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What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Wednesday

Station 19
Station 19

Station 19 returns for season five, The Harder They Fall arrives on Netflix, Oliver Callan visits the Haughey years, and The L Word: Generation Q is back for a new run . . .

Pick of the Day

Station 19, 10.00pm, Sky Witness

Streaming on NOW TV

The popular firehouse drama - a sister show to the much-loved Grey's Anatomy - returns for a fifth season.

Relationships are challenged at Station 19 following Sullivan's actions at Maya and Carina's wedding, putting his marriage with Andy to the test.

Meanwhile, Dean comes to terms with his feelings for Vic, while Travis rekindles an old flame.

The annual Phoenix Festival brings out some reckless behaviour in some of Seattle's citizens, challenging the teams at Station 19 and Grey Sloan Memorial.

Don’t Miss

Panorama, 7.30pm, BBC One

Subtitled Wild Weather: Our World Under Threat, this Panorama special investigates a year of wild weather and hears how freak events are becoming increasingly commonplace, changing life right now for millions.

This summer a small town was destroyed by fire after record-breaking high temperatures in the Pacific Northwest and Canada.

Floods in Germany swept away entire villages, a plague of mice destroyed livelihoods in Australia's New South Wales.

Dust storms from China swept thousands of miles to South Korea and the people of Madagascar are on the brink of the world's first climate change-induced famine.

By interrogating climate science and with exclusive access to new UK Met Office data, reporter Justin Rowlatt reveals where in the world the climate is changing the fastest and who will be most affected.

Callan Kicks the Years, 9.35pm, RTÉ One

In an episode entitled The Haughey Years, Oliver Callan's satirical history looks at the cultural, political, entertainment and sport revolutions of the Charles Haughey years.

As well as the former Toaiseach, the show also features Bono, toxic sweets and - that unforgettable phenomenon of Eighties’ Ireland - moving statues.

Location, Location, Location, 8.00pm, Channel 4

In this episode, Phil and Kirsty (below) catch up with two sets of previous house-hunters at different stages of life to see how’ve got on in the meantime.

In 2019, Alistair and Candice were searching in Swindon's pricey old town.

Kirstie Allsopp realised that their budget and expectations didn't quite match, so it was going to be a tough search with some hard-hitting compromises.

A year earlier, Thomas and Angelina had sold their family home of 32 years and were downsizing in Bolton, to be closer to their family.

Phil Spencer returns to find out how both couples have got on since cameras stopped rolling.

Universe, 9.00pm, BBC Two

Professor Brian Cox examines the hunt for extra-terrestrials, which has become a matter of serious scientific inquiry over the last few decades.

Vivid animation based on data from the most successful planet hunter of them all, the Kepler space telescope, brings new worlds into view.

They range from puffy planets with the density of polystyrene, unstable worlds orbiting two suns and thousand-degree, broiling gas giants with skies whipped into titanic winds.

New or Returning Shows

The L Word: Generation Q, 10.05pm, Sky Atlantic

Streaming on NOW

From hot new hookups to trouble at the altar - nothing is off-limits for this unapologetic group of friends and lovers as they assemble for a second season.

In the opener, Bette is forced to navigate some major changes in both her personal and professional life, including a big request from Angie.

Shane gets pulled into LA’s high stakes, underground poker scene as Alice and Nat readjust to couplehood.

Meanwhile, Sophie, Dani and Finley all must deal with the fallout of Sophie’s decision at the airport and Micah navigates his new normal following José’s bombshell revelation. Then, in episode two, Bette makes big moves at her new job as she also navigates a surprising new relationship.

Tricked-Out Tractors, 8.30pm, BBC One

In the opening episode of this second season, a Lamborghini comes into the workshop for restoration by the team.

One of the earliest vehicles ever made by the Italian company, it proves a hit for Tylor Cartin, Stephen Lennon and Darren Bailey.

New to Stream

The Harder They Fall, Netflix

Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba and Regina King are in the cast of this highly anticipated and almost exclusively black Western. Expect nods to Tarantino, Spike Lee and good old Spaghetti Westerns.

Gunning for revenge, outlaw Nat Love saddles up with his gang to take down enemy Rufus Buck, a ruthless crime boss who just got sprung from prison.

Not for the squeamish though.

The Premise, Disney+

BJ Novak’s comedy anthology series uses comedy to engage with the biggest issues of our unprecedented modern era.

The show will feature a different all-star cast in each episode.

Look out for the likes of Lucas Hedges, Kaitlyn Dever, Jon Bernthal, O’Shea Jackson Jr, Ed Asner, George Wallace, Boyd Holbrook and Beau Bridges.

Lords of Scam, Netflix

This documentary traces the rise and crash of scammers who conned the EU carbon quota system and pocketed millions before turning on one another.

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