Five Bedrooms

Five Bedrooms is an Australian comedy-drama television series, which first screened on Network 10. The eight part series premiered on 15 May 2019, at 8:40 pm. In the United States, the series started streaming on Peacock on April 15, 2020.^[2]

Five Bedrooms
Genre	Comedy drama Romantic comedy
Created by	Christine Bartlett Michael Lucas
Written by	Christine Bartlett Michael Lucas Mithila Gupta Xavier Coy Alisha Hnatjuk
Directed by	Peter Templeman Fadia Abboud Shirley Barrett Corrie Chen Fiona Banks Adrian Chiarella
Starring	Kat Stewart Stephen Peacocke Doris Younane Katie Robertson Roy Joseph Hugh Sheridan Johnny Carr
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	32
Production
Producers	Christine Bartlett Michael Lucas Nathan Mayfield Andy Walker
Running time	45 minutes^[1]
Production company	Hoodlum
Original release
Network	Network 10 (season 1) Paramount+ (season 2–4)
Release	15 May 2019 (2019-05-15) – 18 June 2023 (2023-06-18)

In October 2019, the drama was renewed for a second season by 10^[3][4] which was set premiere in 2020, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the second season was rescheduled to air in 2021 instead.^[5] In May 2021, the Australian broadcast of the series was announced to be moving from Network 10 to the 10 affiliated streaming service, Paramount+.^[6][7] Filming of the fourth season began in Melbourne in September 2022.^[8][9]

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.^[10][11]

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.^[12] In July 2021, it was announced that Rodger Corser would join the cast of the second season to guest star as Stuart, Liz's ex-husband.^[13] In October 2019, the drama was renewed for a second season by Network 10^[14][4] which began filming in February 2020 before the production was closed down in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[15][16] The second season's production resumed filming between June and July 2020.^[17] On 6 May 2021, it was announced the series moved to Paramount+, and that the second season premiered on 11 August 2021, coinciding with the Australian re-branding of 10 All Access to Paramount+.^[18] In October 2020, it was announced that a third season had been renewed^[19] which began filming in August 2021.^[20] It premiered on New Year's Day 2022. In May 2022, it was announced that a fourth season had been renewed which would begin filming in October 2022.^[21]

Cast

Main cast

• Kat Stewart as Liz Wendell
• Stephen Peacocke as Ben Chigwell
• Doris Younane as Heather Doyle
• Katie Robertson as Ainsley Elling
• Roy Joseph as Harpreet "Harry" Sethi
• Hugh Sheridan as Lachlan Best (seasons 1–2, season 4)
• Johnny Carr as Kevin "Simmo" Fitzsimons (seasons 3–4; recurring seasons 1–2)

Recurring cast

• Kumud Merani as Manju K. Sethi (seasons 1–2, 4)
• Alan Dukes as Colin Doyle
• Ben Schumann as Timmy Doyle
• Kyle Keuris as Louie Doyle
• Kate Jenkinson as Melanie Best
• Rodger Corser as Stuart Wendell
• Adam Fiorentino as Pete Portelli
• Josh McKenzie as Xavier
• Daniel Lapaine as Joe Chigwell
• Ingrid Torelli as Mia Chigwell-Bourke
• Samantha Cain as Rebecca Bourke
• Celia Ireland as Rhonda Hibbert
• Bert LaBonté as Ed Laurent (seasons 3-4)
• 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
• Roz Hammond as Edwina Crowe

Guests

• Freya Stafford as Midwife Shauna
• Geraldine Hakewill as Victoria
• Nick Simpson-Deeks as Roger

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released	Network
1	8		15 May 2019 (2019-05-15)	3 July 2019 (2019-07-03)	Network 10
2	8		11 August 2021 (2021-08-11)		Paramount+
3	8		1 January 2022 (2022-01-01)
4	8		14 May 2023 (2023-05-14)^[22]	18 June 2023 (2023-06-18)

Season 1 (2019)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	Australian viewers (millions)
1	1	"Five Owners"	Peter Templeman	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	15 May 2019 (2019-05-15)	351986-1	507,000^[23]
2	2	"Twenty Guests"	Peter Templeman	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	22 May 2019 (2019-05-22)	351986-2	428,000^[24]
3	3	"Three Millimetres"	Corrie Chen	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)	351986-3	483,000^[25]
4	4	"Zero Dollars"	Corrie Chen	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	5 June 2019 (2019-06-05)	351986-4	347,000^[26]
5	5	"Five Lies"	Fiona Banks	Mithila Gupta	12 June 2019 (2019-06-12)	351986-5	499,000^[27]
6	6	"Fifty Years"	Fiona Banks	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	19 June 2019 (2019-06-19)	351986-6	437,000^[28]
7	7	"Four Meats"	Peter Templeman	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	26 June 2019 (2019-06-26)	351986-7	519,000^[29]
8	8	"One Bid"	Peter Templeman	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	3 July 2019 (2019-07-03)	351986-8	476,000^[30]

