EXCLUSIVE: Channel 5 is once again looking for love with its latest reality dating format Uptown Girls (w/t). The Viacom-owned broadcaster, which is the UK network behind The Bachelor, Blind Date and Make or Break, is working with Twenty Twenty, the Warner Bros-owned producer responsible for First Dates on the…

Viacom's British broadcaster Channel 5 is looking to significantly ramp up the amount of kids programming it commissions. However, the linear broadcaster has warned that if a proposed ban on junk food advertising goes ahead, it may cut its programming budget across all genres. The broadcaster's Milkshake! strand…

Viacom-owned British broadcaster Channel 5 has picked up the UK rights to Sony Pictures Television's Crackle drama The Oath. The network will launch the 50 Cent-exec produced drama on its digital service My5 as part of a strategy of bolstering the VOD platform with first-run exclusives. The Oath, which has been…

The story of U.S. Marine Sergeant John Peck who lost both his arms and legs whilst serving in Afghanistan is to be the subject of a doc. Viacom's Channel 5 has commissioned British factual producer Barcroft Studios to make a one-hour film about Peck, who underwent a ground-breaking bilateral arm transplant after…

Viacom's gender pay gap has ballooned in the UK over the last twelve months. The U.S. media giant has posted a mean gender pay gap of 13.1% in favour of male employees. This is much higher than last year's pay gap of 2.8%. The company's median gender pay gap also increased from 9% to 13.4%, while bonus payments were…

ITV-backed production company Twofour has scored a bumper two season order for its Channel 5 social experiment Undercover Girlfriends as parent company ITV Studios touted its non-scripted formats to international buyers. The British producer is also planning to launch an international production hub for the series…

Viacom's Channel 5 is turning to a former Vice exec as it searches for programming to attract young audiences. The UK broadcaster has hired Dan Louw as Commissioning Editor. Louw comes from Vice Studios, the UK production arm of Shane Smith's media empire, where he was Head of Development and Executive Producer…

Viacom's Channel 5 is exploring the history of London in a four-part documentary series from The Big Family Cooking Showdown producer Voltage TV. The British commercial broadcaster has ordered London: 2000 Years Revealed, hosted by Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb, Dan Jones and Rob Bell. The series will chart the origins of…

EXCLUSIVE: Katie Keenan, one of the top execs at British broadcaster Channel 5, is leaving the Viacom-owned network. I hear that Keenan, who has worked at the broadcaster for around twelve years, will be leaving at the end of the year and is one of a handful of execs exiting the business as part of a number of changes…

EXCLUSIVE: Gardening is the new baking, apparently… Viacom's Channel 5 is getting its hands dirty with Bake Off-style competition format The Great Garden Challenge. The British broadcaster has ordered six episodes of the non-scripted series from Crackit Productions, the producer of series including Trucking Hell…

EXCLUSIVE: Let the games begin in the UK. Viacom's Channel 5 is remaking long-running U.S. entertainment show Hollywood Game Night. The British commercial broadcaster has ordered a UK version of the NBC Universal format from Monkey Kingdom, the Made In Chelsea and Newlyweds producers that it owned by the Hollywood…

EXCLUSIVE: Vice has pulled another rabbit from its production hat – scoring a six-part magic series from Viacom's Channel 5. The youth-skewing media company is making Dirty Tricks (w/t) for digital station 5Star, fronted by social media start Ryan Tricks. The company launched its Vice Studios division last year with a…