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.

Five Bedrooms
Genre
Created by
  • Michael Lucas
  • Christine Bartlett
Written by
  • Michael Lucas
  • Christine Bartlett
  • Mithila Gupta
  • Xavier Coy
Directed by
Starring
Country of originAustralia
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Tracey Robertson
  • Nathan Mayfield
Producer(s)
Running time45 minutes[1]
Production company(s)Hoodlum
DistributorNBCUniversal International Television Distribution
Release
Original networkNetwork 10
Picture format576i (16:9 SDTV)
1080i (16:9 HDTV)
Audio formatStereo
Original release15 May 2019 (2019-05-15) –
present
External links
Website
Production website

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

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.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		Australian viewers
1"Five Owners"Peter TemplemanChristine Bartlett & Michael Lucas15 May 2019 (2019-05-15)351986-1507,000[8]
2"Twenty Guests"Peter TemplemanChristine Bartlett & Michael Lucas22 May 2019 (2019-05-22)351986-2428,000[9]
3"Three Millimetres"Corrie ChenChristine Bartlett & Michael Lucas29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)351986-3483,000[10]
4"Zero Dollars"Corrie ChenChristine Bartlett & Michael Lucas5 June 2019 (2019-06-05)351986-4347,000[11]
5"Five Lies"Fiona BanksMithila Gupta12 June 2019 (2019-06-12)351986-5499,000[12]
6"Fifty Years"Fiona BanksChristine Bartlett & Michael Lucas19 June 2019 (2019-06-19)351986-6437,000[13]
7"Four Meats"Peter TemplemanChristine Bartlett & Michael Lucas26 June 2019 (2019-06-26)351986-7519,000[14]
8"One Bid"Peter TemplemanChristine Bartlett & Michael Lucas3 July 2019 (2019-07-03)351986-8476,000[15]

Season 2

In October 2019, the drama was renewed for a second season by Network 10[16][17] which will premiere in 2020.

Ratings

Season 1
No. Title Air date Overnight ratingsConsolidated ratingsTotal
viewers		 Ref(s)
ViewersRankViewersRank
1 "Five Owners" 15 May 2019 507,00016114,00012621,000 [8][18]
2 "Twenty Guests" 22 May 2019 428,00017154,00014582,000 [9][19]
3 "Three Millimetres" 29 May 2019 483,00017146,00012629,000 [10][20]
4 "Zero Dollars" 5 June 2019 347,0002064,00019411,000 [11][21]
5 "Five Lies" 12 June 2019 499,00014150,00010649,000 [12][22]
6 "Fifty Years" 19 June 2019 437,00016168,00013605,000 [13][23]
7 "Four Meats" 26 June 2019 519,00014159,00010678,000 [14][24]
8 "One Bid" 3 July 2019 475,00015119,00013594,000 [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
  1. Five Bedrooms Ep 01 (2019 - 45 min) - ISAN
  2. Nicolaou, Elena (21 January 2020). "Is Peacock free? All about NBC's New Streaming Service". O, The Oprah Magazine. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  3. Knox, Dave (10 October 2019). "2020 Upfronts: 10: Five Bedrooms, Masked Singer, DWTS Renewed". TV Tonight. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  4. Whitehead, Mat (10 October 2019). "Five Bedrooms Returns For Season Two". 10 Play. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  5. "Five Bedrooms new drama for TEN". DeciderTV. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  6. "Airdate: Five Bedrooms". TV Tonight. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  7. Groves, Don (21 January 2019). "Hoodlum/10's new drama 'Five Bedrooms' taps into the housing crisis". If Magazine. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  8. Ratings: Wednesday 15 May 2019 - TV Tonight
  9. Ratings: Wednesday 22 May 2019 - TV Tonight
  10. Ratings: Wednesday 29 May 2019 - TV Tonight
  11. Ratings: Wednesday 5 June 2019 - TV Tonight
  12. Ratings: Wednesday 12 June 2019 - TV Tonight
  13. Ratings: Wednesday 19 June 2019 - TV Tonight
  14. Ratings: Wednesday 26 June 2019 - TV Tonight
  15. Ratings: Wednesday 3 July 2019 - TV Tonight
  16. Knox, Dave (10 October 2019). "2020 Upfronts: 10: Five Bedrooms, Masked Singer, DWTS Renewed". TV Tonight. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  17. Whitehead, Mat (10 October 2019). "Five Bedrooms Returns For Season Two". 10 Play. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  18. Timeshifted: Wednesday 15 May 2019 - TV Tonight
  19. Timeshifted: Wednesday 22 May 2019 - TV Tonight
  20. Timeshifted: Wednesday 29 May 2019 - TV Tonight
  21. Timeshifted: Wednesday 5 June 2019 - TV Tonight
  22. Timeshifted: Wednesday 12 June 2019 - TV Tonight
  23. Timeshifted: Wednesday 19 June 2019 - TV Tonight
  24. Timeshifted: Wednesday 26 June 2019 - TV Tonight
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