What’s on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Wednesday

RTÉ Investigates looks at the equine industry in Ireland, Jake Gyllenhaal stars in legal thriller Presumed Innocent, Alan Cumming hosts The Traitors US, and there’s the final day’s action from the European Athletics Championships . . .

Pick of the Day

RTÉ Investigates, 9.35pm, RTÉ One

Streaming on RTÉ Player

Horses hold a very special place in Irish life. Or so it seems. RTÉ Investigates: Horses – Making a Killing seeks out the reality.

With so many hoses bred every year what sometimes happens when they are no longer useful or too expensive to keep?

This special goes deep inside the Irish equine industry to show what happens to horses after they leave the spotlight.

New or Returning Shows

The Traitors US, 7.00pm, BBC Three/12.10am, BBC One

Here’s the second season of the American version of this hugely addictive show.

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A new set of strangers gather to participate in a game of detection, backstabbing and trust, in the hope of winning a cash jackpot.

Three of the contestants – called the traitors – will devise a plan to steal the prize from the other contestants, who are called the faithful.

The faithful are unaware of who the traitors are.

The show is hosted by Alan Cumming.

Just a note on the broadcast: there’s a double episode on BBC Three from 7pm, repeated later on BBC One.

A Small Light, 10.05pm, RTÉ2

Drama series inspired by the true story of the Dutch couple who risked their lives to hide Anne Frank and her family, and other persecuted Jews, during the Second World War.

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Miep Gies (Bel Powley) works as a secretary to Otto Frank (Liev Schreiber) in Amsterdam as the city comes under Nazi occupation.

Otto fears for the safety of his loved ones and decides to hide in the secret annexe of his business premises along with members of the van Pels and Pfeffer families.

Miep, her husband Jan (Joe Cole) and other brave souls agree to watch over the fugitives and keep them safe from the Nazis for the next two years.

Don’t Miss

The Repair Shop, 8.00pm, BBC One

This is the last episode for a while as the show takes a break for Euro 2024.

Tim Gunn meets Sharon from Swindon who brings in a BMX bike belonging to her husband Dave who can no longer ride due to a Chiari Malformation.

Barbara and Stefan from Holloway Fire Station bring in a painting depicting a fire with three bold, yellow-helmeted firefighters in the foreground that needs some attention after years of being hung outside.

Ceri from Cardiff asks for help restoring an authentic gown that once belonged to Cork-born drag performer Danny La Rue (above).

Brother Nick and Chris from Suffolk bring a dynamometer into the barn with hope that horologist Steven Fletcher can get it working again.

Don Warrington and Tony Jordan Remember Death in Paradise, 10.00pm, BBC Four

Actor Don Warrington joins forces with acclaimed TV writer and producer Tony Jordan to look back on the show’s origins and share some stories from behind-the-scenes.

The pair discuss what has made the series such an enduring hit for audiences.

Followed at 10.20pm by the season 3 opener, a key episode in the series, starring Kris Marshall (above, right) and Ben Miller (above, left).

New to Stream

Presumed Innocent, Apple TV+

Here’s a very promising American legal thriller miniseries created by David E Kelley and based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Scott Turow.

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Jake Gyllenhaal as Rusty Sabich, a prosecutor who becomes the prime suspect in the murder of one of his colleagues.

Our own Ruth Negga co-stars as Rusty’s wife, Barbara Sabich.

Under the Bridge, Disney+

This drama is based on acclaimed author Rebecca Godfrey’s book about the 1997 true story of fourteen-year-old Reena Virk (Vritika Gupta) who went to join friends at a party and never returned home.

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Through the eyes of aspiring author Rebecca Godfrey (Riley Keough) and a local police officer (Lily Gladstone), the series takes us into the hidden world of the young girls accused of the murder – revealing startling truths about the unlikely killer.

Ending Today

The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan, 9.00pm, BBC Two

Romesh (below) travels to Madagascar and embarks on a mission, guided by exuberant diving instructor Bic, to find out what the island has to offer the uninitiated – apart from cartoon dancing lemurs.

In the chaotic capital of Antananarivo, Bic samples a popular soup made from an eye-watering delicacy and Rom discovers that local taxi drivers have an intoxicating way of economising on fuel.

Inside No 9, 10.00pm, BBC Two

This is the last-ever episode of the award-winning anthology of films, written by and starring Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith.

Sport

European Athletics Championships, 8.00pm, RTÉ2

Streaming on RTÉ Player

Live coverage of the sixth and concluding day’s action from Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

Medals are awarded in the men’s pole vault and javelin and the women’s long jump, which all started earlier in the evening.

Plus the women’s 4x400m at 8.06, 800m at 8.31 and 4x100m relay at 9.38, and the men’s 4x400m relay at 8.19, 10,000m at 8.44, 1500m at 9.26 and 4x100m relay at 9.50.

Paul O’Flynn presents, with analysis from Derval O’Rourke, Rob Heffernan and Sonia O’Sullivan (above), reports from David Gillick, and commentary by Greg Allen and Dave Matthews.

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