5STAR TV Guide — Thursday, 22 October 2026

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Browse the full 5STAR TV guide for Thursday, 22 October 2026. 25 programmes listed , including 7 tonight. UK listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

  1. 00:20 1h 5m

    Skin A&E

    S4 · E7
    A boxing coach has a lipoma that looks like an out-of-place abdominal muscle
    A boxing coach has a lipoma that looks like an out-of-place abdominal muscle, and a gym fanatic has lumps on his arms that friends have mistaken for odd-shaped muscles
  2. 01:25 55m

    Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders

    S5 · E3
    A roadside breathalyser test reveals a shocking result
    PCs Jan Simlesa and Jamie Leslie pull over a top of the range BMW and smell alcohol on the driver's breath, and the roadside breathalyser test reveals a shocking result. In Sunderland, PCs Will Hunter and Mary-Anne Hutchison don't like the look of a car that's seen better days, but as the driver pulls in to get his tyres checked, he spots the cops, ditches his vehicle and makes off on foot
  3. 02:20 50m

    Police Interceptors

    S19 · E5
    Officers Gav Hall and Dan Mottishaw are in hot pursuit of a suspected drug dealer
    Officers Gav Hall and Dan Mottishaw are in hot pursuit of a suspected drug dealer, but the two-wheeled tearaway runs out of road, flips his bike over and crashes into a hedge. Elsewhere, a man wanted for ABH gives interceptors Lewis Marshall and Darren Chalk the runaround, and Jen Ellse pulls over a suspected uninsured driver, who struggles to explain the fake plates in his boot
  4. 03:10 50m

    Police Interceptors

    S19 · E6
    The firearms team are deployed to the address of a man allegedly armed with a gun
    The firearms team are deployed to the address of a man allegedly armed with a gun who is threatening to harm himself or provoke a police shooting. In Mansfield, Spencer and Rob tackle a man in the street who is suspected of carrying a knife and making threats to stab his own mother, and officers deal with a driver who struggles to remember his own name
  5. 04:00 2h

    Teleshopping

    Home shopping
    A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

  1. 06:00 1h

    Teleshopping

    Home shopping
    A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home
  2. 07:00 30m
  3. 07:30 30m

    eFOLDi Mobility Scooters

    A chance to buy eFOLDi lightweight electric folding mobility scooters
    A chance to buy award winning eFOLDi lightweight electric folding mobility scooters
  4. 08:00 1h

    Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun

    S9 · E7
    Documentary following Brits who moved to Spain for sun and a low-cost life
    Documentary following Brits who moved to Spain, swapping the damp and grey conditions of the UK for a new 'cheap-as-chips' life in the Spanish sun
  5. 09:00 1h

    Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun

    S9 · E8
    Documentary following Brits who moved to Spain for sun and a low-cost life
    Documentary following Brits who moved to Spain, swapping the damp and grey conditions of the UK for a new 'cheap-as-chips' life in the Spanish sun
  6. 10:00 1h

    Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords

    S2 · E4
    A landlady gets a shock when she finally gains access to her property
    After a four-year nightmare with the tenants of a cottage in north Wales, landlady Rachel gets a shock when she finally gains access to her property. Elsewhere, the Peterborough Council gets a tip-off which leads them to find a property with life-threatening electrics and damp, that could potentially be an overcrowded slum
  7. 11:00 1h

    Traffic Cops

    S13 · E22
    A driver heads the wrong way down a dual carriageway
    Officers spot a speeding car and are forced to pursue the driver as he fails to stop and then heads the wrong way down a dual carriageway before darting off-road and switching off his headlights to try to avoid capture. Near Derby, the race is on to save a driver who has lost control of his car and has careered off a dual carriageway and into a swamp

  1. 12:00 1h

    Traffic Cops

    S13 · E23
    A suspected disqualified driver fails to stop for officers
    A suspected disqualified driver fails to stop for officers, hitting speeds in excess of 150 miles per hour. But in severe and dangerous weather conditions, the speeder disappears. Police cameras spot a suspected illegal vehicle at a petrol station and despite having a licence, the driver is unable to prove he's got insurance for the car
  2. 13:00 1h

