MUMBAI: Five is in the process of making full-length episodes of its original programmes that are available on YouTube in the UK on an ad-supported basis.

The content could be found within YouTube‘s UK Shows section that features more than 3,000 hours of full-length programming and clips from an array of broadcasters and producers.

 The deal allows web users in the UK to access the Demand Five video-on-demand catch-up service of new programmes through YouTube shortly after television transmission.

Under the agreement, titles including Neighbours, Home And Away and The Gadget Show will be shown on YouTube, the viewers of which will also be able to access around 250 hours of Five‘s archive content.

YouTube, that recently announced a similar arrangement with Channel 4, has about 20 million British users.