What’s On 5Action
Today Saturday 20 May 2023
A full run down of everything airing on 5Action
today.
02:00
Beware: Grand Theft Britain
S02E04
The use of CCTV and bodycams to make Britain’s streets safer
03:00
Seconds from Death: Caught on Camera
S01E07
A family vacation that becomes a terrifying life-or-death encounter
03:50
Trucking Hell
S01E05
A jack-knifed HGV careers through the front garden of a property
On one of the UK’s busiest roads, a jack-knifed HGV has careered through a front garden, over a ditch and blocked a lane of traffic. Meanwhile, Jim’s mettle is tested and Steve has to quell a rebellion
04:35
Criminals: Caught on Camera
S02E08
The use of CCTV to fight crime
Journalist Nick Wallis joins police forces around the nation to discover how CCTV and technological advances are helping to bring criminals to justice. The programme reveals how essential surveillance cameras have become in the fight against crime and features footage of people caught red-handed
08:00
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09:10
Criminals: Caught on Camera
S01E01
The use of CCTV to fight crime
Journalist Nick Wallis joins police forces around the nation to discover how CCTV and technological advances are helping to bring criminals to justice. The programme reveals how essential surveillance cameras have become in the fight against crime and features footage of people caught red-handed
09:45
Trucking Hell
S03E20
A delivery driver wedges his lorry on a muddy verge
Buzz is sent to rescue a double decker articulated lorry marooned at the junction of a busy roundabout. Lee faces high-speed traffic as he battles to recover a truck from a narrow lay-by and Stig is amazed by the poor skills of a delivery driver when a lorry gets wedged on a muddy verge
10:45
Police Interceptors
S16E11
The police interception unit attempt to stop a dangerous driver
The police interception unit attempt to stop a dangerous driver, resulting in multiple cars and a helicopter being called into action. Dog handler Duncan assists armed response officers in Leeds city centre in the early hours following reports of a man carrying a pistol, while in Wakefield, a repeat offender who has been caught drink driving in the past thinks he knows how to beat the system
11:45
Police Interceptors
S16E14
A dog handler and the firearms team find themselves in a tense stand-off
Dog handler Duncan and the firearms team find themselves in a tense stand-off with suspected drug dealers who could be armed, with German shepherd Tia sent in to search and discovering more than the unit bargained for. Steve has to deal with two teens, one who has crashed a stolen car, and the other who has been involved in a bar brawl, while Kev is poised to take out a car with a stinger
12:45
Police Interceptors
S19E01
The firearms team mobilises to tackle a suspect armed with a pistol
The firearms team mobilises to tackle a suspect armed with a pistol, and hours into a nerve-shredding siege, the man emerges with a handgun and fires. Elsewhere, interceptors Rob and Dan join in the pursuit of a runaway hatchback, while the members of the knife crime team track down a suspect on a bike trying to evade capture in a park
13:45
Police Interceptors
S19E05
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
14:50
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Comedy sequel, starring Bubba Smith
1989 – Comedy, Crime
Movie cast
The clueless cops return yet again, this time to thwart the machinations of a crime lord behind a wave of raids and robberies in the city. Unfortunately, they are unaware Mr Big is always one step ahead thanks to a police informer. Penultimate entry in the comedy series, starring Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Matt McCoy and Leslie Easterbrook
15:55
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Comedy sequel, starring Bubba Smith
1989 – Comedy, Crime
Movie cast
The clueless cops return yet again, this time to thwart the machinations of a crime lord behind a wave of raids and robberies in the city. Unfortunately, they are unaware Mr Big is always one step ahead thanks to a police informer. Penultimate entry in the comedy series, starring Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Matt McCoy and Leslie Easterbrook
16:35
The Last Wagon
Western, starring Richard Widmark
1956 – Western
Movie cast
A mixed-race renegade is convicted for the murder of his wife’s killers and transported to prison in a wagon train. When the party is attacked by Apaches, the only survivors are the prisoner and a group of orphaned children, so he takes responsibility for leading them to safety. Western, with Richard Widmark, Felicia Farr, Ray Stricklyn and Susan Kohner
17:40
The Last Wagon
Western, starring Richard Widmark
1956 – Western
Movie cast
A mixed-race renegade is convicted for the murder of his wife’s killers and transported to prison in a wagon train. When the party is attacked by Apaches, the only survivors are the prisoner and a group of orphaned children, so he takes responsibility for leading them to safety. Western, with Richard Widmark, Felicia Farr, Ray Stricklyn and Susan Kohner
18:35
Anzio
Second World War drama, starring Robert Mitchum
1968 – Action, Drama, War, History
Movie cast
An American war correspondent joins Allied troops in 1944 as they prepare for their landing in Italy. A strategic blunder by their commanding officer gives German forces time to reinforce the area, leaving the reporter caught up in one of the campaign’s fiercest battles. Second World War drama, starring Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, Arthur Kennedy, Robert Ryan and Earl Holliman
19:45
Anzio
Second World War drama, starring Robert Mitchum
1968 – Action, Drama, War, History
Movie cast
An American war correspondent joins Allied troops in 1944 as they prepare for their landing in Italy. A strategic blunder by their commanding officer gives German forces time to reinforce the area, leaving the reporter caught up in one of the campaign’s fiercest battles. Second World War drama, starring Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, Arthur Kennedy, Robert Ryan and Earl Holliman
21:00
Sudden Impact
Crime thriller sequel, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood
1983 – Crime, Action, Thriller
Movie cast
Maverick detective `Dirty” Harry Callahan is sent to investigate a killing in a small town when his superiors tire of his no-holds barred approach to law enforcement. The case takes an unexpected turn with the discovery that the killer is a woman seeking revenge on the men who raped her and her sister 10 years previously. Crime thriller sequel, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. With Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle and Bradford Dillman
22:05
Sudden Impact
Crime thriller sequel, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood
1983 – Crime, Action, Thriller
Movie cast
Maverick detective `Dirty” Harry Callahan is sent to investigate a killing in a small town when his superiors tire of his no-holds barred approach to law enforcement. The case takes an unexpected turn with the discovery that the killer is a woman seeking revenge on the men who raped her and her sister 10 years previously. Crime thriller sequel, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. With Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle and Bradford Dillman
23:15
Universal Soldier
Sci-fi thriller, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
1992 – Thriller, Action, Science Fiction, Crime
Movie cast
A government project succeeds in reanimating dead soldiers to form an expendable combat unit for dangerous missions. However, when two of the resurrected squad members experience flashbacks of their previous lives, they remember they had killed each other and continue the conflict where they left off. Sci-fi thriller, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren and Ally Walker
00:20
Universal Soldier
Sci-fi thriller, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
1992 – Thriller, Action, Science Fiction, Crime
Movie cast
A government project succeeds in reanimating dead soldiers to form an expendable combat unit for dangerous missions. However, when two of the resurrected squad members experience flashbacks of their previous lives, they remember they had killed each other and continue the conflict where they left off. Sci-fi thriller, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren and Ally Walker
01:25
Seconds from Death: Caught on Camera
S01E03
Footage shows how a couple of hikers handle a deadly trip on a helicopter
02:25
Seconds from Death: Caught on Camera
S01E04
How an oxygen-starved climber survived on the world’s highest mountain
03:20
Seconds from Death: Caught on Camera
S01E05
An urban free-climber turns harmless hangouts into near-death experiences
