5SELECT TV Guide — Tuesday, 1 September 2026

An eerie, empty country village that hides a sad secret, a mysterious tower battered by the elements and a disused railway deep beneath the streets of a city

Ben journeys to a remote corner of Spain's Andalucia mountains to meet British couple Alan and Lorna. They left their respective careers in Brighton to become alpaca farmers. He also goes in search of one of the world's rarest big cats - the Iberian lynx

Ben discovers why Mike Merrill, a former sound engineer from Texas, decided to build a backpackers' hostel deep in the Guatemalan jungle. He also gets stuck into building projects, machete fishing and tubing a dangerous river to transport vital supplies, and sees how Mike interacts with the local Mayan people

Alexander heads into the Appalachian mountains of West Virginia, meeting a homesteader who has rejected modern life and now lives off grid, while sharing his lifestyle with thousands of followers online. Alexander then uncovers the industries and traditions that helped shape the state, from the coal mines that powered America's industrial rise to the moonshiners whose illicit trade became part of Appalachian folklore and identity

A look at how, before the Pearl Harbor attack, Japan opened the Pacific War by striking British forces in Malaya. Their route led them into Singapore - the world's most armed fortress

During a surprise attack on the US Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Japanese navy pilots score a near-total victory. An American gunner and a Japanese airman describe their experiences