Browse the full 5Action TV guide for Saturday, 16 May 2026. 26 programmes listed , including 5 tonight. UK listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.
Early Morning
00:00
1h
A visit to Rio de Janeiro during the carnival
01:00
1h
Mark faces volatile weather and unstable roads
02:00
1h
An articulated lorry careers off the road, spilling fuel and its load
03:00
55m
Disaster strikes on a small country lane in Leicestershire
03:55
5m
04:00
2h
Home shopping
Morning
06:00
1h
Home shopping
07:00
30m
A perfect cruise, found by The Real Cruise People
07:30
30m
Home shopping
08:00
1h
09:00
1h
The team deals with a knife-wielding man on New Year's Eve
10:00
55m
Officers raid a pirate radio station
10:55
1h
Officers track down burglars
11:55
1h
World Cup fever hits Essex
Daytime
12:55
1h
PCs Matt Turner and Rich Woodward are on the tail of an uninsured vehicle
13:55
1h
PCs Matt Turner and Ian Cosgrove head to the scene of a collision in Middlewich
14:55
55m
PC Niaz Waddington attempts to catch a vehicle with cloned plates
15:50
1h
A car has broken down and PC Andy Doran is called in to support Highways
16:50
1h
17:50
5m
17:55
1h
Tonight's Highlights
18:55
1h
19:55
5m
20:00
1h
21:00
2h 5m
Inside HMP Belmarsh prison
23:05
1h
Two escaped convicts carry a deadly virus