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Medical Detectives
Starts Monday 19 January, 1:30 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 10 Episode 15: Tight-fitting Genes
Forensic science helps solve real crimes. Behavioural profiling can be useful to catch a killer, but it can also be misleading, as police found out in one particular case
True Crime
Judge Judy
Starts Monday 19 January, 1:30 PM on True Crime
Season 18 Episode 61
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
True Crime
Judge Judy
Starts Monday 19 January, 2:00 PM on True Crime
Season 21 Episode 6: Series 21
A man sues a motorist for hitting him with his SUV while he was cycling through a crosswalk; the motorist claims the cyclist was to blame.
BBC Parliament
Live Northern Ireland Assembly - Executive Office Questions
Starts Monday 19 January, 2:00 PM on BBC Parliament
Episode : 19/01/2026
Questions in Stormont to the Northern Ireland executive, with the first minister Michelle O'Neill, on Monday 19 January.
True Crime
Judge Judy
Starts Monday 19 January, 2:30 PM on True Crime
Season 21 Episode 7: Series 21
A 10-year-old boy is bitten by a leashed dog whose owner denies being at fault despite another incident the next day.
5STAR
Police Interceptors
Starts Monday 19 January, 2:00 PM on 5STAR
Season 19 Episode 1
The firearms team mobilises to tackle a suspect armed with a pistol, and hours into a nerve-shredding siege, the man emerges with a handgun and fires
True Crime Xtra
Bloodline Detectives
Starts Monday 19 January, 2:00 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 5 Episode 17: A Murder In Lexington
When mother Mary Davis is found murdered, the case spans decades. Bleeding edge forensics could hold the answers.
Sky History
American Pickers
Starts Monday 19 January, 2:00 PM on Sky History
Season 27 Episode 3: The Road To Relics
Following two of America's most skilled 'pickers', who trawl junk yards, garages, attics and barns for precious objects
U&Dave
Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge
Starts Monday 19 January, 2:00 PM on U&Dave
Season 2 Episode 3: Iceland
Robson Green takes on some of Iceland's best anglers, including the head of the country's sea-fishing association and a brown-trout specialist known as 'the Monk'
True Crime
Judge Judy
Starts Monday 19 January, 3:00 PM on True Crime
Season 21 Episode 8: Series 21
A young man describes a harrowing experience while driving his girlfriend's car; they fight over who's going to pay for damages.
True Crime
Judge Judy
Starts Monday 19 January, 3:30 PM on True Crime
Season 21 Episode 9: Series 21
A man sues his ex-lover for attempting to break down his front door in a fit of rage; she brings a witness to testify that she wasn't even in town.
Sky History
Britain's Most Historic Towns
Starts Monday 19 January, 3:00 PM on Sky History
Season 2 Episode 1: Wartime Dover
Alice Roberts explores the Second World War history of Dover, visiting the base where the Dunkirk evacuation was planned and getting a taste of the Battle of Britain
5STAR
Police Interceptors
Starts Monday 19 January, 3:00 PM on 5STAR
Season 19 Episode 2
Officer Phil Broughton is hot on the heels of dangerous driver heading towards Nottingham city centre, while Lisa and Lewis deal with reports of gun shots heard down by the canal
True Crime Xtra
Bloodline Detectives
Starts Monday 19 January, 3:00 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 5 Episode 18: The Ramsey Street Rapist
Serial rapes spur fear in a city in North Carolina. Years later new forensic science finds the perpetrator.
True Crime
Judge Judy
Starts Monday 19 January, 4:00 PM on True Crime
Season 21 Episode 10: Series 21
A man buys a broken down Hyundai for $500 as a fixer upper for his teenage daughter but sues for $3,000 when the title is never handed over.
True Crime
Judge Judy
Starts Monday 19 January, 4:25 PM on True Crime
Season 21 Episode 11: Series 21
A woman demands that a mechanic pay her $5,000 for her car, lost wages and emotional distress after he allegedly held her vehicle hostage for 10 months.
