The Moorside tells the tale of Karen Matthews, the idiot who claimed her daughter, Shannon, had been kidnapped when she was hidden under a bed the entire time. Karen thought she could hoodwink the media …
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The Good Karma Hospital Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
The Good Karma Hospital is essentially Doc Hollywood meets Casualty, as fish-out-of-water-cum-aspiring-hopeful junior doctor Ruby Walker (Game Of Thrones‘ Amrita Acharia) goes on a passage to India to work in a big fancy hospital that …
Continue readingFortitude Season 2 Episode 2 – The DVDfever Review
Fortitude Season 2 Episode 2 begins with an unknown drifter talking incoherently while staring at something in the distance… a bear… carrying something… a reindeer calf, but…. he’s got no eyes! How does he smell? …
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Fortitude Season 2 comes two years after the first one with which I had a love/hate relationship – hardly anyone could act, hence why I dubbed it ‘Eldorado In The Arctic‘ as well as ‘Nordic …
Continue readingApple Tree Yard Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Apple Tree Yard sees well-to-do scientist Yvonne Carmichael (Emily Watson) chancing an affair with the mysterious and charismatic Mark Costley (Ben Chaplin), thus jeopardising her happy marriage and two children. It begins with our female …
Continue readingTina and Bobby Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – Michelle Keegan Drama
Tina and Bobby is a new three-part drama from ITV which dramatises the partnership of future England captain Bobby Moore (Lorne MacFadyen) and his wife Tina (Michelle Keegan). As it’s just a trilogy of episodes, …
Continue readingTaboo Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – Tom Hardy drama
Taboo begins with what some suspect is a dead man returning from Africa. Dead man? Is it Martin Guerre? No, it’s James Keziah Delaney (Tom Hardy) who has a lot secrets, a lot of anger, …
Continue readingLet It Shine Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – BBC talent show
Let It Shine begins with a brand new song from Gary Barlow, pretending to have taken off his kit while singing about power showers. It’s like a bad musical that gets cancelled in the first …
Continue readingSpies Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 Documentary
Spies is a new documentary which looks at what it takes to do one of the most important and secretive jobs around where, if you miss some elements of intelligence, then lives could be lost. …
Continue readingJonathan Creek: Daemons’ Roost (2016 Christmas Special) – The DVDfever Review
Daemons’ Roost is the latest of a number of occasional Jonathan Creek specials, in lieu of a full series, but whether running for 60, 90 or 120 minutes, it continues the same pattern where I …
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