Stay up-to-date with over 20 of 5Star’s elite series, with our list refreshed for August 2026. A broadcaster of distinction, 5Star has aired more than 20 shows between 2002 and 2023. Highlighting 5Star’s quality programming, Madventures and Sofia's Diary stand out, premiering in 2002 and 2008.

Well-to-do teens are taught the true value of money by swapping their first-class globetrotting getaways for micro-budget breaks in the UK.

Riku and Tunna travel around the globe on a shoestring budget, carrying nothing but their backpacks and a camera, on a quest to reveal the most bizarre and dangerous secrets of the planet. No crew, no security, no limits.

Sofia's Diary is a British drama web series distributed through the social networking platform Bebo. Based on the Portuguese series of the same name, which debuted in 2003, it follows the life of a teenage girl named Sofia, portrayed by Rachel Hyde-Harvey. In 2008, the series was acquired by Channel Five, becoming the second web series to be broadcast on British television. Its first two seasons aired on Fiver. After an eight-month hiatus, Sofia's Diary returned to Bebo on May 29, 2009, with a six-week third season. Unlike the previous seasons, new episodes were released twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays. The series was initially sponsored by Sure Girl, while the third season was produced in partnership with Transport for London to support a road safety awareness campaign aimed at teenagers.

Rich kids ditch their fast cars, five-star hotels and endless shopping trips to share a home with families living on the breadline. During their stay, they will experience the shock of seeing what life is like below the poverty line.

Women establish a sisterhood as they spend time together behind bars.

Plastic surgery is big business, worth more than three billion pounds a year in the UK; but all cosmetic procedures have risks and if the surgery goes wrong the results can be dramatic, life-changing and even deadly.

A dedicated team review murder investigations that concluded without success, determined to bring perpetrators to justice no matter how much time has passed.

The place to catch up on all things Celebrity Big Brother UK! Join Rylan Clark-Neal for the best mix of exclusive clips, news and reactions from the house, plus celebrity guests and live debates in the studio.

The place to catch up on all things Big Brother UK! Join Emma Willis for the best mix of exclusive clips, news and reactions from the house, plus celebrity guests and live debates in the studio.

A look at women in their 20s who make money from having relationships with men over 50. This work earns these women over thousands of pounds.

Following the work of enforcement agents as they execute High Court writs on behalf of people desperate to recover money they are owed.

Young people work with their families so that they can all lose weight and improve their health and fitness.

Two opposite-sex couples who want to improve things in the bedroom agree to let four lesbians loose on their love lives to see if they can learn from their gay counterparts.

London-based dermatologists offer an inside look at their dermatology clinic, where they help patients with their skin problems.

Documentary following emergency response teams in the West Midlands on their most extreme medical callouts, often involving roadside surgery to save people's lives.

British true crime documentary series about forensics teams, looking at some of the cutting edge techniques that have been used to solve infamous crimes.

Documentary series delving into the real lives of a group of UK adult entertainers working in the porn industry today. Revealing what life's really like for a porn star in a modern world.

Colin and Justin leave their city life in Toronto to take on the biggest gamble of their lives - a million dollar 5-acre hotel in Nova Scotia.

Every year hundreds of junior doctors are lured Down Under to work where they've never worked before: The Emergency Department.

Documentary venturing inside the world of brain and spinal surgery at the Walton Centre in Liverpool.