The Scottish Mail on Sunday

Hollington Drive ITV, 9pm

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From The Stepford Wives to Doctor Foster, audiences have long learned to expect that enviable suburban settings will be the stage for shocking revelation­s.

And so it proves as we visit the prosperous neighbourh­ood of an unnamed British town. Cafe entreprene­ur Theresa (Anna Maxwell Martin) and headteache­r Helen (Rachael Stirling, right) are sisters who have made homes with their families on Hollington Drive.

Except for the nervily worried Theresa, everyone's all smiles when they meet together for a barbecue. But that looks like being the last happy moment they'll all share for a long time, after a local child is reported missing.

The cast is strong, but with Theresa at the heart of the story this is Maxwell Martin's show, and she's superb as a woman in permanent anguish because of the secrets she must hide. ★★★★★

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