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The Critic is a film I was drawn to, because Ian McKellen (Last Action Hero – yes, seriously!) – in the lead role as The Chronicle’s drama theatre critic Jimmy Erskine – is a national …
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Tag: Claire Skinner
Plodding On – Inside No.9 Series 9 Episode 6 – The DVDfever Review
Plodding On is the sixth and final episode of Inside No.9 Series 9, and the last EVER episode! Before this aired, I was hoping we’d finally get the Robin Askwith bus conductor episode which they …
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Coma – The DVDfever Review – Channel 5 drama – Jason Watkins
Coma starts with Simon Henderson (Jason Watkins – Wicked Little Letters) seeing an old man being kicked to the ground by a bunch of yobs, and that’s actually quite timely, given how I saw the …
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The Pale Horse – The DVDfever Review – Agatha Christie drama
The Pale Horse begins, in the village of Much Deeping, in 1960s Surrey, with antique dealer Mark Easterbrook (Rufus Sewell)’s dying in mysterious circumstances One year later, in London, and a dying woman has written …
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Next Of Kin – The DVDfever Review – ITV Drama – Archie Panjabi
Next of Kin is described by ITV as a “family drama” but I’d say that’s more about the fact it’s based around a family within the drama, rather than being suitable for the whole family, …
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Power 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 …
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Nana’s Party – Inside No.9 Series 2 Episode 5 – The DVDfever Review
Nana’s Party is the penultimate episode of series 2 of Inside No.9, and it’s the most disappointing in the series so far. In fact, while I normally post a detailed look at each episode in …
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Critical Series 1 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Critical is the first new series from former doctor Jed Mecurio since Line of Duty, which saw its second series air on BBC2 in March last year, but he’s also responsible for the wonderful Cardiac …
Continue readingChristmas 2012 TV… that I’ll still watch… because it’s there…
Christmas Eve Outnumbered (BBC1, 9.35pm) Stupidly, this is another programme over of the holidays, which doesn’t get any kind of a repeat whatsoever – and not everyone wants to watch something via Iplayer, especially when …
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