunday-lunch-made-easy-channel-5-review/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Liam |date=3 April 2024 |title=Nine documentaries in four months: how air fryers took over TV |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/how-air-fryers-took-over-tv-channel-5/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}

In 2023, Paramount Global closed VIS UK,{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/channel-5-jane-mcdonald-susan-calman-viacom-international-studios-closure-1235311714/|title=Channel 5 Finds New Home For Upcoming Jane McDonald & Susan Calman Projects Following VIS Unscripted Closure|first=Max|last=Goldbart|date=29 March 2023|accessdate=19 February 2024}} its non-scripted production division, which meant that travel shows featuring Susan Calman and Jane McDonald were moved over to Lionsgate's Daisybeck Studios,{{Cite web|url=https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/lionsgate-acquires-daisybeck-studios-owner-from-hasbro/|title=Lionsgate acquires Daisybeck Studios owner from Hasbro – Prolific North|date=3 August 2023|accessdate=19 February 2024}} the company responsible for a number of rural programmes on Channel 5 like The Yorkshire Vet, The Highland Vet and all the farming shows filmed at Cannon Hall Farm.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/pr-cannonhallfarm-s1|title=Cannon Hall: A Yorkshire Farm | Preview (Channel 5)|website=www.tvzoneuk.com|date=18 February 2024 |accessdate=19 February 2024}}

After ordering 46 new episodes of Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun in 2022,{{Cite web |title=BARGAIN LOVING BRITS GIVEN BUMPER ORDER BY CHANNEL 5 |url=https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/bargainbrits-jul22 |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=www.tvzoneuk.com|date=13 July 2022 }} the channel recommissioned the show in 2023{{cite web | url=https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/c5-bargainbrits-apr23 | title=Bargain Loving Brits: Channel 5 Order 136 Hours Across Daytime and Primetime | date=4 April 2023 }} with an order totalling 136 episodes. Even though this order included 16 episodes to be broadcast in peak-time, only three episodes of series 11{{cite web | url=https://www.channel5.com/show/bargain-loving-brits-in-the-sun/season-11-9337e554-22e2-4e6d-baf2-41e8e2e6653d | title=No access outside UK }} were broadcast, including a tribute to the late Graham 'Happy Days' Boland.{{cite web | url=https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/pr-bargainloving-18feb | title=Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun | Preview (Channel 5) | date=10 February 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/graham-boland-death-bargain-benidorm-b2480741.html | title=Channel 5 TV personality Graham Boland has died | work=The Independent }} Instead of broadcasting the next episode in its 8pm Sunday night slot, the show was replaced in the schedule with a repeat of Greggs: What's Really in it? with Grace Dent.Radio Times 9–15 March 2021 page 52 Also moved from primetime at the same time was The Pet Psychic: What's Your Dog Thinking? a 2022 series with Beth Lee CrowtherRadio Times 9–15 March 2021 page 73 which was new to the channel in 2024.{{cite web | url=https://www.channel5.com/show/the-pet-psychic | title=No access outside UK }} The Pet Psychic was moved to a late night slot and replaced with another one of the channel's 'high street' programmes, Tesco: How Do They Really Do It?.{{Cite web |date=30 March 2024 |title=TV listings guide |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/tv-listings/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=Radio Times |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Tesco: How Do They Really Do It? |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-wpbgzk/tesco-how-do-they-really-do-it/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=Radio Times |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=The Pet Psychic: What's Your Dog Thinking? Season 1 |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-ooxz5h/the-pet-psychic-whats-your-dog-thinking-season-1/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=Radio Times |language=en-GB}}{{cite web | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/tv-listings/?ts=1710208800000 | title=TV listings guide }}

In 2024, it was reported that the channel was the only public service broadcaster to increase its total share of the UK viewing audience{{cite web | url=https://rxtvinfo.com/2024/five-years-of-growth-for-channel-5/ | title=Five years of growth for Channel 5 > RXTV info | date=9 January 2024 }} with its top rating shows of 2023 including The Inheritance (3.3 million viewers) Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly (1.9 million) and Police: Suspect No.1 (1.8 million). The channel's top rating drama on 2023 was All Creatures Great and Small, with its ratings of 3.7 million viewers getting the channel's biggest audience of the year, while 2 million people watched Captain Tom: Where Did the Money Go? making it Channel 5's highest rating single documentary ever.

