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

Published: 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, Monday 21 September 2026, Home and Away runs two episodes from 6pm, into GPs: Behind Closed Doors at 7pm, Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts at 8pm and Ambulance: Code Red at 9pm, before A&E After Dark and Skin A&E close the night at 10pm and 11pm.

5Star Schedule: Monday 21 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete 5Star schedule for Monday 21 September 2026, on Freeview 32.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on 5Star today

Monday’s overnight run opens with Killer on the Run at midnight, Sleeping with My Murderer at 1am, Skin A&E at 1:55am and GPs: Behind Closed Doors at 2:45am, then a short Home and Away catch-up slot at 3:35am ahead of three hours of Teleshopping from 4am.

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, Traffic Cops and its Under Attack spin-off carry the late morning into 1pm, and three Police Interceptors episodes hold the afternoon from 2pm to 4pm ahead of Rogue Claimers at 5pm.

5Star tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the 5Star primetime line-up for tonight, Monday 21 September 2026.

Home and Away — 5Star, 6pm

The long-running Australian soap airs back to back at 6pm and 6:30pm tonight, series 39, episodes 151 and 152. The 6:30pm edition is a new episode rather than a repeat, which is the day-to-day norm for Home and Away rather than anything out of the ordinary.

GPs: Behind Closed Doors — 5Star, 7pm

Fly-on-the-wall filming inside UK surgeries continues with series 9, episode 16, following patients and their doctors through a working day.

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

Cameras follow A&E staff and patients through the pressure of a working shift, series 11, episode 6.

Ambulance: Code Red — 5Star, 9pm

Paramedics respond to the most serious call-outs of the day in series 3, episode 5, the sharpest end of the channel’s run of medical documentaries tonight.

A&E After Dark — 5Star, 10pm

The overnight shift in an emergency department, series 5, episode 12, closing in on the cases that come through once the day staff have gone home.

Skin A&E — 5Star, 11pm

Dermatology specialists deal with a fresh set of cases in series 2, episode 9, rounding off a night built almost entirely around hospital and medical strands.

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 runs two episodes from 6pm, including a new instalment at 6:30pm. GPs: Behind Closed Doors follows at 7pm, then Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts at 8pm and Ambulance: Code Red at 9pm, before A&E After Dark and Skin A&E close out the night at 10pm and 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 Home and Away double bill from 6pm, before four medical and factual hours close out the night: GPs: Behind Closed Doors, Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts, Ambulance: Code Red, and A&E After Dark running 7pm to 10pm, with Skin A&E to finish at 11pm.

Daytime runs the channel’s usual mix: true-crime and medical strands overnight, Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun at 8am and 9am, then Call the Bailiffs and Traffic Cops through the late morning before three Police Interceptors episodes carry the afternoon into Rogue Claimers at 5pm.

Related: What’s On TV Tonight | Channel 5 TV Guide | Freeview Channel Guide | Films on TV Tonight and This Week