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Medical Detectives
Started Wednesday 17 September, 1:00 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 18 Episode 5: Broken Santa
A family mourns the unexpected death of a beloved grandmother at Christmas. Local police assure everyone that she was a victim of a tragic accident and that there is no foul play.
True Crime
Judge Judy
Started Wednesday 17 September, 1:00 PM on True Crime
Season 22 Episode 98: Series 22
When a young woman is accused of stealing money from her mother's ex-boyfriend, she throws out wild allegations against him.
Sky Replay
Motorway Patrol
Started Wednesday 17 September, 1:00 PM on Sky Replay
Season 17 Episode 1
Documentary series from New Zealand following the madness and mayhem faced by intrepid officers as they pull over motorists for a variety of suspected offences
True Crime
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 1:30 PM on True Crime
Season 22 Episode 99: Series 22
When a rent-control tenant goes up against a large property owner and loses, he seeks damages from his allegedly illegal tenant.
Sky Replay
Motorway Patrol
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 1:30 PM on Sky Replay
Season 17 Episode 2
Documentary series from New Zealand following the madness and mayhem faced by intrepid officers as they pull over motorists for a variety of suspected offences
5STAR
Traffic Cops
Started Wednesday 17 September, 1:00 PM on 5STAR
Season 2 Episode 6
A speeding young driver writes his car off in a spectacular fireball, while a high-speed car and foot chase through the centre of Bradford ends in a gruesome smash
True Crime Xtra
Medical Detectives
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 1:30 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 18 Episode 6: The Maidenwater Murder
When a true crime hobbyist connects a Utah Jane Doe to an Ohio missing persons case, detectives are hard-pressed to solve the decades-old murder.
5Action
Police Interceptors
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 1:05 PM on 5Action
Season 11 Episode 3
Dog handler Jimmy finds a dangerous weapon, while an armed response team is called out to deal with a drunken gunman, and a drink driver refuses to take a breath test
True Crime
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 2:00 PM on True Crime
Season 18 Episode 143
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 Wednesday 17 September, 2:30 PM on True Crime
Season 18 Episode 144
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
5STAR
Police Interceptors
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 2:00 PM on 5STAR
Season 2 Episode 13
The team pursues a criminal driving a stolen 4x4, and the Stanway officers tackle a man wielding a machete in a public park. Meanwhile, the chief inspector unveils a new weapon
U&Dave
Railroad Australia
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 2:00 PM on U&Dave
Season 2 Episode 12
John Mackie takes on a hellish loco restoration job, Wilmar Sugar race to repair cyclone-destroyed tracks, and an upstart freight company takes on Broken Hill's mineral riches
Sky History
Beyond Skinwalker Ranch
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 2:00 PM on Sky History
Season 3 Episode 2: The Ranch Strikes Back
Paranormal investigator Katie Paige returns to Rocky Mountain Ranch in Colorado, where she first encountered unexplained phenomena at the age of nine
Really
Money for Nothing
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 2:00 PM on Really
Season 11 Episode 3
Sarah Moore and her team of designers breathe new life into redundant rolls of fabric, a rusty filing cabinet and a dining chair
True Crime
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 3:00 PM on True Crime
Season 18 Episode 145
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 Wednesday 17 September, 3:30 PM on True Crime
Season 18 Episode 146
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Sky History
Greatest Escapes of WWII
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 3:00 PM on Sky History
Episode 5
A focus on the German submarines that caused havoc in the American desert, the playboy pilot they couldn't cage and the young lovers whose escape defied all odds
5STAR
Police Interceptors
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 3:00 PM on 5STAR
Season 2 Episode 14
Highlights from the second series, including the thief who tried to run a police vehicle off the road in a stolen 4x4 and a driver pursued by nine interceptors
True Crime
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 4:00 PM on True Crime
Season 18 Episode 147
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
True Crime Xtra
Facing Evil
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 4:00 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 5 Episode 1: Lifting the Mask
The murder of Patrice LaBlanc, whose body surfaced in 1986 in a Texas Lake, having been stabbed 39 times by her drag queen boyfriend Brandi West
True Crime
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 4:25 PM on True Crime
Season 18 Episode 148
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Sky Replay
Caught on Dashcam
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 4:00 PM on Sky Replay
Season 2 Episode 5
Fly-on-the-dashboard documentary showcasing outrageous road disasters, captured in video form by drivers' in-vehicle dashboard cameras
5STAR
Police Interceptors
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 4:00 PM on 5STAR
Season 3 Episode 1
Specially trained officers try to stop a 4x4 as it is driven dangerously through the streets of Basildon, and pursue a fake ambulance
U&Yesterday
Rise of the Nazis
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 4:00 PM on U&Yesterday
Episode 3: Night of the Long Knives
The infamous Night of the Long Knives in late June and early July of 1934, when Adolf Hitler ordered a series of political executions on those seen as a threat
Blaze
Ancient Aliens
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 4:00 PM on Blaze
Season 7 Episode 5: The Genius Factor
Examining the notion that the forces of inspiration the ancients attributed to the gods actually emanated from an otherworldly source
Sky History
Greatest Escapes of WWII
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 4:00 PM on Sky History
Episode 6
A focus on Hitler's last soldier in America who defied the FBI for 40 years and the prisoners who revealed the secrets of the death camps
True Crime Xtra
Facing Evil
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 4:30 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 5 Episode 9: Killing One's Own
The murders of Loyd and Agnes Courtney, who were beaten and stabbed to death, with prosecutors alleging their daughter Deborah was the guilty party
MTV
Help! I'm in a Secret Relationship!