The channel is known for reacting to trends which can result in a quick turn-around in programming. On 6 March 2024, after footage from Willy's Chocolate Experience in Glasgow went viral, it commissioned an hour-long documentary about the event, called Wonka: The Scandal that Rocked Britain,{{Cite news |last=Nicholson |first=Rebecca |date=16 March 2024 |title=Wonka: The Scandal that Rocked Britain review – a whole hour of TV on the chocolate disaster that went viral |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/mar/16/wonka-the-scandal-that-rocked-britain-review-a-whole-hour-of-tv-on-the-chocolate-disaster-that-went-viral |access-date=9 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} from Mentorn TV.{{Cite web |title=Wonka: The Scandal That Rocked Britain {{!}} Preview (Channel 5) |url=https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/pr-willywonkascandal-c5#google_vignette |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=www.tvzoneuk.com|date=12 March 2024 }} It was broadcast by the channel ten days later, alongside a repeat of Inside Cadbury: The Real Chocolate Factory, with another showing of the 'Wonka' documentary being scheduled three days later on 19 March 2024.{{Cite web |title=Wonka: The Scandal That Rocked Britain |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-hm57ff/wonka-the-scandal-that-rocked-britain/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=Radio Times |language=en-GB}}{{cite web | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/tv-listings/?ts=1710867600000 | title=TV listings guide }}

The following is a list of the twelve most watched broadcasts on Channel 5 up to 5 March 2021, based on Live +28 data supplied by BARB.{{cite web|url= https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/four-screen-dashboard |title= Weekly top programmes on four screens |website=Barb.co.uk |date=20 December 2020 |access-date=20 December 2020}}

From 1997 to 2011 Channel 5 operated its analogue teletext service providing a basic range of programme listings, film summaries and programme previews of Channel 5 content. The service was provided by Sky Text until 2002 when Teletext Ltd. took over as the provider of Channel 5's Teletext service.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvwhirl.co.uk/teletext/channel-5-teletext/|title=TV Whirl – 5Text|website=Tvwhirl.co.uk}} The service was withdrawn due to the digital switchover and the shift to the Internet and social media.

As of December 2021, Channel 5 has several channels streaming 24 hours a day on Paramount Global's free TV app Pluto TV.{{cite web|url=https://pluto.tv/en/live-tv/pluto-tv-sci-fi-gb|title = Pluto TV – Drop in. Watch Free|website=Pluto.tv}}{{cite web|url=https://rxtvinfo.com/2021/channel-5-launches-new-services-on-pluto-tv|title=Channel 5 launches new services on Pluto TV|website=Rxtvinfo.com|date=14 December 2021}} The channels include:

• 5 Building Britain{{cite web|url=https://pluto.tv/en/live-tv/5-building-britain-gb/details|title=Pluto TV – Drop in. Watch Free|website=Pluto.tv}} (with titles including Michael Buerk's documentary Building Victorian Britain: The Great Stink and George Clarke's Build a New House in the Country){{cite web|url=https://pluto.tv/en/live-tv/5-building-britain-gb/details/episode-7-2017-2-7-ptv12|title = On Pluto TV|website=Pluto.tv}}
• 5 Cops (the UK version of Pluto's Spike TV's Cops 24/7 channel,{{cite web|url=https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/pluto-tv-adds-the-5-new-channels-including-24-7-cops/|title = Pluto TV Adds 4 New Channels Including 24/7 Cops|date = 17 March 2020}} featuring episodes from Police Interceptors){{cite web|url=https://pluto.tv/live-tv/5-cops-gb/details/episode-14-1969-4-14|title=on Pluto TV|access-date=10 March 2022|website=Pluto.tv}}
• 5 Destination Britain{{cite web|url=https://pluto.tv/live-tv/5-destination-britain-gb/details|title=Pluto TV – Drop in. Watch Free.|access-date=10 March 2022|website=Pluto.tv}} (programmes include Walking Britain's Lost Railways with Rob Bell and Britain By Bike With Larry & George Lamb)
• 5 GPs{{cite web|url=https://pluto.tv/en/live-tv/5-gps-gb/details|title = Pluto TV – Drop in. Watch Free|website=Pluto.tv}} (with back-to-back episodes of GPs: Behind Closed Doors){{cite web|url=https://pluto.tv/live-tv/5-gps-gb/details/episode-6-2013-4-6|title=on Pluto TV|access-date=10 March 2022|website=Pluto.tv}}
• 5 Cruising with Jane McDonald (Back-to-back episodes of the Jane McDonald travel show, broadcast on the channel between 2017 and 2021){{cite web|url=https://pluto.tv/en/live-tv/5-cruising-with-jane-mcdonald-gb/details?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIttetuZHz9AIVkYBQBh0HkgsvEAAYASAAEgILS_D_BwE|title = Pluto TV – Drop in. Watch Free|website=Pluto.tv}}
• 5 Trucking Hell (repeats of Trucking Hell episodes)

