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- ↑ White, Peter (24 February 2020). "ITV Nabs Thriller 'Hollington Drive' From 'Blood' Creator Sophie Petzal & All3Media's West Road Pictures" . Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ↑ Most, if not all websites inform erroneously that filming took place in housing estate "the Mill" in Cardiff. See eg.
- ↑ "Hollington Drive review – Anna Maxwell Martin radiates with rage in suburban hell". the Guardian. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ↑ "Hollington Drive serves up the full English of middle-class parent terrors - review". The Independent. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
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