Mersey mystery

Troubled teens and pushy parents are caught up in a Liverpool-set whodunnit

- IAN MACEWAN

The Gathering Tuesday & Wednesday, 9pm, C4 (box set, Channel 4)

The circumstances leading up to an attack on a teenage girl at an illegal beach rave on Merseyside lie at the heart of compelling new C4 drama The Gathering.

Newcomer Eva Morgan stars as Kelly, a talented gymnast from a hard-up, single-parent family, who is the victim of the violent attack. Across six episodes, the drama flashes back to tell the stories of the people most closely associated with Kelly in the days, weeks and months before the crime is committed.