First look: 7 brand new dramas

COMING SOON...

- Caren Clark

1 Hollington Drive ITV

The Bletchley Circle favourites Anna Maxwell Martin and Rachael Stirling are reunited in this four-part thriller, playing sisters, Theresa and Helen. On a balmy evening, their families are having a barbecue, but, as the children head out to play, a neighbour’s son goes missing…

‘We hope it will keep audiences gripped to their televisions,’ says screenwriter Sophie Petzal.

2 Trigger Point ITV

Tension looks to be mounting for Line of Duty favourite Vicky McClure and Life star Adrian Lester as they join forces in this new thriller, set in contemporary London.

Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio is the executive producer on the six-parter, which centres on Lana Washington and Joel Nutkins, who served together in the military in Afghanistan and are now with the Metropolitan Police Bomb Disposal Squad. But who is behind a spate of terror attacks in the capital?

‘So grateful to be working with Jed again,’ says Vicky. ‘I’m looking forward to creating a strong, bright, troubled character in Lana.’

3 The Responder BBC1

Sherlock star Martin Freeman looks pensive in this powerful first shot from his new five-part drama about a troubled police officer with an urgent response unit in Liverpool.