Susan Hill’s Ghost Story is the possibly-clumsy and non-descript title for a television adaptation of the novel, The Small Hand, beginning with antique book dealer Adam Snow (Douglas Henshall) paying a visit back to his …
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Martin’s Close: A Ghost Story For Christmas – The DVDfever Review – Peter Capaldi
Martin’s Close is subtitled “A Ghost Story For Christmas“, and is directed and adapted for TV by Mark Gatiss, from the original story by MR James. Set in 1684, the Martin in question is John …
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A Christmas Carol 2019 – The DVDfever Review – Guy Pearce
A Christmas Carol 2019 takes place on “the Eve of Christmas Eve” in London, 1843, and while it’s broadcast tomorrow night on BBC1 at 9pm, it’s already aired in the US. It’s exactly a year …
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The Witcher – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Henry Cavill
The Witcher is a new Netflix series which I thought was based on a series of videogames (which I haven’t played), but is also based on a series of books… which I also haven’t read. …
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The Cure (aka NHS Whistleblower) – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 drama
The Cure (aka NHS Whistleblower) is a new Channel 4 drama, based on a true story, from 2007, which highlights just how much we rely on the NHS, and I have for certain, as following …
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Responsible Child – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama
Responsible Child is based on a true story about a 12-year-old boy who’s arrested on a charge of murder. At the start of the drama, young Rafael – best known as Ray (Billy Barratt) – …
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Sticks and Stones – The DVDfever Review – ITV Drama
Sticks and Stones sees Thomas Benson (Ken Nwosu) going to work on a big project, with a great happy team, and feeling full of beans, and nothing can take him down… Well, until the wifi …
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8 Days – The DVDfever Review – Acht Tage
8 Days is so-called because there’s 8 days left until the world ends… Well, it’s a German drama so it’s actually called Acht Tage, but anyway…. A comet is due to hit the planet in …
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Upright – The DVDfever Review – Tim Minchin
Upright is a new comedy/drama from comedian/musician Tim Minchin, and the first thing I noticed online is that there’s a review from the Financial Times (reviewing comedy shows? They must be desperate for clicks) branding …
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Mallorca Files – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama
Mallorca Files is a new ten-part daytime cop series which brings a bit of sunshine to the telly when the afternoons are getting all dark and horrible way too soon. Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames …
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