POSTWAR DRAMA

Close To The Enemy, Acorn TV

LINDSAY DUNCAN, Alfred Molina and Robert Glenister are among the stellar cast of this seven-part drama, written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff. Set in a bombdamaged London hotel just after the Second World War, it follows various characters as they try to rebuild their lives — Kathy Griffiths (Phoebe Fox, pictured) is on a mission to bring war criminals to justice; intelligence officer Captain Callum Ferguson (Jim Sturgess) is trying to persuade a German scientist to help the RAF to develop the jet engine. Meanwhile, in the background, the Cold War is hotting up. Two of Poliakoff’s other dramas, Dancing On The Edge and Capturing Mary, are available now on BritBox.