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

Published: 16 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 17 September 2026, Home and Away returns with back-to-back episodes at 6pm and 6:30pm, the second one new, before GPs: Behind Closed Doors takes the 7pm slot and Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts the 8pm slot. A&E After Dark runs at 9pm, Ambulance: Code Red follows at 10pm, and Skin A&E closes the night at 11pm.

5Star Schedule: Thursday 17 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete 5Star schedule for Thursday 17 September 2026, on Freeview 32.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on 5Star today

Thursday’s overnight run opens with Seconds from Death: Caught on Camera just after midnight, then Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders at 1:35am and two Police Interceptors repeats carry the schedule through to 4am and three hours of Teleshopping.

Shop: Thane Offers and more Teleshopping fill the 7am half-hour, then Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun runs two episodes at 8am and 9am. Call the Bailiffs: Time to Pay Up airs at 10am, three Traffic Cops episodes run from 11am to 1pm, and three Police Interceptors episodes take the schedule from 2pm to 4pm, before Rogue Claimers and the first Home and Away episode carry the schedule into this evening.

5Star tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the 5Star primetime line-up for tonight, Thursday 17 September 2026.

Home and Away — 5Star, 6pm

A regular episode of the Australian soap opens the evening (series 39, episode 149).

Home and Away — 5Star, 6:30pm

A new instalment follows straight after, continuing the same storylines from series 39 (episode 150).

GPs: Behind Closed Doors — 5Star, 7pm

Cameras return to a British surgery for another look at day-to-day general practice (series 9, episode 14).

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

The fixed-rig documentary strand follows another shift through a UK emergency department (series 11, episode 4).

A&E After Dark — 5Star, 9pm

Attention shifts to the night shift, when emergency departments deal with a different mix of admissions (series 5, episode 12).

Ambulance: Code Red — 5Star, 10pm

Paramedics respond to the most serious 999 calls of the day in this instalment (series 3, episode 4).

Skin A&E — 5Star, 11pm

The night closes with another set of dermatology cases handled by the clinic’s specialists (series 2, episode 7).

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 airs twice back to back at 6pm and 6:30pm, the later one a new episode. GPs: Behind Closed Doors follows at 7pm, then Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts at 8pm. A&E After Dark takes the 9pm slot, Ambulance: Code Red follows at 10pm, and Skin A&E closes the night 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 leads with the soap before handing over to the channel’s usual medical-and-factual split. Home and Away airs twice at 6pm and 6:30pm, the second a new episode, before GPs: Behind Closed Doors and Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts run through 7pm and 8pm. A&E After Dark takes the 9pm slot, Ambulance: Code Red follows at 10pm, and Skin A&E closes out the night at 11pm.

Daytime runs the channel’s usual mix: Seconds from Death: Caught on Camera, Motorway Cops and two Police Interceptors repeats overnight, Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun at 8am and 9am, then Call the Bailiffs: Time to Pay Up, three Traffic Cops episodes and three Police Interceptors episodes carrying the afternoon before Rogue Claimers and the first Home and Away episode hand over to the evening.

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