Hillsborough is a new two-hour documentary that’s been put together about the tragedy that took place at the Sheffield Wednesday football ground on April 15th, 1989, for the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham …
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The Windsors – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 comedy
The Windsors is a spoof comedy on the Royal Family that’s long overdue and, at times, has flashes of brilliance harking back to Spitting Image in its hey-day, with plenty of appropriate gurning from Harry …
Continue readingThe Secret Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
The Secret has a less-than-secret reality in that a much better title should have been chosen. In telling a real-life story, James Nesbitt is dentist Colin Howell, working in Coleraine, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland, …
Continue readingFollow The Money Season 1 on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Follow The Money begins with the cops finding a body in the water that once used to be a man called Mikhayil Husenko, but given that it’s difficult to track down day labourers when they …
Continue readingLouis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion – The DVDfever Review
Louis Theroux‘s latest documentary, Drinking to Oblivion, sets out its stall quite simply for what is a very complex subject, often with no clear answers. He talks to a handful of patients who have checked …
Continue readingFlowers Episodes 1 and 2 – The DVDfever Review
Flowers is the surname for the family who get their money’s worth out of the word “dysfunctional”. Deborah (Olivia Colman) and Maurice (Julian Barratt) are a couple at the end of their tether, where things …
Continue readingI Want My Wife Back Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
I Want My Wife Back is what Ben Miller‘s character, Murray, is after since, up until a certain point, he’s the only one unaware of any problems with his marrage as he’s too wrapped up …
Continue readingPeter Kay’s Comedy Shuffle Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Peter Kay – he hasn’t got an original thought in his head, he repeats old jokes on new tours, and he craps on people he’s worked with from a great height by taking the credit …
Continue readingMichael Mcintyre’s Big Show Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Michael Mcintyre’s Big Show is fronted by a man who’s like the Duracell Bunny on acid, delivering tame material to a huge audience but by jumping around like Tigger with ants in his pants, or …
Continue readingScott and Bailey Series 5 – The DVDfever Review
Scott and Bailey is a drama I’d never seen before, but I get that the two leads – Rachel Bailey (Suranne Jones), now an acting Detective Inspector, and Janet Scott (Lesley Sharp) – have a …
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