Breathtaking gets deep into the heart of how the COVID19 pandemic hit the UK, with Joanne Froggatt in the lead role of Dr Abbey Henderson. COVID19 took hold in the UK when the most corrupt …
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Trigger Point Series 2 – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Vicky McClure
Trigger Point Series 2 sees Lana (Vicky McClure – Without Sin) returning to the fore after having spent six months training bomb disposal teams in Estonia. Her first task is to give a routine talk …
Continue readingAfter The Flood – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Sophie Rundle
After The Flood is a new ITV drama which sees… a lot of rain pelting down, which means they must be filming in Manchester. Actually, this broadcast is surprisingly good timing, since in a number …
Continue readingSignificant Other (2023) – The DVDfever Review – ITV – Katherine Parkinson
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, …
Continue readingWheel Of Fortune (2024) – The DVDfever Preview – ITV gameshow – Graham Norton
Wheel Of Fortune (2024) brings the classic gameshow back to our screens which hasn’t been on since 2001 when, for a few weeks, it was presented by Paul Hendy, Who I’d long since forgotten about, …
Continue readingJeopardy! – The DVDfever Review – ITV gameshow – Stephen Fry
Jeopardy! sees Stephen Fry topping up his pension with a typical ITV afternoon gameshow, and I missed the first edition because I was busy counting my toenail-clipping collection. However, I figured I hadn’t missed an …
Continue readingMr Bates vs The Post Office – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Toby Jones
Mr Bates vs The Post Office tells of the situation regarding the Horizon Post Office scandal, based around the Horizon computer system which was introduced into post offices in 1999, and led to many subpostmasters …
Continue readingNolly – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Helena Bonham Carter
Nolly is ITV’s 3-part drama based around TV icon Noele Gordon (played here by Helena Bonham-Carter – The Crown), who ruled the motel in ITV soap opera Crossroads, until the producers had a change of …
Continue readingVanishing Act – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Kate Atkinson
Vanishing Act continues to confirm that there are few things more scummy in life than fraudsters. In this case, it’s all about Australian Melissa Caddick (Kate Atkinson), who did a disappearing act after she was …
Continue readingDeal Or No Deal – The DVDfever Preview – ITV gameshow – Stephen Mulhern
Deal Or No Deal returns, this time to ITV, and in the hands of the very personable Stephen Mulhern. The gameshow was a huge hit when Noel Edmonds brought it to our screens, but everything …
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