<div><div><p><strong>Angela Bassett</strong> takes the lead in an adrenaline-fuelled drama about first responders.</p></div></div>

- Caren Clark, Olly Grant, Adam Tanswell

NEW DRAMA

9-1-1 Wednesday, Sky Witness Hd, 9pm

From the all-singing high-school angst of Glee to the twisted chills of American Horror Story and real-life intrigue of Feud, Ryan Murphy has created some of the stand-out TV shows of recent years. Now he’s putting his spin on the procedural drama as co-creator of 9-1-1.

Set in Los Angeles, the tense 10-part series, which has already been commissioned for a second run, follows a variety of heartstopping emergencies through the eyes of first responders – police officers, firefighters and paramedics – as well as the 911 operators who take the call for help.

The star-studded cast is headed by Angela Bassett as police patrol sergeant Athena Grant, who frequently works with fire service captain Bobby Nash, played by Six Feet Under’s Peter Krause, and 911 operator Abby Clark (Nashville’s Connie Britton).

The opener sees the first responders deal with intruders who threaten a child, a baby trapped in sewage pipes and a giant python that’s suffocating its owner.

HIGH VOLTAGE 

As the series progresses, there will be no shortage of edge-of-the-seat, high-voltage incidents.

‘They are really big set pieces,’ says Bassett. ‘There’s a plane crash. They literally made the ocean that the plane crashes into! And there’s a situation at an amusement park where the fun turns deadly.

‘My character, Athena, is very