What's on? TV highlights for Wednesday

There's a star-studded new US drama called 9-1-1, the UK version of Don't Tell the Bride is back, while Picnic at Hanging Rock comes to an end . . .

Pick of the day

9-1-1, 9.00pm, Sky Witness & NOW TV

Don't know if this will be any use, but the cast is hugely impressive and TV gold fingers Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear are the creators. It's got a hell of a lot going for it.

Academy Award nominee Angela Bassett - most recently seen in Mission: Impossible – Fallout - leads the charge as LAPD officer Athena Grant, alongside fire-fighter Bobby Nash (Peter Kraus of Six Feet Under fame) and 911 operator Abby Clark (Connie Britton, Nashville and Friday Night Lights).

It looks like the hugely enjoyable Chicago Fire has got itself some serious competition here.

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New or Returning Shows

Don't Tell the Bride, 9.00pm, E4

In the first episode of a new run, reluctant groom Lee agrees to plan the big day - as long as he can have it his way. Anna has always dreamed of getting married in the family church in Norfolk.

What will she do when faced with a Vegas-style wedding? And how does she react when she finds out Lee blew a quarter of the budget on his stag do?

Orangutan Jungle School, 8.00pm, Channel 4

The Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rescue Centre in Borneo, Indonesia, is the largest orangutan rehabilitation centre in the world.

Its extraordinary team of devoted staff rescue orangutans displaced from their habitat or kept as illegal pets, and teach them the skills necessary to survive on their own.

This series reveals the often heart-rending stories behind each animal's arrival, and follows the progress of these highly intelligent, endearing yet vulnerable students through all the stages of their education and their extraordinary bonds with their human helpers.

Ending Tonight

Picnic at Hanging Rock, 9.00pm, BBC Two

Although it took a while to get going – eight episodes was many two too many to tell the tale – this adaptation of the famous Australian novel starring Natalie Dormer has ultimately been worth watching.

In a flashback to the Christmas holidays before the picnic, Sara (Inez Curro) joins Miranda (Lily Sullivan) on her family’s cattle station.

Sara is the happiest she has ever been but Miranda is furious at having to return to the college, refusing to be groomed for marriage - and threatens to run away.

Back in 1900, Hester (Natalie Dormer) has grown increasingly paranoid that vengeful Arthur (Philip Quast) is behind the disappearances and coming after her.

On the Edge, 10.30pm, Channel 4

The final in the three-part drama anthology centres around the friendship between Ashley (Chanel Cresswell) and Becca (Alexandra Roach).

Free-spirited Ashley refuses to grow up, enabled by sensible flatmate Becca. When she's forced to confront a reality she tried to bury in her past, Ashley's life begins to unravel.

New to Download

Gotham Season 4, Netflix

If you missed the fourth season of this Batman prequel on E4 (there are only three episodes left), here's where you can catch up.

In the aftermath of the Tetch virus incident, the run begins with Penguin once again in control of Gotham's underworld and issuing 'Licenses of Misconduct', allowing criminals to commit 'legal crimes'.

A group of unlicensed criminals led by Merton and Grady Harris decide to defeat Penguin, releasing Jonathan Crane from Arkham Asylum to help them produce his father's fear toxin.

Don't Miss

Hang Ups, 10.00pm, Channel 4

Last week's opener was a good start to this six-part comedy starring Stephen Mangan as Richard Pitt, a therapist with a chequered professional career, who finds himself at a crossroads in life.

With Karen (Katherine Parkinson) away on business, Richard is left holding the fort. Family pressures result in Richard enlisting the support of his squabbling siblings Jon (Conleth Hill) and Katherine (Jessica Hynes).

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