Channel 5
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Gotham heading to Channel 5
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The series explores the origins of future police commissioner James Gordon as well as the villains which made the titular city famous.
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Viacom promises “stronger” programming for Channel 5
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Staff at Channel 5 have been promised that programme budgets will be increased by new owners Viacom.
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Viacom buy UK’s Channel 5 for £450m
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Viacom, the owner of MTV, is to buy Channel 5 for £450m. The deal, confirmed today, ends months of speculation about the channel’s future.
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UFC: Channel 5 to show Gustafsson vs Manuwa live & free to air
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Channel 5 has secured the rights to broadcast the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s inaugural EMEA Fight Night from the O2 Arena in London. UFC bosses say the deal to screen the Gustafsson vs Manuwa bout on 8th March “is in part due to the incredible demand for UFC programming in the UK”.
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Channel 5’s Wentworth Prison to end on “nail-biting cliff-hanger”
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Fans of Channel 5’s Wentworth Prison are to be left on “a nail-biting cliff-hanger” the broadcaster has said. The series is a gritty reboot of classic Australian series Prisoner (known as Prisoner Cell Block H in the UK) and takes place in the Wentworth Correctional Centre. Set against a backdrop of the violent, dangerous world…
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Channel 5 buys up cop drama Played
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Channel 5 has snapped up UK rights to Played, a Canadian drama series about elite undercover cops who pose as drug dealers, paid assassins, gun runners and gangsters to infiltrate criminal worlds and collect evidence. The 13-part series was originally commissioned by the CTV network and is being produced by Muse Entertainmen and Back Alley…