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 …
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Ordeal 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, …
Continue readingKill All Others – Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams Episode 10 – The DVDfever Review
Kill All Others is the final episode of Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams, although prior to being on Channel 4, all ten episodes have since aired on Amazon Prime where this became the seventh episode. …
Continue readingSafe and Sound – Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams Episode 9 – The DVDfever Review
Safe and Sound is the ninth episode of Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams and begins in a world that’s a totalitarian state where there’s checkpoints everywhere you go, and the threat of terrorism is never …
Continue readingAutofac – Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams Episode 8 – The DVDfever Review
Autofac is the eighth episode of Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams and begins with Emily Zabriskie (Juno Temple) heading for work at the titular company when a rocket blows up New York, and life will …
Continue readingSave Me: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Lennie James
Save Me centres around Nelly (Lennie James), rather a modern day Arthur Daley, doing a bit of wheeling and dealing here and there, rather than a proper job. He has principles to a degree, but …
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