What’s On 5Select Today Tuesday 28 February 2023
A full run down of everything airing on 5Select today.
09:00
Cruising with Jane McDonald
S03E01
The singer takes a trip up the California coast
The singer takes a trip up the California coast on the luxury 3,000-berth Ruby Princess, taking in such landmarks as Los Angeles’ iconic Hollywood sign and San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. On land, Jane strolls along Hollywood’s walk of fame, shops in Beverley Hills and goes `beautiful” people-watching in the resorts of Santa Monica and Muscle Beach
09:20
GPs: Behind Closed Doors
S06E07
An aspiring policeman finds a strange dent in his forehead
An aspiring policeman seeks help in identifying a strange dent in his forehead, while a driving instructor suffers a shoulder injury when one of his students nearly crashes the car. A schoolgirl mysteriously keeps falling asleep in class, an elderly patient is struggling to cope with loneliness and panic attacks, and Dr Khan removes a stubborn verruca from a patient’s foot
10:25
Saving Billy
Drama, starring Anna Schafer
2021
A woman comes to the realisation that a boy she’s helping, who suffers from major head trauma, is being subjected to domestic abuse. Drama, starring Anna Schafer, Nick Ballard and Matt Medrano
11:35
Saving Billy
Drama, starring Anna Schafer
2021
A woman comes to the realisation that a boy she’s helping, who suffers from major head trauma, is being subjected to domestic abuse. Drama, starring Anna Schafer, Nick Ballard and Matt Medrano
12:10
Stolen in Her Sleep
Thriller, starring Morgan Bradley
2021
A new mother whose baby who received a heart transplant shortly after birth is thrilled to make a new friend as the exhaustion of motherhood builds, but things change when she starts to believe she is being stalked. Thriller, starring Morgan Bradley and Alicia Leigh Willis
13:15
Stolen in Her Sleep
Thriller, starring Morgan Bradley
2021
A new mother whose baby who received a heart transplant shortly after birth is thrilled to make a new friend as the exhaustion of motherhood builds, but things change when she starts to believe she is being stalked. Thriller, starring Morgan Bradley and Alicia Leigh Willis
14:00
Holiday Homes in the Sun
S01E12
Amanda Lamb, JB Gill and Sam Pinkham visit Begur in northern Catalonia
15:00
The Yorkshire Vet
S02E05
Julian Norton answers an emergency callout to a herd of alpacas
Julian Norton answers an emergency callout to a herd of alpacas, where client Jacki is concerned about a lump in the mouth of her beloved Mariella. Meanwhile, Julian’s partner and former Herriot trainee, Peter Wright, tries to save the eyesight of Whisper, a two-day-old lamb, and new vet Helen Blackburn performs an emergency caesarean on beagle Gale
16:00
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild
S06E06
Ben investigates a backpackers’ hostel in the Guatemalan jungle
Ben discovers why Mike Merrill, a former sound engineer from Texas, decided to build a backpackers’ hostel deep in the Guatemalan jungle. He also gets stuck into building projects, machete fishing and tubing a dangerous river to transport vital supplies, and sees how Mike interacts with the local Mayan people
17:00
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild
S06E07
Ben travels to Missouri to live with a wilderness expert
Ben travels to the Ozark Plateau in Missouri to live with wilderness expert Bo, who gave up life on the road with his band to teach Stone Age skills to modern day man. He discovers how his host combines a primitive life with the need to survive in the present
18:00
World’s Most Scenic River Journeys
S02E05
Cameras explore Canada’s far northern reaches
Cameras trek up to Canada’s far northern reaches for a rough and tumble journey down one of the wildest rivers in the world, the Yukon. The unusual trip starts in an aircraft piloted by a painter, and the odyssey ends with a visit to a graveyard of disintegrating rear-wheel steamers. Bill Nighy narrates
19:00
Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson
S02E06
The last leg of Tony’s round-the-world adventure begins deep in the Arctic Circle
The last leg of Tony’s round the world adventure begins deep in the Arctic Circle. His first stop is at a Polar Park working with wolves on a fascinating but brave project. Tony then rides the Arctic Circle Train south to the town of Kiruna, on the edge of Swedish Lapland, which is undergoing a very unique transformation as it’s being moved building by building to a whole new area. Tony also gets to see behind the scenes at the famous Ice Hotel, a structure which is rebuilt every year from ice taken from the nearby Torne river and ends his journey at Miniature Wonderland – the world’s largest model railway
20:00
Walking Wartime Britain
S01E03
Arthur Williams finds out about the Blitz spirit in wartime London
Arthur Williams explores London, starting out at St Paul’s Cathedral, which became the iconic symbol of the Blitz. At Soho’s Cafe de Paris, he learns how the blackout affected the capital’s nightlife, and visits London Zoo, to find out how the animals coped during the bombing
21:00
Tony Robinson’s History of Britain
S02E04
The actor explores people’s lives in the Middle Ages
The actor explores people’s lives in the Middle Ages, telling the story of Richard Rakiere, a sewage worker known as a gong farmer who spent the hours of darkness emptying cesspits. He also reveals how frustrated novice nun Joan faked her own death in order to escape the convent and ran away with her boyfriend, and the fame found by jester Roland Le Pettour due to his talent for breaking wind
22:00
Forged in Fire
S03E06
Four new bladesmiths compete to forge a four-edged behemoth of a weapon
23:00
Forged in Fire
S03E02
Four former contestants return for a second chance
23:55
Atomic Ghost Fleet: Drain the Oceans
S03E02
A sonar map of the wreckage at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean
01:00
Great British Ships: Cutty Sark
S01E04
Rob Bell explores the extraordinary tea clipper Cutty Sark
Rob Bell explores the extraordinary tea clipper Cutty Sark, a ship that endured drunken captains and murderous crews, inspired a whiskey and survived the coming of the steam age. Rob clambers aboard to experience first-hand the beauty and superior design of the ship. He delves into her tragic past – the vagabond years of `tramping”, mistreatment by her captains and desertion by her crews
02:00
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild
S03E03
Ben meets 72-year-old twin brothers who live in the canyons of Utah
Ben travels to the canyons of Utah to meet 72-year-old twins Bill and Bob Stone, who fled their adrenaline-junkie pasts for a tough subsistence lifestyle as they also deal with the challenges associated with growing old. He joins the brothers as they go cattle-wrangling, rock climbing and skydiving, while Ben also discovers more about them and why they decided to cut themselves off from civilisation. Once parachute instructors, police informants and bounty hunters, they are now organic farmers who are preparing for doomsday
03:00
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild
S03E04
A British woman who gave up her old life to train huskies in northern Sweden
Ben meets a 40-year-old British woman who gave up her old life as a communications manager to train huskies inside the Arctic Circle in northern Sweden. He joins Gaynor Leeper and her new husband Milos in their hand-built cabin, which has neither electricity nor running water, and also meets the couple’s 40 Alaskan huskies. The trio then embark on a tough trek driving dogs through the icy wilderness, with Ben learning how to sled and to manage both himself and the animals in temperatures as low as -30C
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