The BEST Channel 5 shows of all time
Every Channel 5 show, ranked
We've compiled the average episode rating for every Channel 5 show to compile this list of best shows!
#1 - Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge
Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge follows Robson Green as he undertakes a round-the-world trip to experience some of the most extreme fishing destinations. Each week he also challenges local experts to five rounds of angling to see who can catch the biggest fish.
View Episode Rankings#2 - Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys
On the right track Chris Tarrant explores some of the world's oldest and most scenic railway journeys.
View Episode Rankings#3 - Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild
Ben Fogle travels round the world to visit people who have given up the rat race.
View Episode Rankings#4 - Britain's Bloody Crown
Dan Jones tells the story of the Wars of the Roses. This series uses Dan's unique storytelling method with dramatic re-enactments.
View Episode Rankings#5 - All Creatures Great & Small (2020)
The numerous adventures of a friendly staff at a country veterinarian practice in 1930s to 1940s Yorkshire.
View Episode Rankings#6 - Police Interceptors
We follow the high-speed police units catching criminals on the run.
View Episode Rankings#7 - Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away!
Camera follow teams of High Court Enforcement Agents, dealing with the execution of High Court Writs.
View Episode Rankings#8 - Secrets of Great British Castles
Dan Jones introduces Secrets of Great British Castles - a series exploring the fascinating history of six of the nation's most significant fortified buildings.
View Episode Rankings#9 - Michael Palin in North Korea
Travelogue series delving into the notably private nation.
View Episode Rankings#10 - Celebrity Big Brother
Celebrity Big Brother is a British television reality game show. The show follows a number of celebrity contestants, known as housemates, who are isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom built House. Each week, one of the housemates is evicted by a public vote, with the last housemate named the winner.
View Episode Rankings#11 - The Gadget Show
Each week, the show previews and reviews the latest gadgets, and broadcasts the latest technology news. The show is aimed at giving the mass consumer an insight into the gadget world and in addition, it aims to give enough information for the more "geeky" audience, but still making it accessible to the more casual viewer. The show has featured HD DVDs, video cameras, MP3 players and other technologies. A segment showing viewers how to get the most out of their technology is also included along with a competition to win anything from £5,000 to £12,000 worth of new gadgets. Each series usually contains a special episode focusing on a particular technology conference or expo. Past conferences include CeBIT and The Next Fest.
View Episode Rankings#12 - Born to Kill (2005)
Take an in-depth look at some of the world’s most prolific serial killers through the first hand accounts and testaments of the people who knew them best. Police detectives, journalists, childhood friends, room mates, attorneys and leading experts in criminal psychology will offer us an insight in to their unique relationships with the most evil of society.
View Episode Rankings#13 - Witch Hunt: A Century of Murder
Four hundred years ago, hundreds of innocent people were killed as an obsession to stamp out Satanism swept the British Isles. Dr Suzannah Lipscomb investigates the events of this dark period in our history.
View Episode Rankings#14 - Borderline (2016)
Mockumentary based in the border security office of fictional Northend Airport, a small provincial airport which may lack a little in glamour, but still must abide by the same rules as larger international airports.
View Episode Rankings#15 - Bob the Builder
Bob the Builder and his machine team are ready to tackle any project. Bob and the Can-Do Crew demonstrate the power of positive thinking, problem-solving, teamwork, and follow-through. The team always shows that "The Fun Is In Getting It Done!" Bob the Builder can be seen building, digging, and hauling.
View Episode Rankings#16 - Big Brother (UK)
Big Brother brings together a group of strangers from all walks of life to live under one roof, where dozens of cameras record their every move 24-hours a day, seven days a week. With no contact from the outside world, the housemates compete in the ultimate popularity contest. Their personalities are exposed through unlikely friendships, diary room revelations and challenges, to determine who will receive special privileges and who will be nominated for eviction. In this uniquely exposing competition, it is ultimately the viewer who decides who stays and who goes, until the last housemate standing is awarded the grand prize and coveted title of Big Brother winner.
View Episode Rankings#17 - Lip Sync Battle UK
Celebrities pair up to do battle using lip sync as their weapon to out do each other.
