5SELECT — TV Guide

Early Morning

01:45 1h 25m

The Blitz with Rob Rinder & Ruth Goodman

How the Blitz was experienced by those from different backgrounds

Rob and Ruth head back to wartime London to uncover how the Blitz was experienced by those from different backgrounds. Rob follows the glamorous lives of the rich, and Ruth uncovers the true story of a young dockworker in Wapping, who formed a brave group of teenage volunteers. They risked everything, fighting fires and saving lives as the bombs rained down around them in London's East End

03:10 50m

The Hotel Inspector

S18 · E5 · Lantern Theatre and Cafe

Alex Polizzi is called to help Lantern Theatre and Cafe in Brighton

Alex Polizzi is called to help Lantern Theatre and Cafe in Brighton ran by Daniel and Janette, who have been putting on shows at the fringe venue and studio space for 25 years. Their idea for an expansion to create a hub for local artists and a much-needed income generator has left the owners in debt, so Alex sets to work energising the business to try and avoid closure

04:00 2h

Teleshopping

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Home shopping

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

Morning

06:00 1h

Teleshopping

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Home shopping

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

07:00 30m

JML Presents

Home shopping

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

07:30 30m

Shop: Thane Offers

Home shopping

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

08:00 1h

Cruise TV with LoveitBookit

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Your one-stop-shop for all things cruise; bringing you the hottest destinations, ground-breaking ships and the latest deals to ensure your next cruise is your greatest one

09:00 1h

The Yorkshire Vet

S20 · E5

Peter Wright operates on an 11-year-old Jack Russell

Julian Norton visits a farm on a historic estate in Leeds to help a goat with one horn, while Peter Wright operates on an 11-year-old Jack Russell with a serious eye problem. Shona Searson is called out to an emergency when a young sheep is struggling to give birth, and Matt Smith faces unusual surgery on three lemurs from the local zoo

10:00 1h

Cruising with Jane McDonald

S2 · E1 · The Baltic

Jane visits Estonia, Russia, Finland and Sweden

Traversing the Baltic on board the Viking Sky, Jane takes full advantage of the ship's amenities. Her first stop is Tallinn in Estonia, a medieval town with much ancient architecture. Next up is St Petersburg in Russia, where Jane heads to the Hermitage Museum, hoping to spot the cats that traditionally live in the basement. The third stop is Helsinki in Finland, where Jane meets a woman whose ambition is to kiss a brown bear. Finally, the ship pulls into the Swedish capital of Stockholm for one of the highlights of the singer's journey - a guided tour around the Abba Museum

11:00 1h

Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

S13 · E1 · Wales Mountainside: The Watkins Family

Ben meets a Pembrokeshire family living on the side of a rugged mountain

Ben meets a Pembrokeshire family living on the side of a rugged mountain, where they catch and forage for their own food and salvage junk for homemade inventions. Ben helps them put their latest creations to the test in all weathers, and learns about the special global policy for utopian living that they have signed up to

Daytime

12:00 1h

Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

S13 · E2 · Iceland

A former film-maker who has made a home in the highlands of eastern Iceland

Ben Fogle meets Denni Karlsson, a former film-maker who has made a home in the highlands of eastern Iceland, and set up a wilderness centre exploring 200 years of local history. Ben takes part in an ancient tradition where thousands of sheep that have spent the summer in the mountains are sorted, as well as bathing in a hot waterfalls, riding horses on the plateau, and smokes trout with dung

13:00 1h

Murder, She Wrote

S2 · E5 · Sing a Song of Murder

Jessica's cousin is targeted by a killer

Jessica rushes to London to help her cousin Emma, an actress who has been the target of several murder attempts and has resorted to faking her own death. Starring Angela Lansbury, Patrick Macnee and Olivia Hussey

14:00 1h

Murder, She Wrote

S2 · E6 · Reflections of the Mind

An old friend of Jessica's fears for her sanity

Jessica receives a plea for help from an old friend who fears she may be going out of her mind, convinced she is being haunted by the ghost of her first husband. When the woman's current beau turns up dead, the sleuth goes on a mission to prove her innocence. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury

