Full 5Action listings for Sunday 1 November 2026, with times in London local time.

5Action’s best hour is the NFL, not the primetime

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The strongest reason to be on 5Action today comes at 5.30pm, not in primetime: Live: NFL on 5 has San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks, and at 210 minutes it runs well into the evening. Football on a Sunday in this slot is the one thing the channel does that nobody else on the night does, and it is the obvious pick. The previous Sunday carried it too, so this is a regular fixture rather than a one-off.

Primetime itself is quieter. Two half-hours of Cops at 9pm and 9.30pm lead into Inside HMP Whitemoor: Evil Behind Bars at 10pm, a 90-minute documentary. Cops has been running for 32 series and 1103 episodes, and the two instalments tonight are S33E17 and S33E18, so the habit hasn’t changed. Whitemoor is the longest programme of the evening and gets three stars on the strength of its slot alone. It faces 999: Emergency Call Out on 5Star and White House Down on 4seven.

For something older, the afternoon turns to westerns. Man With the Gun, a 1955 film starring Robert Mitchum and Jan Sterling, is split across two slots, 3.45pm and 4.50pm, with Seminole, a 1953 film with Rock Hudson, before it at 1.55pm and 3pm. They are broken up by news bulletins, so expect to hop in and out rather than watch each in one piece. Mitchum is the draw.

Murder 360 closes the night at 11.30pm with its first episode, S01E01, and is on the schedule every day this week. Overnight is a run of The X-Files and the morning is Ice Road Truckers. Neither changes the verdict. Today is about the American football and a couple of dusty westerns.


Also on TV tonight at 9pm

  • BBC One: This City Is Ours
  • BBC Two: Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
  • ITV1: Adultery
  • Channel 4: New: Bradley Walsh’s Million…
  • Channel 5: Live: NFL on 5
  • BBC Four: Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
  • ITV2: Big Brother
  • ITV3: Midsomer Murders (from 8pm)
  • ITV4: Under Siege
  • E4: One Born Every Minute

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Frequently asked questions

What’s on 5Action tonight?

On Sunday 1 November 2026, 5Action shows Cops at 9pm, Cops at 9.30pm and Inside HMP Whitemoor: Evil Behind Bars at 10pm.

Is there a film on 5Action tonight?

No. 5Action has no films in its evening schedule on Sunday 1 November 2026.

What’s on 5Action late tonight?

After 11pm, 5Action has Murder 360 at 11.30pm.

What time does 5Action’s evening start?

The evening schedule starts with Cops at 9pm.