Henpocalypse Henpocalypse sees a hen do going from bad to worse, as Bernadette (Elizabeth Berrington – The Responder)’s daughter, Zara (Lucie Shorthouse – We Are Lady Parts) is getting married, but first needs to jump …
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The Reunion – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Ioan Gruffudd
The Reunion has an opening episode which jumps back and forth in time, in which Ioan Gruffudd‘s (Titanic) younger equivalent of his Thomas character, played by Billy Gunnion, has a daliance with a young Russian …
Continue readingPainkiller – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick
Painkiller is new six-part Netflix series, and while this is a drama, based on real events and with some fictionalised scenes, it’s initially introduced by the mother of Christopher Trejo, who was prescribed Oxycontin, and …
Continue readingAlone – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 reality gameshow
Alone starts with a naked man walking through the forest… so, make sure you’ve finished your dinner by the time this starts. We learn he’s on the edge of the arctic circle, although I don’t …
Continue readingWolf – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Ukweli Roach
Wolf begins with a person in a complete Hazmat suit dragging a body across field, then stabbing it, as if to make clear that they’re not in the right mind. Then cut to cop Jack …
Continue readingThe Power of Parker – The DVDfever Review – BBC comedy – Conleth Hill, Sian Gibson
The Power of Parker is set in Stockport, 1990, beginning with one of titular character’s terrible-looking TVs adverts for his electrical store, to mimic those of the era. As things begin, thankfully, it’s only a …
Continue readingThe Sixth Commandment – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Timothy Spall
The Sixth Commandment opens with the text… “This is a true story. What follows is based on extensive research, interviews and published accounts, with some scenes created for dramatic purposes” I’d never heard of this …
Continue readingHeat (2023) – The DVDfever Review – Channel 5 drama – Danny Dyer
Heat doesn’t have any signs of Al Pacino or Robert De Niro, but instead, Danny Dyer stars as Danny Dyer, taking a holiday in the outback at a friend’s very posh house with his family. …
Continue readingBlindspot – The DVDfever Review – Channel 5 drama – Beth Alsbury, Ross Kemp
Blindspot is a new four-parter drama from Channel 5, most recently giving four hours of airtime to Jo Joyner, with Rachel Shenton trying to act like Rebecca De Mornay from The Hand That Rocks The …
Continue readingThen You Run – The DVDfever Review – Sky Max – Leah McNamara, Richard Coyle
Then You Run is a long-awaited drama Sky drama, in that it’s taken a long time to come to air, since it was first announced back around the start of 2023. We begin in 2005, …
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