The Tower Series 3 – subtitled Gallowstree Lane, where the initial scene takes place – follows on from last year’s second series, but it’s 20 months later, plot-wise, and opening with a summary that includes …
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The Tower Series 2 – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Gemma Whelan
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 …
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 readingKate and Koji – The DVDfever Review – Brenda Blethyn
Kate and Koji brings us back to the days of the sitcom being recorded in front of an audience which sadly, for ITV, is still the present day. Yes, it’s Ethnic Mismatch Comedy #644, and …
Continue readingCheat: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Katherine Kelly
Cheat begins with University lecturer Dr Leah Dale (Katherine Kelly – Doctor Who spin-off Class) and final year student Rose (Molly Windsor – Three Girls) on opposite sites of a prison cell window, before we …
Continue readingIn The Long Run – The DVDfever Review – Idris Elba
In The Long Run is a new comedy from Idris Elba which, in contrast to most new offerings on TV these days, and particularly those where all episodes are available to stream from day one, …
Continue readingLiving The Dream – The DVDfever Review – Philip Glenister
Living the Dream is a new Sky One ‘fish out of water’ comedy/drama where Mal Pemberton (Philip Glenister) thinks the answer to life’s problems is to move him and his family out to Florida for …
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