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

Published: 22 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, Wednesday 23 September 2026, Home and Away runs two episodes from 6pm, into GPs: Behind Closed Doors at 7pm and Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts at 8pm, before Fifty Shades of Grey runs from 9pm, breaking briefly for a five-minute Entertainment News on 5 bulletin at 10pm, and Under Suspicion: Kate McCann closes the night at 11:30pm.

5Star Schedule: Wednesday 23 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete 5Star schedule for Wednesday 23 September 2026, on Freeview 32.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on 5Star today

999: Emergency Call Out opens the overnight run at midnight, then Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders at 1am, Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts at 2am and Skin A&E at 2:50am, 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, three Traffic Cops episodes 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, Wednesday 23 September 2026.

Home and Away — 5Star, 6pm

Series 39 continues with episode 153, the first of two instalments back to back this evening.

Home and Away — 5Star, 6:30pm

A new episode follows straight after: series 39, episode 154.

GPs: Behind Closed Doors — 5Star, 7pm

Series 9 reaches episode 18, another day inside a busy surgery.

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

Series 9 opens with episode 1, back inside a hospital’s emergency department.

Fifty Shades of Grey — 5Star, 9pm

The film runs from 9pm, broken briefly by a five-minute Entertainment News on 5 bulletin at 10pm before resuming at 10:05pm and continuing to around 11:30pm.

Under Suspicion: Kate McCann — 5Star, 11:30pm

The documentary closes out the night.

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. Fifty Shades of Grey runs from 9pm, pausing briefly for a five-minute Entertainment News on 5 bulletin at 10pm, and Under Suspicion: Kate McCann 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 early evening to a Home and Away double bill from 6pm, into GPs: Behind Closed Doors and Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts at 7pm and 8pm. Fifty Shades of Grey takes over from 9pm, breaking briefly for the news at 10pm, and Under Suspicion: Kate McCann closes things out at 11:30pm.

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.

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