Five Bedrooms
Five Bedrooms is an Australian comedy drama television series, that screens on Network 10. In the United States, the series started streaming on Peacock on April 15, 2020.[2] The eight part series premiered on 15 May 2019, at 8:40 pm.
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Country of origin | Australia |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 45 minutes[1] |
Production company(s) | Hoodlum |
Distributor | NBCUniversal International Television Distribution |
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Original network | Network 10 |
Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (16:9 HDTV) |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | 15 May 2019 – present |
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In October 2019, the drama was renewed for a second season by 10[3][4] which will premiere on Network Ten in 2020.
Synopsis
Five Bedrooms tells the story of five different people at different times of their lives. They bond after they find themselves seated together at the singles table at a wedding. After a few too many drinks, the solution to all of their problems seems to be buying a house together; a five bedroom house.[5][6]
Production
In January 2019, it was announced Roy Joseph, Doris Younane, Katie Robertson, Kat Stewart, Stephen Peacocke, Kate Jenkinson and Hugh Sheridan had been cast in the new drama.[7]
Cast
Main cast
- Kat Stewart as Liz
- Stephen Peacocke as Ben
- Doris Younane as Heather
- Katie Robertson as Ainsley
- Roy Joseph as Harry
- Hugh Sheridan as Lachlan Best
- Kate Jenkinson as Melanie Best
Recurring cast
- Alan Dukes as Colin Doyle
- Adam Fiorentino as Pete Portelli
- Daniel Lapaine as Daniel, Ben's brother
- Josh Mckenzie as Xavier
- Kumud Merani as Manju K. Sethi
- Johnny Carr as Kevin "Simmo" Fitzsimons
- Roz Hammond as Edwina Crowe
- Dennis Coard as Marty Churle
- Victoria Eagger as Val Gunther
- Keith Brockett as Dan Chen
- Diana Nguyen as Kerri Chen
Episodes
Season 1
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | Australian viewers |
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1 | "Five Owners" | Peter Templeman | Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas | 15 May 2019 | 351986-1 | 507,000[8] |
2 | "Twenty Guests" | Peter Templeman | Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas | 22 May 2019 | 351986-2 | 428,000[9] |
3 | "Three Millimetres" | Corrie Chen | Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas | 29 May 2019 | 351986-3 | 483,000[10] |
4 | "Zero Dollars" | Corrie Chen | Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas | 5 June 2019 | 351986-4 | 347,000[11] |
5 | "Five Lies" | Fiona Banks | Mithila Gupta | 12 June 2019 | 351986-5 | 499,000[12] |
6 | "Fifty Years" | Fiona Banks | Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas | 19 June 2019 | 351986-6 | 437,000[13] |
7 | "Four Meats" | Peter Templeman | Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas | 26 June 2019 | 351986-7 | 519,000[14] |
8 | "One Bid" | Peter Templeman | Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas | 3 July 2019 | 351986-8 | 476,000[15] |
Ratings
Season 1
No. | Title | Air date | Overnight ratings | Consolidated ratings | Total viewers |
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1 | "Five Owners" | 15 May 2019 | 507,000 | 16 | 114,000 | 12 | 621,000 | [8][18] |
2 | "Twenty Guests" | 22 May 2019 | 428,000 | 17 | 154,000 | 14 | 582,000 | [9][19] |
3 | "Three Millimetres" | 29 May 2019 | 483,000 | 17 | 146,000 | 12 | 629,000 | [10][20] |
4 | "Zero Dollars" | 5 June 2019 | 347,000 | 20 | 64,000 | 19 | 411,000 | [11][21] |
5 | "Five Lies" | 12 June 2019 | 499,000 | 14 | 150,000 | 10 | 649,000 | [12][22] |
6 | "Fifty Years" | 19 June 2019 | 437,000 | 16 | 168,000 | 13 | 605,000 | [13][23] |
7 | "Four Meats" | 26 June 2019 | 519,000 | 14 | 159,000 | 10 | 678,000 | [14][24] |
8 | "One Bid" | 3 July 2019 | 475,000 | 15 | 119,000 | 13 | 594,000 | [15] |
International broadcast
Five Bedrooms was shown on BBC One from 10 March 2020, and was the fifth Australian drama to be broadcast on the BBC after Out of the Blue, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, A Place to Call Home and 800 Words since the broadcasting rights of Neighbours went to Channel 5 in 2008.
References
- Five Bedrooms Ep 01 (2019 - 45 min) - ISAN
- Nicolaou, Elena (21 January 2020). "Is Peacock free? All about NBC's New Streaming Service". O, The Oprah Magazine. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- Knox, Dave (10 October 2019). "2020 Upfronts: 10: Five Bedrooms, Masked Singer, DWTS Renewed". TV Tonight. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- Whitehead, Mat (10 October 2019). "Five Bedrooms Returns For Season Two". 10 Play. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- "Five Bedrooms new drama for TEN". DeciderTV. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- "Airdate: Five Bedrooms". TV Tonight. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- Groves, Don (21 January 2019). "Hoodlum/10's new drama 'Five Bedrooms' taps into the housing crisis". If Magazine. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- Ratings: Wednesday 15 May 2019 - TV Tonight
- Ratings: Wednesday 22 May 2019 - TV Tonight
- Ratings: Wednesday 29 May 2019 - TV Tonight
- Ratings: Wednesday 5 June 2019 - TV Tonight
- Ratings: Wednesday 12 June 2019 - TV Tonight
- Ratings: Wednesday 19 June 2019 - TV Tonight
- Ratings: Wednesday 26 June 2019 - TV Tonight
- Ratings: Wednesday 3 July 2019 - TV Tonight
- Knox, Dave (10 October 2019). "2020 Upfronts: 10: Five Bedrooms, Masked Singer, DWTS Renewed". TV Tonight. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- Whitehead, Mat (10 October 2019). "Five Bedrooms Returns For Season Two". 10 Play. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- Timeshifted: Wednesday 15 May 2019 - TV Tonight
- Timeshifted: Wednesday 22 May 2019 - TV Tonight
- Timeshifted: Wednesday 29 May 2019 - TV Tonight
- Timeshifted: Wednesday 5 June 2019 - TV Tonight
- Timeshifted: Wednesday 12 June 2019 - TV Tonight
- Timeshifted: Wednesday 19 June 2019 - TV Tonight
- Timeshifted: Wednesday 26 June 2019 - TV Tonight