![]() ![]() Jason’s is only the second-worst phone-related faux pas of the series, however, as while holed up in the hotel’s kitchen, Kate (Anneika Rose) starts calling her husband Chinar, only for a fellow hostage to voice what we’re all shouting at the telly and tell her the sound of his phone ringing will probably lead the gunmen straight to his hiding place. This leads him to leave him a profanity-filled voicemail about what a wrong’un he is, which in the context of what’s going on around him lacks a bit of perspective, to say the least. Meanwhile, Jason runs back to find his missing son, but quickly gives up and chills in their hotel room instead, allowing him to use Jo’s phone to discover the identity of her flirty texter is none other than Chinar. Ben ( Daniel Ryan), for instance, wilfully urges the two children under his care to run off while he helps a daft old woman down a hill, so of course they instantly disappear. And if you enjoy feeling smug and superior, it’s a good watch, because some of their questionable decisions verge on the ridiculous. The plot barrels forward, and the characters’ varied reactions to an unimaginable situation do an excellent job of making viewers question what we would do if faced with our worst nightmare. The protagonists scatter to various locations in the chaos, adding a layer of disorienting terror to the tension, with excellent performances all round making this one of the year’s must-watch drama moments. Gunshots fire out, and hundreds of holidaymakers start to hide or flee, clutching their children as indiscriminately targeted victims fall one by one around them. Be prepared to watch the next few minutes from behind your hands, your stomach firmly clenched, as a scene of pure, palpitations-inducing horror unfolds. As openings go, it’s satisfyingly gripping.īefore we get to the proper shooty-bang-bang stuff, we see Jason’s bizarre outburst of snide comments about Jo’s failed career as a police officer in front of all their friends, sufficiently establishing him as The Knobhead Character, and their marriage on decidedly iffy territory.Īnd then the real action starts. Still, we’re teased with a scene where Keeley Hawes’ character Jo is alone on her hotel room balcony, one minute waving at her son as he dives into the now crowded pool, the next sending mysterious kinky text messages to god-knows-who, then freezing at the sound of gunshots beginning to ring out across the complex before running towards the action. So when Crossfire opens with a dazed Keeley Hawes voiceover vaguely pontificating about the nonlinear nature of time while we watch her swimming in a luxurious (but mysteriously empty for a massive holiday complex) pool, you can consider it an omen that all is not quite right with this BBC drama. ![]() A slick three-episode BBC production airing over consecutive nights with the added allure of a binge-it-all-on-iPlayer option. A magnificent cast including Keeley Hawes, Josette Simon and Lee Ingleby. The terrifying prospect of an idyllic Canary Island hotel besieged by determined gunmen with a grudge. The ingredients of Crossfire are an all-inclusive buffet of delights. It was not James Kelly who killed the mouse as is confirmed in the article, Mr Kelly did not approve of the method of dispatch.This review contains spoilers for all three episodes of BBC drama Crossfire This article was originally headlined "BBC Newsreader criticised for STAMPING on mouse: 'Quicker than a trap or poison'"and the introduction said "BBC Radio 2 journalist has faced criticism after joking about stamping on and killing a mouse.” In fact, newsreader James Kelly tweeted about a colleague who had killed a mouse in the NBH-1 main newsroom. Workers were told that resolving the mouse issue was the building's "top priority" and that they should report any mouse sightings to a hotline. It has been reported that New Broadcasting House received mouse complaints mere weeks after moving into the new building in 2013. "Meanwhile, we urge the authorities to investigate and the BBC to inform all its staff and contractors about what constitutes cruelty - and why small animals are not exempt," the statement concluded. ![]() "PETA will be sending the BBC a humane rodent trap so that any unwanted guests can be gently caught and released, unharmed, outdoors - which is a solution that everyone, including the mice, can live with.
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