    Traffic Cops

    S13 · E24
    Three cars collide on a busy road
    Officers are called out to a number of serious crashes, including a collision between three cars on a busy Derbyshire road, leaving one of the vehicles on its side on top of a van. A lorry driver hits a barrier on a bridge, causing his vehicle to jack-knife with his front wheels and cabin hanging over the edge, and the cops also race to a bus whose driver has swerved off the road into a field, with 20 passengers inside. But as they investigate, there is another collision between an ambulance and a police car
  3. 14:00 1h

    Police Interceptors

    S21 · E4
    Jen and Quantum supply canine support to a major drug bust at a disused pub
    Jen and Quantum supply canine support to a major drug bust at a disused pub, and later, the duo confront an aggressive suspect who has allegedly damaged someone's front window. On the roads, a runaway car mounts the pavement in an effort to escape, and Phil spots a serial offender who failed to attend court last time the officers nicked him on the very same road
  4. 15:00 1h

    Police Interceptors

    S21 · E5
    Suspected lorry looters are reported at a service station in Trowell
    Firearms cops Jim and Lewis head to a service station in Trowell, where there have been reports of suspected lorry looters, and the police dogs try to sniff out the culprits. Jon and Dan stop a road rage suspect who has allegedly racially abused another driver and threatened them with an axe, while the knife crime team arrest a familiar face with a load of suspected cannabis in his mum's car
  5. 16:00 1h

    Police Interceptors

    S21 · E6
    A high-performance car smashes its way through rural Nottinghamshire
    A high-performance car smashes its way through rural Nottinghamshire leaving a trail of carnage across the county, risking innocent lives on the roads. Meanwhile, the countywide ANPR system leaves a trail of breadcrumbs for Nottinghamshire's knife crime team when it picks up a cross-county criminal with previous for failing to stop, and they quickly race to cut off any chance of escape
  6. 17:00 1h

    Rogue Claimers

    S2 · E19
    A bus passenger's bid for compensation unravels after suspicious CCTV footage
    A bus passenger's bid for compensation unravels after suspicious CCTV footage, while digital data embedded in photographs exposes a £35,000 jewellery claim as a fabrication

  1. 18:00 30m

    Home and Away

    Eden's got a surprise in store
    Eden's got a surprise in store, Sonny steps up, and Amelia's invited to a Langham lunch
  2. 18:30 30m

    Home and Away

    Cash and Eden celebrate their love
    Cash and Eden celebrate their love, and Amelia saves the day
  3. 19:00 1h

    GPs: Behind Closed Doors

    S6 · E19
    A mother and daughter discuss problems they are having with their necks
    This time, a mother and daughter attend a double appointment to discuss problems they are having with their necks, and a two-week-old baby is treated by ANP Debbie Harris. Elsewhere, smoking cessation expert Gail Barden attempts to help patient Trevor kick the habit after a lifetime of smoking cigarettes
  4. 20:00 1h

    Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts

    S10 · E6
    A 53-year-old man is blue-lighted in with shortness of breath and chest pains
    A 53-year-old man is being blue-lighted in with shortness of breath and chest pains, and woman arriving for a hospital appointment has fallen down the escalator. Forty-two-year-old farmer Duncan has been crushed by one of his herd of bulls. His spleen has ruptured, and he needs to get to the specialist trauma at Sheffield
  5. 21:00 1h

    A&E After Dark

    S6 · E5
    A man with potentially severed fingers becomes abusive while waiting his turn
    Tensions run high as a man with potentially severed fingers becomes abusive while waiting his turn. He storms outside to smoke crack, forcing security to intervene. Farmer Paul arrives with a severely injured hand, worsened by delaying treatment to milk his cows. However, before his treatment begins, he suddenly convulses, prompting Nurse Eric to suspect a seizure
  6. 22:00 1h

    Ambulance: Code Red

    S3 · E9
    A 64-year-old has collapsed at work with a suspected cardiac arrest
    Critical Care Paramedics Sarah Folley and Fay Pollock are dispatched to help 64-year-old David, who has collapsed at work with a suspected cardiac arrest. Critical Care Paramedics Kerry Hemus and Laura Taylor rush to the scene of a serious road traffic collision, 52-year-old Michelle is trapped in her car after crashing into a fallen tree
  7. 23:00 1h

    Skin A&E

    S4 · E8
    Dr Emma McMullen operates on a strange pectoral lipoma
    Dr Emma McMullen operates on a strange pectoral lipoma. Later, 43-year-old Tamzin visits Dr Natalia Spierings, who is a specialist in her skin condition, melasma