Channel 5 Recensioni 

awful - incapable of usable playback across its frequent ad & trail breaks.

If I could give this no stars I would the adverts are absolutely ridiculous. Two or three are acceptable but nine every 10 minutes is a joke. Won’t be watching it again. when are they going to realise that they are losing customers through their prolonged ad breaks
Shorten the adverts gain a greater number of viewers charge more for the ads make sense it’s not rocket science

I am sick to death of the constant problems I encounter with C5's streaming. It's a bad joke and nobody seems to give a toss their end. I have emailed and called dozens of times and nobody replies. Given that I'm a journalist for a national newspaper I've tried to email their Press Office - zilch there either.
Of COURSE you can't talk to anyone as they all hide behind their emails (as so many these days do) so you are stuck.
The ONLY way to get some action is to hit them in their pocket so that advertisers know they are getting a bum deal as so many people either can't watch, or get so ****ed off they will not watch, so waste of their money to advertise on the UK's most loathed channel.
The sad thing is that they do actually have some good programmes, but their tech is sh1t!

Channel 5 stands as the UK's most abysmal television broadcaster, owned by Paramount Skydance—one would reasonably expect them to demonstrate basic rudimentary competence. My ordeal began when I desperately sought something worthwhile to watch. I accessed the My 5 app, which I'd relied upon for years using the identical login credentials. Instead, I encountered instructions directing me to their website, where I'd need to input a code displayed on my television using my smartphone or laptop. Following their guidance on my laptop, I was confronted with the standard sign-in prompt—a baffling redundancy. I'd previously abandoned the platform due to its inferior programming and relentless 90-second commercial interruptions, which clearly constitute a substantial revenue stream for the owners David and Larry Ellison.

I submitted a complaint to My 5, receiving their predictable boilerplate response: 'we have opened a ticket'—a meaningless gesture. After independently resolving the login issue myself, I emailed again requesting ticket closure.

Several additional infuriating Channel 5 defects warrant a mention. The 'Continue Watching' feature presents an absurd choice: resume or restart? When I selected 'continue' for Forever Home, the programme invariably always reverted to the beginning. Age verification are you 18? No, I'm 10- completely pointless. 90-second advertisement blocks, if you pause them, they will be followed by another. The the exit confirmations asking 'Are you certain you wish to leave?' No, just testing your intelligence.

Just in case your tempted: Forever Home opens with the protagonist murdering his spouse and storing her corpse in a freezer in the basement. The Game constitutes an interminable parade of very implausible drivel. Good actors, who must be desperate for cash.

Imagine you were effectively blind and wore ‘milk bottle glasses’. Now imagine you’ve lost those glasses and, without them, you can barely see.

That’s pretty much what it’s like trying to watch anything on Channel 5’s streaming service.

In fact, being totally blind might actually be easier. At least you wouldn’t have to deal with the constant buffering, blurry picture and the joy of repeatedly closing and reopening the app just to get a programme to play for more than five minutes.

Absolutely dreadful. Genuinely think I’d rather perform a self-circumcision with a blunt knife than attempt to watch anything on here again..

Saw the adverts for the game and peaked my interest but trying to actually watch it was painful. Easily the WORST streaming service available. Constantly buffers and even when programmes do ‘play’ image quality is that of a 1950’s home camcorder being operated by a 3 year old. And no, it’s not my internet speed, every other streaming service works fine. Shame you have to give one star to be able to review

Wanted to see some of the darts highlights…… pointless waste of time. Such a low view they must have of their audience. Makes me very anti Channel 5 in general.
Do they not realise that BRIEF exposure to marketing (brainwashing) can be effective. Whereas what they are doing is ………. I am lost for adjectives.
WAKE UP and you might regain some viewers, not me. I just went straight to the BBC for the results vowing never to watch 5X again.

What an absolute joke it is!! advert after advert! freezes up....who the hell is in charge?? not even worthy of 1 star!

Well,for the first time in 4 years I decided to watch a mini series on 5 tonight and I wont be doing it ever again.
27 adverts during 1, yes, ONE, 50 minute episode!
I get it's free to watch & they need to use adverts, 1 or 2 fair enough but 9 every 10 minutes just annoyed me & I won't be watching the rest.

it's similar to a crt 370 pixel tv back in the 70's. Unbelievably poor quality. Adverts are ok
Can't believe the poor quality in 2026.
My5 need to take a look at themselves

I absolutely hate the channel 5 news for promoting the fact that countries have stopped the Eurovision song contest just because of Israel what a lot of rubbish and what a bunch of idiots if you don't support Israel then you obviously support the western Civilization

Such a shame Chanel 5 has good content but dreadful viewing.Constantly buffering or freezing then blames the viewing card never have this with any other channel.Please get your act together or just close the channel completely.Such a frustrating watch

Very poor service, unstable, picture freezing multiple times during one programme. Very poor quality pictures. Excellent series are completely spoiled by this extremely poor quality and service.

Disappointed that they’ve got rid of the Sunday NFL gameshow this year, it was a fun way to get family into the sport and our household had a good time with it every week.

What a waste of time! Trying to watch a programme (which has extensive ads), and then the picture loses focus or worse freezes altogether. No other streaming service I use (through Sky) does this. Very disappointing.

Trying to watch missed call, and freezes ALL the time…

Utterly useless service 😡

Their website is absolute dog shite every time you go onto the app apps to Channel 5 there is always a problem with one of their shows namely Home and Away in the morning always either freezes or today says error code I need to start actually having a IT team that can actually work there systems and it’s not just a one off incident it happens every day there is a problem

07/09/2026 Police Interceptors repeating the same clip four times. Shockingly bad.

A dysfunctional network run by brain dead muppets. Just watched an episode of Police Interceptors. Halfway through the programme they then completely repeated what they'd already shown. One incident was repeated 3 times. Completely shambolic.

Shit company can’t send an email to reset password🙃 2026 this is.