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Channel 4 has confirmed that The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/a> season 5 will begin airing on the channel later this month \u2013 at the same time as it debuts on Amazon Prime Video<\/a>.<\/p>\n Channel 4 has debuted each of the previous four seasons in the UK, but following Amazon\u2019s takeover of MGM \u2013 which produces the show \u2013 the two have now agreed to share premiere rights.<\/p>\n The fifth season of the hit drama is currently underway on Hulu in the United States, and although an exact date has not yet been given for the UK premiere, it will be reassuring for fans to know it\u2019s not too far away.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOver the series, The Handmaid\u2019s Tale has remained reflective, high quality and hard-hitting,\u201d Channel 4\u2019s head of acquisitions Nick Lee said in announcing the news. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled Channel 4 and All4 audiences will be returning to Gilead to see further justice dispensed in the next riveting instalment.\u201d<\/span><\/p> The series \u2013 which is adapted from Margaret Atwood\u2019s classic novel of the same name \u2013 first debuted in 2017 and has enjoyed consistently strong reviews ever since, winning a total of 15 Emmy Awards from 75 nominations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It tells the story of life in the dystopian Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly the United States, as Offred\/June (Elizabeth Moss) <\/span>struggles to survive as a reproductive surrogate for a powerful Commander and his resentful wife.<\/span><\/p>\n