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, Wednesday 12 August 2026, follows the usual weeknight shape: two Home and Away episodes at the top of the evening, medical and emergency-service documentary through to 9pm, then a Jason Statham film carries the channel to close.

5Star Schedule: Wednesday 12 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete 5Star schedule for Wednesday 12 August 2026, on Freeview 32.

What’s on 5Star today

The overnight run opens with Surgeons: A Matter of Life or Death 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.

Wednesday 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, Wednesday 12 August 2026.

Home and Away — 5Star, 6pm & 6:30pm

5Star holds the only UK terrestrial slot for Home and Away on a Wednesday, and it runs two in a row. Alf takes Dana out fishing at 6pm, then the 6:30pm instalment is new to British screens, with Beau snapping at Sonny and Cash and Levi butting heads.

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

Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts picks through a night at a real A&E department at 7pm, this time an 87-year-old struggling to breathe and an 83-year-old brought in after a fall.

GPs: Behind Closed Doors — 5Star, 8pm

At 8pm, GPs: Behind Closed Doors swaps the ambulance bay for the surgery, following a Bradford practice dealing with a Strep A scare doing the rounds of local schools.

The Transporter — 5Star, 9pm

Jason Statham’s breakout action vehicle The Transporter fills the 9pm slot, a former Special Forces operative hauling cargo he isn’t supposed to look inside of. 5Star breaks for Entertainment News on 5 at 10:05pm before picking the film back up at 10:10pm to run it to its conclusion.

Special Forces: Most Daring Missions — 5Star, 10:55pm

Special Forces: Most Daring Missions opens its run at 10:55pm with the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege, one of the defining moments in the SAS’s public history.

Scam City: Don’t Get Caught Out! — 5Star, 11:55pm

The night closes with Scam City: Don’t Get Caught Out! at 11:55pm, tracking the con artists working Mexico City’s tourist routes.

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?

Wednesday’s line-up opens with two episodes of Home and Away, the 6:30pm one new to UK screens, then hands the evening to Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts and GPs: Behind Closed Doors before The Transporter takes the 9pm slot, breaking for Entertainment News on 5 at 10:05pm and resuming at 10:10pm. Special Forces: Most Daring Missions and Scam City: Don’t Get Caught Out! close the night. 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

Wednesday splits the evening in two: an hour of medical documentary either side of 7pm and 8pm, then a two-hour film carrying the channel from 9pm to close.

The two episodes of Home and Away are the standard weeknight fixture, with the 6:30pm instalment the new one. Casualty 24/7 and GPs: Behind Closed Doors follow, then The Transporter takes over at 9pm, pausing only for the 10:05pm news bulletin before Special Forces: Most Daring Missions and Scam City: Don’t Get Caught Out! see the schedule out.

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