Lost In Space – We all know how this works: The Space Family Robinson head out to look for ways to solve the Earth’s problems, but once out in space, they get… er… lost. We …
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The City and The City: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – David Morrissey
The City and The City is like one of those noir thrillers where you’re not sure whether to take it seriously because – as lead David Morrissey explains in a gruff voice about the existence …
Continue readingCunk On Britain Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Cunk On Britain brings Diane Morgan‘s Philomena Cunk back to the small screen following her Worlds of Wonder segments on Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe, and the subsequent Cunk on Shakespeare. I really enjoyed all of …
Continue readingKiss Me First Series 1 – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 drama
Kiss Me First brings us the world of the young woman, Leila (Tallulah Haddon), whose mother has died and in a bid to escape from her lonely reality, she chooses a different world – virtual …
Continue readingDave Allen at Peace – The DVDfever Review – Aiden Gillen drama
Dave Allen at Peace is a new hour-long drama for the Catholic comedian, born David Edward John Archer Cullen Tynan O’Mahony, who I first came across when he was well into his hey-day. Just as …
Continue readingOrdeal By Innocence: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Agatha Christie BBC drama
Ordeal By Innocence, by Agatha Christie, begins with rich matriarch Rachel Argyll (Anna Chancellor) having her mortal coil shuffled off by someone, and since it’s Agatha Christie, so the victim must be discovered by the …
Continue readingThe Generation Game with Mel and Sue Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
The Generation Game was a ’70s and ’80s mainstay of Saturday night TV with Bruce Forsyth and, then, Larry Grayson, both of whom have since passed on. With the BBC scraping the barrel beyond recognition …
Continue readingLee And Dean Episodes 1 and 2 – The DVDfever Review
Lee and Dean are childhood friends and cockney builders who prank each other for ‘bantz’ (i.e. banter) whilst doing occasional pieces-to-camera mixed in with the fly-on-the-wall-style comedy but, The Office this is not. Miles Chapman, …
Continue readingCome Home: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Christopher Eccleston
Come Home centres around the break-up of a family, the difference compared to most dramas being that it’s the woman who’s just walked out on everyone for reasons unknown to those left remaining in the …
Continue readingIn The Long Run – The DVDfever Review – Idris Elba
In The Long Run is a new comedy from Idris Elba which, in contrast to most new offerings on TV these days, and particularly those where all episodes are available to stream from day one, …
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