In Plain Sight pits Sergeant William Muncie (Douglas Henshall) against serial female abu -ser Peter Manuel (Martin Compston) in 1955 Uddingston, Scotland. After spending jail time for assault in 1946, the latter is now accused …
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Rillington Place: Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Tim Roth
Rillington Place takes place before, during and after World War II, and centres around serial killer John Christie, in a tale that’s been told previously as 10 Rillington Place, starring Richard Attenborough, a film I’d …
Continue readingThe Grand Tour Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – Jeremy Clarkson
The Grand Tour is a programme I was really looking forward to reviewing after the very poor Top Gear reboot… but bizarrely, there were no previews of this one available… just like Top Gear. What …
Continue readingDark Angel Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama
Dark Angel headlines the fabulous Joanne Froggatt in a true story of Victorian poisoner Mary Ann Cotton, in a two-part drama beginning at Durham jail (or gaol, as they called it back then), in March …
Continue readingNigel Farage Gets His Life Back – The DVDfever Review – Kevin Bishop
Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back is Kevin Bishop‘s take on what the UKIP leader did next. Farage is one of the idiots, alongside Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, who campaigned for Brexit and then …
Continue readingHumans Series 2 – The DVDfever Review
Humans Series 2 begins in Berlin where Niska (Emily Berrington) cops off in a nightclub with Astrid (Bella Dayne), yet it’s a situation with an ulterior motive, and at this point, it’s good we had …
Continue readingClass Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – Doctor Who spinoff
Class is a Doctor Who spinoff, taking place at Coal Hill Academy, which has been the school at the centre of the show since it began with The Unearthly Child back in 1963, where in …
Continue readingHated In The Nation – Black Mirror Series 3 Episode 6 – The DVDfever Review
Hated in the Nation, the final entry in the third series of Black Mirror, with cop Karin (Kelly Macdonald) taking the witness stand (or seat, in this court), to recount the events that began on …
Continue readingMen Against Fire – Black Mirror Series 3 Episode 5 – The DVDfever Review
Men Against Fire is the fifth, and penultimate, entry in Black Mirror Series 3, and after the disappointment of San Junipero, I was hoping for a return to form. But I didn’t get it. Dom …
Continue readingSan Junipero – Black Mirror Series 3 Episode 4 – The DVDfever Review
San Junipero is the fourth new Black Mirror episode from series 3, and for me, the first disappointment. Such a shame, since it began in 1987 with nerdy Yorkie (Mackenzie Davis) being entranced by hip …
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