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 4:00 PM on MTV
Season 2 Episode 14
Tiffany and Matt crushed on each other in high school. Today, 15-years later they're madly in love but Tiffany feels hidden
True Crime
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 4:50 PM on True Crime
Season 18 Episode 149
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Sky Replay
Motorway Patrol
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 5:00 PM on Sky Replay
Season 17 Episode 1
Documentary series from New Zealand following the madness and mayhem faced by intrepid officers as they pull over motorists for a variety of suspected offences
True Crime Xtra
Medical Detectives
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 5:00 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 18 Episode 7: Scent of Death
A young Colorado mother suddenly vanishes on Thanksgiving Day. Her family and co-workers know the highly accomplished pilot is not one to just disappear.
True Crime
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 5:15 PM on True Crime
Season 23 Episode 50: Series 23
An online meeting, romantic relations and a series of alleged loans lead a man to make the most serious of allegations against his ex-lover.
Sky Replay
Motorway Patrol
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 5:30 PM on Sky Replay
Season 17 Episode 2
Documentary series from New Zealand following the madness and mayhem faced by intrepid officers as they pull over motorists for a variety of suspected offences
MTV
Help! I'm in a Secret Relationship!
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 5:00 PM on MTV
Season 2 Episode 15: Brianna and DaQuan
Brianna thought her fiancé DaQuan was her Prince Charming, but three years later she still hasn't met his family. Now she's demanding answers before getting married
Blaze
Ancient Aliens
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 5:00 PM on Blaze
Season 7 Episode 6: Secrets of the Mummies
Experts investigate the mysterious origins of mummification and any possible influences exerted by extraterrestrials
5Action
Traffic Cops
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 5:00 PM on 5Action
Season 9 Episode 12
PC Jason Potts is called to a pub where a distressed woman is convinced her boyfriend has fallen into the freezing waters of a canal
5STAR
Car Pound Cops: Give Me My Car Back!
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 5:00 PM on 5STAR
Episode 17
In Manchester, Gary is called out to recover a stolen car - and to make matters worse, the vehicle is parked in a tight spot, making it tricky to winch onto his flatbed lorry
U&Yesterday
Warbird Workshop
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 5:00 PM on U&Yesterday
Episode 1: The Deadliest Spitfire
Documentary following the engineers and aviators who battle to keep the UK's most historic warplanes in the air. In the first edition, the team rebuild a Spitfire MJ772
True Crime Xtra
Medical Detectives
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 5:30 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 18 Episode 8: Lil Miss Murder
Eight days after she had disappeared on her way to a family ski trip, 18-year-old Lisa Marie Kimmel's partially nude body was found floating in a river in Wyoming.
True Crime
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 5:40 PM on True Crime
Season 23 Episode 51: Series 23
A contractor is accused of taking thousands from a woman and leaving her with nowhere to live; she denies hiring his own men out from under him.
True Crime
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 6:05 PM on True Crime
Season 23 Episode 52: Series 23
The Judge explains liability to a teen party planner after a woman walks into a rowdy party and is violently hit in the head with a chair.
True Crime Xtra
Medical Detectives
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 6:00 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 18 Episode 10: Desperate Stakes
When the clerk of an Atlanta-area smoke shop is shot during a robbery, investigators have only descriptions of the killers and the make of their getaway car.
Blaze
Close Encounters
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 6:00 PM on Blaze
Episode 5: School's Out and Christmas Lights
Back in 1966, at the Westall School in Melbourne, Australia, students claimed they saw a saucer-shaped object in a field
Blaze
Close Encounters
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 6:30 PM on Blaze
Episode 6: Blind Date and Flying House
Teenager 16-year-old Ron Johnson, who claimed to have witnessed a mushroom-shaped object emitting a near-blinding light while feeding the family sheep in a field
True Crime Xtra
Medical Detectives
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 6:30 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 18 Episode 11: Killer Alibi
California police are baffled when an innocent man's DNA is found at the scene of a deadly home invasion.
5Action
Police Interceptors
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 6:00 PM on 5Action
Season 11 Episode 7
Ian Stapley pursues a trail of sparks left by a car thief with a burst front tyre, while the firearms team looks for two men seen in possession of a sawn-off shotgun
Talking Pictures TV
Strange But True
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 6:25 PM on Talking Pictures TV
Season 3 Episode 2: Cornish Sea Monster/Exorcist's Story
Michael Aspel explores two unusual stories based in Cornwall - a strange sea beast and a vicar who is also an exorcist
True Crime
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 6:30 PM on True Crime
Season 23 Episode 53: Series 23
The Judge dresses down a man who sues for damages while he lived rent-free; the landlord said the property was empty, abandoned and vandalised.
Sky History
American Pickers
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 6:00 PM on Sky History
Season 20 Episode 9: Farm Fresh
Mike and Robbie have high hopes for a sprawling family farm in Ohio, with a fleet of pricey cars and barns exploding with top-notch treasures
True Crime Xtra
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 7:00 PM on True Crime Xtra
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.
True Crime Xtra
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 17 September, 7:25 PM on True Crime Xtra
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.