5 Star

Daytime schedule

5 Star's day begins with the shopping strands, with Teleshopping running from 06:00 to 07:00, followed by Shop: Must Have Ideas at 07:00 and eFOLDi Mobility Scooters at 07:30, taking the channel through to 08:00. From there the schedule shifts into its familiar mix of factual strands, opening with a double bill of Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun across 08:00 and 09:00.

Mid-morning brings Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords at 10:00, before the channel settles into a run of Traffic Cops that spans three full hours from 11:00 through to 14:00. This is the longest single-strand block of the day and sets the tone for the afternoon, which continues in similar territory with Police Interceptors running back-to-back from 14:00 to 17:00 across three episodes.

Late afternoon closes out with Car Pound Cops: Give Me My Car... at 17:00, rounding off an hour before the schedule turns to early evening programming. There are no news bulletins scattered through the daytime hours; instead, 5 Star sticks firmly to its established pattern of fixed-rig and observational factual programming, with each strand typically given an hour or more to run. Viewers looking for daytime viewing here should expect long, uninterrupted runs of the same series rather than a varied mix, with the channel building its schedule around law-and-order and property-based programming from mid-morning right through to the early evening handover.

Evening and primetime

The evening begins with Home and Away at 18:00, followed immediately by a new episode of Home and Away at 18:30, giving soap fans a full hour before the schedule moves into factual territory. GPs: Behind Closed Doors airs at 19:00, running for an hour and easing the transition into primetime.

Primetime itself opens at 20:00 with Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts, before A&E After Dark takes over at 21:00. Both occupy their full hour slots, keeping the emergency-services theme consistent across the two-hour peak slot. This continues into the later evening with Ambulance: Code Red at 22:00, followed by Skin A&E at 23:00, extending the medical and emergency strand right through to midnight.

Late night sees a shift towards true crime, with Killer at the Crime Scene at 00:00 and Cold Case Killers at 01:00, each running a full hour. The schedule then loops back on itself in the small hours, with a shorter 45-minute edition of Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts at 02:00 and a slightly trimmed 50-minute Skin A&E at 02:45.

The night winds down with a short, 25-minute episode of Friends at 03:35, the one point of variety in an otherwise factual-heavy schedule. Teleshopping then returns at 04:00 for a two-hour stretch through to 06:00, closing the loop back into the following day's schedule. Overall, the evening on 5 Star follows a clear rhythm: soap opera at the start, medical and emergency-service programming dominating primetime, and true crime taking over once the watershed of late night arrives.

Daytime schedule

The day on 5 Star opens with a solid block of shopping: Teleshopping runs from 06:00 to 07:00, followed by two half-hour slots for Shop: Must Have Ideas and eFOLDi Mobility Scooters. The commercial tone gives way at 08:00 to two consecutive hours of Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun, easing viewers into the daytime mix of factual entertainment.

Mid-morning takes a sharper turn with Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords at 10:00, before Traffic Cops takes over for a three-hour run from 11:00 to 14:00. That stack of consecutive episodes sets the pattern for much of the afternoon, as Police Interceptors then occupies the 14:00-17:00 slot with three back-to-back instalments. The crime-and-enforcement thread continues with Car Pound Cops: Give Me My Car... at 17:00, rounding out a long stretch of uniformed programming that dominates the post-lunch hours.

The first break in the run comes at 18:00 with Home and Away, a half-hour episode followed by a new episode at 18:30. That marks the transition from daytime to early evening, and the schedule shifts gear at 19:00 with GPs: Behind Closed Doors, a single-hour medical strand. There are no news bulletins in this daytime line-up; instead, the day is shaped by long, stacked runs of the same series, with the only variety arriving at the top of the hour and the early-evening soap slot.

Evening and primetime

The evening proper begins at 19:00 with GPs: Behind Closed Doors, a one-hour look inside medical practice that bridges the daytime factual tone and the primetime medical block. From 20:00, the schedule commits fully to emergency medicine: Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts runs for an hour, followed by 999: Critical Condition at 21:00. These two back-to-back strands form the heart of the evening, offering consecutive hours of high-pressure hospital and emergency-response content.

At 22:00, A&E After Dark continues the clinical theme, and the night deepens with Trauma Room One at 23:00 and Skin A&E at midnight. The medical run finally breaks at 01:00 with Cold Case Killers, a single hour of crime investigation that shifts the tone before the schedule starts winding down. Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts returns at 02:00 for a 45-minute slot, followed by Scam City: Don't Get Caught Out! at 02:45, which runs for 50 minutes.

