What’s On 5USA Today Sunday 26 February 2023
A full run down of everything airing on 5USA today.
06:00
TJC
Home shopping
09:00
Columbo
S08E04
Crime drama, starring Peter Falk
An army colonel who embezzled money from his superior officer to fund arms sales becomes the target of a blackmail attempt when his crimes are discovered. The crooked officer kills the extortionist and makes it look like an accident, but the crumpled cop is soon on his case. Crime drama, starring Peter Falk, Robert Foxworth and Janet Elber
10:55
Columbo
S09E03
Crime drama, starring Peter Falk and Patrick McGoohan
A crooked lawyer hopes to start a promising political career, but a former client he saved from prison threatens to blow the whistle on him. The attorney murders the blackmailer and makes it look like suicide – but the shabby sleuth sees through his ruse and sets out to expose the truth. Crime drama, starring Peter Falk, Louis Zorich and Patrick McGoohan, who also directed
12:55
Columbo
S08E02
Crime drama, starring Peter Falk
An ambitious Hollywood director is visited by an old friend, who threatens to expose evidence of his involvement in the death of an actor. The film-maker resorts to murder to keep his dark secret safe, only to end up on the receiving end of Columbo’s distinctive brand of interrogation. Crime drama, starring Peter Falk, Fisher Stevens and Molly Hagan
14:55
Columbo
S01E03
Crime drama, starring Peter Falk
The dishevelled detective suspects a highly respected general is guilty of murdering an associate who was about to expose the war hero’s shady business dealings, but Columbo has a hard time backing up his hunch with evidence because of the lack of a body or a weapon. Crime drama, starring Peter Falk, Eddie Albert, Suzanne Pleshette and John Kerr
16:30
Columbo
S06E03
Crime drama, starring Peter Falk
An accountant who has a reputation as being one of the brightest men in the world realises he has to kill a fellow genius to cover up his illegal activities. He puts his remarkable intelligence to the task of covering up every possible clue that could lead back to him – but has not counted on the equally sharp mind of slovenly sleuth Columbo. Crime drama, with Peter Falk and Theodore Bikel
18:00
Columbo
S01E02
Detective drama, starring Peter Falk and Ray Milland
The crumpled cop investigates when a private eye murders his client’s adulterous wife because she refuses to submit to his blackmail threats, and arranges the crime scene to make it look as if she was the victim of a mugging gone wrong. Detective drama, starring Peter Falk, Ray Milland and Robert Culp
19:30
Columbo
S06E02
Crime drama, starring Peter Falk
A woman who has devoted her life to running her family’s museum is outraged when her brother decides to sell it. Knowing of someone with criminal connections, she arranges to have her brother killed. However, just when she starts to think she has got away with it, a certain shabby sleuth is assigned to the case. Crime drama, with Peter Falk, Joyce Van Patten, Celeste Holm and Tim O’Connor
21:00
Lucifer
S03E20
Pierce and Chloe’s relationship takes an interesting turn
22:00
Lucifer
S03E21
A prima ballerina is brutally murdered
23:00
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
S04E25
A rape victim is kidnapped
A recuperating rape victim is abducted from hospital and later found dead, triggering an investigation that takes Benson and the team into the heart of New York’s clubland – and eventually to a suspect with a juvenile conviction for assault, torture and murder. Starring Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay and Dann Florek
23:55
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
S05E01
A pregnant woman is kidnapped
Benson and Stabler race to find a woman with a high-risk pregnancy who has been kidnapped as the delivery date approaches. As the pressure mounts, they find there is no shortage of suspects willing to accept responsibility for the crime. Drama, starring Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay and Dann Florek
00:55
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
S04E14
The body of a baby girl is found inside a fridge
The body of a baby girl with a genetic disorder is found inside a fridge. The trail of evidence points to her mother – leaving Alex facing a difficult decision as her feelings get in the way of the prosecution. Drama, guest starring Judd Hirsch with Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay and Stephanie March
01:50
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
S04E16
A Tibetan woman is murdered
A Tibetan woman who was tortured in her homeland is found murdered – and the authorities are soon hot on the trail of a victim of similar abuse. Suspicions fall on a furniture salesman who has problems with women – and a large knife collection
02:50
The Blacklist
S01E02
Red and Liz go undercover to stop an assassin
A notorious assassin known as the Freelancer is planning a hit, requiring Red and Liz to go undercover to stop his evil trade. As they do so, Agent Ressler tries to protect his profiler from afar, still unsure about Red’s dubious motives – but Liz is more puzzled by her husband’s box of fake passports, wondering if the threat to her safety could be closer to home. Crime drama, starring James Spader and Megan Boone
03:35
Criminals: Caught on Camera
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
