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Hitmen is the first scripted sitcom for evergreen pairing Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, aka Mel and Sue, although not for Sue. I remember them first on Channel 4’s daytime show Light Lunch – and …
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Tag: Jason Watkins
McDonald & Dodds – The DVDfever Review – Jason Watkins
McDonald & Dodds is the latest cop series for ITV with another mismatched pairing, this time with London hotshot DCI Lauren McDonald (Tala Gouveia) arriving to put a rocket over the comparatively sleepy policing procedures …
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The Man Who Killed Don Quixote – Trailer 1 – Terry Gilliam
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is the film which writer/director Terry Gilliam (Time Bandits) has been trying to make for 30 years, originally starring Johnny Depp in the role of Toby, who has now …
Continue readingThe Children Act – Trailer 1 – Emma Thompson
The Children Act is a film that looks very well-intentioned, and with some great names in the cast, but it looks extremely dull. As her marriage to Jack (Stanley Tucci) flounders, eminent High Court judge …
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A Very English Scandal: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Hugh Grant
A Very English Scandal centres around the late Jeremy Thorpe (Hugh Grant), an MP who became the leader of the Liberal Party, but – starting in 1965 and with the story going back to 1961 …
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Hold The Sunset Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – John Cleese
Hold The Sunset is every travesty I expected, and is an easy wicket for its leads, Alison Steadman, John Cleese and Jason Watkins. Steadman plays Edith, a retired widow who finds recycling difficult – just …
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W1A Series 3 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
W1A enters its third series, so is doing brilliantly well, given that it was spawned from the two-series Twenty Twelve, which did for the London Olympics what The Thick Of It did for politics. That …
Continue readingLine Of Duty Series 4 – out on DVD on May 8th
Line Of Duty Series 4 was back with a bang tonight, and Series 4 comes to DVD on May 8th from Acorn Media International! The critically-acclaimed hit crime drama, from renowned writer Jed Mercurio moves …
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Line Of Duty Series 4 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Line Of Duty Series 4 started with a bang and didn’t let up – literally, as Polish waitress Hana (Gaite Jansen) was run over, kidnapped, then trapped in a house rigged to explode in flames… …
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The Bill – Inside No.9 Series 3 Episode 2 – The DVDfever Review
The Bill is the second episode of series 3 of Inside No.9, and if that has you wondering where the first episode went, well, that was the Christmas one. As always, the story takes place …
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