Can’t Touch This is Wipeout-Lite mixed with Ninja Warrior. I enjoyed Wipeout back in the day, or Total Wipeout as the BBC called it, but its main problem was that the obstacle course rarely changed. …
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Line Of Duty Series 3 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Line Of Duty Series 3 begins with Operation Damson, and a dawn raid on a man who is expected to be armed and extremely dangerous, possibly on his way to carry out a gangland execution. …
Continue readingThe A Word Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
The A Word centres on Joe Hughes, a five-year-old boy who, with the assistance from specialists, we can see will be diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum and this drama shows that for his …
Continue reading@Elevenish Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
@Elevenish is a new attempt to make a successor to the long-dead Channel 4 series The 11 O’Clock Show. The name stems from the fact that it’s broadcast around… yes, 11pm. The first episode started …
Continue readingThirteen Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Thirteen is the first drama commissioned for BBC3 as an online-only channel, yet like all of its new programmes they’re clearly contractually obliged to air on normal TV as well, so basically they’re getting a …
Continue readingStewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle Series 4 Episode 1: Wealth – The DVDfever Review
Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle is rather like Luther – it comes round every 2-3 years and is to the TV schedules what oxygen is to our bodies – an essential requirement. Often, the programme is …
Continue readingThe Night Manager – The DVDfever Review – Tom Hiddleston
The Night Manager is the first John Le Carré novel to become a TV series in more than 20 years, following 1991’s TV movie, A Murder of Quality, starring Denholm Elliott, Joss Ackland and Glenda …
Continue readingOne Child Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
One Child is part of BBC’s China Season and the title is also the policy within China of one child per household. That policy plays a part in this, but it doesn’t dominate the proceedings, …
Continue readingThe Rack Pack – BBC iPlayer Exclusive – The DVDfever Review
The Rack Pack is a new BBC film, and the first produced exclusively for BBC iPlayer, which concentrates on the rise and fall of Alex Higgins, World Snooker Champion for 1972 and 1982, as well …
Continue readingTracey Ullman’s Show Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Tracey Ullman’s Show is the comedienne’s first programme for UK television since ITV’s Girls On Top back in 1983 and presumably she couldn’t call it the more customary title of The Tracey Ullman Show as …
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