5SELECT TV Guide — Friday, 5 June 2026

Will suspends all privileges at the prison as it goes into lockdown, and tensions race towards breaking point for everyone

Peter Wright is mystified by the contents of Khufu the cat's stomach, and must administer anti-mite spray to one of the biggest eagles in the world. Meanwhile, Julian Norton helps Millie the Shetland pony with her placenta, and tries his hand at dentistry for Audrey the alpaca

Peter Wright rushes to help a pregnant cow that is expecting twins, which is uncommon, and farmer Will is worried that neither calf will survive. Julian Norton meets a champion ferret that has an infected foot, while Shona heads to see an old horse that is suffering with sore eyes

In Anchorage, Alaska, cameras focus on flagship service the Denali Star, a luxury passenger train and part of the great Alaska Railroad fleet. The vehicle then heads north along the Knik Arm, and crosses this huge sea inlet to enter the vast wilderness of Alaska, America's largest and remotest state. Bill Nighy narrates

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Julian Norton visits a familiar patient - a house pig called Pigley Scott, who screamed the place down last time he to the came to the practice, and has now had a horse tread on his trotter. Peter is called out by father-and-son farmers to see their young bull Roger. They're depending on their prize stud to serve their herd, but they're worried about a large lump on his neck - which Peter fears might be a tumour

Julian rushes into surgery with a shih-tzu called Walter, who has suffered a freak accident and has broken his jaw, while Peter operates on a horse called Sammy. Matt needs to take drastic action to help a dairy cow with a badly infected claw, before going back to college with Shona, as they hope to inspire the vets of tomorrow - although he'll have to master the technology first

The explorer meets Micky and Trina Cofer, who along with their four children, left behind the comforts of America to become missionaries in the freezing tundra of Mongolia. In temperatures of below minus 20, Ben builds his own ger (yurt) to sleep in, uses a freezing outhouse, attempts ice-fishing, joins a wolf-hunt and learns how to wrestle

The explorer travels to a secret location in the Appalachian mountains of North America, to live with forest dweller Tod Kershaw and his own wild community, who are fiercely protective of their privacy. His host, a former engineer, lives by his own rules in a thatched bark hut in a hillside forest in Madison County, North Carolina, eating whatever he can forage. Ben Fogle finds out why Tod decided to strip away the comforts of contemporary life and live outside modern society

One of Jessica's former students publishes a best-selling novel, much to the excitement of the citizens of Cabot Cove - but their delight turns to dismay as fiction begins to mirror reality. Murder mystery, starring Angela Lansbury

Jessica visits Montana to celebrate the publication of a dead fellow author's final novel and embarks on yet another murder investigation, forcing her to read between the lines to discover the identity of the culprit. Angela Lansbury stars, with Steve Forrest and Michael Learned of The Waltons fame

Two criminology students murder their professor and cover their tracks with false clues. They think they are on the way to outwitting everyone - but find themselves at the bottom of the class when Columbo intervenes. Detective drama, starring Peter Falk, Stephen Caffrey, Gary Hershberger and Robert Culp

A six-hour journey through Yorkshire to Northumbria and the Borders onboard the Tornado, enjoying some of the best food and luxury service that trains can offer. While in Northumbria there is the chance to discover local traditions such as Craster's famous smokery and kippers, and step back in time to delve into the wonders that lie beneath the sand at Bamburgh