5Star TV Guide: Listings, Schedule & What’s On 5Star Tonight
5Star is Channel 5’s reality and factual-entertainment channel, built on the landlord, tenant and bailiff documentaries that made its daytime reputation, plus imported true-story series and Piers Morgan’s nightly opinion slot. It’s part of the Paramount-owned Channel 5 stable and free to watch on Freeview 32. Tonight, Thursday 15 October 2026, it is two Home and Away episodes from 6pm, then an unbroken run of medical and emergency-services documentaries: GPs: Behind Closed Doors, Casualty 24/7, A&E After Dark, Ambulance: Code Red and Skin A&E.
5Star Schedule: Thursday 15 October 2026 (Full Listings)
Here is the complete 5Star schedule for Thursday 15 October 2026, on Freeview 32.
Overnight
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 12:10am | Skin A&E | S4E2 |
| 1:05am | Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders | S4E5 |
| 2:05am | Police Interceptors | S18E4 |
| 2:50am | Police Interceptors | S18E5 |
| 3:35am | Home and Away | S39E165 |
| 4am | Teleshopping |
Breakfast
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 7am | Shop: Must Have Ideas | |
| 7:30am | eFOLDi Mobility Scooters | |
| 8am | Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun | S14E67 |
Morning
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 9am | Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun | S14E68 |
| 10am | Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords | S1E5 |
| 11am | Traffic Cops | S13E4 |
Afternoon
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 12pm | Traffic Cops | S13E5 |
| 1pm | Traffic Cops | S13E6 |
| 2pm | Police Interceptors | S20E2 |
| 3pm | Police Interceptors | S20E3 |
| 4pm | Police Interceptors | S20E4 |
Early evening
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 5pm | Rogue Claimers | S2E14 |
| 6pm | Home and Away | S39E169 |
| 6:30pm | Home and Away | New · S39E170 |
Primetime
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 7pm | GPs: Behind Closed Doors | S6E14 |
| 8pm | Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts | S10E1 |
| 9pm | A&E After Dark | S6E4 |
Late night
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 10pm | Ambulance: Code Red | S3E8 |
| 11pm | Skin A&E | S4E3 |
Also on TV tonight at 9pm
- BBC One: The Celebrity Traitors (from 8pm)
- ITV1: Long Lost Family
- BBC Two: Surgeons: At the Edge of Life
- Channel 4: Our Tiny Islands (from 8pm)
- Channel 5: Love Nature
- Film4: Wrath of Man
- E4: Gogglebox
- ITV2: Big Brother
- ITV3: Vera (from 8pm)
- ITV4: Benidorm
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What’s on 5Star today
Thursday starts with Skin A&E at 12:10am, then Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders at 1:05am and Police Interceptors at 2:05am and 2:50am. Home and Away has 3:35am before Teleshopping from 4am, and shopping slots follow until Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun at 8am and 9am.
Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords has 10am, Traffic Cops runs three episodes from 11am, and Police Interceptors fills 2pm to 5pm. Rogue Claimers takes 5pm.
5Star tonight — primetime and the evening schedule
Here’s the 5Star primetime line-up for tonight, Thursday 15 October 2026.
Home and Away — 5Star, 6pm
Episode 169 of series 39 finds Amelia unsure what lies ahead for her in Summer Bay while Sonny chafes at being fussed over.
Home and Away — 5Star, 6:30pm
The new episode (170) puts Mackenzie and Tane at odds, with Remi lowering his guard and Abigail left with a choice to make.
GPs: Behind Closed Doors — 5Star, 7pm
A concerned father brings his daughter in to be seen in series 6, episode 14. The format sits cameras in a working GP practice and lets appointments play out.
Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts — 5Star, 8pm
The opening episode of series 10 is set in Barnsley Hospital’s A&E department, starting at reception with a 64-year-old man who has collapsed and lost consciousness.
A&E After Dark — 5Star, 9pm
Series 6, episode 4 opens with police bringing a violent man, hurt during his arrest, into A&E.
