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Prodigal Son is so-called because it the lead character, Malcolm Bright (Tom Payne – The Physician), is the son of jailed mass-murderer Dr. Martin Whitly (Michael Sheen – Staged), a man known as ‘The Surgeon’, …
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Category: TV Series
A Suitable Boy – The DVDfever Review – Vikram Seth, Tabu
A Suitable Boy is set in Bramhpur, 1951, four years after the time when India became independent and was partitioned into two countries. We’re reminded early on that India was free, but the land and …
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Cursed – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Katherine Langford
Cursed comes before the King Arthur legend, with Nimue (Katherine Langford – Knives Out) wielding the sword… First, she’s spooked by birds circling in the sky, then a deer tells her that death is not …
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The Shrine – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 12 – The DVDfever Review – Monica Dolan
The Shrine is the twelfth, and final, of 12 episodes using the original Alan Bennett scripts but with new actors, except that this and An Ordinary Woman were brand new scripts. It centres around Lorna …
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Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 11 – The DVDfever Review – Maxine Peake
Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet is the eleventh, and penultimate, of 12 episodes using the original Alan Bennett scripts but with new actors. Miss Fozzard (Maxine Peake) has a great chiropodist, Mr Suddaby, but unfortunately, …
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The Secrets She Keeps – The DVDfever Review – Laura Carmichael
The Secrets She Keeps begins with Meghan Shaughnessy (Jessica De Gouw) having a baby without it being planned, aka an ‘oops baby’. Like any vlogger, she sometimes gets adverse comments on ger vlogs, but today, …
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The Kemps: All True – The DVDfever Review – Martin Kemp, Gary Kemp
The Kemps: All True is a spoof documentary with Spandau Ballet brothers Martin Kemp and Gary Kemp, in the same vein as BBC2’s Brian Pern, with Simon Day – who also pops up here, because …
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The Hand of God – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 10 – The DVDfever Review – Kristin Scott Thomas
The Hand of God is the tenth of 12 episodes using the original Alan Bennett scripts but with new actors. Kristin Scott Thomas takes the role of antique shop owner Celia, who’s not having the …
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Nights in the Garden of Spain – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 9 – The DVDfever Review – Tamsin Greig
Nights in the Garden of Spain is the ninth of 12 episodes using the original Alan Bennett scripts but with new actors. Tamsin Greig plays Rosemary, a housewife who’s rather unsure of herself, and is …
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Bed Among The Lentils – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 8 – The DVDfever Review – Lesley Manville
Bed Among The Lentils is the eighth of 12 episodes using the original Alan Bennett scripts but with new actors. Lesley Manville takes the lead role of Susan, wife of vicar Geoffrey, and she’s not …
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