Men Up is a new BBC TV movie based on a true story, about a group of men in Wales who have trouble keeping the British end up. We open with Meurig Jenkins (Iwan Rheon …
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Big Boys – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 – Jon Pointing, Dylan Llewellyn
Big Boys has a rather wordy opening scene (in fact, most of the episode), telling us how in September 2011, Jack’s (Dylan Llewellyn) Dad had died at the age of 56, and “he was the …
Continue readingHorrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans brings the series to the big screen (for the second time, following 2015’s Shakespeare comedy, Bill), and begins with Claudius (portrayed – as with the 1976 TV series …
Continue readingGhosts: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Horrible Histories cast
Ghosts basically shows us that Horrible Histories has finally made it to prime-time television, albeit with a bit more adult content at times, even if the language rarely steps above a U-certificate. The last known …
Continue readingStath Lets Flats: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review
Stath Lets Flats centres around Stath (Jamie Demetriou), the son of a Greek estate agent proprietor, who lets out flats… and houses, but let’s not let facts get in the way of a snappy title. …
Continue readingHancock’s Half Hour – Lost Sitcoms – The DVDfever Review
Hancock’s Half Hour is another in the Lost Sitcoms three-parter, following last week’s Till Death Do Us Part. The recreated episode, this time, is The New Neighbour, where Hancock (Kevin McNally) and John (Kevin Eldon) …
Continue readingThe Windsors – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 comedy
The Windsors is a spoof comedy on the Royal Family that’s long overdue and, at times, has flashes of brilliance harking back to Spitting Image in its hey-day, with plenty of appropriate gurning from Harry …
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