Yes. All of the shows we offer on My5 are free to watch, including those from our archive. You can watch shows as many times and on as many devices as you wish, for as long as they're available.
My5 can be accessed via pay-TV services from Virgin Media, Sky and BT TV. It is also on TV streamers from Now TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku, along with games consoles, including Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4.
Channel 5 is a British free-to-air television network launched in 1997. Channel 5 is a general entertainment channel that shows both internally commissioned programmes such as Fifth Gear, The Gadget Show, The Hotel Inspector, and Can't Pay?
No, unfortunately our shows and films aren't available for download. My5 is a streaming service, so you'll need to be connected to the internet to enjoy our content.
And work flawlessly if you know what you are doing. You can watch Channel 5 outside UK from any other country whether it is the US, Australia, France or Canada.
My5 uses advertising to help support our service, to ensure that a wide selection of your favourite shows are available for you to watch for free. To continue watching My5 content, please disable your Ad Blocker software, refresh your browser window and then attempt playback again.
Can You Access My5 in Ireland? No, sadly My5 (Channel5) is only available in Britain. Residents of the Republic of Ireland don't have access to the channel's service. This is simply due to copyright laws and has nothing to do with whether the channel itself wants to offer its services internationally or not.
Below, we'll explain how to unblock My5 with a VPN:
- Start by signing up to a suitable VPN service (we recommend ExpressVPN).
- Download and install the relevant version of the app for your device.
- Open the app and login.
- Connect to one of the VPN's British servers.
- Try watching video on My5.
Just connect to the UK server of a VPN and you will be granted access. If you try to access Channel 5 in Canada or elsewhere without a VPN, you will see a message appear saying: “We're sorry, you must be located in the UK to view this content. If you continue to see this error, please visit My5 Help Centre.”
Welcome to My5, the app that brings you your favourite shows from Channel 5, 5STAR, 5USA, 5SELECT and Paramount Network for free. Now supports Google Chromecast – stream all your favourite My5 shows to your TV.
The Catch Up section offers you the most recent episodes to watch from Channel 5, 5STAR, 5USA and 5Spike. Click 'VIEW ALL' to view all Catch up episodes. The Featured section offers a you a selection of hand-picked episodes added to My5 from the past week.
FilmOn TV allows you to watch 26 channels including BBC One, BBC Two, BBC News, Channel 5, Channel 4, E4, ITV1, and CBBC. The free broadcasts are only in standard definition, although you can pay to upgrade the service to high definition.
HOW TO GET NEWSCHANNEL 5 ON YOUR ROKU:
- Turn on your Roku device.
- Go to the Roku Channel Store.
- Search "WTVF NewsChannel 5"
- Select "Add Channel"
- Enjoy for free!
Some free-to-air ones worth watching are BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4, Channel 5, TV Player and Dave.
Thankfully, you can access British TV online using a VPN. This service will tunnel your web traffic through an intermediary server and replace your real IP address with a British IP address, enabling you to access UK video streaming sites.
BBC iPlayer is exclusively available to UK residents. British expats living in US, Australia, Canada, Germany, UAE, or Spain cannot watch any content on BBC. Simply configure your devices to use Unlocator Smart DNS.
Whether you are retired, living, working or just holidaying in Spain, it is not possible to watch Channel 4 from abroad. This is because of geo-blocking restrictions which basically means you need to be physically located in the UK to watch Channel 4 or indeed, watch the BBC iPlayer from Spain.
Simple answer is Yes, a UK TV will work in Spain. Also TV today pan European settings available via their menu systems. In addition, any device, like a satellite receiver or a Televisión Digital Terrestre TDT set top box, you buy in Spain and connect to your TV via the SCART / EURO or HDMI connectors will work.
You can have the English language TV viewing package of your choice with no contract and no installation of Sky wherever you are in Spain. Sky Go gives access to Sky packages like Movies, Entertainment and Sports in your hotel or home in Spain additionally, you can view whilst on the go .
You cannot receive Freeview in Spain. Freeview is a UK only digital television system that is transmitted from the land based television transmitter masts, like Emley Moor and Crystal Palace. The signals from these terrestrial transmitters are not strong enough to reach Spain.
Access to On Demand and Catch Up TV in Spain from other countries will be blocked. This blocking is “policed” by checking your internet IP address. Spanish IP addresses will be blocked from connecting to these On Demand and Catch Up TV in Spain.
A quick retune of your Freeview TV or box should reconnect you to the BBC channels. Freeview states that if after a retune you can't access BBC channels on the usual numbers (such as 1 for BBC One, 2 for BBC Two), then you may need to have your aerial replaced.
