Full 5Action listings for Thursday 29 October 2026, with times in London local time.

5action’s best hour is its last, and the evening is mostly traffic stops

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Tonight on 5action is police cameras until 22:00, so the programme worth waiting for is The X-Files at 23:00, series 8, episode 8, SureKill. It is the only drama series of the day, and it is a better reason to stay up than anything in primetime.

Primetime itself is Police Interceptors at 19:00 (Deadly Pursuits, series 10, episode 4), Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders at 20:00 and a second Police Interceptors at 21:00. The series has 61 episodes to date and began on Channel 5. Three hours of the same format, with Police Interceptors showing up again at 18:00 and in the late morning, is a lot of blue lights. The 7pm episode meets NCIS on 5USA and The One Show on BBC One, which makes it the most contested hour.

The westerns

The surprise is the afternoon. Belle Starr, a 1941 film directed by Irving Cummings with Gene Tierney, Randolph Scott and Dana Andrews, plays at 12:25 and again at 13:30. Ride in the Whirlwind follows at 14:10 and 15:20. Monte Hellman directed it, Jack Nicholson, Millie Perkins and Cameron Mitchell are in it, and it is a Western too. The films are split by news bulletins, so the channel is showing each in two parts, and both come back the same day. A westerns double bill in the middle of the day is more rewarding than anything in the evening.

The rest

Timber Titans closes primetime at 22:00, series 2, episode 8, Did That Get Your Heart Pumping? It is a documentary about the environment and the weakest of the evening’s offerings, against Grand Designs and Gogglebox. Ice Road Truckers and Trucking Hell fill the overnight hours, with Trucking Hell starting a run of series 5 at 02:00.


Also on TV tonight at 9pm

  • BBC One: The Celebrity Traitors (from 8pm)
  • BBC Two: Live: UEFA Women’s Champions League Football (from 7.30pm)
  • ITV1: Long Lost Family
  • Channel 4: Titanic: Building the World’s… (from 8pm)
  • Channel 5: The Yorkshire Vet (from 8pm)
  • BBC Four: The Guns of Navarone (from 8pm)
  • ITV2: Big Brother
  • ITV3: Vera (from 8pm)
  • ITV4: Benidorm
  • E4: Gogglebox

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Frequently asked questions

What’s on 5Action tonight?

On Thursday 29 October 2026, 5Action shows Police Interceptors at 7pm, Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders at 8pm, Police Interceptors at 9pm and Timber Titans at 10pm.

Is there a film on 5Action tonight?

No. 5Action has no films in its evening schedule on Thursday 29 October 2026.

What’s on 5Action late tonight?

After 11pm, 5Action has The X-Files at 11pm.

What time does 5Action’s evening start?

The evening schedule starts with Police Interceptors at 6pm.