The Jetty is a four-part series starts on Monday, and presumably will be on iPlayer in full from day one, but as soon as I saw it listed on the BBC’s Youtube community tab with …
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The Larkins – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Bradley Walsh
The Larkins is a reboot of The Darling Buds of May, even though no-one was crying out for one. It comes just over 30 years since they were last on our screens in the guise …
Continue readingTraces – The DVDfever Review – Molly Windsor – BBC / Alibi drama
Traces opens with Emma Hedges’ (Molly Windsor – Cheat) mother having been murdered and she bursts into Professor Sarah Gordon’s (Laura Fraser) office, wanting to share her thoughts on how to solve it… Then flashback …
Continue readingVienna Blood – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama
Vienna Blood uses the age-old trope of two individuals having to work together, even though they clearly don’t get on, so it’s a ‘marriage’ of necessity. However, on the plus side, it’s set in 1906, …
Continue readingGentleman Jack Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – Suranne Jones
Gentleman Jack begins in 1832, and sees Suranne Jones (Save Me, Scott and Bailey, Doctor Foster) take the lead of landowner Anne Lister, who’s trying to transform her family estate, so it’s a bit like …
Continue readingPower Monkeys Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Power Monkeys, without too much difficulty to calculate, comes from the same team as last year’s Ballot Monkeys, a superb satirical side-swipe at the general election written by Guy Jenkin and Andy Hamilton, the content …
Continue readingJam: The Complete Series on DVD – Chris Morris – The DVDfever Review
Jam was Chris Morris‘ TV version, to a point, of his Radio 1 show “Blue Jam”, something which I tried to listen to but could never get into. Back then I found TV a more …
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