For television that makes you feel so constantly anxious and stressed that even an episode of Squid Game would calm the nerves, BBC1’s thriller Crossfire does the job.
This ‘Die Hard in a hotel’ mini-series stars Keeley Hawes (who else?) on the holiday from hell in the Canary Islands. Keeley plays Jo, who has gone away with her annoying husband Jason ( Lee Ingleby ), two other couples and their troupe of children.
I don’t mind tension, but as terrorists storm their luxury resort and start shooting at families indiscriminately for three entire hours, this nightmarish viewing is too relentless to be remotely enjoyable.
