5STAR TV Guide — Friday, 17 July 2026

A woman whose cut-price tummy tuck in Turkey almost killed her, and a man's quest to become a Korean pop star that led him to spend £100,000 to look like his idols

Dr Amanda Ramshaw tries to get to the bottom of Diego's crippling headaches, and later she offers reassurance to a patient who is worried about developing Lyme disease after an encounter with a tick. Elsewhere, Dr Amir Khan is impressed with the attitude of a patient who has suffered with a chronic bladder condition all her life

Doctors treat Craig, a window-fitter who has fallen from a ladder and has been knocked unconscious. He has a huge gash to the back on his head, but the medical staff are concerned he may have also seriously injured his neck and spine. Meanwhile, Advanced Nurse Practitioner Dave Sagol meets 61-year-old June, who has been rushed into the hospital with swollen legs and having difficulty breathing

Dr Toby meets Gideon, Preston's part-time witch, and Dr Natalia Spierings tries to help a young woman with a scalp condition usually found in middle-aged men

Sonny tells a lie, Harper goes out on a date, and Cash and Eden are fractured

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

A chance to buy award winning eFOLDi lightweight electric folding mobility scooters

Bambi teaches Peter the art of selling caravans on the Costa del Sol, and cameras also follow Chunkz, a chef who is now juggling fame and family life in the sun-kissed region

Cameras follow Clint, who has swapped shoe sales in Hull for horse-whispering on the Costa del Sol, and also focus on new arrival Julie as she shares her impressions of Benidorm

The tale of an elderly couple whose hopes of a peaceful retirement were ruined when their tenants stopped paying rent, then moved in their abusive friends who became squatters. With the house becoming a free-for-all and in a terrible state of repair, and the couple facing a barrage of verbal threats and abusive behaviour, they have been forced to seek help in an attempt to get their property back. Plus, a man who cannot sell his house because his sitting tenant refuses to leave

During a busy spring bank holiday, the traffic cops deal with the effects of drink and drugs. A dangerous drunk, unlicensed and uninsured driver leads officers on a 20-minute chase through busy areas, while a suspected drugged driver runs across a supermarket car park to avoid arrest. The victims of a hit-and-run incident report a man who denies he was at the wheel

Officers are on the look-out for a car linked to the theft of two motorbikes, but when they spot the vehicle parked up and it immediately races off forcing them into a chase. With stingers at the ready, it's not long before the getaway car's tyres are shredded and the suspects abandon the car and go on the run

The pursuit of a reckless getaway driver in a stolen car ends with a full-scale air-to-ground search for a suspect, and a battle to save his life. In Ripley, a report of a crashed car leads to the arrest of a very drunk man who, despite being found with the key in his pocket, denies any wrongdoing

James and Dan race to assist colleagues who are pursuing a stolen, speeding car, while the Tactical Support Group heads up a dawn raid, targeting a man with links to organised crime

The knife crime team gets to grips with a suspect who has something to hide and Phil gets to the bottom of some dodgy driving

Interceptors are on the tail of a Transit van tearaway and Jim unlocks the mystery of the kissing car key

At Hayes, investigators trail a man they believe has racked up nearly £2,500 in unpaid fares by fraudulently making contactless payments with a rogue bank card to cheat the system. The investigators track him to his home station where they identify him on CCTV, eventually catch him in the act, and interview him. At Waterloo, Jack and Sam tackle passengers using railcards they are not entitled to, while in Southampton, Spencer stops a woman pushing through the barriers and finds she is lying about her age and using a child discount card