The Tower Series 2 follows on two months on from the events of the first series, a three-parter, with cop Lizzie Adama (Tahirah Sharif – A Town Called Malice) now back in the job after …
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DI Ray – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Parminder Nagra
DI Ray, not DI Voodoo Ray, sadly… that would be a cool prime-time drama. Portrayed by Parminder Nagra, she gets a shock when she witnesses a strange man running about with a knife, and not …
Continue readingThe Tower – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Gemma Whelan
The Tower is Portland Tower, a residential building at which has been declared a critical incident. The opening episode is surprisingly gory upfront, because veteran cop Hadley Matthews (Nick Holder), and a 15-year-old girl called …
Continue readingWuthering Heist – Inside No.9 Series 6 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Wuthering Heist is the first episode of Inside No.9 Series 6, and centres aroudnd a planned £12m robbery of rough-cut diamonds, hence the ‘heist’ part. Gemma Whelan, as Columbina, breaks the fourth wall, describing the …
Continue readingWhite House Farm – The DVDfever Review – Stephen Graham
White House Farm is a new six-part ITV drama which starts the new year by bringing us the doom and gloom of a mass murder, this time based on the true story of what happened …
Continue readingEmma 2020 – Teaser 1 – Anya Taylor-Joy
Emma 2020 (as I’ll call it to differentiate from previous incarnations, and for SEO purposes) is a new version of Jane Austen’s beloved comedy about finding your equal and earning your happy ending, is reimagined …
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 readingPrevenge on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review – the film Kill Bill should’ve been
Prevenge is what Kill Bill should’ve been. That may sound like a bold statement, but while Quentin Tarantino’s first three films were superb, the Kill Bill double-bill faltered. The Bride told how she went on …
Continue readingThe Moorside: Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Shannon Matthews drama
The Moorside tells the tale of Karen Matthews, the idiot who claimed her daughter, Shannon, had been kidnapped when she was hidden under a bed the entire time. Karen thought she could hoodwink the media …
Continue readingMorgana Robinson’s The Agency Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Morgana Robinson’s The Agency is the comedienne’s first solo impressions show, fimled in the style of a documentary series following a number of telvision and radio celebrities who come in and out of a casting …
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