The Jetty is a four-part series starts on Monday, and presumably will be on iPlayer in full from day one, but as soon as I saw it listed on the BBC’s Youtube community tab with …
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Anne – The DVDfever Review – Maxine Peake – ITV Hillsborough drama
Anne centres around Anne Williams, played here by Maxine Peake, whose son, Kevin, died in the harrowing disaster at Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, on April 15th 1989, the death toll for which now stands at 97, …
Continue readingDomina – The DVDfever Review – Nadia Parkes – ‘Game of Romes’
Domina tells the story of Livia Drusilla (starting as Nadia Parkes, before moving on to Kasia Smutniak), who in an opening voiceover tells us she’s killed many people, and that the first rule of power …
Continue readingPraxeus – Doctor Who Series 12 Episode 6 – The DVDfever Review
Praxeus is the sixth episode of Doctor Who Series 12… Before I get to it, though, the current Doctor Who theme has an opening which sinks in tone after a few “duh-duh-duh-dun”s, and that’s always …
Continue readingDeadwater Fell – The DVDfever Review – David Tennant
Deadwater Fell is a four-part thriller which starts of as mysterious as the drama that it’s about to impart. Amongst a bike race taking place while all the residents look on, we see flashes of …
Continue readingThe Bay: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Morven Christie
The Bay in this new drama is Morecambe Bay, the setting for a new police drama where Holly and Dylan Meredith – two 15-year-old twins who – didn’t come home from a trip to a …
Continue readingCleaning Up – The DVDfever Review – Sheridan Smith
Cleaning Up sees ITV kicking off the new drama year with the reliable Sheridan Smith as Sam, a single parter with a grumpy ex. She’s stuck in a horrible cleaning job with an over-demanding boss, …
Continue readingBlack Work Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Black Work shows that however long you’ve been married, there’s always going to be something that you don’t know about your better half. SPOILER ALERT: This programme is broadcast on ITV on Sunday night at …
Continue readingThe Mill Series 2 – released on DVD on September 8th
The Mill was a massive success when it aired on Channel 4 in the UK over July and August 2013, and is based on powerful true stories of the workers at the time of the …
Continue readingChannel 4’s The Mill, out on DVD on August 19th
CHANNEL 4 continues its run of outstanding television with brand new period drama The Mill, a powerful series set in Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire during the industrial revolution. Acorn Media is delighted to announce …
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