Live from Studio Five is an early-evening British magazine programme produced by Sky News for Channel 5.

[3] Live from Studio Five initially aired on weekdays from 18:30 (later 18.25) to 19:30, and featured a mix of news, celebrity gossip, interviews, and chat.

On 23 August 2010, Live from Studio Five returned to its 18:25 slot, following the end of the series of Don't Stop Believing.

[7][8] Live from Studio Five, was originally presented by former model Melinda Messenger, former footballer Ian Wright, and The Apprentice runner-up Kate Walsh.

[9] It was announced on 29 January 2010 that Messenger had quit her role to focus on other projects, with a series of guest hosts replacing her.

[12] At the beginning of the 12 August 2010 edition of the programme, Walsh and Middlemiss announced that Wright was not presenting the show that evening.

"[14] Wright's contract was due to end in September 2010, but show bosses decided not to renew it,[13][14] and he made his final appearance on 11 August.

In April 2010, Minnie Stephenson, Live from Studio Five's long-running reporter, was soaked by a spitting Pete Doherty as she presented her link on the show.

The incident left Stephenson shaken, and angered the show's host Ian Wright, who blasted the singer with the words: "I hate that geezer - what a complete mug he is."

He was quoted as saying "If there was a category for worst ever show, it would win hands down",[15] whilst Jim Shelley of the Daily Mirror described it as being "excruciatingly awful", "amateurish" and "virtually pointless".

[17] Brooker was also the most vocal in criticism, writing in his Guardian Screenburn column that the show plumbed new depths for television news.

The first episode fared poorly in the ratings, averaging a disappointing 476,000 viewers (2.6% of the television audience) over the hour, making it only the twelfth most-watched show on Five across Monday.