Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel is a new gameshow which seeks to answer the question: Why is Michael McIntyre popular? Well, maybe it won’t do that, but his wheel takes social distancing to a whole new …
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Winning Combination – The DVDfever Review – Omid Djalili – ITV Gameshow
Winning Combination is a new ITV gameshow from the makers of The Chase, so I’d be hoping for something good and long-lasting, but then they also brought us Bradley Walsh’s Cash Trapped. Hosted by Omid …
Continue readingDash and Lily – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Austin Abrams, Midori Francis
Dash And Lily is a U-certificate drama (possibly) set at Christmas time, where love is an ideal achievement. In fact, it’s December 17th and carollers are singing “Joy to the world“, which just makes me …
Continue readingIndustry – The DVDfever Review – Myha’la Herrold – HBO / BBC drama
Industry sees oodles of millennials applying for stockmarket jobs, being told to “make themselves indispensible” if they want to have a permanent position, AND still be working there in the six months. Some of them …
Continue readingThe Crown Season 4 – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Emma Corrin, Gillian Anderson
The Crown Season 4: I’ve never seen the first three seasons of The Crown as I just never got round to it, but as it enters the fourth season, it moves into a time I …
Continue readingTruth Seekers – The DVDfever Review – Simon Pegg, Nick Frost
Truth Seekers begins with a young woman dreaming of her mum being on fire, then she’s in the hospital, seeing zombies, before the action switches to Gus Roberts (Nick Frost) at home, who feels very …
Continue readingLove and Anarchy – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Ida Engvoll, Björn Mosten
Love and Anarchy centres around Sofie (Ida Engvoll) who can’t stop… well, enjoying herself, even on a day when she’s starting a new job! The fact Violent Femmes’ Blister in the Sun plays as the …
Continue readingDon’t Rock The Boat – The DVDfever Review – Freddie Flintoff
Don’t Rock The Boat is another celebrity show in a sea of celebrity shows, and sea is apt, because the twelve chosen ones will battle it out across 500 miles over 5 episodes, each at …
Continue readingMorning Live – The DVDfever Review – Kym Marsh, Gethin Jones
Morning Live looks like the kind of show which is intended to be a rival to This Morning on ITV, and Jeremy Vine on Channel 5. However, this is a mercifully short 45 minutes, so …
Continue readingThe Undoing – The DVDfever Review – Hugh Grant, Nicole Kidman – HBO / Sky Atlantic
The Undoing is a new limited series (i.e. one series only) on both HBO and Sky Atlantic with a very posh well-to-do couple for whom things are about to go South. Jonathan Fraser (Hugh Grant …
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