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TV tonight: Anna Maxwell Martin is stuck in a suburban nightmare

Dark drama Hollington Drive kicks off on ITV. Plus: David Mitchell is back with a new show, Outsiders. Here’s what to watch this evening

Suburbia is rendered as a genteel, soft-focus hell in this new drama from Sophie Petzal. Theresa (Anna Maxwell Martin) and Fraser (Rhashan Stone) are hosting a barbecue. It’s a tense, awkward affair, full of clumsy interventions from Fraser’s brother Eddie (Ken Nwosu) and passive-aggressive provocations from Theresa’s sister Helen (Rachael Stirling). No wonder the kids want to go to the park. But when another of the drive’s children goes missing, Theresa starts to wonder what her offspring have been up to. It’s horribly claustrophobic, seething with grim detail and, as ever, Maxwell Martin does suppressed trauma and glacial unease superbly. Phil Harrison

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