15:00 2h

Columbo

S10 · E13 · Murder with Too Many Notes

Detective drama, starring Peter Falk and Billy Connolly

Oscar-winning composer Findlay Crawford relies on his assistant Gabriel to do all the hard work, but the younger musician demands recognition. To protect his reputation, Findlay kills Gabriel with a time-delayed drug to give himself the perfect alibi - but the slovenly sleuth sees through his ruse. Detective drama, with Peter Falk and Billy Connolly

17:00 1h

Europe's Greatest Train Journeys

S1 · E2 · Portugal

A journey on a steam locomotive in the Douro River Valley in Portugal

In Portugal, in the Douro River Valley, a steam locomotive and a small historic train travels to the water's edge, on the only railroad line in the world that crosses three sites

Tonight's Highlights

18:00 1h

Abandoned Engineering

S3 · E1 · The Desert Ghost Fleet

A group of rusting ships stranded in a desert

The programme looks at a mysterious group of rusting ships stranded in an arid desert, and a monstrous defensive line on the snow-covered peaks of the Italian Alps

19:00 1h

Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

S13 · E3 · Northern Ireland

Ben heads to the tiny, remote and rugged island of Rathlin

Ben ventures off the wild coast of Northern Ireland to the tiny, remote and rugged island of Rathlin. He stays with 41-year-old Rauri Morgan, a former HR executive who turned his back on corporate life to move into an ancient family heirloom. Ben embraces modern-day foraging, ancient myths and legends, and eccentric property maintenance, and discovers that Rauri's paradise has been found in the most unlikely of places, but that there is more than meets the eye to both him and his place on the island

20:00 1h

Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

S13 · E4 · Scotland

Ben meets a 70-year-old hermit living in the Cairngorms

Ben meets Jake Williams, a 70-year-old hermit living on the edge of a forest in the Cairngorms, who has made a home on the site of an ancient settlement and enjoys a diet of roadkill stir fry. Ben helps him with some wild gardening and gets a taste of his musical talents and mischievous sense of humour

21:00 1h

Jane McDonald: From Pole to Pole

S1 · E3 · South America

Jan tours Montevideo and learns about its colonial past

On the first South American leg of Jane's journey, she tours Montevideo to learn about its colonial past and its rich, vibrant present, savouring authentic beef barbecue in a gastronomic hub in the historic port. She then travels to a Maldonado vineyard in one of Uruguay's fastest-growing wine regions. Jane's journey continues to Brazil, beginning in beautiful São Francisco do Sul, where she learns traditional weaving techniques and is taken on an impromptu tour of the area's highlights by a local resident she meets by chance. From Pontal do Sul, Jane embarks on a thrilling speedboat tour along the south-eastern coastline, exploring caves, learning about local legends, and seeing dolphins up close

22:00 1h

Inside the Tower of London

S8 · E2

The Tower prepares to launch a display celebrating 80 years of VE day

It's March 2025 and the Tower is preparing to launch an ambitious display to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE day, the end of the Second World War in Europe. They will be bringing back nearly 30,000 ceramic poppies to the Fortress. Cameras also focus on Buildings Curator Alfred Hawkins, who is beginning an excavation at Henry VIII's chapel of St Peter ad Vincula

23:00 1h

Susan Calman's Grand Day Out

S8 · E6 · Boats & Trains

The presenter enjoys a new adventure at the Scottish Maritime Museum

The presenter visits the Firth of Clyde, in Irvine, a harbour town steeped in shipping history - a fitting home for the Scottish Maritime Museum. She hears the history of this glass-roofed Victorian Linthouse which once stood in a shipyard on the Clyde, was salvaged and moved 30 miles to its current location. Susan also looks into scientific glassblowing, and meets a modelmaker who has created a version of the HMS Victory

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