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The Reluctant Traveller centres around Eugene Levy, who admits he hates going on holiday, but at the age of 75, he’s decided it’s time to finally see the sights, despite being uncomfortable everywhere and in …
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Desperate Measures – The DVDfever Review – Channel 5 drama – Amanda Abbington
Desperate Measures sees bank clerk Rowan (Amanda Abbingdon) taking… yes, desperate measures, when push comes to shove in her circumstances. There’s been a robbery at her bank, and she’s being questioned. The cops think it …
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Liaison – The DVDfever Review – Apple TV+ – Eva Green, Vincent Cassel
Liaison is a new Apple TV+ drama which mixes French and English dialogue, beginning in Damascus, Syria with terrorists being tracked, before globetrotting to Blighty and the National Cyber Security Centre, London, who are suddenly …
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Hello Tomorrow! – The DVDfever Review – Apple TV+ – Billy Crudup
Hello Tomorrow! is a new Apple TV+ drama, starring Billy Crudup (The Morning Show) as Jack Billings, a smarmy travelling salesman who sells timeshares based on the moon, even to an overworked old man who …
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Better – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Leila Farzad
Better is a new BBC1 drama with a ridiculously non-descript title. Tell someone about it, and they’ll ask the title, you say “Better”, they’ll reply, “Pardon?” and then you have to describe it. God knows …
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The Gold – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Hugh Bonneville
The Gold is another of those dramas which was “inspired by real events”, so will have to imagine conversations between certain characters because CCTV can’t be everywhere at once… 40 years ago, at least, whereas …
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Consent – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 – Lashay Anderson
Consent is a new one-off Channel 4 drama set at a school where we see Archie (Tom Victor) and Natasha (Lashay Anderson) look like they’re possibly becoming an item, but due to peer pressure, the …
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Funny Woman – The DVDfever Review – Sky Showcase – Gemma Arterton
Funny Woman stars Gemma Arterton (Black Narcissus) as Barbara Parker, a young ’60s girl, working in a sweet-making factory, but aiming for the big lights, starting with being a glamour girl, and up for Miss …
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The Catch – The DVDfever Review – Channel 5 drama – Jason Watkins
The Catch begins with Ed (Jason Watkins – The Man Who Killed Don Quixote) steering his fishing boat on the ocean wave, looking anxious, making his way to a dinghy which is overturned. But where …
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Shrinking – The DVDfever Review – Apple TV+ – Jason Segel, Harrison Ford
Shrinking is a new Apple TV+ comedyish/drama centred around care-free therapist Jimmy (Jason Segel – Bad Teacher) who thinks nothing of upsetting his neighbours, Liz (Christa Miller) and Derek (Ted McGinley), by having a late …
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