Family Affairs is a British soap opera that was broadcast on Five, from 1997 to 2005. It was the second programme to be broadcast on the channel on 30 March 1997, the channel's launch night. The serial was broadcast in half-hour episodes, screening each week night. The serial never achieved high ratings, and as a result was drastically retooled several times. During its run, the series underwent several major cast reshuffles, changes in tone and style, and a revision of its fictional location. On 2 August 2005, Five announced that they would not be renewing Family Affairs for another year.... Shooting ceased on 4 November, and the final episode was broadcast on 30 December 2005. The series was shot on video processed to give a film look. As an experiment, it switched to standard video presentation for occasional single episodes, one in 1999 and another in July 2004. It permanently switched to standard video presentation in September 2005, continuing in that format until the end of the series at the end of that year.
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| On the air: | March 30, 1997-December 30, 2005 |
| Network: | Five |
| Producer: | Cordell Francis, Corinne Hollingworth |