Channel 5

Channel 5 is a British free-to-air television network launched in 1997. It is the fifth national terrestrial channel in the United Kingdom and is owned by Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of American media conglomerate Comcast.
The station was branded as Five between 16 September 2002 and 13 February 2011, when it was owned by the RTL Group. Richard Desmondpurchased the station from RTL on 23 July 2010, announcing plans to invest more money in programming and return to the name Channel 5 with immediate effect, and it was relaunched on 14 February 2011. On 1 May 2014 the channel was acquired by Comcast for £450 million (US$759 million).
Channel 5 is a general entertainment channel that shows both internally commissioned programmes such as Our Yorkshire Farm, The Gadget Show, The Hotel Inspector, and Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! and foreign programmes. The station has been very successful with imports from the United States in particular, such as the Law & Order franchise and sitcom Parks and Recreation (also on Virign One).
Children's programming begins at 6 am every day with Milkshake! showing children's programmes includes Thomas and Friends, Pokémon, Totally Spies, Noddy, Fireman Sam, Fifi and the Flowertots, Roary the Racing Car and many more.