Are You Being Served? is one of the sitcoms being revived for a one-off special by the BBC, and ran for an – unprecedented by today’s standards – ten series from 1972 to 1985, whereas …
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The Circuit – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 Pilot
The Circuit was a title that baffled me. Is that what dinner parties are referred to? Perhaps it’s when someone invites you to one, and so you have to reciprocate. New to the area, Nat …
Continue readingThe Watchman – The DVDfever Review – Stephen Graham drama
The Watchman centres around security guard Carl Freeman (Stephen Graham – Orthodox), a man who spends all his nights alone in a darkened room, and who sees all but can only phone the police if …
Continue readingOne Of Us Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
One Of Us, one of us, one of us, one of us… sorry, no, there’s no repetitive chanting, here. The four-parter begins with the lovely tale of Adam and Grace (Jeremy Newmark Jones and Kate …
Continue reading500 Questions Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
As ITV scrabble around to find something as good as The Chase, they hire Giles Coren to host new primetime show 500 Questions. Can Giles Coren (right) count up to 500? Well, this pillock couldn’t …
Continue readingRobot Wars 2016 – Series 8 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Robot Wars has been resurrected after 12 years off-air. Why? Good question. Either way, it gives them a chance to promote it from 6pm tea-time (which now languishes in never-ending quiz-show hell) to Sunday prime …
Continue readingMrs Brown’s Boys Live: Mammy Sutra – The DVDfever Review
Mrs Brown’s Boys Live is my first experience of a full Mrs Brown’s Boys episode, and I can see why I’ve avoided it until now. After three series, a number of Christmas specials and even …
Continue readingFriday Night Dinner Series 4 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Friday Night Dinner returns for a fourth series with no sign of slowing down with Robert Popper’s quickfire rate of gags. Around this point, you’d expect the average sitcom to have long spent its best, …
Continue readingThe Secret Agent Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
The Secret Agent is mild-mannered shopkeeper Verloc (Toby Jones), who’s been doing some work for the Russian Embassy along the way, but now there’s a new broom at the office in London, First Secretary Mr …
Continue readingMan Down Series 3 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Man Down has returned for a third series and I thought it was a fourth, given (a) the length of time the programme has been around, and (b) so much is packed into each episode …
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