5Star TV Guide: Listings, Schedule & What’s On 5Star Tonight

Published: 23 August 2026

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, Monday 24 August 2026, there’s no film in the schedule either — the evening opens instead on a soap double, Home and Away at 6pm and 6:30pm, with the 6:30pm edition the new episode. GPs: Behind Closed Doors takes the 7pm slot, Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts follows at 8pm and Ambulance: Code Red holds 9pm, before A&E After Dark at 10pm and Skin A&E at 11pm close out the night.

5Star Schedule: Monday 24 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete 5Star schedule for Monday 24 August 2026, on Freeview 32.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on 5Star today

Monday’s overnight run is true crime rather than drama repeats: Killer on the Run (series 1, episode 4) opens at midnight, followed by Sleeping with My Murderer (series 1, episode 1) at 1am and Skin A&E (series 7, episode 1) at 2am. GPs: Behind Closed Doors (series 8, episode 31) airs at 2:50am, a single episode of Friends (series 10, episode 4) follows at 3:35am, and Teleshopping then holds the schedule from 4am to 7am.

Daytime opens with two shopping strands, Shop: Must Have Ideas at 7am and eFOLDi Mobility Scooters at 7:30am, before two episodes of Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun run from 8am to 10am (series 14, episodes 71 and 72). Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords takes the 10am slot (series 6, episode 3), then three episodes of Traffic Cops fill 11am to 2pm (series 11, episodes 2 to 4) and three of Police Interceptors run from 2pm to 5pm (series 8, episodes 6 to 8) — daytime only; the strand doesn’t return in the evening. Car Pound Cops closes out the afternoon at 5pm (series 2, episode 6) before Home and Away opens the evening below.

5Star tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Monday’s 5Star evening opens on a soap and runs straight through factual and medical documentary until midnight, with no film anywhere on the schedule.

Home and Away — 5Star, 6pm and 6:30pm

5Star opens its evening with a Home and Away double rather than the usual single episode. The 6pm instalment (series 39, episode 129) leaves Sonny facing a deadline from Remi, gives Beau a chance to argue his corner, and sends David out with a warrant. The 6:30pm edition is the new episode (series 39, episode 130): Sonny’s lies start to spiral, Tane worries about what’s happening with Beau, and the question of whether Zane deserves a second chance comes to a head.

GPs: Behind Closed Doors — 5Star, 7pm

At 7pm, Chester’s mobile surgery goes back on the road (series 8, episode 36). Among the patients: an autistic man worn down by exhaustion, an older gentleman whose tongue has become infected, and a suspected case of scabies.

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

A new matron settles into the department at 8pm (series 6, episode 14), with two of the night’s toughest cases involving severe burns and an injury sustained at an abattoir.

Ambulance: Code Red — 5Star, 9pm

The 9pm slot follows crews responding to the most serious 999 calls (series 3, episode 1), including a collapse from a suspected cardiac arrest.

A&E After Dark — 5Star, 10pm

Overnight shifts in the emergency department take the 10pm hour (series 5, episode 8), as staff work through whatever the night brings in.

Skin A&E — 5Star, 11pm

Dermatology cases close the evening at 11pm (series 7, episode 5), rounding off a night built entirely on returning documentary strands.

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?

There’s no film at all in tonight’s schedule. The evening opens with a Home and Away double at 6pm and 6:30pm, the second one new, before GPs: Behind Closed Doors at 7pm, Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts at 8pm and Ambulance: Code Red at 9pm carry the schedule through primetime. A&E After Dark at 10pm and Skin A&E at 11pm close out 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

Monday drops the film library altogether and opens the evening on a soap instead, with Home and Away running twice back to back before 5Star’s usual documentary run takes over. GPs: Behind Closed Doors, Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts and Ambulance: Code Red carry primetime from 7pm to 10pm, then A&E After Dark and Skin A&E close the night with two more medical strands.

There’s no premiere in the primetime sense tonight, just the new Home and Away episode at 6:30pm — the rest of the evening runs on returning series. Daytime is built around the channel’s usual factual staples: Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun, a single Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords case, then three editions each of Traffic Cops and Police Interceptors fill the afternoon before Home and Away opens the evening. Note that Police Interceptors is a daytime fixture only today — it doesn’t return once primetime starts.

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