The Long Song is set during the slaves’ Christmas rebellion of 1831, and while I’m not usually one for period dramas, if they can somehow make it engaging, then they still do have a chance. …
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The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos – Doctor Who Series 11 Episode 10 – The DVDfever Review
The Battle For Billy Bollocks…, I mean, The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos, is the series finale for Doctor Who Series 11, and before The Doctor and the Scooby Doo gang appear, the episode begins …
Continue readingCare – The DVDfever Review – Sheridan Smith, Alison Steadman
Care is a new Jimmy McGovern drama which, for me, has come at a depressingly poignant time. We know that strokes can hit someone – mostly in their later years, but sometimes also in a …
Continue readingIt Takes You Away – Doctor Who Series 11 Episode 9 – The DVDfever Review
It Takes You Away is the ninth – and penultimate – episode of Doctor Who Series 11, and it took the Doctor and the Scooby Doo gang away to spooky house in a forest in …
Continue readingDeath and Nightingales: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Jamie Dornan
Death and Nightingales is a new three-part drama, based on a novel, but adapted by the same team who brought us The Fall… which I’ve never seen, but they’ve also given us Jamie Dornan who …
Continue readingMrs Wilson: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Ruth Wilson
Mrs Wilson stars Miss Wilson, i.e. Ruth Wilson, as Alison Wilson. Confused? You won’t be, after this week’s episode of…Soap! …I mean, I’ll just pull my head out of the ’80s for a moment… Dom …
Continue readingThe Witchfinders – Doctor Who Series 11 Episode 8 – The DVDfever Review
The Witchfinders, is the eighth episode of Doctor Who Series 11, and it finds the Scooby Doo gang back in the times of King James I (Alan Cumming). The words “Mr Savage demands your presence” …
Continue readingThe Kenny Everett Video Show on DVD – The DVDfever Review
The Kenny Everett Video Show has arrived on vide. I mean, DVD. I was a huge fan of Kenny Everett when he was on TV, and I was bedazzled by the video graphics techniques he’d …
Continue readingKerblam – Doctor Who Series 11 Episode 7 – The DVDfever Review
Kerblam, is the seventh episode of Doctor Who Series 11, and the title comes into play as it’s the Amazon of the Who Universe because it’s the bigger shopping retailer around – not that you’d …
Continue readingThe Interrogation of Tony Martin – The DVDfever Review – Steve Pemberton
The Interrogation of Tony Martin centres around the farmer who shot burglar Fred Barras in the back as he ran away from the scene. To this day, Mr Martin has been unrepentant, and insists he …
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