Inside the Bomb Squad: Zero Hour on Channel 5 – Start Time, Episodes and How to Watch
Image: 5 Broadcasting Limited / Double FTV Inside the Bomb Squad: Zero Hour starts on Friday 20 November 2026 at 8pm on Channel 5.
Inside the Bomb Squad: Zero Hour is Channel 5’s latest factual series, four hours in all. It rides along with the people whose job is to make bombs safe: Army and Navy disposal teams answering call-outs across the country. Episode 1 is an hour long, from 8pm to 9pm.
Updated Friday 13 November 2026.
What time is Inside the Bomb Squad: Zero Hour on?
The first episode is on Channel 5 at 8pm on Friday 20 November 2026 and finishes at 9pm. That is the only date in the listings so far. Listings run about a week ahead, so we will add each later episode here as soon as it appears, and the rest of that Friday evening is in our Channel 5 TV guide.
What is the series about?
Across the UK, the disposal teams get upwards of 2,500 call-outs to suspected explosives in a typical year. This series spends time with the soldiers of the British Army and the sailors of the Royal Navy who go out to those jobs, and follows them through the call-outs.
It is a documentary series rather than a studio show: the stories are told through the teams and the jobs they are sent to, one hour at a time, across four episodes.
What happens in episode 1?
Two members of Chester Troop, Kharn and Holly, head to Bolton, where staff at a recycling site have spotted a live grenade among the rubbish on their sorting line. Worse, the plant’s own machinery has already given it a hard knock. That damage is what makes the job so risky: a grenade that has taken a knock cannot be trusted to behave like an intact one.
That is as much as we will say about the episode before it airs.
Inside the Bomb Squad: Zero Hour episode guide
| Episode | First on Channel 5 | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friday 20 November 2026 | 8pm |
| 2 | Not listed yet | |
| 3 | Not listed yet | |
| 4 | Not listed yet |
Series 1 has four episodes of an hour each. We only list dates once they are in the TV listings, so episodes 2 to 4 are blank for now.
Who made it?
The series was made for Channel 5 by Double FTV, a production label that Freeform Productions launched in January 2025. Michelle Heeley is the executive producer, and Rob Lambie is the series producer.
When Channel 5 first ordered it, in January 2025, it was called Bomb Squad: Trigger Point. The title in the listings is now Inside the Bomb Squad: Zero Hour, with the same company, the same producers and the same four-episode length.
Who is in it?
There is no presenter. The people on screen are the bomb disposal operators themselves, from the Army and the Royal Navy. In episode 1 that means Kharn and Holly from Chester Troop. We will add the names from later episodes once those episodes are listed.
How to watch
| Platform | Channel 5 |
|---|---|
| Freeview | 5 (HD on 105) |
| Sky | 105 |
| Virgin Media | 105 |
| Freesat | 105 |
Our Channel 5 TV guide has the full evening on the channel, the Freeview channel guide lists every Freeview number, and for every channel at once see what’s on TV tonight.
Frequently asked questions
What time is Inside the Bomb Squad on tonight?
Episode 1 of Inside the Bomb Squad: Zero Hour is on Channel 5 at 8pm on Friday 20 November 2026. It runs for an hour, until 9pm.
What channel is Inside the Bomb Squad on?
Channel 5. That is 5 on Freeview (HD on 105) and 105 on Sky, Virgin Media and Freesat.
How many episodes of Inside the Bomb Squad: Zero Hour are there?
Four, each an hour long including adverts. Episode 1 is on Friday 20 November 2026. The dates of episodes 2 to 4 are not in the listings yet.
What is Inside the Bomb Squad: Zero Hour about?
It follows bomb disposal teams from the British Army and the Royal Navy on jobs dealing with explosives found around the UK. Between them those teams get upwards of 2,500 call-outs to suspected bombs in a typical year.
What happens in episode 1?
Kharn and Holly of Chester Troop go to a Bolton recycling site after staff spot a live grenade among the waste. The plant’s machinery has already knocked it about, so it is far riskier to handle.
Who made Inside the Bomb Squad: Zero Hour?
Double FTV, a label of Freeform Productions, made it for Channel 5. Michelle Heeley is the executive producer and Rob Lambie the series producer.
Is this the same show as Bomb Squad: Trigger Point?
Yes. Channel 5 ordered the series in January 2025 under the title Bomb Squad: Trigger Point. The production company, the producers and the four-episode length all match the series now listed as Inside the Bomb Squad: Zero Hour.
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