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Informer is a series where, upon seeing the title, I can never think of anything other than the 1992 rap by Snow of the same name, but now I’ve also reminded you of that, on …
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Patrick Melrose: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Benedict Cumberbatch
Patrick Melrose is a drama I went into knowing absolutely nothing about it, but it has been previewed for some time, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the titular role. It’s based on the novels by Edward …
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The Last Post Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama
The Last Post takes place in 1965 in Aden, Yemen, one of the oldest colonies in the British Empire. It’s a place where East meets West and with an oil refinery, it’s advertisted as a …
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The Devil of Christmas – Inside No.9 Christmas 2016 – Series 3 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
The Devil of Christmas is the first Christmas special for Inside No.9 and delivers a spoof of a 1977 seasonal programme, shot in 4:3, complete with intentional bad acting, there’s a camera coming into shot …
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Fortitude Episode 6 – The DVDfever Review
Fortitude Episode 6 starts with a flashback, jumping a few episodes back to when Frank was having it away with Elena. Jules is seen heading out without a hat on, and is chanced upon by …
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Fortitude Episode 5 – The DVDfever Review
Fortitude Episode 5 didn’t really help the cause for this overhyped series as it was merely treading water throughout, at a time when the series, as a whole, has been doing little else. It starts …
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Fortitude Episode 4 – The DVDfever Review
Fortitude Episode 4 begins by still treading water which it’s done for the majority of its existence so far, with DCI Morton (Stanley Tucci) going for a nosey around Charlie’s abode, not realising there’s a …
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Fortitude Episode 3 – The DVDfever Review
Fortitude Episode 3 begins with DCI Morton (Stanley Tucci) being introduced to Markus Huseklepp (Darren Boyd sporting a dodgy Norwegian accent) and his girlfriend Shirley Allerdyce (Pride‘s Jessica Gunning), with the former declaring, “you cannot …
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Fortitude Episodes 1 and 2 – The DVDfever Review
Fortitude‘s overhyped first two episodes have left me feeling – Nordic noir? More like Nordic Meh! This one-off series (which, no doubt if ratings do well will get commissioned for another), is set in a …
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