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Judge Judy
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 8:15 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 16 Episode 260
A woman insists that her former friend owes for her services as a singer in her gospel group; her friend countersues for the return of two dresses.
Weird Britain
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 8:00 PM on Sky History
Season 2 Episode 4: Herefordshire
Andy McGrath explores the mysteries of Herefordshire, a rural English county synonymous with apples and traditional orchards
48 Hours
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 8:00 PM on True Crime
Season 37 Episode 28: The Boy Across the Street
Erin Moriarty investigates the case of a college student, Catina Salarno, who was murdered by her high school sweetheart who lived across the street.
Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 8:00 PM on 5Action
Season 5 Episode 6
PC Martain Anderson races to a hit-and-run in which a Ford Fiesta has ploughed into another car at high speed, leaving the elderly driver with serious head injuries
Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 8:00 PM on 5STAR
Season 4 Episode 8
Registrar doctor Chris Carson takes an emergency call when paramedics bring in an 85-year-old woman who has been found choking and is struggling to breathe
Judge Judy
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 8:40 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 23 Episode 1: Series 23
A Siberian Husky pulls his teen owner on a skateboard then allegedly bites a young man at a skateboard park.
Judge Judy
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 9:05 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 23 Episode 2: Series 23
A woman purchases an 11K car for her fiancé then repossesses it two days later after finding him with another woman.
Judge Judy
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 9:30 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 23 Episode 3: Series 23
The Judge takes a woman's allegations against her boss very seriously; she is shocked to discover the real story.
Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 9:00 PM on 5Action
Season 8 Episode 10
Humber Bridge staff call police to let them know that a car has just passed through the toll stinking of cannabis and PC Wade Cruse joins other units to hunt down the vehicle
Storm of Suspicion
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 9:00 PM on True Crime
Season 3 Episode 3: Dragged Through the Mud
The body of Cliff Carden is unexpectedly found in the Sequatchie River. Footprints and drag marks in the muck reveal that the man's death was intentional.
Who Do You Think You Are?
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 9:00 PM on Really
Season 19 Episode 1: Sue Perkins
TV presenter and comedian Sue Perkins discovers more about her orphaned grandfather and a great grandfather interned as an 'enemy alien' during the First World War
Judge Judy
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 10:00 PM on True Crime Xtra
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Judge Judy
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 10:25 PM on True Crime Xtra
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Secrets in the Sand
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 10:00 PM on Sky History
Season 2 Episode 4: King Thutmose II Tomb and Secret Saudi Gates
Extraordinary curiosities that were once concealed within the planet's desert sands, only to be finally brought to light by the elements themselves
Secrets of a Murder Detective
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 10:00 PM on True Crime
Season 2 Episode 8: Killer Kids
In 2023, 14-year-old Nathaniel Shani was fatally stabbed in Manchester. SIO Gina Brennand finds his killers in the form of two boys, just teenagers themselves.
Police: Suspect No 1
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 10:00 PM on 5Action
Season 3 Episode 2
Hull detectives investigate when people are terrorised at home by a knife-wielding intruder, before the same victims are targeted again less than 24 hours later
999: Critical Condition
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 10:00 PM on 5STAR
Season 3 Episode 2
The team treats a man who has sustained numerous traumatic injuries after being trapped upside down in his car following a crash
Judge Judy
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 10:50 PM on True Crime Xtra
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
How Do They Do It?
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 11:00 PM on Quest
Season 6 Episode 7: Mega Hotels/Lasers/Desert Golf
Providing services at one of the world's largest casino hotels, and constructing a golf course in the desert
Judge Judy
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 11:15 PM on True Crime Xtra
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
How Do They Do It?
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 11:30 PM on Quest
Season 6 Episode 8: Orange Juice/Bending Glass/Solid Rock
The processes involved in drilling through a mile of solid rock, producing fresh orange juice all year round, and bending glass
Secrets in the Dark
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 11:00 PM on Sky History
Episode 4: Priestess with the Golden Eye
In the ancient Burnt City of Shahre Sukhteh, Iran, archaeologists uncover a remarkable discovery - it's the oldest-known prosthetic eye, made of gold
Bloodline Detectives
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 11:00 PM on True Crime
Season 4 Episode 13: The Killer Realtor
Investigative genetic genealogy reveals the killer of a young mother murdered in her own home 34 years prior.
Judge Judy
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 11:40 PM on True Crime Xtra
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 12:05 AM on True Crime Xtra
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
How Do They Do It?
