The Castaways brings us Sheridan Smith (The Railway Children Return) and Celine Buckens (Showtrial) as sisters Lori, and Erin Holme, both intending on having a nice holiday away on a fancy beach in Fiji, although …
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Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything – The DVDfever Review – Sky Comedy – Sheridan Smith
Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything is a rather wordy title where the lead is played by the omnipotent Sheridan Smith (The Railway Children Return). It’s the latest ITV dram… oh, wait, this one’s on Sky. …
Continue readingThe Railway Children Return – The DVDfever Review – Jenny Agutter, Sheridan Smith
The Railway Children Return follows some 52 years after the 1970 movie, The Railway Children, and when first announced, it was most notable for the fact that it brings back one of the original cast …
Continue readingNo Return – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Sheridan Smith
No Return does feel a bit like Groundhog Day. We’re only just into February, and this year, it’s the third multi-part drama we’ve had on TV in 2022 starring Sheridan Smith in the lead role, …
Continue readingThe Teacher – The DVDfever Review – Channel 5 drama – Sheridan Smith
The Teacher is the role for Sheridan Smith, who literally has to be in everything these days. At the start of January, she was in BBC1’s Four Lives, and then next week, she’s in ITV’s …
Continue readingFour Lives – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Sheridan Smith
Four Lives is based on a true story, and stars the omnipresent Sheridan Smith as Sarah Sak, mother to Anthony Walgate (Tim Preston), a young fashion designer who, in 2014, tells his best friend, China, …
Continue readingPooch Perfect – The DVDfever Review – Sheridan Smith – BBC’s new “Crufts”
Pooch Perfect brings us socially-distanced Crufts in all but name… yes, you can tell we’re in an age where a lot less TV is being made these days. Sheridan Smith leads the way on a …
Continue readingIsolation Stories – The DVDfever Review – Eddie Marsan
Isolation Stories looks like the kind of drama we could be getting used to for the forseeable future, and it’s also been touted that the BBC’s Talking Heads series, originally devised by Alan Bennett, could …
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 readingCare – The DVDfever Review – Sheridan Smith, Alison Steadman
Care is a new Jimmy McGovern drama which, for me, has come at a depressingly poignant time. We know that strokes can hit someone – mostly in their later years, but sometimes also in a …
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