What’s On 5Action
Today Saturday 25 March 2023
A full run down of everything airing on 5Action
today.
06:00
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Home shopping
08:00
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09:00
Entertainment News on 5
Showbiz news and gossip
09:10
Criminals: Caught on Camera
S02E06
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
09:40
Trucking Hell
S03E09
An enormous rubble truck has tipped over in a ditch
10:40
Police Interceptors
S01E07
Officers follow a stolen BMW fitted with a tracking device
Officers follow a stolen BMW fitted with a tracking device as it heads for a cargo ship, while a drunk driver is pursued through Epping Forest. Documentary series profiling the work of a high-speed police interception unit in Essex
11:40
Police Interceptors
S03E02
Officers race to bring three burglars to justice
The team tracks three men suspected of burgling a number of plumbers’ merchants, and a fleeing van causes a major accident by speeding the wrong way around a busy roundabout. Police also investigate illegally customised vehicles in Basildon, Essex, and a man threatens to battle through a street full of officers
12:40
Police Interceptors
S03E06
An inspector tries to stop a man committing suicide
Inspector Emma Brookes races 40 miles to prevent a suicidal man throwing himself off a rooftop, while one of her colleagues chases a suspected drug dealer. Elsewhere, the Air Support Unit is called to track a fugitive car thief, and a man is caught with a van full of stolen clothes
13:40
Police Interceptors
S03E12
World Cup fever hits Essex
Officers are kept busy with public order patrols as World Cup fever hits Essex, and an ambitious thief tries to steal a 200-gallon fuel tank. In a hunt for stolen vehicles, the Air Support Unit is forced to shut the Dartford Crossing, and a suspected drug dealer cannot give a reasonable explanation for a suspicious nosebleed
14:40
Submarine X-1
Second World War adventure, starring James Caan
1968
A disgraced American Navy captain is given a second chance at sinking a Nazi battleship, this time using a revolutionary miniature submarine. Second World War adventure, starring James Caan, Rupert Davies, David Summer and William Dysart
15:40
Entertainment News on 5
Showbiz news and gossip
15:45
Submarine X-1
Second World War adventure, starring James Caan
1968
A disgraced American Navy captain is given a second chance at sinking a Nazi battleship, this time using a revolutionary miniature submarine. Second World War adventure, starring James Caan, Rupert Davies, David Summer and William Dysart
16:30
Attack on the Iron Coast
Second World War drama, starring Lloyd Bridges
1968 – War
A Canadian major leads a commando attack against a German naval base on the French coast. However, his troubled past and conflict with a fellow officer place the operation in jeopardy, leaving them battling to put their personal problems aside and focus on survival. Second World War drama, starring Lloyd Bridges, Andrew Keir, Sue Lloyd and Mark Eden
17:30
Entertainment News on 5
Showbiz news and gossip
17:35
Attack on the Iron Coast
Second World War drama, starring Lloyd Bridges
1968 – War
A Canadian major leads a commando attack against a German naval base on the French coast. However, his troubled past and conflict with a fellow officer place the operation in jeopardy, leaving them battling to put their personal problems aside and focus on survival. Second World War drama, starring Lloyd Bridges, Andrew Keir, Sue Lloyd and Mark Eden
18:25
The Dam Busters
Fact-based Second World War drama, starring Michael Redgrave
1955 – Drama, Action, History, Thriller, War
The story of the destruction of the major dams in Germany’s industrial heartland in the Ruhr valley in 1943, a mission that seemed impossible until engineer and scientist Barnes Wallis came up with the ingenious idea of bouncing bombs, and the pilots of 617 Squadron were trained to fly the crucial mission. Second World War drama, with Michael Redgrave, Richard Todd, Basil Sydney, Derek Farr and Ursula Jeans
19:25
Entertainment News on 5
Showbiz news and gossip
19:30
The Dam Busters
Fact-based Second World War drama, starring Michael Redgrave
1955 – Drama, Action, History, Thriller, War
The story of the destruction of the major dams in Germany’s industrial heartland in the Ruhr valley in 1943, a mission that seemed impossible until engineer and scientist Barnes Wallis came up with the ingenious idea of bouncing bombs, and the pilots of 617 Squadron were trained to fly the crucial mission. Second World War drama, with Michael Redgrave, Richard Todd, Basil Sydney, Derek Farr and Ursula Jeans
21:00
A Fistful of Dollars
Western, starring Clint Eastwood
1964 – Western
A mysterious gunslinger rides into a town on the Mexican border divided by two warring families. After killing the henchmen of one clan, he seems to have made it clear where his loyalties lie and is hired by their rivals. However, he is secretly planning to play them off against each other to his own advantage. Sergio Leone’s Western, with Clint Eastwood making his first appearance as The Man with No Name alongside Gian Maria Volonte and Marianne Koch
22:00
Entertainment News on 5
Showbiz news and gossip
22:05
A Fistful of Dollars
Western, starring Clint Eastwood
1964 – Western
A mysterious gunslinger rides into a town on the Mexican border divided by two warring families. After killing the henchmen of one clan, he seems to have made it clear where his loyalties lie and is hired by their rivals. However, he is secretly planning to play them off against each other to his own advantage. Sergio Leone’s Western, with Clint Eastwood making his first appearance as The Man with No Name alongside Gian Maria Volonte and Marianne Koch
23:05
The Last of the Mohicans
Historical adventure, starring Daniel Day-Lewis
1992 – Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
An orphaned settler in North America is adopted by the last member of a native tribe following the death of his family. The child grows to become legendary frontiersman Hawkeye, who rescues and falls in love with a British officer’s daughter during the Anglo-French War. However, a bitter Huron war chief is determined to take revenge against her father by killing her. Michael Mann’s historical adventure, based on James Fenimore Cooper’s classic tale, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Wes Studi, Maurice Roeves and Eric Schweig
00:05
Entertainment News on 5
Showbiz news and gossip
00:10
The Last of the Mohicans
Historical adventure, starring Daniel Day-Lewis
1992 – Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
An orphaned settler in North America is adopted by the last member of a native tribe following the death of his family. The child grows to become legendary frontiersman Hawkeye, who rescues and falls in love with a British officer’s daughter during the Anglo-French War. However, a bitter Huron war chief is determined to take revenge against her father by killing her. Michael Mann’s historical adventure, based on James Fenimore Cooper’s classic tale, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Wes Studi, Maurice Roeves and Eric Schweig
02:20
World’s Wildest Holidays
S01E01
Tourists’ footage of disastrous holidays
03:20
World’s Wildest Holidays
S01E02
A holiday home is invaded by baboons
04:10
World’s Wildest Holidays
S01E03
Featuring footage of a cat hitching a ride on a microlight