5 on The Farm{{cite web |url=https://www.5onthefarm.com/whats-on/ |title=What's on – 5 on the Farm Festival |access-date=22 January 2022 |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122141604/https://www.5onthefarm.com/whats-on/ |url-status=dead }} is Channel 5's festival which first took place at Cannon Hall Farm{{cite web|url=https://www.cannonhallfarm.co.uk/event/5-on-the-farm/|title = 5 on the Farm – Cannon Hall Farm|website=Cannonhallfarm.co.uk| date=6 February 2021 }} in Cawthorne, South Yorkshire{{cite web |url=https://www.5onthefarm.com/plan/getting-here/ |title=Travel Options {{pipe}} 5 on the Farm festival |access-date=22 January 2022 |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122141559/https://www.5onthefarm.com/plan/getting-here/ |url-status=dead }} on August Bank Holiday Weekend in 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.5onthefarm.com/thank-you/ |title=5 on the Farm Festival {{pipe}} Yorkshire {{pipe}} Buy Tickets Now |access-date=22 January 2022 |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122141638/https://www.5onthefarm.com/thank-you/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/channel-5-launches-new-5-farm-yorkshire-festival-3061806|title=Channel 5 launches new '5 on the farm' Yorkshire festival|website=Yorkshirepost.co.uk|date=9 December 2020 |access-date=10 March 2022}} The three-day event was based around Channel 5's ...on the Farm series (featuring series regulars Rob and Dave Nicholson, chef Tim Bilton as well as presenters Adam Henson, Helen Skelton, Jules Hudson and JB Gill) with appearances from people featuring in a range of Channel 5 programmes associated with farming, food and animals. These people included Peter Wright and Julian Norton from The Yorkshire Vet, Reuben and Amanda Owen from Our Yorkshire Farm, Ben Fogle from New Lives in the Wild, Graeme Hall from Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly and Stefan Gates from Secrets of Your Supermarket Food. The festival also has an area for children branded as the Milkshake! Meadow which (in 2021) featured presenters Derek Moran, Jen Pringle and Kemi Majeks{{cite web |url=https://www.5onthefarm.com/schedule/ |title=Schedule {{pipe}} 5 on the Farm festival {{pipe}} August Bank Holiday 2021 |access-date=22 January 2022 |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122141650/https://www.5onthefarm.com/schedule/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.5onthefarm.com/line-up/ |title=Talent and Channel 5 Stars {{pipe}} 5 on the Farm festival |access-date=22 January 2022 |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122142845/https://www.5onthefarm.com/line-up/ |url-status=dead }} alongside characters from Milkshake! including Peppa Pig, and Milkshake! Monkey and Fireman Sam.

In a 2022 Radio Times interview with Mark Lawson,Radio Times 16–22 July 2022: 'Putting "Yorkshire" in the title gets good viewing figures' – The RT Interview by Mark Lawson: Ben Frow, pages 22 – 25 Channel 5's director of programmes Ben Frow gave answers to some of the regular criticisms viewers had over the past few years about scheduling. First, Channel 5 is known for giving programmes numerous programme titles, with the listing in the Radio Times not matching the EPG or the actual programme title. Second, a six-part series can be launched in a regular slot and then be dropped from the schedule after a few weeks (with the third series of Rob Bell's Building the Impossible{{cite web | url=https://www.channel5.com/show/building-the-impossible/season-3 | title=My5 }}Building the Impossible (Series 3 Episode 2, 4 November 2022) in Channel 5 listings Radio Times 29 October – 4 November 2022Building the Impossible (Series 3 Episode 3, 11 November 2022) in Channel 5 listings Radio Times 5–11 November 2022 dropped after one episode and replaced in its 9 pm slot by the repackaged The Dalgliesh Mysteries).{{cite web | url=https://www.channel5.com/show/the-dalgliesh-mysteries/season-1/episode-1 | title=My5 }} Frow apologised to all the Radio Times readers who were annoyed by these regular occurrences but explained that when listings go to press he does not know what the competition from other channels might be and so may have to retitle a programme to make it stand out on the EPG or temporarily remove that show from the schedule until there is a better place for it. For example, the programme Billion Dollar Holiday City{{cite web | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-bmapnr/billion-dollar-holiday-city-season-1/? | title=Billion Dollar Holiday City Season 1 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.channel5.com/show/billion-dollar-holiday-city | title=My5 }} which turned up in the Channel 5 schedule on 17 July 2022, before new episodes of the holiday series Bargain-Loving Brits by the Sea and The CruiseRadio Times 16–22 July 2022: Channel 5 listings for 17 July 2022, page 60 was a revised and retitled version of late-night programme Secret World of Las Vegas: 24/7{{cite web | url=https://www.channel5.com/show/secret-world-of-las-vegas-24-7/season-1/episode-6 | title=My5 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.c21media.net/screenings/viacomcbs/the-secret-world-of-las-vegas-247/15427/ | title=The Secret World of Las Vegas 24/7 }} which originally was broadcast by the channel in 2019, and put into production as Vegas 24:7 by Viacom Studios UK (now VIS UK).{{cite web |url=https://viacomstudiosuk.com/ |title=Viacom Studios UK |website=viacomstudiosuk.com |access-date=23 September 2021 |archive-date=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120235346/https://viacomstudiosuk.com/ |url-status=dead }}