Ambulance: Code Red — 5Star, 10pm
Paramedics Grant Salsby and Sarah Folley are sent to a man who has blacked out at the wheel and crashed in the street. Series 3, episode 8.
Skin A&E — 5Star, 11pm
Dr Toby Nelson treats a patient with an overgrown mole in series 4, episode 3, while Dr Emma McMullen has a difficult case of her own.
What kind of shows are on 5Star
Landlord, tenant and bailiff documentaries
This is where 5Star has its own patch. Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords and its spin-off Extreme Nightmare Tenants follow eviction specialists and rogue-landlord investigations, while Call the Bailiffs: Time to Pay Up! turns the same doorstep tension towards unpaid debt. No other British free-to-air channel gives this much schedule space to the subject.
Reality, true-story and consumer documentary
Skin A&E, Dirty Home Rescue and Scam City: Don’t Get Caught Out! cover the rest of the factual output, and imports such as Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia bring in versions of formats British viewers already know from the domestic originals.
Opinion, news and chat
Piers Morgan Uncensored gives 5Star a nightly dose of studio argument, a YouTube-native format repurposed for a terrestrial evening slot since the 2025 deal.
Sitcom reruns
Friends is the channel’s long-serving gap-filler, though these days it tends to surface in the small hours rather than in the morning blocks it once held.
How to watch 5Star
Channel numbers
Here’s where to find 5Star across the main UK television platforms:
| Platform | Channel |
|---|---|
| Freeview | 32 |
| Sky | 128 |
| Virgin Media | 126 |
| Freesat | 131 |
| 5Star+1 on Sky | 228 |
| 5Star+1 on Virgin Media | 326 |
| 5Star+1 on Freesat | 141 |
5Star is free on all of the above platforms, with no subscription required. Virgin Media and Freesat channel numbers may vary slightly depending on your box and region, so your on-screen guide is the definitive source if these don’t match.
Streaming online
5Star streams live and free at channel5.com and via the 5 app (formerly known as My5, before Channel 5’s 2025 rebrand unified its linear and streaming services under one name) on smart TVs, iOS, Android, and Amazon Fire TV. You’ll need a free account, which costs nothing to set up. Many 5Star programmes also turn up on demand, though not every title stays available indefinitely.
5Star +1 and sister channels
5Star+1 plays the same schedule an hour behind, which is useful on a channel that so often runs three episodes of the same series in a row. It’s on Sky (228), Virgin Media (326) and Freesat (141). There’s no +1 slot for 5Star on Freeview, so Freeview viewers who miss the start of something have to pick it up on demand.
5Star sits alongside two other channels in the Paramount-owned Channel 5 family. 5USA, on Freeview 21, carries US crime dramas and imported procedurals. 5Action, on Freeview 33, focuses on action films and adventure series. All three, plus the main Channel 5, stream together through the 5 app.
Frequently asked questions
What channel is 5Star on Freeview?
5Star is on Freeview channel 32. It’s also on Sky (128), Virgin Media (126) and Freesat (131), all free with no subscription.
What’s on 5Star tonight?
On Thursday 15 October, Home and Away is on at 6pm and 6:30pm, then GPs: Behind Closed Doors at 7pm and Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts at 8pm. A&E After Dark is at 9pm, Ambulance: Code Red at 10pm and Skin A&E at 11pm. The schedule table above has the exact times for each.
Can I watch 5Star online for free?
Yes. It streams live at channel5.com and through the 5 app (formerly My5); you’ll need a free account. Many programmes also appear on demand afterwards.
Verdict
Thursday is two soap episodes, then a GP surgery, a hospital A&E and a night-shift A&E, an ambulance crew and a dermatology clinic. Each episode stands alone, so you can join wherever you like.
Before that, the day runs from police and skin documentaries overnight through Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun in the morning and an afternoon of Traffic Cops and Police Interceptors.
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