The late-night tail is brief: Friends appears at 03:35 for a 25-minute episode, then Teleshopping takes over from 04:00 to 06:00 to close the broadcast day. The primetime stretch is notable for its consistency — from 19:00 to 01:00, nearly every slot is a single-hour factual programme, with no news breaks or entertainment interludes. The 20:00-22:00 window is the densest, pairing Casualty 24/7 and 999: Critical Condition as the evening's main attractions, before the schedule gradually thins out into shorter runs and overnight shopping.

Daytime schedule

5 Star’s daytime opens with a stretch of teleshopping, running from 06:00 through to 08:00. The first hour is generic Teleshopping, followed by two half-hour slots: Shop: Must Have Ideas at 07:00, then eFOLDi Mobility Scooters at 07:30. It’s a slow start before the entertainment kicks in.

At 08:00, the channel shifts gear with four consecutive half-hour episodes of Friends, running through to 10:00. That’s a solid two-hour block of the sitcom to ease into the morning.

From 10:00, the schedule settles into a long run of factual programming. Car Pound Cops occupies four straight hours, with three one-hour episodes from 10:00 to 13:00, followed by two further hours billed as Car Pound Cops: Give Me My Car... from 13:00 to 15:00. That’s five hours of the same strand, so viewers who enjoy the format are well served through the middle of the day.

At 15:00, Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords takes over and runs for five consecutive hours, from 15:00 all the way through to 20:00. This is the backbone of the afternoon and early evening, with each hour a fresh instalment. It’s a heavy block but consistent.

There are no news bulletins in this daytime schedule; the channel sticks firmly to its themed factual and comedy strands. The shape of the day is clear: shopping to start, a Friends stack to open the entertainment, then a long, unbroken run of property and vehicle-related programming that carries the viewer straight into the evening. The 18:00 hour is simply another part of the Nightmare Tenants run, so the daytime and primetime schedules blend seamlessly.

Evening and primetime

The evening on 5 Star continues the afternoon’s momentum. Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords is still running at 18:00 and 19:00, completing a five-hour stretch of the strand that began at 15:00. At 20:00, the schedule moves to Extreme Nightmare Tenants, a one-hour spin-off-style title that picks up the same theme for the first hour of primetime proper.

At 21:00, Trauma Room One takes over for an hour, shifting the focus from property disputes to medical settings. That leads into Surgeons: A Matter of Life or Death at 22:00, another hour-long factual title. The 21:00 and 22:00 slots are the most distinct of the evening, offering back-to-back medical strands.

At 23:00, the channel moves into a 90-minute programme, The Beckhams' Billions: How Did..., which runs until 00:30. This is the longest single item of the night and closes out the main evening. After that, the schedule turns to true crime with three consecutive titles: Killer on the Run from 00:30 to 01:25, Sleeping with My Murderer from 01:25 to 02:20, and Killer at the Crime Scene from 02:20 to 03:10. Each runs just under an hour.

At 03:10, there’s a brief return to Friends, with two 25-minute episodes airing back to back until 04:00. Finally, Teleshopping takes over from 04:00 and runs through to 06:00, closing the broadcast day. The evening is structured around long factual blocks, with the 20:00-to-22:00 window given over to the extreme tenants and medical strands, before the late-night shift into crime and then the early-hours cleanup.

Daytime schedule

The day opens with a long stretch of shopping: Teleshopping runs from 06:00 to 07:00, followed by two half-hour slots – Shop: Must Have Ideas at 07:00 and eFOLDi Mobility Scooters at 07:30 – before the regular programmes begin. Car Pound Cops kicks off at 08:00 with a single half-hour, then a run of three consecutive episodes of Friends takes the schedule from 08:30 through to 10:00.

Mid-morning brings a two-hour special, 100 Funniest Cats Caught on Camera, which fills the slot from 10:00 to 12:00. At noon, Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords takes an hour, followed by a substantial block of factual programming. Traffic Cops dominates the afternoon with four back-to-back hour-long episodes, running continuously from 13:00 to 17:00 – a solid run of police work that carries the channel through the lunchtime and early afternoon hours.

Late afternoon sees a handover to Police Interceptors, which begins at 17:00 and runs for the next four hours, taking the schedule through to 21:00. This means the daytime line-up is heavily weighted towards emergency-services and law-enforcement strands, with the earlier sitcom and animal-clip content giving way to a long, consistent stretch of patrol and pursuit action. There are no news bulletins in the daytime schedule; the rhythm is set by these extended runs of back-to-back episodes, broken only by the mid-morning special.