Season 2 (2021)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code
9	1	"Thirty Open Houses"	Peter Templeman	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	11 August 2021 (2021-08-11)	351986-10
10	2	"Two Mothers"	Peter Templeman	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	11 August 2021 (2021-08-11)	351986-9
11	3	"Nine Feet"	Shirley Barrett	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	11 August 2021 (2021-08-11)	351986-11
12	4	"Five Wishes"	Shirley Barrett	Mithila Gupta	11 August 2021 (2021-08-11)	351986-12
13	5	"Two Warnings"	Fadia Abboud	Xavier Coy	11 August 2021 (2021-08-11)	351986-13
14	6	"Twenty-Seven Weeks"	Fadia Abboud	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	11 August 2021 (2021-08-11)	351986-14
15	7	"Three Messages"	Peter Templeman	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	11 August 2021 (2021-08-11)	351986-15
16	8	"One Way"	Peter Templeman	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	11 August 2021 (2021-08-11)	351986-16

Season 3 (2022)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code
17	1	"Zero Logic"	Peter Templeman	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	1 January 2022 (2022-01-01)	351986-17
18	2	"Three Teams"	Peter Templeman	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	1 January 2022 (2022-01-01)	351986-18
19	3	"Nine Carats"	Fiona Banks	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	1 January 2022 (2022-01-01)	351986-19
20	4	"One Kiss"	Fiona Banks	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	1 January 2022 (2022-01-01)	351986-20
21	5	"Four Memories"	Craig Irvin	Alisha Hnatjuk	1 January 2022 (2022-01-01)	351986-21
22	6	"Three Dates"	Craig Irvin	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	1 January 2022 (2022-01-01)	351986-22
23	7	"Two Parties"	Peter Templeman	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	1 January 2022 (2022-01-01)	351986-23
24	8	"Two Words"	Peter Templeman	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas & Claire Phillips	1 January 2022 (2022-01-01)	351986-24

Season 4 (2023)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code
25	1	"Two Bluffs"^[31]	Peter Templeman	Christine Bartlett	14 May 2023 (2023-05-14)	351986-25
26	2	"Two Battlers"^[32]	Peter Templeman	Christine Bartlett & Mithila Gupta	14 May 2023 (2023-05-14)	351986-26
27	3	"Two Wills"^[33]	Fiona Banks	Alisha Hnayjuk	14 May 2023 (2023-05-14)	351986-27
28	4	"Four Gummies"^[34]	Fiona Banks	Christine Bartlett	21 May 2023 (2023-05-21)	351986-28
29	5	"Three Tents"^[35]	Adrian Chiarella	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	28 May 2023 (2023-05-28)	351986-29
30	6	"Seventy-Two Hours"^[36]	Adrian Chiarella	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	4 June 2023 (2023-06-04)	351986-30
31	7	"One Flame"^[37]	Peter Templeman	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	11 June 2023 (2023-06-11)	351986-31
32	8	"Five Sellers"^[38]	Peter Templeman	Christine Bartlett & Michael Lucas	18 June 2023 (2023-06-18)	351986-32

Ratings

Season 1

No.	Title	Air date	Overnight ratings		Consolidated ratings		Total viewers	Ref(s)
			Viewers	Rank	Viewers	Rank
1	"Five Owners"	15 May 2019	507,000	16	114,000	12	621,000	^[23]^[39]
2	"Twenty Guests"	22 May 2019	428,000	17	154,000	14	582,000	^[24]^[40]
3	"Three Millimetres"	29 May 2019	483,000	17	146,000	12	629,000	^[25]^[41]
4	"Zero Dollars"	5 June 2019	347,000	20	64,000	19	411,000	^[26]^[42]
5	"Five Lies"	12 June 2019	499,000	14	150,000	10	649,000	^[27]^[43]
6	"Fifty Years"	19 June 2019	437,000	16	168,000	13	605,000	^[28]^[44]
7	"Four Meats"	26 June 2019	519,000	14	159,000	10	678,000	^[29]^[45]
8	"One Bid"	3 July 2019	475,000	15	119,000	13	594,000	^[30]

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. Seasons 3 and beyond have not been released in any format in the United States as of 2024. It was also shown on RTP2 in Portugal and began airing on W Network in Canada in 2021. It began airing on RTÉ2 in the Republic of Ireland in July 2021, season two aired from November 2021 and season three from July 2022. May 2023 season 2 on Dutch television Net5. It's shown on TVNZ in New Zealand.

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31. Two Bluffs (2022) - ISAN
32. Two Battlers (2022) - ISAN
33. Two Wills (2022) - ISAN
34. Four Gummies (2022) - ISAN
35. Three Tents (2022) - ISAN
36. Seventy-Two Hours (2022) - ISAN
37. One Flame (2022) - ISAN
38. Five Sellers (2022) - ISAN
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44. Timeshifted: Wednesday 19 June 2019 - TV Tonight
45. Timeshifted: Wednesday 26 June 2019 - TV Tonight

External links

• Official website
• Production website
• Five Bedrooms at IMDb