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The Outside Dog is the seventh of 12 episodes using the original Alan Bennett scripts but with new actors. Marjory isn’t in the greatest relationship with husband Stuart, and it’s partly down to his dog, …
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A Chip In the Sugar – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 6 – The DVDfever Review – Martin Freeman
A Chip In the Sugar is the sixth of 12 episodes based on the original Alan Bennett scripts, but with new actors. Set in 1986, Graham (Martin Freeman – The Hobbit Trilogy) is a middle-aged …
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Playing Sandwiches – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 5 – The DVDfever Review – Lucian Msamati
Playing Sandwiches is the fifth of 12 episodes based on the original Alan Bennett scripts, but with new actors. With Lucian Msamati (Kiri) in the lead role as parks gardener and odd-job-man Wilfred, it’s a …
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Her Big Chance – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 4 – The DVDfever Review – Jodie Comer
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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