Significant Other (2023) begins very ‘A Man Called Ove‘ (also A Man Called Otto), because lead male character Sam (Youssef Kerkour – Home) is trying to kill himself, but gets interrupted in the process… albeit, …
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Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything – The DVDfever Review – Sky Comedy – Sheridan Smith
Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything is a rather wordy title where the lead is played by the omnipotent Sheridan Smith (The Railway Children Return). It’s the latest ITV dram… oh, wait, this one’s on Sky. …
Continue readingMr King – Inside No.9 Series 7 Episode 2 – The DVDfever Review
Mr King is the second episode of Inside No.9 Series 7. Alan Curtis (Reece Shearsmith) has just started at a rural Welsh primary school to teach a class in his native English language, something they’re …
Continue readingMerrily Merrily – Inside No.9 Series 7 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Merrily Merrily is the first episode of Inside No.9 Series 7. It centres around three life long friends – Laurence (Reece Shearsmith), Callum (Mark Gatiss) and Darren (Steve Pemberton) – who knew each other from …
Continue readingLast Night Of The Proms – Inside No.9 Series 6 Episode 6 – The DVDfever Review
Last Night of the Proms is the sixth and final episode of Inside No.9 Series 6. This episode wasn’t available for preview, and I’ve no idea why, but then the episode from Series 5 with …
Continue readingHow Do You Plead? – Inside No.9 Series 6 Episode 5 – The DVDfever Review
How Do You Plead? is the fifth episode of Inside No.9 Series 6. As the episode begins, Bedford (Reece Shearsmith) goes into a lift, in a building where they have attendants – this building’s life …
Continue readingHurry Up And Wait – Inside No.9 Series 6 Episode 4 – The DVDfever Review
Hurry Up And Wait is the fourthepisode of Inside No.9 Series 6. James (Reece Shearsmith) has a small part in a new ITV crime drama, and is waiting to be called for his big moment, …
Continue readingWuthering Heist – Inside No.9 Series 6 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Wuthering Heist is the first episode of Inside No.9 Series 6, and centres aroudnd a planned £12m robbery of rough-cut diamonds, hence the ‘heist’ part. Gemma Whelan, as Columbina, breaks the fourth wall, describing the …
Continue readingTrauma – The DVDfever Review – John Simm, Adrian Lester
Trauma centres around the two leads who have entirely different family lives. Jon Allerton (Adrian Lester) is one of the leading hospital surgeons in London, with a happy wife and daughter and an affluent lifestyle, …
Continue readingOnce Removed – Inside No.9 Series 4 Episode 3 – The DVDfever Review
Once Removed is the third episode of Inside No.9 Series 4, and kicks off with an opening-and-a-half which leads to a situation which has to be seen to be believed, before the action heads back …
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