Blaze
Ancient Aliens
Starts Monday 19 January, 4:00 PM on Blaze
Season 7 Episode 9: The Vanishings
Experts explore the disappearance of civilisations throughout time and across the globe, wondering if clues left in their wake point to an otherwordly explanation
U&Yesterday
Rise of the Nazis: The Downfall
Starts Monday 19 January, 4:00 PM on U&Yesterday
Season 3 Episode 3: Into the Abyss
As the Second World War approached its end, the Nazi regime was disintegrating and most of Hitler's deputies were busy making plans to try to survive
5STAR
Police Interceptors
Starts Monday 19 January, 4:00 PM on 5STAR
Season 19 Episode 3
Officers pursue a car with no insurance, no tax and a suspected banned driver behind the wheel, and Sgt Brian Blackmore and his team execute a dawn raid
Really
Long Lost Family
Starts Monday 19 January, 4:00 PM on Really
Season 9 Episode 5
A woman whose memory of a week with her younger brother 50 years ago is driving her to find him, and a man who cannot shake the question of how a mother could give up her child
Sky History
Britain's Most Historic Towns
Starts Monday 19 January, 4:00 PM on Sky History
Season 2 Episode 2: Georgian Bristol
Alice Roberts explores the Georgian era in Bristol, taking a horse-drawn carriage ride, sampling backstreet gin, and discovering the story of the world's first chocolate factory
MTV
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
Starts Monday 19 January, 4:00 PM on MTV
Season 6 Episode 1
The would-be cheerleaders arrive for the first auditions at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, including several familiar faces
True Crime
Judge Judy
Starts Monday 19 January, 4:50 PM on True Crime
Season 21 Episode 12: Series 21
A young woman waffles on claims that she feared for her safety when an ex-lover allegedly destroyed her property.
True Crime Xtra
Medical Detectives
Starts Monday 19 January, 5:00 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 10 Episode 16: Deadly Valentine
When a man found his wife covered in blood, he was too late to revive her. Police believed blood evidence didn't match his story
True Crime
Judge Judy
Starts Monday 19 January, 5:15 PM on True Crime
Season 24 Episode 41
A woman sues her former friend for damages after she allegedly drove her car without permission and put oil in the transmission fluid pipe.
MTV
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
Starts Monday 19 January, 5:00 PM on MTV
Season 6 Episode 2
More hopefuls join the competition for an invitation to the notorious training camp, and judges are forced to make difficult choices to select 27 candidates
Sky History
Britain's Most Historic Towns
Starts Monday 19 January, 5:00 PM on Sky History
Season 2 Episode 3: Edwardian Cardiff
Alice Roberts explores Cardiff's Edwardian past, discovering how the coal industry transformed the Rhondda Valley and brought immigrants from across the world to Wales
True Crime Xtra
Medical Detectives
Starts Monday 19 January, 5:30 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 10 Episode 17: Picture This
Police initially thought a teenager had run away, until they found her naked battered body in a ditch. Will they find the killer?
5Action
Traffic Cops
Starts Monday 19 January, 5:00 PM on 5Action
Season 10 Episode 4
Jason Potts is called to a rush-hour crash involving multiple vehicles on the A50, while Alex Boniface takes the lead in the pursuit of a stolen Audi
U&Yesterday
Secret Nazi Bases
Starts Monday 19 January, 5:00 PM on U&Yesterday
Episode 4: Kraftwerk Nord West
One of the largest Nazi bunkers ever constructed, outside the French town of Watten, a missile facility with storage for 108 missiles, a liquid oxygen factory and two launch pads
True Crime
Judge Judy
Starts Monday 19 January, 5:40 PM on True Crime
Season 24 Episode 42
A woman is accused of punching her friend in the face after he allegedly choked her; he is arrested the next day and sues her for damages.
True Crime
Judge Judy
Starts Monday 19 January, 6:05 PM on True Crime
Season 24 Episode 43
After a heated dogfight, a Pit Bull owner maces a neighbour's unleashed Dalmatian that was allegedly mauling his pet..
True Crime Xtra
Medical Detectives
Starts Monday 19 January, 6:00 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 10 Episode 18: Oily in the Morning
Police recovered a submerged car but the driver was missing. Evidence found inside the car would lead them down a trail of obsession
True Crime Xtra
Medical Detectives
Starts Monday 19 January, 6:30 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 10 Episode 19: Gold Rush
When a man reported that his girlfriend had shot and killed herself, a post mortem ruled against suicide. But who killed her, and why?
