TV tonight: Lucy Kirkwood’s drama about sexual violence

Maryland

22.05, BBC Two

Hayley Squires and Zawe Ashton are brilliant in this 30-minute adaptation of Lucy Kirkwood’s play about violent sex crimes against girls and women. Mary (Ashton) and Mary (Squires) have been raped and are going to a police station to report the attacks. Throughout, a heart of fury confronts the new injustices they experience. Hollie Richardson

Location, location, location

8pm, Channel 4

Kirstie and Phil return to find out if two groups of house hunters ever flew into the nest. Five years later, was the engagement imposed when Chloe’s dream of a downtown Reading location clashed with Father Clive’s real estate investment plans? Meanwhile, one year makes a difference as Ella tries to distance her partner Grant from her mother. Danielle De Wolfe

Without vaccination

9pm, BBC Two

Medical research … Professor Hannah Fry (foreground) with Nazarin, Vicky, Chanelle, Luca, Mark, Ethan and Naomi, in Unvaccinated. Photography: Jack Barnes / BBC / STV Studios

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

The remarkable renovations of George Clarke

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 an old glass factory in Brighton for 15 years. His uncompromising eye for detail, plus half a million pounds, means you can expect a spectacular revelation. Hannah Verdier

The South Bank show

22:00, Arts of Heaven

“What’s it like to be 30 and be in the junkyard?” Frank Skinner reveals how this question pushed him into standup comedy, as he talks to Melvyn Bragg on the new art show series. HR

Breeders

10pm, Sky Comedy

“It’s like having a hot poker that goes from my ass to my eyebrows!” As the third season of the sincere and honest parenting comedy continues, Paul has turned his back, which may or may not help with his habit of harshly judging his teenage son Luke. Domestic work seems to be fairly regular; but this show is not afraid to be deadly serious. Jack Seale

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