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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Spreadsheet – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 – Katherine Parkinson
Spreadsheet centres around Lauren (Katherine Parkinson – Hang Ups) who begins the first episode with what her male colleague, Alex (Rowan Witt), later refers to as ‘alfresco dining’. Our lead is constantly on dates… Well, …
Continue readingPandemonium – The DVDfever Review – Alison Steadman
Pandemonium is a one-off sitcom episode in a lockdown setting… and no doubt, if it’s a hit, it’ll return for a full series. However, as the family is filmed, from January 2020 onwards, beginning with …
Continue readingTaskmaster – The DVDfever Review – Greg Davies, Alex Horne
Taskmaster is a celebrity gameshow which I’ve never seen before, but which I figured I’d give a go now it’s on Channel 4 with Series 10. Well, they’re sort-of celebrities. I’ve heard of Johnny Vegas, …
Continue readingDefending The Guilty Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – Katherine Parkinson
Defending the Guilty is a new BBC courtroom sitcom which saw a pilot episode produced last year, but this completely passed me by. Did I miss a gem? The first episode in this six-part series …
Continue readingThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a film I was in two minds about seeing. Why? Well: Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the …
Continue readingHang Ups Series 1 – The DVDfever Review – Stephen Mangan
Hang Ups is, effectively, another of those ‘one room’ comedies, this one the house of Richard Pitt (Stephen Mangan), a therapist whose business collapsed, so today is Day One of working from home (so, a …
Continue readingHumans Series 2 – Win on DVD – COMPETITION (now closed)
The winners were: Ray Becker, Susan Carruthers & Greig Spencer. DVDfever.co.uk and Spirit Entertainment Limited have teamed up to give you a chance to win a copy of Humans Series 2 on DVD, starring Gemma …
Continue readingHumans Series 2 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Humans Series 2 begins in Berlin where Niska (Emily Berrington) cops off in a nightclub with Astrid (Bella Dayne), yet it’s a situation with an ulterior motive, and at this point, it’s good we had …
Continue readingThe Kennedys Episode 1: Secret Whisper – The DVDfever Review
The Kennedys is the sitcom from comedienne and author Emma Kennedy, based on her book recounting her childhood experiences in the late 1970s, – The Tent, The Bucket and Me. Emma is also known to …
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