Channel 5 is a multi-award-winning public service broadcaster (PSB) and the UK’s third largest commercial TV station, reaching over 31 million viewers a month.
Channel 5, its digital brands 5STAR, 5USA, 5SELECT, 5ACTION and on-demand platform My5 offer a diverse range of critically acclaimed, original programmes featuring well-known faces – from issue-led documentaries, popular factual series and accessible history shows to premium drama and agenda-setting news & current affairs. Channel 5 is the only PSB to air children’s content daily through its much-loved programming strand Milkshake! – home to some of the world’s favourite pre-school characters.
The free to air broadcaster’s agenda-driving commissions and distinctive British programming lead on societal issues from inequality to homelessness and mental health, aiming to tell the story of modern Britain by reflecting the lives of people across the UK.
Brands have the opportunity to place themselves alongside beloved programmes, key for a diverse and devoted audience.
Channel 5 has achieved 5 years of successive portfolio share growth, the only PSB to do so. In 2023 Channel 5 was the only commercial PSB to increase peak time share and grew its share of ABC1s more than any other PSB in peak throughout the year.
Recent industry acclaim for Channel 5 includes winning 2022’s Best Factual Show at the viewer voted TV Choice Awards for Springtime on the Farm and 2023’s inaugural True Crime Awards for Who Killed Billie Jo? White Nanny Black Child became the first ever documentary to win the Jury Prize at the 2023 Africa International Film Awards whilst All Creatures Great and Small took home the Stress Buster Award at the Radio Times’ Screen Test Awards.
What does this mean? 
Sky Arts
