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.
In October 2019, the drama was renewed for a second season by 10 which was set premiere in 2020, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the second season was rescheduled to air in 2021 instead. In May 2021, the Australian broadcast of the series was announced to be moving from Network 10 to the 10 affiliated streaming service, Paramount+. Filming of the fourth season began in Melbourne in September 2022. The fourth season of the series would get a free to air viewing from November 4, 2024 on Channel 10.

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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.

Cast and characters

Main

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
Johnny Carr as Kevin 'Simmo' Fitzsimons

Recurring

Kumud Merani as Manju K. Sethi
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
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
Tracy Mann as Cheryl Elling

Guests

Freya Stafford as Midwife Shauna
Geraldine Hakewill as Victoria
Louise Siversen as Karen Stefiary
Nick Simpson-Deeks as Roger
Jacquie Brennan as Denise Schaap

Episodes

Series overview

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. 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. In October 2019, the drama was renewed for a second season by Network 10 which began filming in February 2020 before the production was closed down in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The second season's production resumed filming between June and July 2020. 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+. In October 2020, it was announced that a third season had been renewed which began filming in August 2021. 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.

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 had only the two seasons released on Peacock in the United States. 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.