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 languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Tracey Robertson
  • Nathan Mayfield
Producers
Running time45 minutes[1]
Production companyHoodlum
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 was set premiere on in 2020, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the second season was rescheduled to air in 2021 instead.[5]

Synopsis

Five Bedrooms tells the story of five 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.[6][7]

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.[8]

Cast

Main cast

Recurring cast
  • Kumud Merani as Manju K. Sethi, Harry's overbearing mother
  • Kate Jenkinson as Melanie Best, Lachlan's on-again/off-again wife
  • Alan Dukes as Colin Doyle, Heather's husband
  • Ben Schumann as Timmy Doyle, one of Heather's lazy twentysomething sons
  • Kyle Keuris as Louie Doyle, one of Heather's lazy twentysomething sons
  • Ingrid Torelli as Mia Chigwell-Bourke, Ben's tween daughter
  • Adam Fiorentino as Pete Portelli, their gay police officer neighbor
  • Celia Ireland as Rhonda Hibbert, the receptionist at Heather's adult care center
  • Johnny Carr as Kevin "Simmo" Fitzsimons, Ben's best mate
  • Roz Hammond as Edwina Crowe, a partner at Liz's law firm
  • Dennis Coard as Marty Churle, the head of the neighborhood watch
  • Victoria Eagger as Val Gunther, a neighbor

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[9]
2"Twenty Guests"Peter TemplemanChristine Bartlett & Michael Lucas22 May 2019 (2019-05-22)351986-2428,000[10]
3"Three Millimetres"Corrie ChenChristine Bartlett & Michael Lucas29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)351986-3483,000[11]
4"Zero Dollars"Corrie ChenChristine Bartlett & Michael Lucas5 June 2019 (2019-06-05)351986-4347,000[12]
5"Five Lies"Fiona BanksMithila Gupta12 June 2019 (2019-06-12)351986-5499,000[13]
6"Fifty Years"Fiona BanksChristine Bartlett & Michael Lucas19 June 2019 (2019-06-19)351986-6437,000[14]
7"Four Meats"Peter TemplemanChristine Bartlett & Michael Lucas26 June 2019 (2019-06-26)351986-7519,000[15]
8"One Bid"Peter TemplemanChristine Bartlett & Michael Lucas3 July 2019 (2019-07-03)351986-8476,000[16]

Season 2

In October 2019, the drama was renewed for a second season by Network 10[17][4] which will premiere in 2021.

Ratings

Season 1
No. Title Air date Overnight ratingsConsolidated ratingsTotal
viewers		 Ref(s)
ViewersRankViewersRank
1 "Five Owners" 15 May 2019 507,00016114,00012621,000 [9][18]
2 "Twenty Guests" 22 May 2019 428,00017154,00014582,000 [10][19]
3 "Three Millimetres" 29 May 2019 483,00017146,00012629,000 [11][20]
4 "Zero Dollars" 5 June 2019 347,0002064,00019411,000 [12][21]
5 "Five Lies" 12 June 2019 499,00014150,00010649,000 [13][22]
6 "Fifty Years" 19 June 2019 437,00016168,00013605,000 [14][23]
7 "Four Meats" 26 June 2019 519,00014159,00010678,000 [15][24]
8 "One Bid" 3 July 2019 475,00015119,00013594,000 [16]

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. Five Bedrooms airs on Peacock in the United States. Also it was shown in Portugal, on RTP2.

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. Perry, Kevin (15 October 2020). "AUSTRALIAN EDITIONS OF MAKING IT AND THE DOG HOUSE COMING TO 10 AS NETWORK REVEALS 2021 LINE-UP". TV Black Box. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  6. "Five Bedrooms new drama for TEN". DeciderTV. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  7. "Airdate: Five Bedrooms". TV Tonight. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  8. Groves, Don (21 January 2019). "Hoodlum/10's new drama 'Five Bedrooms' taps into the housing crisis". If Magazine. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  9. Ratings: Wednesday 15 May 2019 - TV Tonight
  10. Ratings: Wednesday 22 May 2019 - TV Tonight
  11. Ratings: Wednesday 29 May 2019 - TV Tonight
  12. Ratings: Wednesday 5 June 2019 - TV Tonight
  13. Ratings: Wednesday 12 June 2019 - TV Tonight
  14. Ratings: Wednesday 19 June 2019 - TV Tonight
  15. Ratings: Wednesday 26 June 2019 - TV Tonight
  16. Ratings: Wednesday 3 July 2019 - TV Tonight
  17. Knox, Dave (10 October 2019). "2020 Upfronts: 10: Five Bedrooms, Masked Singer, DWTS Renewed". TV Tonight. 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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