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Thirteen is the first drama commissioned for BBC3 as an online-only channel, yet like all of its new programmes they’re clearly contractually obliged to air on normal TV as well, so basically they’re getting a …
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Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle Series 4 Episode 1: Wealth – The DVDfever Review
Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle is rather like Luther – it comes round every 2-3 years and is to the TV schedules what oxygen is to our bodies – an essential requirement. Often, the programme is …
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The Night Manager – The DVDfever Review – Tom Hiddleston
The Night Manager is the first John Le Carré novel to become a TV series in more than 20 years, following 1991’s TV movie, A Murder of Quality, starring Denholm Elliott, Joss Ackland and Glenda …
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One Child Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
One Child is part of BBC’s China Season and the title is also the policy within China of one child per household. That policy plays a part in this, but it doesn’t dominate the proceedings, …
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The Rack Pack – BBC iPlayer Exclusive – The DVDfever Review
The Rack Pack is a new BBC film, and the first produced exclusively for BBC iPlayer, which concentrates on the rise and fall of Alex Higgins, World Snooker Champion for 1972 and 1982, as well …
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Tracey Ullman’s Show Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Tracey Ullman’s Show is the comedienne’s first programme for UK television since ITV’s Girls On Top back in 1983 and presumably she couldn’t call it the more customary title of The Tracey Ullman Show as …
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The Husbands Of River Song – Doctor Who: Christmas Episode 2015 – The DVDfever Review
The Husbands Of River Song finds Peter Capaldi‘s Doctor back in upbeat mode having been inadvertently completely forget all about Clara Oswald following the events of the Series 9 finale. It’s Christmas Day 5343 and, …
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Luther Series 4 Episode 2 – The DVDfever Review
Luther Series 4’s conclusion began with apparent clairvoyant Megan (Laura Haddock) passing on Alice’s message as: “Tell John that Stacey Bell has the owl”, referring to a woman who killed her grandma when she was …
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The Bridge Season 3 on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Bridge Season 3 is out now on Blu-ray and DVD, and this review assumes you have seen all of SEASONS ONE AND TWO! I had higher expectations for this than the first two, not …
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Luther Series 4 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Luther Series 4 began with DCI John Luther still in a dark place after losing his partner, DS Justin Ripley (Warren Brown), which led me to hope that Series 3 would be followed by a …
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