5Spike
16:9 SDTV | |
Timeshift service | 5Spike +1 |
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Ownership | |
Owner | Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited |
History | |
Launched | 15 April 2015 (8 years ago) |
Closed | 7 January 2020 (3 years ago) |
Replaced by | Paramount Network |
Former names | Spike (2015–2017) |
5Spike was a British
On 7 January 2020, the network was discontinued, with
History
Following
Spike launched on 15 April 2015 on Freeview channel 31, displacing 5USA; although it was originally announced that Spike would replace Viva entirely on Freeview, Viva was instead moved to a different channel and reduced to two hours per day to conserve bandwidth for Spike, with 5USA taking on its previous channel allotment.[2][3][4][5][6] Among its first programmes, the premiere of Police Interceptors Unleashed was seen by 137,000 viewers.[7]
On 31 October 2017, Spike was rebranded as 5Spike to more closely associate itself with its sister channels and the Channel 5 brand.
A British version of Spike's successor in the US,
Programming
The channel's lineup drew primarily from the original programmes produced by its U.S counterpart, including
As in the U.S,
Original programming
- BAMMA
- Car Crash TV
- Criminals: Caught on Camera (also known as Caught on Camera)
- Fights, Camera, Action
- Outrageous Stunts (also known as Stunt Science)
- Police Interceptors Takedown
- Police Interceptors Unleashed
- Seconds From Death: Caught on Camera (also known as The World's Deadliest...)
- Sewermen
- Tattoo Disasters UK
- Trucking Hell
- Ultimate Boxxer
- Under Attack
- World's Deadliest Weather: Caught on Camera (also known as The World's Deadliest Weather)
- World's Wildest Flights
From Spike US
- Bar Rescue
- Bellator MMA
- Caraoke Showdown
- Catch a Contractor
- Cops
- Framework
- Frankenfood
- Hungry Investors (renamed as Restaurant Rescue)
- Life or Debt
- Lip Sync Battle
- Sweat Inc.
From Channel 5
- Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords
- Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild
- Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away
- Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways
- Cowboy Builders
- Eddie Stobart: Trucks & Trailers
- The Gadget Show
- It Takes A Thief To Catch A Thief
- Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords
- Police Interceptors
- Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge
- Traffic Cops
- UK's Strongest Man
- Weather Terror
- Winter Road Rescue
- World's Scariest...
- World's Strongest Man
Imported
- Airport Security: Peru
- Airwolf
- Animal Fight Club
- The A-Team
- Battlebots
- Black Sails
- Boy to Man (renamed as Wildman: Extreme Adventurer)
- Behind Bars: The World's Toughest Prisons (renamed as World's Toughest Prisons)
- Breaking Bad (some seasons previously shown on Channel 5/5 USA)[14][15][16]
- Cimarron Strip (renamed as The Cimarron Strip)
- Fail Army
- Fugitive Black Ops (renamed as Manhunt: Kill or Capture)
- From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
- Gangland Undercover
- Helix
- High Alert (renamed as High Alert: Policing the Streets)
- Impact Wrestling
- Justified
- Klondike
- Knight Rider
- Lockdown (renamed as America's Toughest Prisons)
- Megastructures (TV series)
- 19-2
- Olympus
- Powers
- Running Wild with Bear Grylls
- Six
- 60 Days In (renamed as 60 Days In Jail)
- Sons of Anarchy
- Spartacus
- Street Hawk
- Strongman Champions League
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- Transporter: The Series
- The Walking Dead
- Vikings
- The Virginian
- Weather Gone Viral (renamed as Extreme Weather: Caught on Camera)
- Wild Catch (renamed as Chasing Monsters)
- Wynonna Earp
- The X-Files
Most watched programmes
The following is a list of the ten most watched shows on Spike, based on Live +7 data supplied by
Rank | Show | Episode | Number of Viewers | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Expendables 2 | N/A | 359,000 | 27 March 2016 |
2 | The Guns of Navarone | 343,000 | 20 May 2018 | |
3 | Centurion | 328,000 | 12 February 2017 | |
4 | The Expendables 3 | 335,000 | 27 December 2017 | |
5 | 327,000 | 26 March 2017 | ||
6 | Battle of Britain | N/A | 311,700 | 27 December 2019 |
7 | 306,500 | 9 March 2019 | ||
8 | Transporter: The Series | 2.07 – Sex, Lies and Video Tapes | 303,000 | 19 February 2016 |
9 | Trucking Hell | 1.02 – Episode Two | 294,000 | 24 May 2018 |
10 | Hummingbird (film) | N/A | 286,100 | 13 March 2019 |
See also
- Spike (Australian TV channel)
- Spike (Dutch TV channel)
References
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- ^ "Freeview Channel Updates: April 2015". a516digital. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ "Spike launches 15 April and some channels are moving". Freeview. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ "Spike TV to launch with Breaking Bad". Broadcast. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ Munn, Patrick (26 March 2015). "VIMN To Launch Spike UK on April 15th; Picks Up UK Rights to Olympus, Justified, Sons & Anarchy and More". TVWise. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ^ "Dire UTV Ireland could learn a thing or two from Spike". Herald.ie. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Breaking Bad helps Spike to solid launch night". Broadcast Now. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ White, Peter (8 June 2018). "Viacom To Launch Paramount Network In The UK In July With 'Suits' & 'The Mick'". Deadline. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ "5Spike UK axed in alignment with US brands". rxtvlog. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ "Spike to Launch in U.K. with 'Breaking Bad,' 'Walking Dead,' 'Sons of Anarchy'". Variety. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ "Spike TV: the best and worst of the new channel's brogramming". The Guardian. London. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ "Mr. Friday Night Lights Out? Joe Schilling eyes PBC Boxing in addition to Bellator and GLORY". MMAMania (SBNation). Vox Media. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ "BAMMA makes deal with Spike TV in the UK". Bloody Elbow (SBNation). Vox Media. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ "Exclusive: Channel 5 Won't Air Breaking Bad Season 3 in the UK". 23 February 2012.
- ^ "All five seasons of 'Breaking Bad' to air on new UK Freeview channel Spike". NME. 20 March 2015.
- ^ "Breaking Bad to get full UK TV run". BBC News. 26 March 2015.
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