{"id":22262,"date":"2022-09-20T01:01:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T23:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1708327"},"modified":"2022-09-20T01:40:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T23:40:14","slug":"where-was-crossfire-filmed","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/where-was-crossfire-filmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Where was Crossfire filmed?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 20 September 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Brand-new BBC drama Crossfire<\/a> finds Keeley Hawes playing a woman whose holiday descends into a nightmare when gunmen attack the hotel where she, her family and her friends are staying.<\/p>\n

This premise meant that much of the filming on the drama had to take place abroad, in and around the hotel where the group, including Hawes\u2019s character Jo, and the other guests were staying.<\/p>\n

The resort looks visually stunning on-screen, meaning viewers will likely be wondering just where the drama was filmed, as well as where it is set. So where exactly was that?<\/p>\n

Read on for everything you need to know about the locations used for filming Crossfire.<\/p>\n

Where were the hotel scenes filmed in Crossfire?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The hotel in Crossfire.<\/span><\/figcaption> Dancing Ledge Productions\/Monica Lek<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The writer of Crossfire, Louise Doughty, revealed at a recent Q&A attended by RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press that most of the filming took place in south Tenerife, at a location she described as being \u201con the very tip\u201d of the Spanish island.<\/p>\n

Tenerife, which is the largest and most populous of the Canary Islands, has previously been used for filming on many series, including Doctor Who<\/a>, Silent Witness<\/a> and the Apple TV+<\/a> sci-fi show Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It has also been used as a location for a number of feature films, such as Wonder Woman 1984<\/a>, Jason Bourne and Fast and Furious 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This series was made in co-production with Spanish free-to-air broadcaster TVE.<\/p>\n

Executive producers Chris Carey and Laurence Bowen explained to Variety:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cCrossfire is set in Spain and we filmed most of it in Tenerife so TVE felt like a natural partner. They\u2019ve been really supportive all the way through production.\u201d<\/p>\n

Where is Crossfire actually set?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Keeley Hawes as Jo in Crossfire.<\/span><\/figcaption> Dancing Ledge Productions\/Monica Lek<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Despite filming in Tenerife, Doughty explained that the series is also actually set on a smaller, undisclosed island. Therefore, the team has to employ some technical trickery to give the desired effect on screen.<\/p>\n

Doughty said:\u00a0\u201cWe did slightly fake it. Tenerife is a very big island, and it does have armed police officers who would come very quickly, and we needed them to take about an hour.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we did imply that it\u2019s a much smaller island, like Fuerteventura or one of the tiny islands in the Canary Islands, because we needed that rescue could only come by helicopter, and that there was only a couple of local cops on the island.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doughty also revealed that the team had to \u2018blank out\u2019 other resorts in the background of shots when in post-production, in order to make the hotel \u201clook a bit more isolated than it was\u201d.<\/p>

Crossfire starts on Tuesday 20th September 2022 at 9pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Check out more of our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<\/strong>Radio Times podcast<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n

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