Sunset+Vine, the UK’s independent football production company, will be covering Crystal Palace’s first matches in a major European competition as the FA Cup Winners begin their Europa Conference League journey live on free-to-air broadcaster, 5. Norwegian club Fredrikstad FK stand in the path of The Eagles reaching the Group Stage, with the build-up to the […]
5 has announced the first four commissions and casting that will form its new Play for Today slate. LA Productions and Vertigo Films have been handed 2×60’ orders respectively which are set to air on 5 later this year. The single dramas were greenlit by Deputy Chief Content Officer and Head of Scripted, Paramount UK, Sebastian […]
5 has announced the launch of Love Nature, a new initiative to create multiple short films, spotlighting positive environmental stories from across the UK. Each film, approximately three minutes long, will showcase inspiring campaigns and grassroots efforts within local communities, supporting and protecting nature. Produced in collaboration with regional independent production companies, the films aim […]
5 has announced the commission of a new factual entertainment series James May: The Human Machine w/t (4×60”) from Plum Pictures. Following his successful and well received debut series with the channel James May’s Great Explorers that aired earlier this year, this new outing will see James May delving deep into the most extraordinary machine […]
Sunset+Vine, the UK production company, will be setting up camp at Stamford Bridge as the newly-crowned FIFA Club World Champions Chelsea return home to complete preparations for the Premier League season with a pair of high-profile friendlies. The 2025 VisitMalta Weekender will see The Blues go head-to-head with Bayer Leverkusen on August 8th and AC […]
5’s live coverage of the FIFA Club World Cup Final on July 13th, in which Chelsea beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-0, was watched by a peak of 2.4 million viewers on the linear channel. The entire match attracted an average audience of 1.7 million viewers on 5’s linear channel (12.7 per cent share of the available […]
5’s Milkshake has commissioned new preschool series, Move It, Milkshakers! from Doc Hearts, alongside two additional seasons of the factual entertainment format, Animal Care Club from Daisybeck Studios. Both titles are slated to premiere in 2026 as part of Milkshake’s continued investment in UK-produced content for young audiences. Move It, Milkshakers! (26 x 10’) is […]
Two key events on the global World Snooker Tour calendar, the Players Championship and Tour Championship, will both be televised live by 5 for the first time in the new 2025/26 season. 5 will also add the British Open to its new roster of snooker events from 2026. This agreement with WST ensures that these […]
Independent production companies Finite Films & TV and Shoni Productions have appointed Aaron Anderson (Dangerous Liaisons, Riviera) as Head of Scripted Development to oversee and develop their growing scripted slates. Aaron Anderson brings two decades of experience in high-end scripted development and production to his new role at Finite Films & TV. Most recently, he […]
5 has secured the exclusive broadcast rights for the World Seniors Snooker Championship for the second year in a row. Set to take place from May 7th to 11th, the deal will see all the action from Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre broadcast live on 5 and its digital channel 5Action, enabling a wide audience access to […]