James Walton

Well-meaning thriller with moments of implausibility: BBC1’s Crossfire reviewed

Plus: on Channel 5 Michael Palin is still having bureaucratic trouble at border crossings

Keeley Hawes, as Jo, in BBC1's Crossfire. Credit: BBC / Dancing Ledge Productions / Luke Varley 
issue 24 September 2022
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