Channel profile
Channel 5
What Channel 5 chose to cover, what it left out, and how its agenda compares with the rest of the roster.
How much the agenda changed
This channel changes its topic mix sharply from day to day, often moving quickly between categories.
Stories this channel missed
Number of times this broadcaster did not cover stories that several other channels covered.
Time spent on news stories
25h 23m 5s of this channel's 40h 20m analysed was identified news stories — ad breaks, weather, sport and trails count as “not news”.
Recent broadcasts
The latest broadcasts behind this channel's analysis — open one to see its annotated timeline.
5 News at Lunchtime
The broadcast reported that a year has passed since the government announced a review into the handling of prosecutions of Post Office staff, but no reviewer has been appointed, with victims' representatives describing the delay as a scandal within a scandal. A report from the Nuffield Trust revealed that nearly 600 dental practices in England have withdrawn from NHS dentistry over the last decade, with particularly sharp declines in parts of the south west and east, raising concerns about growing inequalities in access to care.
5 News Weekend
Tributes have been paid to two police officers killed in a crash after a car was going the wrong way down the A66 near Middlesbrough. PC Tom Clough's family described him as their hero with a fantastic sense of humour, and police said a tribute to PC Matthew Blaze will be made later. Five people in the other vehicle, in their late teens to early 20s, were also killed, and the Independent Office for Police Conduct is investigating. Separately, serious sexual and violent offenders will be confined to small areas after leaving prison under a new scheme launching in October, with Justice Secretary Alex Norris saying the restriction zones will give victims greater freedom and reduce unwanted contact; breaches could lead to recall to prison.
5 News Weekend
The police officers killed in a crash near Middlesbrough have been named as PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough. Their marked car collided with a Volkswagen Passat driving on the wrong side of the road, killing seven people in total, including the two officers and all five occupants of the other vehicle.
5 News with Dan Walker
The broadcast opened with the news that Prince Harry and six other claimants, including Sir Elton John and Liz Hurley, were ordered to pay an initial £9.5 million in indemnity costs after losing their privacy case against Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Mail. The report noted the judge's criticism and the possibility of the total rising to £35 million, and discussed the Sussexes' planned return to the UK, with reports of a British education for their children and a potential acting role for Meghan.
On screen
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Repeatedly missed categories
Categories where this broadcaster often missed stories that other channels covered.
This channel missed a relatively high number of stories in this category.
Category trend (last 30 days)
How this channel's coverage changed by category over the past month.
Flagged quotes over time
Contested and charged quotes per hour of analysed airtime. Flagged quotes reflect the language this broadcaster aired, not a judgement of its accuracy.
News agenda by category
How this channel divided its coverage compared with the cross-channel average.
Timeline
This channel's topic coverage day by day — what it ran, and how much time each story got.
Monday 24 August 2026
Topics covered
technology
Robot
international
Europe Security
environment
Montagu's Harrier
health
NHS
crime
Post Office
Stories missed
No coverage gaps for this channel on this date.