five by five

5min

Drama

In London, a city of millions, teenager Ash is lost. He wants to be the big man, but reality doesn’t quite deliver. A chance encounter leads him to make a dangerous decision, starting a chain reaction that plays out across these five connected short films.

Production Companies

Green Door Pictures

BBC Studios

BBC

Episodes

Cast

Ash

1. Ash

5min

27th Mar 2017

Teenager Ash wants to be the big man. He knows what he has to do but he knows it's wrong. A chance meeting begins a chain reaction of events with potentially fatal consequences.

Chloe

2. Chloe

5min

27th Mar 2017

Chloe is going to ask out a guy. Every detail has been planned, but romance is thwarted when she accidentally punches him in a case of mistaken identity.

Lucas

3. Lucas

5min

27th Mar 2017

Bloodied from an earlier encounter, Lucas meets the woman of his dreams but in an attempt to impress her, he lies and becomes embroiled in an argument that he doesn’t understand.

Janine

4. Janine

5min

27th Mar 2017

Janine wants to score but her local dealer can’t see past her wheelchair. Tired of the daily prejudice, she flips it to her advantage when a cop appears on the horizon.

Michael

5. Michael

5min

27th Mar 2017

Michael’s partner thinks he’s racist. When they meet a black teen in need of help but unable to ask for it, Michael’s decision to intervene or walk away could prove fatal.

First air date

27th Mar 2017

Last air date

27th Mar 2017

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

en

Networks