FREEVIEW watchers can access 15 brand new channels on their TVs this week – but they’re hidden in a place viewers may not expect to find them.
If you can access Freeview Play with an internet connection then you’ll find the channels on a popular app that’s just gone through a big change.
A channel devoted to MTV hit Catfish is among the list[/caption]
Channel 5 and My5 are now both known as 5[/caption]
Channel 5 has just relaunched its main TV station and streaming service under one name, simply the numerical 5.
And as part of it all, the broadcaster has introduced 15 extra channels on its app.
The upgrade is rolling out so it may not be available on your box immediately.
When it does, you’ll find a new Live TV tab.
5 owner Paramount is including some content you might expect to pay for on Sky or Virgin Media.
This includes MTV hits Catfish and Teen Mom.
Here’s the full list of channels:
- Police Interceptors
- 5 Cops
- GPs Behind Closed Doors
- 5 History
- Trucking Hell
- 5 Crime
- 5 A&E
- Bargain Loving Brits
- Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly
- The Yorkshire Vet
- Geordie Shore
- Catfish
- Teen Mom
- MTV Reality
- Milkshake!
5 says more channels will probably launch in future too.
“This is the start of a new and exciting era for 5 as we bring together our linear and streaming services under one clear brand,” said Sarah Rose, President of 5 and UK Regional Lead at Paramount.
“Everything our audience and our advertisers already love about Channel 5 will be central to this relaunch – but there will be much more besides, with a huge array of content from the Paramount family and beyond, new live channels and a brand-new user experience for our streaming product.”
If you don’t have Freeview Play fear not, as the 5 app is available on other devices such as mobile, tablets and smart TV too.
Top Channel 5 dramas
Channel 5 has become a hub for gripping drama, these are some of the best My5 has to offer.
- All Creatures Great and Small – Based on the best-selling novels by real-life vet Alf Wright, the show revolves around a trio of vets working in the Yorkshire Dales in the late 1930s. Eccentric Siegfried Farnon (Samuel West) hires James Herriot (Nicholas Ralph) for his veterinary practice at Skeldale House alongside himself and his younger brother Tristan (Callum Woodhouse). There James settles into his new life and even finds love with local farmer’s daughter Helen (Rachel Shenton).
- The Ex-Wife – New parents Tasha (Céline Buckens) and Jack (Tom Misson) seem to have the perfect life, but the constant presence of Jack’s overly friendly but suspicious ex-wife Jen (Janet Montgomery) puts pressure on the couple. But as the series progresses it becomes less clear who the bad guy really is and how far everyone will go to get the life they think they deserve.
- Heat – EastEnders alum Danny Dyer leads this four-part action thriller, set in Australia, which sees two families holidaying together during bushfire season. But instead of rest and relaxation, secrets and lies start to unravel — and not everyone will make it out alive…
- Lie With Me – Another soap legend jets off to Australia, this time its EastEnders alum Charlie Brooks who takes as a married woman trying to saving her marriage by moving halfway around the world after her husband had an affair. However it’s far from plain sailing, as a young and attractive live-in nanny comes to work with the Fallmont family, and tensions soon build and eventually, someone ends up dead.
- The Drowning – Jill Halfpenny plays Jodie, a woman whose life is shattered following the disappearance of her beloved four-year-old son, Daniel. However, ten years later, the grieving mother thinks she’s finally found her missing child, and embarks on a journey to discover the truth about him. But has she really just found the son she has been missing for so long?
