Alan Carr’s Picture Slam is, as you might guess, is presented by comedian Alan Carr, and is 45 minutes of ‘guess the picture’, basically, e.g. guess the celeb, which TV show is this, what snack …
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The Following Events Are Based On A Pack Of Lies – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Rebekah Staton
The Following Events Are Based On A Pack Of Lies is yet another TV drama trying to make it seem like a movie, with a 2.39:1 widescreen ratio for the image (same as The Woman …
Continue readingHenpocalypse – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Elizabeth Berrington
Henpocalypse Henpocalypse sees a hen do going from bad to worse, as Bernadette (Elizabeth Berrington – The Responder)’s daughter, Zara (Lucie Shorthouse – We Are Lady Parts) is getting married, but first needs to jump …
Continue readingWolf – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Ukweli Roach
Wolf begins with a person in a complete Hazmat suit dragging a body across field, then stabbing it, as if to make clear that they’re not in the right mind. Then cut to cop Jack …
Continue readingThe Power of Parker – The DVDfever Review – BBC comedy – Conleth Hill, Sian Gibson
The Power of Parker is set in Stockport, 1990, beginning with one of titular character’s terrible-looking TVs adverts for his electrical store, to mimic those of the era. As things begin, thankfully, it’s only a …
Continue readingThe Sixth Commandment – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Timothy Spall
The Sixth Commandment opens with the text… “This is a true story. What follows is based on extensive research, interviews and published accounts, with some scenes created for dramatic purposes” I’d never heard of this …
Continue readingQueen Of Oz – The DVDfever Review – BBC – Catherine Tate
Queen Of Oz is a new ‘fish out of water’ comedy which sees Catherine Tate (Hard Cell) as the Prince Harry-type character of the piece, Princess Georgiana. Given that the offscreen King decides to abdicate …
Continue readingBest Interests – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Michael Sheen, Sharon Horgan
Best Interests centres around the daughter of Andrew (Michael Sheen – Vardy V Rooney: A Courtroom Drama) and Nicci (Sharon Horgan – Together), who’s very ill, given that the doctors have assessed her as having …
Continue readingThe Gallows Pole – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Michael Socha
The Gallows Pole is a new Shane Meadows drama which sets the scene with the following text: “In the early 1760s, the thriving Calder Valley in the West Yorkshire, produced some of the finest cottage …
Continue readingThe Last Weekend – Inside No.9 Series 8 Episode 6 – The DVDfever Review
The Last Weekend is the sixth and final episode of Inside No.9 Series 8. Joe (Steve Pemberton) and Chas (Reece Shearsmith) are a couple who’ve been together 9 years, and are spending the weekend at …
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