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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Lucy Mangan

Crossfire review – Keeley Hawes stars in the world’s most stupidly corridor-based thriller

Anneika Rose and Keeley Hawes in Crossfire.
‘I can’t face another corridor’ … Anneika Rose and Keeley Hawes in Crossfire. Photograph: Monica Lek/BBC/Dancing Ledge Productions

Hey – do you like corridors? How about frantic whispered conversations? Or mobile phones? If you like any of these – and if you like all of them, hold on to your hat right now – then has the BBC got a treat for you! It’s called Crossfire (BBC One), and it comprises nothing else. About 306 adults (a conservative estimate) and their 854 kids have gone on a dream holiday together to a big hotel in a big resort with a pool and sun and everything.

At first, things look promising for the viewer because one of the couples is Keeley Hawes (as Jo) and Lee Ingleby (as Jason) – who are good actors who wouldn’t choose to appear in anything that is going to be 100% corridors, frantic whispered conversations and mobile phones – and also because Jo is busy sexting someone who is definitely not petulant manbaby Jason. Hurrah, you think. Sexual tension, mind games and psychological wotsits are bound to abound. What a day!

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