View Episode Rankings#18 - Little Princess
Little Princess is an animated television series featuring the voices of Julian Clary and Jane Horrocks. Directed by Edward Foster it debuted in the UK in 2006 and is currently shown as part of five's Milkshake!. It is based on the original books by Tony Ross. The series is narrated by Clary with Horrocks providing the voice of the Little Princess.
View Episode Rankings#19 - Dalgliesh (2021)
Adam Dalgliesh takes us through 1970’s England as he solves unusual murders ranging from a nursing student poisoned during a training demonstration, to a homeless man and recently resigned Tory MP whose throats were slashed in a London church to suspicious deaths at a mysterious home for the disabled.
View Episode Rankings#20 - The Hotel Inspector
The series that transforms failing hotels returns with Alex Polizzi at the helm. Alex, whose family owns the renowned Rocco Forte group of hotels, is on a mission to change the fortunes of some of Britain's most calamitous establishments.
View Episode Rankings#21 - Maxine
Revisiting the Soham murders through the eyes of school assistant Maxine Carr.
View Episode Rankings#22 - The Madame Blanc Mysteries
Antiques dealer Jean solves mysteries and murders in the South of France.
View Episode Rankings#23 - Suspects
Set in London, each episode is a self-contained story, starting with a news report, then following the team of three detectives as they investigate the circumstances the crime. The cases themselves are hard-hitting with contemporary themes, such as the search for a soldier with PTSD, a murder that has been made to look like an assisted suicide and the gang rape of a young teenager.
View Episode Rankings#24 - Lie With Me
The series centres on a British woman and her husband seeking a fresh start in Australia after infidelity threatened their marriage. They hire a young local nanny who isn't as innocent as she appears with deadly consequences.
View Episode Rankings#25 - The Teacher (2022)
A popular teacher with a chaotic private life faces disturbing events.
View Episode Rankings#26 - The Tribe
When a deadly virus wipes out the adult population, a group of young adults must battle for survival while trying to rebuild a new world.
View Episode Rankings#27 - The Drowning
Since losing her son eight years ago, Jodie has been rebuilding her life but when she catches sight of Daniel, she is convinced she has found her missing son.
View Episode Rankings#28 - Cold Call
A single mum gets caught up in a cold call scam that turns her world upside down.
View Episode Rankings#29 - The Deceived
English student Ophelia falls in love with her married lecturer, seeing in him all the answers to her needs. When their affair is interrupted by a shocking and tragic death, Ophelia finds herself trapped in a world where she can no longer trust her own mind.
View Episode Rankings#30 - Witness Number 3
One day at work, Jodie momentarily glances out of the window and in a split second her life descends into freefall. What she notices seems innocuous – two men walking on the opposite side of the road – but she’s actually witnessed a killer and his victim moments before a murder.
View Episode Rankings#31 - Conspiracy (2015)
The show takes a look at different major events in history through the perspective of conspiracy theories.
View Episode Rankings#32 - 100% Hotter
Entertaining makeunder series in which fashion eyesores are stripped of their excessive make-up and outrageous clothes and transformed by fashion stylist Grace Woodward, hair designer Daniel K Palmer and makeup Melissa Sophia.
View Episode Rankings#33 - Penance (2020)
Following the loss of their son, Rosalie and Luke find their marriage under immense strain. Maddie and Rosalie find themselves in the caring hands of Jed, a charming and charismatic young man that they encounter at bereavement counselling who is also suffering under the weight of his own grief. Jed rekindles a hope for the future within the Douglas household. But underneath, a deadly and morally corrupt triangle is taking shape.
View Episode Rankings#34 - The Holiday (2022)
The story follows Kate, a woman who discovers that her husband is having an affair during a luxurious holiday somewhere in the Mediterranean. The troubled couple are sharing a villa with four of Kate’s closest friends, one of which is the adulterous partner, but she doesn’t realise that the guilty party could be prepared to kill in order to keep their secret safe.
View Episode Rankings#35 - Anne Boleyn
You may know the history, but you don’t know her story. Anne Boleyn is a new three part intimate psychological thriller, told from a new perspective – hers. The show explores Anne’s final months as she struggles to secure a future for her daughter and to challenge the powerful patriarchy closing in around her.
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