Channel 5
Martin Clunes Will Star as Huw Edwards in New Series
The BBC is going under the microscope in a brand new docudrama miniseries commissioned by the U.K.’s 5 in 'Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards.'
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'All Creatures' Rachel Shenton Finds Herself in Trouble in 'The Rumour' Trailer
One of the biggest complaints about All Creatures Great & Small is that it is very male-oriented. That's unfortunately somewhat baked into the text; the original novels are written from a man's perspective during the interwar period. Both Mrs. Hall, played by Anna Madeley, and Helen,
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'The Forsytes' Character Posters Are Swoon-Worthy
It’s been a minute since Masterpiece went full-court press for an upcoming all-star costume drama, at least in the way it used to do for Downton Abbey back in the day. Viewers couldn’t get enough of the Granthams, and images from filming used to cross the pond regularly,
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Channel 5 Commissions 6 New Series We Need To See
Channel 5 continues its ambitious plans to become one of the pre-eminent sources of British drama with an announcement of half a dozen new shows to be commissioned for the 2025-2026 TV season. The slate, which was announced without a single American co-producer in sight, includes a diverse range of
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'Madame Blanc' Gets a Feature Length Special for Christmas
Since its debut in 2021, The Madame Blanc Mysteries production team tends to drop renewal announcements at the end of the summer, along with first images from filming the series' yearly holiday special. Like other highly popular British TV series, Madame Blanc has been awarded a "Festive Special&
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Sharon D Clarke's 'Inspector Ellis' Lands Season 2 Commission
It took a good six months, but Acorn TV and Channel 5 finally confirmed Inspector Ellis's return for Season 2. One of the brighter debuts for the niche streamer in 2024, the series (which, like Inspector Morse and Inspector Lewis before her, is merely called Ellis in the
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Catch 'Grantchester's Robson Green as a Villain in 'The Game' Trailer
In an era where legacy media is struggling in the face of changing technology, Channel 5 stands out as one of the few success stories among the networks that existed before streaming upended the landscape. Once a third-tier also-ran network on the U.K. dial that mostly aired older American
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Channel 5 Rebrands as 'Madame Blanc Mysteries' Readies Return
One of the most challenging parts of the rise of streaming for already established broadcast channels was ensuring viewers could identify the streaming service from the linear network — or in the case of most U.K. channels, the multiple networks already fighting for cohesion under a single moniker. Not everyone
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'The Ex-Wife' Returns for Season 2 with a New Ex-Wife
The collapse of Paramount, once a production studio so mighty its name was shorthand for the Supreme Court case that broke up the studio system, has primarily manifested in the U.S. in not-so-obvious ways. They're all small-time complaints that add to a portrait of dysfunction and incompetence,
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'Grantchester's Robson Green to Play a Villain in New Series 'Catch You Later'
Much like most Americans were unaware until recently that Disney owned Hulu, most U.K. (and U.S.) viewers have no idea Channel 5, the network behind All Creatures Great & Small, is owned by Paramount. As we have mentioned, Paramount is in the middle of being sold to Skydance
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'Too Good to Be True' Becomes 'Captivated' on BritBox
Channel 5 first announced it was commissioning a new thriller starring PBS favorite Allen Leech, at the time under the working title The Hunted, in the spring of 2023. At the time, filming was about to commence, and the network had the new four-part series slated to arrive late that
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PBS & Channel 5 Team Up for 'The Puzzle Lady' Starring Phyllis Logan
Channel 5 has announced the commission of a new cozy-crime series, The Puzzle Lady, based on the best-selling series of novels by the late Parnell Hall (1944-2020). Described as "Miss Marple on steroids" or "Jessica Fletcher meets Groucho Marx." Hall started publishing the series with A