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

Published: 10 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, Friday 11 September 2026, Home and Away continues its weeknight run with two episodes at 6pm and 6:30pm, then GPs: Behind Closed Doors at 7pm and Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts at 8pm lead into a run of medical and emergency-services factual programming: 999: Critical Condition at 9pm, A&E After Dark at 10pm and Trauma Room One closing out primetime at 11pm.

5Star Schedule: Friday 11 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete 5Star schedule for Friday 11 September 2026, on Freeview 32.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on 5Star today

Friday’s overnight run opens with Britain’s Hotel Murders at midnight, then Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders at 1am, Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts at 2am, Skin A&E at 2:50am and Car Pound Cops at 3:35am, before three hours of Teleshopping from 4am to 7am.

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, Friday 11 September 2026.

Home and Away — 5Star, 6pm & 6:30pm

The soap runs two episodes back to back, series 39 episodes 143 and 144, with the 6:30pm slot carrying the day’s new instalment while the earlier hour repeats one already shown on the main channel.

GPs: Behind Closed Doors — 5Star, 7pm

Series 9, episode 10 opens the factual run proper, following GP consultations recorded across NHS practices with patients’ consent.

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

Series 8, episode 9 follows emergency department staff through a shift, the same fly-on-the-wall format the channel returns to night after night.

999: Critical Condition — 5Star, 9pm

Series 2, episode 8 shifts the emergency-services strand onto ambulance crews, following call-outs from the initial 999 report through to hospital handover.

A&E After Dark — 5Star, 10pm

Series 4, episode 3 moves the cameras onto a hospital’s night shift, when emergency departments tend to see a different kind of patient than the daytime run.

Trauma Room One — 5Star, 11pm

Series 2, episode 3 closes the night, staying with the same fly-on-the-wall medical format the evening has run on 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 and Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts take 7pm and 8pm, then a run of medical and emergency-services factual shows closes out the night: 999: Critical Condition at 9pm, A&E After Dark at 10pm and Trauma Room One 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

Tonight 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 runs GPs: Behind Closed Doors and Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts, then hands over to three straight hours of medical and emergency-services factual programming: 999: Critical Condition at 9pm, A&E After Dark at 10pm and Trauma Room One closing the night at 11pm.

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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