Tag Archives: Channel 5

Channel 5 has greenlit the docuseries The Chernobyl Disaster, as well as Michael Palin: Into Iraq, which offers a window into the country nearly 20 years after the start of the Iraq War.

Red Sauce, part of Zinc Media Group, is expanding its London and Manchester production and development teams after being commissioned by Channel 5 for 52 hours of programming.

Channel 5 has commissioned All3Media’s Maverick Television for four additional episodes of Elephant Hospital.

Factual production company Barcroft Studios has unveiled a new documentary series that chronicles the devastating Pearl Harbor attacks during World War II.

Hungry Jay Media, the newly launched independent production company from Jay Blades and Hungry Bear Media, has been commissioned to produce Jay Blades: The Streets Where I Lived for Channel 5.

Channel 5 has commissioned a second season of Sally Lindsay’s Posh Sleepover and a new strand of Greatest Toys…, both from its diverse-led Indie Initiative.

Channel 5 is expanding its true-crime slate with the documentary feature The Ripper Speaks, produced by Content Kings and Green Rock.

Channel 5 has commissioned four new specialist-factual series as it ramps up its stripped event history program offering.

Wales-based Wildflame Productions has been commissioned to make Wonderful Wales with Michael Ball for Channel 5 in the U.K.

Blakeway Productions, part of Zinc Media Group, has been commissioned by Channel 5 for a pair of history programs—1939: Hollywood’s Golden Year and a new season of Tony Robinson’s History of Britain.