Evening and primetime

The evening opens with the tail end of the Police Interceptors run: episodes at 18:00, 19:00 and 20:00 mean the strand occupies a full four hours from 17:00, with the 20:00 instalment serving as the lead-in to the main event. At 21:00, the channel airs The Da Vinci Code, which begins with a one-hour slot before a five-minute Entertainment News on 5 bulletin at 22:00. The film then resumes at 22:05 for a further 110 minutes, running through to 23:55 – so the total runtime is split around the short news break rather than presented as a single continuous block.

After the film concludes, the schedule shifts into late-night factual territory. A&E After Dark takes the hour from 23:55 to 00:55, followed by Killer on the Run at 00:55. Sleeping with My Murderer runs from 01:55 to 02:45, then Skin A&E occupies 45 minutes from 02:45 to 03:30. A single episode of Friends at 03:30 provides a brief change of tone before Teleshopping closes the night from 04:00 to 06:00.

The primetime line-up is dominated by the long film slot, with the news bulletin neatly tucked between its two halves. The late-night hours are given over to shorter factual strands, each running for roughly an hour or less, before the early-hours shopping block takes over. The evening therefore offers a clear structure: an extended police-action run, a major film with a brief news interlude, and then a sequence of crime and medical programmes winding down towards close.

Daytime schedule

5 Star opens the day in shopping mode, with Teleshopping running from 06:00 to 07:00, followed by half-hour slots for Shop: Must Have Ideas at 07:00 and eFOLDi Mobility Scooters at 07:30. The retail tone continues until 08:00, when the channel shifts into factual entertainment.

From 08:00, two consecutive hours of Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun take the schedule through to 10:00, offering a steady start to the morning. Mid-morning brings Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords at 10:00, a single hour before the first of three back-to-back episodes of Traffic Cops. That run begins at 11:00 and occupies the rest of the morning and the lunchtime hour, with consecutive episodes at 11:00, 12:00 and 13:00.

The afternoon keeps the crime-and-emergency theme going with a stack of three Police Interceptors episodes, airing consecutively at 14:00, 15:00 and 16:00. That gives the channel a solid block of police action through the middle of the day. At 17:00, Rogue Claimers takes over for an hour, rounding off the daytime run before the early evening hand-off.

The first of two Home and Away episodes lands at 18:00, with a second at 18:30 marked as new. That pair bridges the daytime and evening schedules neatly, leading into GPs: Behind Closed Doors at 19:00. Across the day, 5 Star keeps a consistent factual strand running from late morning onwards, with the only scripted offering being the two visits to Summer Bay.

Evening and primetime

The evening on 5 Star opens with the second airing of Home and Away at 18:30, following the 18:00 episode, before the channel moves into a full evening of medical and emergency factual programming.

At 19:00, GPs: Behind Closed Doors starts the primetime run, setting the medical tone for the night. The main event of the evening is the 20:00 hour, when Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts airs for 60 minutes, followed at 21:00 by Ambulance: Code Red. That pairing gives the channel two solid hours of emergency-service content in the key 20:00-22:00 slot, with each programme getting a full hour.

At 22:00, A&E After Dark continues the medical theme, keeping the same format for another hour. The schedule then moves to Skin A&E at 23:00, which runs for 60 minutes before the channel shifts into true-crime territory. Killer at the Crime Scene airs at 00:00, followed by Murdered at First Sight at 01:00, both running for an hour.

Late-night programming begins to wind down at 02:00 with a 45-minute slot for Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts, followed at 02:45 by a 50-minute edition of Skin A&E. A single 25-minute airing of Friends at 03:35 provides a brief change of tone before Teleshopping takes over from 04:00 and runs through to 06:00. The evening as a whole is built around consecutive hours of medical emergency and crime content, with the two Home and Away episodes providing the only soap element before the factual run takes hold.

Daytime schedule

The day opens with teleshopping and a Thane offers slot before 5* No Fly Cruising: Southampton at 07:30, a brief look at cruise holidays without the flight. From 08:00, the daytime run properly gets going with back-to-back episodes of Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun, filling the breakfast-to-mid-morning slot with expat life in the sunshine.

