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 …
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Wolf – 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 …
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The 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 …
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The 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 …
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Queen 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 …
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Best 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 …
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The 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 …
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The 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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Annika – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Nicola Walker from The Last Train
Annika is the character portrayed by Nicola Walker from The Last Train, and as a newly-promoted Detective Inspector, the body found in the Clyde will certainly challenge Annika… What’s odd, initially, is how she breaks …
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3 by 3 (aka Hold On Tight) – Inside No.9 Series 8 Episode 5 – The DVDfever Review
3 by 3 is the fifth episode of Inside No.9 Series 8. And although the episode title of Hold On Tight was advertised, at 10pm, it was introduced with “In a change to the publish …
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