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Hancock’s Half Hour is another in the Lost Sitcoms three-parter, following last week’s Till Death Do Us Part. The recreated episode, this time, is The New Neighbour, where Hancock (Kevin McNally) and John (Kevin Eldon) …
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Our Girl Series 2 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Our Girl is the BBC’s war drama for which I never saw the first series, but this second one sees a change of lead character, and therefore actress, as ex-Corrie‘s Michelle Keegan takes charge as …
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Till Death Do Us Part – Lost Sitcoms – The DVDfever Review
Till Death Do Us Part is part of BBC’s sporadic sitcom season, this one specifically one of three ‘Lost Sitcoms’, and which I lost track of in the schedules, as when the ‘Sitcom Season’ trailers …
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Dara O’Briain’s Go 8-Bit – The DVDfever Review
Dara O’Briain’s Go 8-Bit reminds us it’s been a long time since we have seen any type of videogame TV show, but Dara O’Briain dares to take a tackle at it, and what do you …
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Motherland – The DVDfever Review – BBC Sitcom pilot
Motherland is a sitcom pilot centred around middle-class motherhood. Personally, I’ve never sired a child and don’t intend to, so I won’t experience fatherhood, let alone motherhood, and I consider myself working class and not …
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We The Jury – The DVDfever Review – BBC Sitcom pilot
We The Jury is a sitcom pilot which begins with the unlikely premise that William’s (Ed Easton) life long dream is to be a member of a jury (sorry, I should’ve prepared you earlier to …
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Poldark Series 2 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Poldark is a drama for which I’d never previously seen an episode, either in this decade or from the ’70s, but felt I should give it a crack, and the second series opener begins with …
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Cold Feet Series 6 Episode 1 (2016) – The DVDfever Review
Cold Feet returning… The more I heard about this – with the cast repeatedly telling us, here and there, that there is no way that Helen Baxendale would return as a ghost – made me …
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Goodnight Sweetheart – Many Happy Returns (2016) – The DVDfever Review
Goodnight Sweetheart was a hugely successful programme back in the ’90s, as it ran for six series, but I didnt’ really *get* ‘gentle comedy’ back then. I’ve cleared mellowed in older age as I enjoyed …
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Ellen – The DVDfever Review – Jessica Barden drama
Ellen is an accidental wayward teenager. Portrayed by the exceptional Jessica Barden, the 14-year-old drinks, smokes, and does drugs. She is the ultimate bad example, although given her home life, you can understand why this …
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