On 22 June 2022,{{cite web | url=https://www.techadvisor.com/article/743095/watch-paramount-plus.html | title=How to watch Paramount Plus in the UK }} Paramount+ launched in the UK, with Channel 5 showing the first episode of the streaming series Halo on that night as a "taster".Radio Times 18–24 June 2022: Channel 5 television schedule for 22 June 2022, page 88 However, the marketing around this episode made it look like it was a new free-to-air series that was going to continue on the channel and Paramount+ every week, which resulted in the first of several feedback letters to the Radio TimesRadio Times 9–15 July 2022, Feedback letters pages as edited by Jane Hill, page 143 about the practice of "taster TV". This time the viewer complained that this was just a "puff piece" to get people to subscribe to a paid service and thought the practice might be against the channel's PSB commitments, while in the magazine's 20–26 August 2022 issue,Radio Times page 142 after one-off starter episodes of Halo, La Brea and The Box{{cite web | url=https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/coming-to-paramount-plus-uk-august-2022/ | title=Coming to Paramount+ UK August 2022: New TV, Films and More | date=23 July 2022 }} had been shown on the channel, a piece of viewer criticism headlined "Taster TV is no good to me" was highlighted as the magazine's Letter of the Week.

On 27 November 2023, Channel 5 pulled the docudrama 1928: The Year The Thames Flooded after historian Nikki Shaw was alleged to have Neo-Nazi links.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/11/channel-5-drops-doc-contributor-alleged-neo-nazi-links-1235637856/|title=Paramount's Channel 5 Drops Doc Hours Before Broadcast Over Contributor's Alleged Neo-Nazi Links|date=26 November 2023 |publisher=Deadline}}

On 19 September 2022, the funeral of Elizabeth II was occurring. BBC One, BBC Two, and ITV broadcast the funeral, while Channel 4 broadcast a documentary about Elizabeth II. However, Channel 5 played the 2017 film The Emoji Movie instead of the funeral. The move had mixed reactions. Some mocked the channel and insulted it for disrespecting a recently dead member of the Royal Family.{{Cite web |last=Yossman |first=K. J. |date=19 September 2022 |title=UK's Channel 5 Shows 'The Emoji Movie' Instead of Queen Elizabeth II's Funeral, Gets Mocked on Twitter |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/channel-5-emoji-movie-queen-funeral-1235376665/ |access-date=20 September 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 September 2022 |title=Britain's Channel 5 Uplifts a Grieving Nation by Airing 'The Emoji Movie' During Queen's Funeral |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/emoji-movie-queen-elizabeth-ii-funeral-channel-5-britain-1234595665/ |access-date=20 September 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} Other people online praised the channel for airing child-friendly alternatives during a dark day in the nation.{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Chris |date=20 September 2022 |title=Channel 5 praised by viewers for showing 'The Emoji Movie' during Queen's funeral |url=https://www.nme.com/news/film/channel-5-praised-the-emoji-movie-queen-funeral-3313162 |access-date=20 September 2022 |website=NME |language=en-GB}} Other children's programming was aired on the channel, including the 1999 film Stuart Little.{{Cite web |last=Mohan-Hickson |first=Matthew |date=19 September 2022 |title=What will Channel 5 show instead of the Queen's funeral? Full TV schedule confirmed |url=https://www.nationalworld.com/news/uk/what-will-channel-5-show-instead-of-the-queens-funeral-full-tv-schedule-confirmed-3847668 |access-date=25 March 2024 |website=National World}}

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