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Channel 5 airs a wide variety of programming that covers various genres and themes. Launched in 1997, the channel has always been seen to have less distinctive programming than their other terrestrial rivals at the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. The channel is notable for imported programming and is also notable for securing the rights to ''Home and Away'' in 2001, which helped boost early evening viewing figures for the channel,〔(Home and Away boosts ratings ) BBC News, 17 July 2001〕 and since 2002, the broadcaster has pursued an aggressive acquisition strategy, and has screened several of the highest-rating American dramas, including all four ''CSI'' series, all three ''NCIS'' series, the first three ''Law & Order'' series, (with the first two—''Law & Order'' and ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''—later moving to 5USA), ''The Mentalist'', ''Grey's Anatomy'' (later moved to Sky Living), ''House'' (later moved to Sky 1) and ''Prison Break'' (later moved to Sky 1). The channel also poached talk show host Trisha Goddard from ITV to shore up its daytime schedule and ''Neighbours'' from the BBC after a bidding war with other broadcasters. ==Public service== Channel 5, as a British public service broadcaster, are required to broadcast a wide variety of programming. As opposed to Channel 4, whose programming remit targets the fringes of society and ranges a variety of cultures, Channel 5's remit is more like ITV's. The Channel's remit is laid out in the Communications Act 2003, Section 265 and is regulated by Ofcom. The section states that: :(1)The regulatory regime for every licensed public service channel, and for the public teletext service, includes a condition requiring the provider of the channel or service to fulfil the public service remit for that channel or service. :(2)The public service remit— (a) for every Channel 3 service, and (b) for Channel 5, is the provision of a range of high quality and diverse programming〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/section/265?view=plain )〕 As a public service broadcaster, Channel 5 is required to show a quota of news bulletins and educational programmes. Documentaries such as ''Hidden Lives'', ''Revealed'' and ''Extraordinary People'' are examples of how the channel has met this criteria. In 2005, Channel 5 acquired the right to the annual ''Royal Institution Christmas Lectures''. The channel has also featured some short educational documentary series such as ''Your Sport'' focusing on sport in local communities. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Channel 5 (UK) programming」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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