What’s On 5Select Today Wednesday 11 January 2023
A full run down of everything airing on 5Select today.
09:00
GPs: Behind Closed Doors
S04E29
A woman suffering from severe depression visits the surgery
A woman suffering from severe depression visits the surgery, and doctors fear she has relapsed into self-harming. Elsewhere, a routine dressing change on an elderly patient reveals a huge scab across his head, which the doctors suspect may be skin cancer, and a baby is treated for gastroenteritis
10:00
The Yorkshire Vet
S11E09
Peter tries to save a lamb that was badly injured during birth
Peter tries to save a lamb that was badly injured during birth. A rottweiler locates a bag of class A drugs – but his owner is more concerned that he has eaten another bag. Anne discovers that wearing glasses can create problems for a vet, a one-week llama takes a turn for the worst, and a difficult birth leaves a cow struggling to feed its calf
11:00
The Yorkshire Vet
S11E10
Julian heads to the historic Harewood House near Leeds
Julian heads to the historic Harewood House near Leeds to check on a group of goats that are moving to a new enclosure, but catching them proves quite painful. Peter heads over to lend a hand when a young farmer struggles with a tricky lambing, while Caroline and Ben arrive at the practice in Boroughbridge very worried about their old Jack Russell, Scamp. He’s jumped off a stile and badly damaged a ligament in one of his legs. Bird rescuer Rose brings in an owl with an injured wing
12:00
The Highland Vet
S02E02
Rebecca fits an African grey parrot with a microchip
13:00
GPs: Behind Closed Doors
S04E30
A young man visits the surgery after coughing up blood
A young man visits the surgery after coughing up blood, but the doctors soon realise this began when he started smoking cannabis to deal with loneliness, and suggest alternative therapies. Later, the doctors deal with an older woman suffering from frequent headaches, and a young child with chickenpox
14:00
GPs: Behind Closed Doors
S04E31
Patients who have suffered falls keep the Farnham Road GPs busy
Patients who have suffered falls keep the Farnham Road GPs busy, including a woman who recently fell down the stairs and has no recollection of the event. The doctors conclude that she must have suffered a seizure that caused her to black out. Meanwhile, a teenage patient visits the surgery after falling and injuring her back
15:00
The Yorkshire Vet
S11E11
Julian revisits an alpaca that has struggled with past pregnancies
Julian revisits an alpaca that he has treated through two previous complicated pregnancies, and who now needs help once again with a third difficult birth. Three cows need dehorning for the safety of the rest of the herd, while a pregnant sheep is rushed to Huddersfield’s new emergency animal hospital. The owner of a German shepherd fears a lump on the dog’s neck may be cancerous and a flatulent ferret gives two students a rude introduction to veterinary life
16:00
The Yorkshire Vet
S11E12
The owner of a farm in the middle of the M62 fears his cows have TB
The owner of the famous farm in the middle of the M62 fears his cows have TB – and if even a single animal is diagnosed, it could prove disastrous for the rest of the herd. Julian rushes to the Taylors’ farm to treat a sheep that has prolapsed days after giving birth, an eight-week-old shih tzu puppy needs surgery for a hernia, and Peter and Matt work together to castrate a goat
17:00
The Highland Vet
S02E03
Bridget and Vicky receive a report of a prolapsed sheep
18:00
Walking Tudor England
S01E02
Suzannah Lipscomb visits parts of East Anglia associated with Queen Mary
Suzannah Lipscomb wanders the rich, rural lands of Tudor East Anglia on the trail of `Bloody” Queen Mary. She unearths the extraordinary events that led Mary to the throne and questions whether England’s first queen really deserves her fearsome reputation. Places of interest Suzannah explores include the castle where Mary was crowned and a site in Norwich where protestants were burned alive
19:00
Dunkirk: Mission Impossible
S01E01
JJ Chalmers examines the evacuation of Allied soldiers in 1940
Former Royal Marine JJ Chalmers uses his own devastating experiences of war to give his perspective on the evacuation of Allied soldiers in May and June 1940. He begins by following in the footsteps of the British soldiers’ desperate retreat after the Nazis’ blitzkrieg invasion of France – counting down the seven days that led to Churchill’s order to evacuate the British Army in France
20:00
Dunkirk: Mission Impossible
S01E02
JJ Chalmers examines the beginning of the evacuation
JJ Chalmers examines the beginning of the evacuation, revealing how Operation Dynamo started in disarray, and telling the extraordinary human stories of the troops’ attempts to escape home while carnage ensued in Dunkirk and on the nearby beaches. JJ also continues the story of the Royal Norfolk regiment, which was assigned to protect a safe corridor down which most of the British Army were still flooding towards Dunkirk
21:00
Dunkirk: Mission Impossible
S01E03
JJ Chalmers examines the final battle to keep German forces back
JJ Chalmers examines the final battle to keep German forces back as the evacuation of Allied soldiers neared its conclusion, with a thin line of exhausted troops holding them back. On the beaches of Dunkirk, JJ explores how British ingenuity resulted in the construction of jetties using abandoned lorries, while Raksha Dave examines the truth of the armada of little ships that sailed to the rescue
22:00
Ancient Mysteries: Egypt’s Secret Tomb: Revealed
S01E05
The discovery of an ancient Egyptian tomb in 2005
23:00
Forged in Fire
S04E20
Four of the top smiths from around the world compete in an international championship
00:00
Forged in Fire
S07E26
Blacksmiths fashion a Zulu War Axe
00:55
Forged in Fire
S07E27
Two finalists try to recreate Arya Stark’s Needle from Game of Thrones
01:45
Walking Britain’s Lost Railways
S02E06
Rob Bell explores the Waverley Route, in the Scottish Borders
Rob Bell explores the Waverley Route, which ran south from Edinburgh for 100 miles through the Scottish Borders to Carlisle, connecting with what is now known as the West Coast Main Line. After years of campaigning, the first stage of Rob’s journey is aboard the new Borders Railway, the longest railway to open in over a century. It follows part of the old Waverley Route, making fine use of the 170-year-old, 23-arch Newbattle Viaduct. Rob also pays a visit to one of Hawick’s surviving cashmere factories and discovers a First World War prisoner of war camp served by the railway
02:45
The Yorkshire Vet
S15E02
Julian Norton meets a champion ferret that has an infected foot
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
03:35
The Yorkshire Vet
Documentary following life at a veterinary practice
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