What’s On 5STAR
Today Friday 24 February 2023
A full run down of everything airing on 5STAR
today.
07:30
Thane Offers – Teleshopping
08:10
Rich Kids, Skint Holiday
S01E02
A privileged 19-year-old goes on a caravan trip with a family
Privileged 19-year-old Harry has no experience with children, but manages to build a bond with eight-year-old Connor and the Clifford family on a caravan park in the New Forest. Mum Kate challenges Harry to plan a day’s activities for £20
09:00
Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun
S08E26
Hostel owners Sam and Rich prepare for a coachload of guests
10:00
Call the Bailiffs: Time to Pay Up
S01E01
Documentary following the work of High Court enforcement agents
Documentary following the work of enforcement agents as they execute High Court writs on behalf of people desperate to recover money they are owed. Alex and Sherry are on the trail of a car sales company who owe £10,000 to a customer who was sold a faulty vehicle, while KC and Alex visit a kitchenware shop to chase a debt owed to a supplier
11:00
Dirty Home Rescue
S01E05
The team helps a scout leader and single mother of two from south London
Hayley Leitch and her team go to the rescue of scout leader and single mother of two Debbie from south London, whose two-bedroom flat is drowning in clutter and filth. To make matters worse, Debbie’s living room doubles up as her bedroom and then triples as her office
12:00
Traffic Cops
S06E15
A driver tries to escape by hitting speeds in excess of 100mph
Officers close in on a suspected stolen car near Tadcaster, but they have to deploy two stingers as the driver tries to escape by hitting speeds in excess of 100mph. On the outskirts of Harrogate, a car with suspected links to supplying drugs is pulled over, with a search yielding narcotics with an estimated street value of over £12,000
13:00
Traffic Cops
S07E06
An insight into the working life of officers patrolling Britain’s roads
14:00
Police Interceptors
S20E10
The firearms team race to the scene of an alleged shooting
The firearms team race to the scene of an alleged shooting, only to find themselves embroiled in an unconnected domestic incident. Elsewhere in the north of Nottingham, the knife crime team recognise the familiar face of a dealer they busted six months previously with a car full of cannabis
15:00
Police Interceptors
S20E11
Dog handler James ‘Coups” Coupland chases down a boy racer
Dog handler James ‘Coups” Coupland chases down a boy racer in a Skoda on a dual carriageway. A young man is pulled over in a Vauxhall that is suspected of having cloned plates, and officers Lewis and Paul are dispatched to reign in a runaway shire horse on the A453
16:00
Police Interceptors
S20E12
Officers hunt for three teenagers alleged to have threatened a shopkeeper with a gun
Officers hunt for three teenagers alleged to have threatened a shopkeeper with a gun. Two are swiftly put in cuffs, but one suspect seems to have vanished into a block of flats. Elsewhere, Jen and her crime-busting canine Quantum are called to intercept a burglar who’s ransacking a school in the dead of night
17:00
Call the Bailiffs: Time to Pay Up
S01E02
Documentary following the work of High Court enforcement agents
18:00
Home and Away
Bree asks Remi out on a date
18:30
Home and Away
Rose struggles to put aside her police-trained scepticism
19:00
Shoplifters & Scammers: At War with the Law
S01E04
Undercover detective Eve is on the hunt for fake vaping pods
20:00
Car Pound Cops: Give Me My Car Back!
S01E17
Following the work of vehicle recovery crews
21:00
Kong: Skull Island
Action adventure, starring Tom Hiddleston
2017 – Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Years after two enemy pilots land on a mysterious unchartered island in the Pacific, a team of scientists embark on a top-secret mission to the same region. Things soon descend into chaos when the local wildlife proves far from welcoming, and they must battle to escape from the domain of the mighty Kong. Action adventure, starring Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L Jackson and Brie Larson
22:10
Kong: Skull Island
Action adventure, starring Tom Hiddleston
2017 – Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Years after two enemy pilots land on a mysterious unchartered island in the Pacific, a team of scientists embark on a top-secret mission to the same region. Things soon descend into chaos when the local wildlife proves far from welcoming, and they must battle to escape from the domain of the mighty Kong. Action adventure, starring Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L Jackson and Brie Larson
23:25
Dead Calm
Suspense thriller, with Nicole Kidman and Sam Neill
1989 – Thriller, Horror
A husband and wife take a yachting trip to help recover from the death of their son. While out on the open water the couple spot a sinking ship and manage to save the only person left on board – but they come to bitterly regret their good deed when the situation turns dark and a fraught battle of wits ensues. Thriller, based on a novel by Charles Williams, with Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane
00:30
Dead Calm
Suspense thriller, with Nicole Kidman and Sam Neill
1989 – Thriller, Horror
A husband and wife take a yachting trip to help recover from the death of their son. While out on the open water the couple spot a sinking ship and manage to save the only person left on board – but they come to bitterly regret their good deed when the situation turns dark and a fraught battle of wits ensues. Thriller, based on a novel by Charles Williams, with Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane
01:20
Countdown to Murder
S03E07
How an aggressive man’s need for control led to his girlfriend’s murder
The investigation into the death of Penny Beale in November 2001. Her boyfriend Michael Moffat claimed she fell down the stairs while drunk – but her mother knew better. To the police, Michael presented as a charming, helpful man who had been struggling to save his girlfriend from her alcohol and drug addictions. Penny’s mother was aware of another side of him however – he was a drunk, abusive and violent man who was now trying to get away with her daughter’s murder
02:25
Cause of Death
S01E01
Documentary following real-life coronial investigations
Documentary following the work of senior coroner for Lancashire and Darwen Dr James Adeley, who runs a team that works from the moment a body arrives in the mortuary through to the inquest, when the cause of death is determined. In the early hours of the morning, two elderly men are found semi-conscious with head injuries in the middle of a darkened stretch of road in Leyland, Lancashire. Police escalate their transfer to Preston Royal Hospital, but one of the men’s conditions worsens and he dies. The surviving man has no memory of events, so it is up to the coroner to establish what happened that night, and determine the cause of death
03:20
Dogs with Incredible Jobs
S02E01
Documentary featuring dogs with unusual skills
