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Hollie Richardson, Danielle De Wolfe, Hannah Verdier and Jack Seale

TV tonight: Lucy Kirkwood’s blistering drama about sexual violence

Mary (Zawe Ashton) and Mary (Hayley Squires) in Maryland
‘Brilliant’ … Mary (Zawe Ashton) and Mary (Hayley Squires) in Maryland. Photograph: Sarah Weal/BBC/Century Films Ltd

Maryland

10.05pm, BBC Two

Hayley Squires and Zawe Ashton are brilliant in this blistering 30-minute adaptation of Lucy Kirkwood’s play about violent sex crimes against girls and women. Mary (Ashton) and Mary (Squires) have both been raped and go to a police station to report the attacks. Throughout, a chorus of furies rails against the further injustices they experience. Hollie Richardson

Location, Location, Location

8pm, Channel 4

Kirstie and Phil circle back to discover whether two sets of house-hunters ever flew the nest. Five years on, did compromise prevail when Chloe’s dream of a central Reading location clashed with dad Clive’s investment property plans? Meanwhile, a year makes all the difference as Ella attempts to lure her partner Grant away from his mother. Danielle De Wolfe

Unvaccinated

9pm, BBC Two

Prof Hannah Fry (in foreground) withNazarin, Vicky, Chanelle, Luca, Mark, Ethan and Naomi, in Unvaccinated.
Medical investigation … Prof Hannah Fry (in foreground) with Nazarin, Vicky, Chanelle, Luca, Mark, Ethan and Naomi, in Unvaccinated. Photograph: Jack Barnes/BBC/STV Studios

For many people over the past 12 months, the Covid-19 vaccine has been as divisive an issue as Brexit. In this documentary, Prof Hannah Fry speaks to some of the 5 million people in the UK who refused the vaccination to find out why – and to see if they have changed their minds. HR

George Clarke’s Remarkable Renovations

9pm, Channel 4

The beauty of this show is that there is always more passion than tension, even though some of the projects are ambitious. This week, George is with James, who has been in love with a former glassworks in Brighton for 15 years. His uncompromising eye for detail, plus half a million pounds, mean you can look forward to a spectacular reveal. Hannah Verdier

The South Bank Show

10pm, Sky Arts

“What’s it like being 30 and on the scrap heap?” Frank Skinner reveals how being asked this question pushed him into standup comedy, as he speaks to Melvyn Bragg in the new series of the arts show. HR

Breeders

10pm, Sky Comedy

“It’s like having a hot poker running from my arsehole to my eyebrows!” As season three of the bracingly honest parenting comedy continues, Paul has done his back in, which may or may not help with his habit of judging his teenage son Luke harshly. Fairly regular domestic travails, it seems; but this show is not afraid to be deadly serious. Jack Seale

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