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Her Big Chance is the fourth of 12 episodes based on the original Alan Bennett scripts, but with new actors. Jodie Comer plays Lesley, and we know her character is an actress, so when she …
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Soldiering On – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 3 – The DVDfever Review – Harriet Walter
Soldiering On is the third of 12 episodes based on the original Alan Bennett scripts, but with new actors. It begins with Muriel (Harriet Walter – The End) stating that 3pm is a funny time …
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An Ordinary Woman – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 2 – The DVDfever Review – Sarah Lancashire
An Ordinary Woman is the second of 12 episodes based on the original Alan Bennett scripts, but with new actors. This is also one of two episodes with brand new scripts. It begins with Gwen …
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A Lady Of Letters – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – Imelda Staunton
A Lady Of Letters is the first of 12 episodes based on the original Alan Bennett scripts, but with new actors. It begins with Irene Ruddock (Imelda Staunton) complaining about a crematorium before talking about …
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The Luminaries – The DVDfever Review – Eva Green
The Luminaries is set in the time of the 1860s gold rush, on the ‘wild West’ coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Eve Hewson plays Anna Wetherell, a typical ‘naive character in a drama’ who’s …
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Staged – The DVDfever Review – David Tennant, Michael Sheen
Staged is a new series produced during the lockdown period, and which came about because both David Tennant and Michael Sheen – who both starred in 2019’s Good Omens – were meant to be appearing …
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I May Destroy You – The DVDfever Review – Michaela Coel
I May Destroy You centres around writer Arabella (Michaela Coel – Black Earth Rising), living in a grotty flat with lots of notes on the wall before leaving her boyfriend to go and live in …
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The First Team – The DVDfever Review – Will Arnett
The First Team centres around American young man Mattie Sullivan (Jake Short), who’s signed to a British club by Mark Crane (Will Arnett, The LEGO Batman Movie) on the understanding he’s a major US player …
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Snowpiercer 2020 – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Bong Joon Ho
Snowpiercer 2020 (is what I’ve had to term the TV version of the 2013 movie), and it’s a series based on said movie by Bong Joon Ho (also out on the same day as this …
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White Lines – The DVDfever Review – Daniel Mays – Netflix
White Lines… don’t do it… except when it’s a Netflix series. The story begins when a young man’s body has been found out in Almería, Spain, but this can’t be considered an accident of any …
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