True Crime
Judge Judy
Starts Monday 19 January, 6:30 PM on True Crime
Season 24 Episode 44
A woman airs her dirty laundry with the world when she discovers the father of her child is cheating on her.
Sky History
American Pickers
Starts Monday 19 January, 6:00 PM on Sky History
Season 19 Episode 28: Gladiators of the Track
Mike and Jersey connect with real-life heavy metal hero Chip whose lifelong passion for steel mills has turned into a stockpile of industrial relics
5Action
Police Interceptors
Starts Monday 19 January, 6:00 PM on 5Action
Season 8 Episode 9
Dan is in hot pursuit of a two-wheeled tearaway, a suspected drunk driver nearly causes a calamity and Mark has to turn detective at a three-car collision
True Crime Xtra
Judge Judy
Starts Monday 19 January, 7:00 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 16 Episode 75
A man sues his ex-girlfriend, twenty years his junior, for the cost of a new computer. The cost of a teenager's trip with a youth leadership program is disputed by former friends.
True Crime Xtra
Judge Judy
Starts Monday 19 January, 7:25 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 16 Episode 76
Teen mother says ex cracked windshield with fist - A teenager sues the father of her four-year-old daughter for an alleged loan and damages to her car's windshield.
5Action
Police Interceptors
Starts Monday 19 January, 7:00 PM on 5Action
Season 8 Episode 10
Dan is given the runaround by an uninsured driver, Mike meets two hungry late-night speeders, and Jon deals with a shoplifter caught by members of the public
5STAR
GPs: Behind Closed Doors
Starts Monday 19 January, 7:00 PM on 5STAR
Season 4 Episode 35
A young mother visits the surgery concerned about feeling numbness in her hands, and a regular patient comes in with a mysterious gash on her leg
Sky History
Forged in Fire
Starts Monday 19 January, 7:00 PM on Sky History
Season 6 Episode 10: The Lochaber Axe
The bladesmiths must forge a signature blade from a steel cage and a pile of barbed wire. Then, it's time to create one of Scotland's most feared weapons, the Lochaber Axe
ITV1 London
Fletchers' Family Farm
Starts Monday 19 January, 7:30 PM on ITV1 London
Episode : Cutdown 1
Actor and TV presenter Kelvin Fletcher and his family give an insight into rural life, beginning in the midst of their busiest lambing season ever
True Crime
Secrets of a Murder Detective
Starts Monday 19 January, 7:00 PM on True Crime
Episode 11: Nanny's Nightmare
Sophie Lionnet's murder is discussed by Steve Keogh and Richard Leonard. Experts and Sophie's mother share views
True Crime Xtra
Judge Judy
Starts Monday 19 January, 7:50 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 16 Episode 77
Accused of Auto Theft A woman accuses her ex-boyfriend of stealing her SUV and destroying her belongings; he claims he has the SUV title and never touched her property
True Crime Xtra
Judge Judy
Starts Monday 19 January, 8:15 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 16 Episode 78
A teenage driver is accused of trying to run over her ex-boyfriend who claims the only way to protect himself was to kick her car. She sues him for damages to her car.
U&Yesterday
Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve
Starts Monday 19 January, 8:00 PM on U&Yesterday
Episode 1: The Nile
The adventurer visits some of the world's most famous waterways and investigates how they have shaped the lives of the people living along them, beginning with the Nile
True Crime
48 Hours
Starts Monday 19 January, 8:00 PM on True Crime
Season 37 Episode 1: The Life and Death of Blaze Bernstein
Blaze Bernstein, who was allgedly killed because he was Jewish, and the trial of his former classmate Sam Woodward.
Sky History
American Pickers
Starts Monday 19 January, 8:00 PM on Sky History
Season 27 Episode 3: The Road To Relics
Following two of America's most skilled 'pickers', who trawl junk yards, garages, attics and barns for precious objects
5Action
Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders
Starts Monday 19 January, 8:00 PM on 5Action
Season 2 Episode 6
PC Matt Turner stops a vehicle with links to drug dealing in Macclesfield and a search of the vehicle reveals the occupant definitely has something to hide
5STAR
Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts
Starts Monday 19 January, 8:00 PM on 5STAR
Season 2 Episode 6
Dr Julian Humphrey and Sister Benita Wainwright treat Phil, who has the rare condition aortic dissection, while Dr Humphrey also tries to put a man's dislocated shoulder into place