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

Published: 2 September 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, Thursday 3 September 2026, Home and Away’s weekday double bill at 6pm and 6:30pm leads into an unbroken run of medical observational documentary: GPs: Behind Closed Doors at 7pm, Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts at 8pm, A&E After Dark at 9pm, Ambulance: Code Red at 10pm and Skin A&E closing the night at 11pm. There’s no film in the schedule tonight.

5Star Schedule: Thursday 3 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete 5Star schedule for Thursday 3 September 2026, on Freeview 32.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on 5Star today

Thursday’s overnight is weather and true crime: Britain’s Worst Weather Disasters opens at midnight (series 1, episode 2), followed by Murdered at First Sight at 1:30am (series 3, episode 3), which covers the killing of teenager Breck Bednar. Two Police Interceptors follow at 2:25am and 3:10am (series 9, episodes 2 and 3), before Teleshopping holds the schedule through to 7am.

Shop: Thane Offers and more Teleshopping fill the 7am hour, then Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun runs back-to-back at 8am and 9am (series 14, episodes 7 and 8). Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords takes the 10am slot (series 6, episode 12), and Traffic Cops then runs three consecutive episodes from 11am to 1pm (series 13, episodes 4 to 6). Police Interceptors follows at 2pm and 3pm (series 10, episodes 11 and 12) before switching to a new series at 4pm (series 13, episode 1), and Rogue Claimers takes the 5pm handover slot (series 1, episode 4) ahead of the Home and Away double bill below.

5Star tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

There’s no standout on 5Star tonight, Thursday 3 September 2026 — no film, no launch, just the channel’s regular soap and then five straight hours of medical and emergency-services documentary.

Home and Away — 5Star, 6pm

Zane stays on the run, David turns up the charm, and Levi’s helping hand doesn’t quite land (series 39, episode 137).

Home and Away — 5Star, 6:30pm

A new episode follows straight after: Leah and Zane join forces, John takes offence, and Cash grows more worried about Eden (series 39, episode 138).

GPs: Behind Closed Doors — 5Star, 7pm

A scaffolder facing months off work with a shoulder injury, a child in for a wart removal, and a chest-pain admission that turns urgent (series 9, episode 4).

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

Barnsley’s emergency department deals with the usual Thursday-night mix, with drink and drugs adding to the pressure on staff (series 6, episode 5).

A&E After Dark — 5Star, 9pm

A seizure catches medics mid-transfer with an alcohol-dependent patient, and a dislocated shoulder brings an unexpectedly severe reaction to pain relief (series 5, episode 10).

Ambulance: Code Red — 5Star, 10pm

Crews are called to a woman trapped in her car with suspected multiple injuries, and to a stabbing victim with serious facial and neck wounds (series 3, episode 2).

Skin A&E — 5Star, 11pm

Closing the night: a footballer with three separate lipomas, and a patient whose lump sits uncomfortably close to a prized tattoo (series 7, episode 11).

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?

Home and Away runs its regular weekday double bill at 6pm and 6:30pm (series 39, episodes 137 and 138), the second a new episode. There’s no film tonight — instead the evening runs five hours of medical and emergency-services documentary back to back: GPs: Behind Closed Doors at 7pm, Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts at 8pm, A&E After Dark 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 opens with the regular Home and Away double bill at 6pm and 6:30pm, then hands the rest of the night over to observational documentary: GPs: Behind Closed Doors at 7pm, Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts at 8pm, A&E After Dark at 9pm, Ambulance: Code Red at 10pm and Skin A&E at 11pm. No film tonight — it’s the channel’s whole evening given over to five hours of hospitals and 999 crews.

Daytime runs the channel’s regular factual mix: Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun at 8am and 9am, Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords at 10am, then three consecutive Traffic Cops from 11am to 1pm. Police Interceptors runs two more at 2pm and 3pm before switching to a new series at 4pm, and Rogue Claimers takes the 5pm handover slot ahead of the soap.

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