Articles about Channel 5
Off the leash
As detective drama Dalgliesh returns, star Bertie Carvel tells DQ about realising his long-held ambition to direct for the screen in the third season of the Acorn TV and Channel 5 show, which is set in 1979.
Ell raiser
Channel 5 and Acorn TV drama Ellis stars Sharon D Clarke as a top inspector who is parachuted in to solve failing investigations. Executive producer and lead writer Siân Ejiwunmi-Le Berre opens the file on television’s latest detective.
A lesson in suspense
Rachel Gesua, senior executive producer at The Teacher producer Clapperboard, breaks down a key scene from the second season of the Channel 5 thriller, in which the protagonist faces the police after tragedy strikes on a school trip.
New Wives tale
The Wives creator Helen Black recalls the journey to making her first original series, explaining how the drama champions female camaraderie and why writers should “hold their nerve.”
C5 unveils autumn drama line-up
FIRST LOOK: Channel 5 in the UK has released images from its upcoming autumn line-up, including new psychological thriller The Teacher, mystery The Wives and period drama The Hardacres.
Sharon D Clarke arrests Acorn TV’s Ellis
FIRST LOOK: Sharon D Clarke plays the title character in three-part detective drama Ellis, coming to Acorn TV in November.
Britbox inherits Channel 5 drama
Britbox in the US and Canada will air family thriller The Inheritance after its launch last year on the UK’s Channel 5.
Tough call
As British drama The Night Caller launches in the US, executive producer Sam Tipper-Hale explains how themes of loneliness and the power of influence are explored in this story of a taxi driver who becomes obsessed with a late-night radio talkshow.
Channel 5 starts The Feud
Jill Halfpenny and Rupert Penry-Jones will head the cast of Channel 5 domestic thriller The Feud, which is now filming on location in Newcastle. It will air in 2025.
Channel 5 books new trip with The Good Ship Murder
Channel 5 has booked a return trip on The Good Ship Murder, ordering two more seasons of the crime drama and a Christmas special.
No laughing matter
Alex Smith, creative director at Big Boys and Stath Lets Flats producer Roughcut, considers the challenge of moving into drama when you’re known for being funny as the company launches Channel 5 thriller Coma.
Channel 5 hires new Teacher
Channel 5 has ordered a second season of its 2022 drama The Teacher, featuring a different story and a new cast led by Kara Tointon, Will Mellor and Emmett J Scanlan.
Channel 5 names The Wives
Jo Joyner, Angela Griffin and Tamzin Outhwaite will lead the cast of Channel 5 drama The Wives.
Channel 5, Acorn TV investigate detective series Ellis
Sharon D Clarke (Showtrial) will take the lead in Ellis, a detective series commissioned by Channel 5 in the UK and Acorn TV.
Finding inspiration
DQ tracks down Finders Keepers creator and writer Dan Sefton to talk about the making of the Channel 5 series, which introduces two characters who hope their discovery of buried treasure will solve all their problems – only to find it brings them a host of new troubles.
Coping with Creatures
All Creatures Great & Small director Andy Hay offers an insight into the making of the period drama and reflects on working with a rambunctious goat in an episode from its fourth season.
One of a Kind
Paramount+ drama The Killing Kind delves into a hidden part of London to tell the story of barrister confronting her relationship with a troubled former client. DQ visits the set to discover the secrets behind this adaptation of Jane Casey’s novel.
Watch out for Blindspot
Bafta-nominated director Jordan Hogg tells DQ about Channel 5 crime thriller Blindspot, which features a breakout performance from wheelchair user Beth Alsbury and sees ex-EastEnders star Ross Kemp return to acting for the first time in 15 years.
Quite the Catch
As one of the busiest actors in UK television, Jason Watkins reflects on some of his biggest roles to date and tells DQ why he wanted to break new ground with psychological thriller The Catch.
In the Witness box
Nina Toussaint-White opens up about about starring in Channel 5’s tense thriller Witness Number 3, her love of the theatre and the challenge of juggling life as an actor with being a new mum.