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, Tuesday 11 August 2026, follows the usual weeknight shape: two Home and Away episodes at the top of the evening, then a run of medical and emergency-service documentary through to midnight.

5Star Schedule: Tuesday 11 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete 5Star schedule for Tuesday 11 August 2026, on Freeview 32.

What’s on 5Star today

The overnight run opens with 999: Killer On The Line at midnight, followed by Cold Case Killers at 1am, Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts at 2am, Skin A&E at 2:45am and an episode of Friends at 3:35am to close out the small hours. Teleshopping then holds the schedule from 4am to 7am.

Tuesday daytime follows the standard weekday pattern. Shop: Must Have Ideas at 7am and eFOLDi Mobility Scooters at 7:30am lead into two back-to-back episodes of Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun at 8am and 9am, then Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords at 10am. Three episodes of Traffic Cops run 11am to 2pm, followed by three of Police Interceptors through to 5pm, and Shoplifters: Caught Red Handed closes out the afternoon before the evening schedule takes over at 6pm.

5Star tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the 5Star primetime line-up for tonight, Tuesday 11 August 2026.

Home and Away — 5Star, 6pm

5Star remains the only UK channel showing Home and Away, and the 6pm instalment (series 39, episode 122) carries on the Bay’s storylines from the end of last week.

Home and Away — 5Star, 6:30pm

A second half-hour follows immediately at 6:30pm. This one is new to UK viewers, series 39, episode 123, closing the gap with the show’s Australian broadcast.

GPs: Behind Closed Doors — 5Star, 7pm

GPs: Behind Closed Doors moves into the consulting room for series 8, episode 27. The observational format, filmed inside working surgeries with patients’ consent, has been one of 5Star’s more durable factual exports.

Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts — 5Star, 8pm

Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts turns the cameras on a busy emergency department for series 6, episode 5. Real patients, real staff, no scripted drama needed.

999: Killer On The Line — 5Star, 9pm

A new episode of 999: Killer On The Line airs at 9pm, series 2, episode 6, looking at emergency calls that turned out to be connected to serious crime.

999: Critical Condition — 5Star, 10pm

999: Critical Condition follows at 10pm with series 2, episode 1, tracking paramedics and hospital teams through cases where minutes matter.

Skin A&E — 5Star, 11pm

Skin A&E closes out the night at 11pm with series 6, episode 10, the dermatology strand that has quietly outlasted several supposedly bigger factual formats on the channel.

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:

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 33, carries US crime dramas and imported procedurals. 5Action, on Freeview 21, 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?

Tuesday’s line-up opens with two episodes of Home and Away, the 6:30pm one new to UK screens, then hands the rest of the evening to medical and emergency-service documentary: GPs: Behind Closed Doors, Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts, a new 999: Killer On The Line, 999: Critical Condition and Skin A&E, running through to midnight. 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

Tuesday hands the whole evening from 7pm to midnight over to medical and emergency-service documentary, broken up only by the two soap episodes that open it.

The two episodes of Home and Away are the standard weeknight fixture, with the 6:30pm instalment the new one. GPs: Behind Closed Doors, Casualty 24/7, a new 999: Killer On The Line, 999: Critical Condition and Skin A&E then run back to back without a break, taking the schedule through to midnight.

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