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

Published: 18 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, Saturday 19 September 2026, Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders closes out the afternoon at 6pm before two films take over the evening: Mirror Mirror at 6:55pm and Fifty Shades of Grey at 9pm, each broken briefly by an Entertainment News on 5 bulletin, with Piers Morgan: Uncensored closing the night at 11:30pm.

5Star Schedule: Saturday 19 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete 5Star schedule for Saturday 19 September 2026, on Freeview 32.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on 5Star today

Saturday’s overnight run opens with Skin A&E at midnight, then Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders at 1am, Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts at 2am and Killer on the Run at 2:45am, before a Home and Away repeat airs at 3:35am ahead of three hours of Teleshopping from 4am.

Shop: Thane Offers and more Teleshopping fill the 7am half-hour, then The Cruise: Fun-Loving Brits at Sea runs two episodes at 8am and 9am. Call the Bailiffs: Time to Pay Up! then holds the schedule across five episodes from 10am to 2pm, before Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders takes over for a run of its own that carries the afternoon into this evening.

5Star tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the 5Star primetime line-up for tonight, Saturday 19 September 2026.

Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders — 5Star, 6pm

Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders wraps its afternoon run with a fourth episode, Nicky Campbell narrating the usual mix of high-speed pursuits and roadside stops on the motorway network rather than city streets.

Mirror Mirror — 5Star, 6:55pm

Mirror Mirror, the 2012 fairytale comedy that recasts Snow White with Julia Roberts as a scheming Evil Queen and Lily Collins in the title role, gets its outing this evening. Entertainment News on 5 breaks it for five minutes at 7:55pm; the film resumes at 8pm to run through to nine.

Fifty Shades of Grey — 5Star, 9pm

Fifty Shades of Grey, the 2015 adaptation of E.L. James’s novel starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan, opens at 9pm. The same short Entertainment News on 5 bulletin interrupts it at 10pm before it resumes at 10:05pm to see out its run.

Piers Morgan: Uncensored — 5Star, 11:30pm

Piers Morgan: Uncensored closes the night with series two’s 33rd instalment, continuing the studio-debate format that moved from YouTube to terrestrial screens last year.

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?

Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders closes the afternoon at 6pm. Mirror Mirror follows at 6:55pm, pausing for a five-minute Entertainment News on 5 bulletin at 7:55pm before finishing its run from 8pm. Fifty Shades of Grey takes the 9pm slot, breaking the same way at 10pm and resuming at 10:05pm, and Piers Morgan: Uncensored closes out the night at 11:30pm. 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 hands the evening to two films either side of the usual factual daytime. Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders closes out the afternoon at 6pm, then Mirror Mirror runs from 6:55pm, broken briefly for Entertainment News on 5, and Fifty Shades of Grey takes over from 9pm with the same short interruption. Piers Morgan: Uncensored closes out the night at 11:30pm.

Daytime runs the channel’s usual mix: Skin A&E, Motorway Cops, Casualty 24/7 and Killer on the Run overnight, The Cruise: Fun-Loving Brits at Sea at 8am and 9am, then Call the Bailiffs: Time to Pay Up! holding the schedule from 10am to 2pm before Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders carries the afternoon into the evening.

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