King Gary is one of those sitcoms where a TV channel has a star for which they want to find the perfect vehicle, and so they come up with any old tired cliche to see …
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Torvill And Dean – The DVDfever Review – 2018 ITV drama
Torvill and Dean – outside of Robin Cousins, they’re the only ice skaters of whom most of us know the name. I don’t know of anyone crying out for a film about this pair, certainly …
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Watership Down 2018: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – James McAvoy
Watership Down 2018 is a new four-part adaptation of the classic novel with a stellar cast, starting with “The Journey”. Is that – The Unexpected Journey? But how can it be four episodes when only …
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Not Going Out Ding Dong Merrily on Live – The 2018 Live Episode – The DVDfever Review – Lee Mack
Not Going Out Ding Dong Merrily on Live is the one-off live episode for a series for which I’ve only ever seen occasionally, and in its usual form, I’ve found it about as funny as …
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The Long Song: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review
The Long Song is set during the slaves’ Christmas rebellion of 1831, and while I’m not usually one for period dramas, if they can somehow make it engaging, then they still do have a chance. …
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The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos – Doctor Who Series 11 Episode 10 – The DVDfever Review
The Battle For Billy Bollocks…, I mean, The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos, is the series finale for Doctor Who Series 11, and before The Doctor and the Scooby Doo gang appear, the episode begins …
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Care – The DVDfever Review – Sheridan Smith, Alison Steadman
Care is a new Jimmy McGovern drama which, for me, has come at a depressingly poignant time. We know that strokes can hit someone – mostly in their later years, but sometimes also in a …
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It Takes You Away – Doctor Who Series 11 Episode 9 – The DVDfever Review
It Takes You Away is the ninth – and penultimate – episode of Doctor Who Series 11, and it took the Doctor and the Scooby Doo gang away to spooky house in a forest in …
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Death and Nightingales: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Jamie Dornan
Death and Nightingales is a new three-part drama, based on a novel, but adapted by the same team who brought us The Fall… which I’ve never seen, but they’ve also given us Jamie Dornan who …
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Mrs Wilson: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Ruth Wilson
Mrs Wilson stars Miss Wilson, i.e. Ruth Wilson, as Alison Wilson. Confused? You won’t be, after this week’s episode of…Soap! …I mean, I’ll just pull my head out of the ’80s for a moment… Dom …
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