5STAR TV Guide — Thursday, 3 September 2026

The concluding part looks at the catastrophic floods of 1953 that claimed hundreds of lives and reshaped Britain's coastline, and the devastating West Country floods of 2007 that submerged homes and triggered one of the largest emergency responses in modern British history. Also discussed are the relentless blizzards of 1982 that cut off entire communities and the unprecedented heatwaves of 2022, when soaring temperatures pushed emergency services, and the public, to breaking point

A look at the killing of 14-year-old Breck Bednar by Lewis Daynes, a 17-year-old he met online through gaming and who groomed him

The high-speed police interception unit opens the door of a drug farm and assists with an emergency landing at Durham Tees Valley Airport. Plus, Jimmy Grieves catches a thief in the act and Darren Cawthorne deals with a driver who is causing problems

Kev Salter and Ian Squire hunt for a man roaming the late-night streets with a machete, while the driver of a Ford Fiesta takes a pursuit off-road. Elsewhere, an uninsured boy racer takes his mum's car out for a spin with his mates, but leaves a trail of destruction in his wake, and a call comes in about a sharpshooter who is drunk and looking for a fight

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

In Fuengirola, bar owners Andy and Matt put on a Bollywood themed evening. In Benidorm, best friends Wendy and Julia hop on a mobility scooter for some retail therapy

Benidorm-based entertainer Dean is hoping to wow crowds with his performance as Liam Gallagher in an Oasis tribute. Dog groomer Mel is trying to raise the profile of her shop

Catching up with a landlord two years after he got his property back from a troublesome tenant who refused to leave the property without a fight. Lawyer Chris Sharp helps two Ghanaian ministers, Reverend Sarpong and Ibrahim Farook, get back their 18th century church in the heart of Liverpool so they can launch a ministry and community centre there

Jamie Theakston narrates an episode focusing on thieves and burglars, with officers sent to investigate a report of a suspected break-in at a warehouse on an industrial estate near Chesterfield. Five miles north, police race to another suspected theft at a distribution centre, where they believe three males have been siphoning petrol from lorries

Officers tackle people driving illegally, going in pursuit of a motorist who fails to stop after a driving licence check reveals he has no insurance, with the chase reaching more than double the national speed limit. After a lengthy pursuit on the outskirts of Chesterfield, multiple officers are forced to use a stinger to bring a disqualified driver to a safe stop, but despite his tyres being punctured the suspect carries on driving dangerously

it takes six units from two police forces to bring to a stop a suspected cloned van thought to be carrying stolen goods, which officers spot being thrown out of the window onto the motorway. Police have to close down both sides of a carriageway when a pedestrian is found walking down a live lane on a fast road on the outskirts of Derby

Chris and Andy pursue a drug dealer through the back streets of Shotton, Co Durham, Kev tracks down a man threatening drinkers with an axe, and Spike has a high-speed chase in the countryside. Finally, Richie learns that perseverance sometimes bring its own reward

A pursuit ends in a fireball for Damo and Nyci, while Kev and Mark chase down a gang of motorbike thieves and Jacko pursues a runaway car through the park. Plus, Liam and police dog Vader tackle a suspected thief

Handler Liam and his trusty sniffer dog Louis are called in to help officers who have collared a man attempting to make a break for it from a suspected stolen car, and are later asked to assist in tracking down a burglar, and solve the mystery of a young driver who claims to have been coerced into breaking the law by a family member

A holidaymaker sees his claim crash and burn and in the USA, justice is delivered for the woman whose sickening health insurance fraud saw an innocent man jailed