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5 (formerly known as Channel 5 and Five) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global's UK and Australia division. It was launched in 30 March 1997 to provide a fifth national terrestrial channel in the United Kingdom.


Aliases
  • Channel 5 (1997–2002; 2011–2025)
  • Five (2002-2011)
English
  • ID 599
  • Country Great Britain
  • Primary Type Network
  • Child Companies My5
  • Created September 11, 2020 by
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  • Modified June 15, 2025 by
    Hoff16
Alice Roberts: Our Hospital Through Time
Motorway: Hell on the Highway
World's Most Luxurious
The Space Shuttle: Triumph and Tragedy
World's Toughest Trucker
Revelations - The Initial Journey
Volcano with Dara Ó Briain
Vanished: The Search for Britain's Missing
Sinkholes
It's Not Me, It's You
Brain Hospital: Saving Lives
It's All About Amy
Tamara Ecclestone: Billion $$ Girl
Respectable
The Surgeon (2026)
Child Snatchers: A Day at the Fair
Mind The Age Gap
I Want That Wedding!
Alex Polizzi's Secret Italy
Heroes of the Skies

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