Five

Five is a commercial terrestrial station, which until recently was called Channel 5.

The program content covers many genre’s including general entertainment, soaps, game shows, comedy, news (including short bulletins at peak viewing times), affairs, sport, lifestyle, documentaries, movies and much more. Five has used cost effective methods in order to broadcast as the fifth analogue terrestrial service that launched in the late 1990s. The programs shown on Five are in many ways of considerable high quality due to their uniqueness, high number of movies, and the way the news is operated. Unfortunately since the analogue terrestrial platform was originally designed for four channels, terrestrial coverage is not as good for Five as it is for the other four channels.

Frequencies

Analogue terrestrial: On various UHF channels in most of the UK. Some areas require aerial upgrades while other areas are not covered.

Sky: Channel 105

DTT: Channel 5

Cable: NTL Channel 105

Telewest Channel 105