What’s On 5STAR
Today Wednesday 17 May 2023
A full run down of everything airing on 5STAR
today.
02:10
GPs: Behind Closed Doors
S07E01
Dr Ajay Singal visits the home of an elderly patient suffering from debilitating gout
Dr Ajay Singal visits the home of an elderly patient suffering from debilitating gout. Back in the surgery, a woman arrives suffering from a stabbing pain in her side, and Dr Nashat Qamar has to get tough with a patient suffering from heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes, who refuses to take his medication properly
03:00
Bargain Brits on Benefits
S02E09
A woman with a knack for finding the best discounts shares her tips with others
07:00
Thane Offers – Teleshopping
07:30
Thane Offers – Teleshopping
08:00
Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun
S08E27
Ex-army officer Diane hosts a black-tie function for a Benidorm charity very dear to her
09:00
Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun
S08E28
Hostel owners Sam and Rich prepare to welcome a coach load of guests
10:00
Friends
S07E06
Monica struggles to choose a maid of honour
Monica agonises over whether Rachel or Phoebe should be her maid of honour, and leaves the pair to sort it out between themselves. She also bumps into Chandler’s ex-girlfriend Julie, and is horrified to discover he ended their relationship because she became fat
10:30
Friends
S07E07
Janice gets a wedding invitation
Janice cajoles Chandler and Monica into inviting her to the wedding. Ross discovers a surprising fact about his doctoral dissertation and the position it occupies in the university library, and Joey’s latest date causes him emotional turmoil. Guest starring Kristin Davis (Sex and the City)
11:00
Friends
S07E08
Tag visits for Thanksgiving
Rachel’s assistant Tag spends Thanksgiving with the gang, leading to a series of embarrassing revelations, and a puppy smuggled into the flat by Phoebe unnerves Chandler. Comedy, starring Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry
11:30
Friends
S07E09
Rachel gets a dressing-down for dating Tag
Rachel gets a dressing-down at work for dating Tag, while Monica tries to buy her neighbours’ friendship by making sweets for them – but finds their appetites to be greater than her desire to be popular
12:00
Traffic Cops
S06E10
Officers in Harrogate spot a youth behaving suspiciously
Officers in Harrogate spot a youth behaving suspiciously, but when they try to stop him, he flees into a local housing estate and things rapidly escalate as a hostile crowd gathers. On the southern border of North Yorkshire, some more youngsters catch the eye of the traffic cops when it appears the driver is using a mobile phone. As they attempt to pull the car over, the suspects speed off and the chase is on. The police conduct a raid on a house near York, on the hunt for a suspected drug dealer, while a routine patrol takes a sinister turn when a man in a bar is spotted with a knife
13:00
Traffic Cops
S06E11
An 80mph pursuit carries on for 15 miles across North Yorkshire
An 80mph pursuit carries on for 15 miles across North Yorkshire, while wet roads make a 90mph chase near Scarborough even more dangerous. Another pursuit is aborted when the driver pulls over to relieve himself, and officers find an open crate of lager in his car. Jamie Theakston presents
14:00
Police Interceptors
S06E01
The team have their hands full when a raid reveals a crowbar-wielding suspect
15:00
Police Interceptors
S06E02
A speeding motorist causes chaos after crashing into a gas main
Jon puts his body on the line as he tackles a drunken youth in a domestic dispute and Martin turns detective to catch a drink-driver who thinks she can get one over on the interceptors. A pizza delivery driver take fast food to the extreme, Doug gets to grips with a burglar and the hunt is on for Lincoln’s answer to Harry Houdini
16:00
Police Interceptors
S06E03
Sgt Carlin uncovers a major criminal operation
Sgt Carlin arrests a gang of van thieves and uncovers a major criminal operation in the process, while a late-night compost thief is caught on his way out of the shower. Officers hunt for a trucker wielding a baseball bat who has apparently succumbed to road rage and vegetarian Craggy rides to the rescue of a lorry load of calves on the A46. Elsewhere, Brian cracks down on a barbaric blood sport, Jon faces an unexploded bomb, and two fuel thieves plough straight into the interceptors’ precious BMW
17:00
Shoplifters & Scammers: At War with the Law
Documentary following shopping centre security teams
18:00
Home and Away
Bree tells Remi that she is pregnant, while Felicity and Tane decide to get married
18:30
Home and Away
A shellshocked Remi digests the news that Bree is pregnant
19:00
GPs: Behind Closed Doors
S07E03
Dr Sobia Wyne has a long list of possible causes for a patient’s eye infection
Dr Sobia Wyne has a long list of possible causes for a patient’s eye infection, and a woman who has had knee replacement surgery may have developed deep vein thrombosis. A COPD sufferer is given medication through a nebuliser, but it has an unexpected effect, and a patient on anti-sickness medication finds that he still cannot stop vomiting. A woman suffering from depression and anxiety thinks she is ready to come off her medication, and a mother of three encounters difficulties with her contraceptive implant
20:00
Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts
S05E07
A man arrives with a 13cm-long laceration on his thigh from a DIY accident
Junior doctor Tariq Khan urgently assesses a man who has arrived with a 13cm-long laceration on his thigh from a DIY accident with an angle grinder. Registrar Chris Carson treats a man found with head injuries at the bottom of a flight of stairs, and a four-year-old who’s been brought in with severe sickness
21:00
Kids Who Kill: Evil Up Close
S01E05
The case of Ayssa Bustamante
22:00
The Murder of Meredith Kercher
Examining the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in 2007
Documentary examining the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007 and the ongoing investigation to try and uncover the truth about her killer. Immediately after her death, Meredith’s flatmate Amanda Knox and her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were charged with her murder, but after eight years of investigation and court battles, the pair were finally acquitted. Now, the question still remains, who killed Meredith?
00:05
The Warriors
Action adventure, with Michael Beck
1979 – Action, Thriller
Movie cast
A New York gang leader calls together all the gangs in the city, with the intention of uniting them. However, when he is assassinated, one of the groups he was hoping to draw into his alliance is framed for the murder, and finds all the others have turned on it. A battle for survival to make it back to their own turf alive ensues. Action adventure, starring Michael Beck and James Remar
01:15
The Warriors
Action adventure, with Michael Beck
1979 – Action, Thriller
Movie cast
A New York gang leader calls together all the gangs in the city, with the intention of uniting them. However, when he is assassinated, one of the groups he was hoping to draw into his alliance is framed for the murder, and finds all the others have turned on it. A battle for survival to make it back to their own turf alive ensues. Action adventure, starring Michael Beck and James Remar
02:00
Ambulance: Code Red
S02E02
Paramedics rush a man to hospital after a grisly circular saw incident
Paramedics rush a man to hospital after a grisly circular saw incident, and an air ambulance helps a man crushed under a great weight. Plus, an old man goes into cardiac arrest, and a child suffers from meningitis
02:50
GPs: Behind Closed Doors
S07E02
A paramedic suffering from a hoarse voice visits the surgery
A paramedic who has been suffering from a hoarse voice for several months visits the surgery, which could be the result of an assault by one of his patients while on a callout. Doctors treat a patient with an agonising abscess, and a one-year-old showing symptoms of sepsis
03:35
Home and Away
A shellshocked Remi digests the news that Bree is pregnant