At 10:00, Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords takes over for an hour, followed by a notable stack of Traffic Cops from 11:00 through to 13:00 — three consecutive episodes, making for a solid run of police work on the roads across the lunchtime period. That gives way to another trio of Police Interceptors from 14:00 to 17:00, again back-to-back, keeping the emergency-services theme running through the afternoon. The mid-afternoon stretch is therefore heavily weighted towards fast-paced policing action, with no news bulletins breaking up the flow.

At 17:00, Rogue Claimers offers a change of pace, looking at insurance fraud and questionable claims. The early evening brings the first soap beat of the day: Home and Away at 18:00, followed by a new episode at 18:30, marking the only clearly flagged first-run content in the daytime line-up. At 19:00, GPs: Behind Closed Doors moves things into the medical arena, setting up the primetime shift ahead. Overall, the daytime schedule is defined by long, stacked runs of factual programming, with the two Home and Away episodes providing a distinct break before the evening begins.

Evening and primetime

The evening proper starts with the second Home and Away episode at 18:30, a new instalment, before GPs: Behind Closed Doors at 19:00 takes viewers inside a doctors’ surgery for an hour. At 20:00, Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts begins, offering a hospital-based look at emergency medicine — the first of several medical titles that dominate the night. This runs for 60 minutes, handing over at 21:00 to Street Cops: Catching the Yobs, which shifts the focus back to policing and antisocial behaviour. That hour-long slot leads into 999: Critical Condition at 22:00, another medical emergency strand, keeping the tone consistent through the late evening.

At 23:00, Skin A&E starts, a 60-minute look at dermatological cases, followed at 00:00 by Surgeons: A Matter of Life or Death, which extends the medical theme into the early hours. The overnight period then sees Murdered at First Sight at 01:00, a true-crime title that moves away from the hospital setting. From 02:00, Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts gets a second airing, running for 50 minutes, and Skin A&E follows at 02:50 for 45 minutes. A brief 25-minute slot for Friends at 03:35 offers a lighter interlude before teleshopping takes over at 04:00 and runs through to 06:01.

The 20:00–22:00 window is the heart of the evening, with Casualty 24/7 and Street Cops providing back-to-back hours of high-pressure real-life scenarios. The handoff from 22:00’s 999: Critical Condition into the later medical titles is seamless, and the night closes with a mix of crime and comedy before the shopping blocks resume.

Daytime schedule

5 Star opens with back-to-back filler slots before settling into a morning of lifestyle and consumer telly. The day proper starts at 07:00 with Shop: Thane Offers, followed at 07:30 by 5* No Fly Cruising: Southampton, a brief look at staycation sailings. From 08:00, Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun runs for two consecutive hours, easing viewers into the mid-morning with sun-soaked cost-cutting. At 10:00, Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords takes over for an hour, shifting the tone towards property disputes.

The late morning and lunchtime belong to Traffic Cops, which occupies three straight hours from 11:00. That stack gives way at 14:00 to Police Interceptors, another three-hour run that carries the afternoon through to 17:00. Both strands are familiar factual entertainment fare, heavy on roadside and pursuit action, and their consecutive scheduling means the channel settles into a reliable rhythm for much of the day.

At 17:00, Rogue Claimers offers a change of pace for the late-afternoon slot, looking at benefit fraud and false claims. The daytime schedule wraps up at 18:00 with the first of two visits to Summer Bay: Home and Away airs at 18:00, followed by a new episode at 18:30, marking the only programme explicitly flagged as new in this stretch. That double bill neatly bridges the daytime factual run into the evening’s more varied line-up.

Evening and primetime

The evening opens with a fresh Home and Away at 18:30, the second of two consecutive episodes, before GPs: Behind Closed Doors takes the 19:00 hour. That medical observational strand offers a steady lead-in to the main event of the night.

At 20:00, Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts brings emergency-department drama for an hour, setting up the channel’s biggest offering. Then, at 21:00, The Da Vinci Code begins a two-hour-plus slot. The film runs for 60 minutes until 22:00, when Entertainment News on 5 squeezes in a five-minute bulletin — a brief interruption rather than a full news break. The Da Vinci Code then resumes at 22:05 and continues for a further 115 minutes, taking the night through to midnight.

That structure gives the channel a clear arc: soap early evening, medical reality at 19:00, the Casualty spin-off at 20:00, and then a long film block dominating the late evening. The 22:00 news insert is notably short, designed to keep the movie flowing with minimal disruption. By the time The Da Vinci Code concludes at 00:00, the schedule has delivered a solid run of factual and entertainment programming, with the film’s extended length ensuring a substantial primetime centrepiece. The late-night handoff is clean, with no further programmes listed after the film ends.