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

Published: 7 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, Tuesday 8 September 2026, Home and Away continues its weeknight run with two episodes at 6pm and 6:30pm, then a run of factual and true-crime programming takes over the rest of primetime — GPs: Behind Closed Doors at 7pm, Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts at 8pm, Street Cops: Catching the Yobs at 9pm, 999: Critical Condition at 10pm and Skin A&E closing the night at 11pm.

5Star Schedule: Tuesday 8 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete 5Star schedule for Tuesday 8 September 2026, on Freeview 32.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on 5Star today

Tuesday’s overnight opens with Street Cops: Catching the Yobs at midnight and Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders at 1am, then Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts and Skin A&E run either side of 2am. Car Pound Cops has a short slot at 3:35am before four half-hour editions of This is 5STAR carry the schedule to 6am, when Teleshopping takes over.

Shop: Thane Offers and more Teleshopping fill the 7am half-hour, then Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun runs two different episodes at 8am and 9am, followed by Call the Bailiffs: Time to Pay Up at 10am. Traffic Cops runs three episodes from 11am to 2pm, Police Interceptors takes over for three more from 2pm to 5pm, and Rogue Claimers has the 5pm slot before this evening’s schedule begins.

5Star tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the 5Star primetime line-up for tonight, Tuesday 8 September 2026.

Home and Away — 5Star, 6pm

An earlier episode opens the evening, part of the daily rerun-then-new pairing that’s been 5Star’s Home and Away pattern for years. Summer Bay’s storylines move on in half-hour instalments, so this one picks up mid-thread rather than at any natural entry point.

Home and Away — 5Star, 6:30pm

The day’s actual new episode follows straight after, episode 141 of series 39. It’s the one worth catching live if you follow the show week to week; the airing before it is there mainly to fill the slot.

GPs: Behind Closed Doors — 5Star, 7pm

Cameras follow GPs through consultations at practices around the country, the format built on ordinary appointments rather than any single dramatic case. Series nine means this is a well-established fixture of 5Star’s factual schedule rather than a recent addition.

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

An A&E documentary strand, following clinical staff through admissions as they arrive, despite the name overlap with the BBC soap this has nothing to do with that show. It’s the eighth episode of series six, deep enough into the run that most of the format’s rhythms will be familiar to regular viewers.

Street Cops: Catching the Yobs — 5Star, 9pm

Officers deal with anti-social behaviour and low-level disorder on patrol, the second episode of the show’s second series. It sits in the same dashcam-and-narrator mould as most of 5Star’s factual crime output, distinguished mainly by its focus on street-level trouble rather than motorway pursuits or major incidents.

999: Critical Condition — 5Star, 10pm

Paramedics and emergency crews respond to serious call-outs in series two’s seventh instalment. The format leans on real 999 footage and after-the-fact interviews rather than reconstruction, which is where most of its tension comes from.

Skin A&E — 5Star, 11pm

A late slot for a factual strand following dermatology patients and the more unusual skin conditions that bring them into hospital. It’s series two’s second episode, closing out a night that’s been almost entirely factual and true-crime programming since 7pm.

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 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?

Home and Away is back, with an earlier episode at 6pm followed by the day’s new instalment at 6:30pm. GPs: Behind Closed Doors, Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts, Street Cops: Catching the Yobs, 999: Critical Condition and Skin A&E fill the rest of the evening from 7pm to 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

Tuesday keeps the soap running on its usual weeknight pattern, with the standard repeat-then-new pairing at 6pm and 6:30pm rather than anything unusual. From 7pm the evening settles into 5Star’s other core strength, a run of factual and true-crime programming: Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts at 8pm is the pick of the run, ahead of Street Cops: Catching the Yobs, 999: Critical Condition and Skin A&E closing out the night.

Daytime runs the channel’s regular factual mix: Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun through the morning, Call the Bailiffs: Time to Pay Up at 10am, then Traffic Cops and Police Interceptors sharing the afternoon before Home and Away opens the evening.

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