THE NEW SERIES FEATURES AMANDA ABBINGTON, FERN BRITTON, JJ CHALMERS, VICTORIA DERBYSHIRE, CHRIS KAMARA AND BEN MILLER

Channel 5 has announced the six celebrities taking part in a new series of No Place Like Home. The six-part run kicks off with Fern Britton returning to her hometown of Gerrards Cross

No Place Like Home will see Amanda Abbington, Fern Britton, JJ Chalmers, Victoria Derbyshire, Chris Kamara, and Ben Miller take a walk down memory lane returning to the neighbourhoods where they grew up, discovering the history that was on their doorstep all along.

Each episode sees a celebrity learning more about themselves and the places they called ‘home’ as they explore the areas that made them. The series travels across the UK, with Ben Miller returning to Nantwich; JJ Chalmers heading to Edinburgh; Chris Kamara visiting Middlesbrough; Fern Britton going back in time to Buckinghamshire; Amanda Abbington to Hertfordshire and Victoria Derbyshire returning ‘home’ to Bury and Littleborough (Greater Manchester).

Jay Blades, MD of Hungry Jay said: “I’m so proud that my production company has made another series of No Place Like Home for Channel 5. After going on my own journey last year, I can’t wait for everyone to see these six celebrities discover more about the history of the streets where they grew up in this very special series”

Daniel Pearl, Commissioning Editor, Unscripted, at Channel 5 said: “We are so pleased to be recommissioning No Place Like Home. The first series performed brilliantly for us, and we hope that it will establish itself as yet another new returnable factual hit series for Channel 5”

No Place Like Home (6 x 60’) was commissioned by Daniel Pearl for Channel 5. It is executive produced by Dan Baldwin and Melony Smith, series produced by Adrienne Doyard and Lauren Bennie and will be produced by Hungry Jay Media, Jay Blades’ joint venture with Hungry Bear Media, the production company behind the original series.

No Place Like Home airs on Channel 5 on Wednesday 4th January at 9pm
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About Channel 5
Channel 5 is a public service broadcaster and the UK’s third largest commercial TV station. Launched in March 1997, Channel 5 has been part of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS) since its acquisition in September 2014.   

Channel 5 and its digital brands – 5STAR, 5USA, 5Select, 5Action and the on-demand service My5 – offer a diverse range of issue-led documentaries & popular factual, accessible history, stunning natural history, premium drama and critically-acclaimed children’s, news and current affairs programming. Through its agenda-driving commissions, Channel 5 leads on societal issues from inequality to inner city gang life, homelessness to mental health, aiming to tell the story of modern Britain by reflecting the lives of people across the nation.

In 2018, Channel 5 won its first BAFTA for Cruising with Jane McDonald and was named ‘Channel of the Year’ at the Edinburgh TV Festival. The following year it won best documentary prizes for The Abused at the RTS Awards, Edinburgh TV Awards and the Association of International Broadcasters Awards. In 2020, Channel 5 was crowned Channel of the Year at the Broadcast Digital Awards and by the RTS.  

About Paramount Global
Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA) is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. Driven by iconic studios, networks and streaming services, its portfolio of consumer brands includes CBS, Showtime Networks, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount+, Pluto TV and Simon & Schuster, among others. The company delivers the largest share of the U.S. television audience and boasts one of the industry’s most important and extensive libraries of TV and film titles. In addition to offering innovative streaming services and digital video products, Paramount Global provides powerful capabilities in production, distribution and advertising solutions.

About Hungry Bear Media
Dan Baldwin and Juliet Denison Gay formed Hungry Bear Media in 2014 and it has since become one of the fastest-growing independent television production companies in the UK, producing a multitude of quality content, including Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel, Big Show, All Round to Mrs Brown’s, Judge Romesh, Look Back To The Future, Bradley & Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad and many more.