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 12:00 AM on Quest
Season 6 Episode 9: Jumbo Garage/Nuclear Power/Pianos
How the world's largest passenger airliner - the A380 - is serviced, and the process of building and tuning a piano to concert standards
Mystery Places
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 12:00 AM on Sky History
Episode 3
A look at Togo's traditional religious practices and a tour of the incredible Danakil Desert in Ethiopia. Plus, a visit to a city in Georgia where every citizen has a gun
999: Killer on the Line
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 12:00 AM on 5STAR
Episode 8: Wilson
The case of farmer Robert Wilson, who ran over his wife with a tractor, but claimed it was wan accident until it emerged he has been living a double-life
How Do They Do It?
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 12:30 AM on Quest
Season 6 Episode 10: G Suits/Smart Grid/Vehicle Slowdown
How pilots prevent blackouts during high G-force turns, and a look at a robot that can thwart car thieves' chances of escape
Code Name: Geronimo(2012)
Starts Tuesday 24 February, 11:00 PM on Legend Xtra
Fact-based drama about the 2011 attack on Osama Bin Laden's Pakistan compound, resulting in the death of the terrorist leader. Starring William Fichtner and Cam Gigandet
Bloodline Detectives
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 12:00 AM on True Crime
Season 4 Episode 14: Double Homicide in the OC
Forensic science reveals the name of a serial killer who murdered two women in the late 80s, 30 years later
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 12:30 AM on True Crime Xtra
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 12:00 AM on Blaze
Season 2 Episode 5: The White Whale
Mike Barnette, Jimmy Gadomski and the team of investigators investigate a cold case concerning the disappearance of seven US Navy planes in 1945
Extreme Tow Truckers
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 12:00 AM on 5Action
Season 2 Episode 3
Clayton's towing is under pressure to salvage a washed up yacht without it falling apart on a pristine Queensland beach
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 1:00 AM on True Crime Xtra
Season 16 Episode 257
Custody of a Spider motorcycle, the alleged theft of jewellery and life on a houseboat come into play when ex-lovers call it quits.
Close Encounters
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 1:00 AM on Blaze
Season 2 Episode 7: Alien Assault
Texas police receive several calls about an unusual flying object, and a property inspector is knocked unconscious when he comes in contact with a strange metallic object
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 1:25 AM on True Crime Xtra
Season 16 Episode 258
A woman claims her ex-boyfriend from New York owes for an unpaid loan to move into a new apartment.
Mystery Places
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 12:55 AM on Sky History
Episode 4
Places of interest include the Bangladeshi city with the largest number of cycle rickshaws and the richest village in China
GPs: Behind Closed Doors
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 12:55 AM on 5STAR
Season 9 Episode 19
Dr Anna McKeogh meets Benjamin, a young rugby player nursing a painful sore throat and anxious that a recent hard tackle may have caused internal bleeding
Close Encounters
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 1:30 AM on Blaze
Season 2 Episode 8: Alien Vampires
Three men in Brazil escape what they believed to be a close encounter with aliens, only to realise their ordeal may not be over. Plus, a boy investigates a strange object in Canada
Unwind with ITV
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 1:50 AM on ITV Quiz
Daily escape designed to calm the mind and encourage relaxation and reflection
Caught in the Act: Unfaithful
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 1:00 AM on MTV
Season 2 Episode 14: That's My Ex-Best Friend
Joe, Lexi's boyfriend of 5 years, has been helping with her modeling career. Recently, she's begun to suspect that Joe has eyes for another woman
48 Hours
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 1:00 AM on True Crime
Season 37 Episode 28: The Boy Across the Street
Erin Moriarty investigates the case of a college student, Catina Salarno, who was murdered by her high school sweetheart who lived across the street.
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 1:50 AM on True Crime Xtra
Season 16 Episode 259
A woman says her former friend borrowed money from her to keep from becoming homeless and has yet to pay her back.
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 2:15 AM on True Crime Xtra
Season 16 Episode 260
A woman insists that her former friend owes for her services as a singer in her gospel group; her friend countersues for the return of two dresses.
Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 1:55 AM on 5STAR
Season 4 Episode 5
Emergency nurse practitioner Jo Birkenshaw assesses 78-year-old Paul who has come to casualty after being bitten on the nose by a dog and may need reconstructive surgery
Mystery Places
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 1:50 AM on Sky History
Episode 5
The man who paints cliffs bright green. Plus, visits to Zimbabwe's abandoned places, India's largest vegetable market and a truly unique village in China
Storm of Suspicion
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 2:00 AM on True Crime
Season 3 Episode 3: Dragged Through the Mud
The body of Cliff Carden is unexpectedly found in the Sequatchie River. Footprints and drag marks in the muck reveal that the man's death was intentional.
War Factories
Starts Wednesday 25 February, 2:00 AM on U&Yesterday
Episode 4: General Motors
How the Americans, once they were provoked into war, out-produced the rest of the world so quickly and by such a huge margin, including the likes of General Motors






















































