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Seize Them! is the command bellowed by Queen Dagan (Aimee Lou Wood – Living) after Humble Joan (Nicola Coughlan – Big Mood) turns up with her crew to take the castle over. As such, everyone …
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Tag: John Macmillan
One Day – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Ambika Mod, Leo Woodall
One Day is a new drama series which first takes us back to one particular day: 15th July 1988 to be precise (and St Swithin’s Day, as we’re soon informed), as Dexter (Leo Woodall – …
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The Burning Girls – The DVDfever Review – Paramount+ – Samantha Morton
The Burning Girls starts off in 1556, in the Chapel Croft Village, Sussex, where two girls are being burned at the stake. So, not exactly a family-friendly start to the proceedings, and then fast-forward to …
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House of the Dragon – The DVDfever Review – Sky Atlantic – Matt Smith
House of the Dragon is the Game Of Thrones prequel which fans have been waiting for since the long-running series ended in 2019. We’re told at the start in a voiceover, that as the first …
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The Dig – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes
The Dig begins in 1938, in Suffolk, where Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan, Collateral) had learned there were approximately 18 ancient burial mounds on the Sutton Hoo estate, near to her home, so she summons M …
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Back Series 2 – The DVDfever Review – David Mitchell, Robert Webb
Back Series 2 is here, and it’s been a while since series 1 aired, but at the time, Andrew (Robert Webb) had ingratiated himself with everyone at the John Barleycorn pub, and pushing Stephen’s (David …
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Dial M for Middlesbrough – The DVDfever Review – Johnny Vegas
Dial M for Middlesbrough is a new Gold film which has a great cast, even including Jason Donovan! I missed the first two films in the Draper Tours series, Murder on the Blackpool Express and …
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Hang Ups Series 1 – The DVDfever Review – Stephen Mangan
Hang Ups is, effectively, another of those ‘one room’ comedies, this one the house of Richard Pitt (Stephen Mangan), a therapist whose business collapsed, so today is Day One of working from home (so, a …
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Famalam – The DVDfever Review – BBC2 Comedy pilot
Famalam is a new one-off pilot sketch show which – with a cast made up solely from black comedians – instantly picks on a lame trope of ‘reverse racism’, where a black cast of space …
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Carnage: Swallowing The Past – The DVDfever Review – Simon Amstell – BBC iPlayer Exclusive
Carnage: Swallowing The Past is set in 2067, a time when everyone in the world when everyone is vegan. Comedian Simon Amstell, who made a success on his brief presenting of Never Mind The Buzzcocks …
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