Well this is where it all began, on Sunday March 30th 1997 at 6pm, after a countdown we were greeted with the anouncement:
"It's six o'clock, on Sunday March
30th, and this, is Five".
At which point, the pop
group 'The Spice Girls' burst onto the screen with a
special written song. The five members, dressed in the Channel 5
colours, sang and danced the introduction to the first programme,
'This is Five', on Britain's newest Channel, Channel
5.
This page is about that very first programme,
which basically introduced the Channel and what sort of programming
to expect. The two presenters, Tim Vine (presenter of gameshow
'Whittle') and Juila Bradbury (presenter of entertainment show
'Exclusive', took us through this half hour programme, which
included the first advert break for the Channel.
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| The countdown (or count up) to 6 o'clock on March 30th 1997.
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| The Spice Girls sing and Dance, oh and Tim Vine and Julia Bradbury welcome us to Five, "on this historic ocasion".
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| THIS IS FIVE | Launch titles | The count down and openning titles to the first programme. (Lower Quality)
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| THIS IS FIVE | Launch titles | The count down and openning titles to the first programme. (Higher Quality)
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1.16mb 120.3sec
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| Julia & Tim take us on a quick 'tour'
of the new channel, with a quick mention of Jack Dogherty, and then it's on to the news and our the first appearence of Kirsty Young.
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...a quick whizz around the studio, and onto 5 news early with Scott Chisholm and Trish Adudu.
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More whizzing round the news studio, and then onto 'Drama'. First up 'Beyond Fear'
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Then onto the new soap, 'Family Affairs' and import 'Hercules'.
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More imported drama, with "Xena - Warrior Princess", "Melrose Place" and "Sunset Beach".
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All images and videos on this page donated by Ste Gordon.
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