Wild is the first in a new series of Play For Today on Channel 5 – which first came back to the small screen last year, and is directed by someone called Brick. I want …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of FOREVER HOME on CHANNEL 5!
Forever Home might start to feel like it’ll go on forever, as this latest Channel 5 drama runs for six nights over two weeks – Mon to Weds each week. As we join the grumpy …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE GAME SERIES 2 on CHANNEL 5!
The Game Series 2 is not something I thought I’d be typing. If I wanted any Channel 5 four-part drama with Jason Watkins to continue, it would’ve been 2024’s Coma. His character, Simon, was always …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of BENIDORM IS MURDER on CHANNEL 5!
Benidorm is Murder is a new six part, light-hearted drama, centred around bar owner and ex-cop Dennis (John Hannah – The Victim), who’s moved to a better climate in his later years, easily running a …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE FORTUNE on CHANNEL 5!
The Fortune opens with someone a gunshot on a boat… and no sight of Ted Moult. For reasons unexplained, Martin’s (Denis Lawson – Inside No.9) received a photo of Amanda (Eleanor Tomlinson – The Forsytes), …
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Under Suspicion: Kate McCann – The DVDfever Review – Channel 5
Under Suspicion: Kate McCann dramatises the investigation when her and Gerry’s daughter, Madeleine went missing from their apartment while on holiday in Portugal. 19 years on, and I remember it very clearly, because I was …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of NUMBER ONE FAN on CHANNEL 5!
Number One Fan brings us back to the feel of James Caan and Kathy Bates in Misery, but hopefully, they’ll be no hobbllng in this one. A situation at the supermarket leads to Donna (Sally …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of MISSED CALL on CHANNEL 5!
Missed Call is a new Channel 5 drama which sees Sarah (Joanna Scanlan – Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy) send her daughter, Katie (Emily Coates – The Little Mermaid (2023)), off on a trip …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE TEACHER SERIES 3 on CHANNEL 5!
The Teacher Series 3 brings Victoria Hamilton (The Trick) to the fore, now we’re back in The Teacherverse, and there’s controversy abound… As Helen Simpson, she’s got a promotion at school to Head of Drama, …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of POWER: THE DOWNFALL OF HUW EDWARDS on CHANNEL 5!
Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards opens with Martin Clunes (Mother’s Pride) as the nonce-newsreader jogging, making me wonder: No way did Huw Edwards go jogging! Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. …
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