Channel profile
Channel 5
How much the agenda changed
This channel keeps some regular areas of focus while changing enough to follow the daily news cycle.
Stories this channel missed
Number of times this broadcaster did not cover stories that several other channels covered.
Time spent on news stories
21h 30m 44s of this channel's 34h 30m 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 with Dan Walker
A court sentenced two people to 17 years each for the murder of Gary Muat and Malcolm King, who were drugged with GBL and robbed in honey trap schemes. The court heard a recorded statement from Muat's nine-year-old son. Other headlines reported that a 102-year-old man died after an alleged assault at a pub, the UK economy grew 0.4% in the second quarter, and the NHS waiting list fell slightly.
5 News at Lunchtime
A politician retains the support of his constituents despite controversy over his finances.
5 News with Dan Walker
The broadcast leads with the upcoming partial solar eclipse, with up to 96% coverage in the UK and a total eclipse visible from parts of Spain and Iceland, with live coverage from East Sussex and an interview with eclipse chaser John Culshaw. Then it moves to other news: 50 police chiefs wrote to the prime minister urging a rethink of early release plans, particularly for two men convicted of manslaughter of PC Andrew Harper. A shooting in Lisbon, Northern Ireland was reported, and Ann Widdecombe's funeral took place at Buckfast Abbey.
5 News at Lunchtime
A man who murdered two women and sexually assaulted others was sentenced to a whole life order; the victims were Carmenza Valencia Trujillo and Cheryl Wilkins, and the judge said he ruthlessly exploited his victims while on bail for other offences. The Prime Minister chaired his first COBRA meeting on the UK's response to extreme heat and drought as the fifth heatwave began, with temperatures expected to hit 30 Celsius, and a New Forest wildfire the size of 230 football pitches was on the agenda.
On screen
Stills are sampled automatically at 60-second intervals. Where shown, the still is the nearest available frame from the relevant broadcast segment and is included to show what was on screen during that part of the broadcast. A still may not correspond to the exact second of a quoted phrase.
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.