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

Updated: 20 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, Sunday 20 September 2026, Police Interceptors runs four episodes back to back from 5pm through to 9pm, when Trauma Room One takes over. 999: Emergency Call Out follows at 10pm, and A&E After Dark closes the night at 11pm.

5Star Schedule: Sunday 20 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete 5Star schedule for Sunday 20 September 2026, on Freeview 32.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on 5Star today

Sunday’s overnight run opens with two Seconds from Death: Caught on Camera cases at 1:25am and 2:25am, then Britain’s Hotel Murders airs at 3:10am 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. Rogue Claimers holds the late morning across three episodes from 10am to midday, before Traffic Cops and its Over the Limit spin-off take the afternoon from 1pm through to 4pm.

5Star tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the 5Star primetime line-up for tonight, Sunday 20 September 2026.

Police Interceptors — 5Star, 5pm–9pm

Four episodes run back to back through the early evening (series 14, episodes 7 to 10), following traffic officers chasing down uninsured and stolen vehicles across the UK’s road network. It’s the channel’s most reliable wall-to-wall block, and tonight’s run carries straight through to Trauma Room One.

Trauma Room One — 5Star, 9pm

Cameras follow the trauma team at a major hospital dealing with the most serious admissions of the day, from road collisions to workplace accidents (series 2, episode 5).

999: Emergency Call Out — 5Star, 10pm

Frontline footage from ambulance and emergency crews responding to 999 calls, cut together from body-worn and dashboard cameras (series 2, episode 5).

A&E After Dark — 5Star, 11pm

The night shift at a busy accident and emergency department closes out the evening, with staff working through the unpredictable caseload that arrives after dark (series 4, episode 4).

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?

Police Interceptors runs four episodes back to back from 5pm to 9pm. Trauma Room One takes over at 9pm, 999: Emergency Call Out follows at 10pm, and A&E After Dark closes out 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 hands the early evening to a four-episode Police Interceptors block from 5pm to 9pm, before three factual hours close out the night: Trauma Room One at 9pm, 999: Emergency Call Out at 10pm and A&E After Dark at 11pm.

Daytime runs the channel’s usual mix: Seconds from Death: Caught on Camera and Britain’s Hotel Murders overnight, The Cruise: Fun-Loving Brits at Sea at 8am and 9am, then Rogue Claimers through the late morning before Traffic Cops and its Over the Limit spin-off carry the afternoon into the evening.

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