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Joan… Joan O’Connell… licence to be a jewel thief. Well, not really, as it’s not a legal act, but as we first see our lead, portrayed by Sophie Turner (X-Men: Dark Phoenix), she’s loaded, and …
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The Thief His Wife and the Canoe – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Eddie Marsan
The Thief His Wife and the Canoe does rather seem an odd situation to make a TV series out of, but then I remember it happening at the time, and rather than feel like a …
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Honour – The DVDfever Review – Keeley Hawes – ITV drama
Honour is a two-part ITV drama which is so-called because it deals with the potential honour killing of 20-year-old Banaz Mahmod, the case led by DCI Caroline Goode (Keeley Hawes – Bodyguard). At the start, …
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Mrs Wilson: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Ruth Wilson
Mrs Wilson stars Miss Wilson, i.e. Ruth Wilson, as Alison Wilson. Confused? You won’t be, after this week’s episode of…Soap! …I mean, I’ll just pull my head out of the ’80s for a moment… Dom …
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Mum Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Mum is Lesley Manville‘s character, Cathy (right), coming to terms with her husband, Dave, haven’t recently passed away. As with any death, it’s not just about what still lies around the house, but little things …
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River Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
River is a drama I was looking forward to from when I first saw the trailer, but as with the recent From Darkness, this is another case of the BBC going through a phase of …
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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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