The Great British Bake Off is a programme I’ve never seen before, but when it was announced that it was making the move from BBC1 to Channel 4, in an expensive £75m three-year deal, fans …
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Strike – The Cuckoo’s Calling – Complete Series – The DVDfever Review
Strike… Cormoran Strike. Who on Earth has a surname of Strike? Maybe that’s why JK picked it. Yes, JK Rowling, since Robert Galbraith, the ‘author’ of the books on which this series is based, is …
Continue readingStreetmate (2017) Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – Scarlett Moffatt
Streetmate shows that if Channel 4 hadn’t learned their lesson about the car crash that is Scarlett Moffatt from Host The Week, when she killed it off in its inaugral episode, they might never learn…. …
Continue readingThe State: Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 Drama
The State is a new drama from Peter Kosminsky (Wolf Hall, 2011’s The Promise) about those wanting to join ISIS, aka the Islamic State. So, straight away, you know this is going to be different …
Continue readingQuacks Episode 1 – The Duke’s Tracheotomy – The DVDfever Review
Quacks is so-called because all of those featured a very dodgy doctors. And I *do* need a fix of doctors of some sort, since my favourite soap is off-air for the summer yet again!!! Leading …
Continue readingCheap Cheap Cheap Episode 1 – new Noel Edmonds gameshow – The DVDfever Review
Cheap Cheap Cheap – # how do you like it, how do you like it # Yes, you can understand Channel 4 giving Noel Edmonds another chance. Despite the fact that the ratings for the …
Continue readingTrust Me Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Trust Me stars Jodie Whittaker as a nurse posing as a doctor. Some time next year, she’ll be posing as a doctor of a different kind since she will be The Doctor in the next …
Continue readingDiana: In Her Own Words – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4
Diana: In Her Own Words comes close to the 20th anniversary of her death, on 31st August 1997. It not only tells her story in her words, but also in the words of others and …
Continue readingOne – Casualty – One-take Episode Special
One is the BBC’s much-hyped one-take Casualty episode, which could be said to be two, because there’s a pre-credits scene before it cuts to those. However, the programme has been extended by five minutes to …
Continue readingAgainst The Law – The DVDfever Review – Daniel Mays
Against the Law centres around as Peter Wildeblood (Daniel Mays) in a drama based on his autobiography, and as part of BBC’s Gay Britannia season, about how it’s 50 years this year since it was …
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