Category Archives: Drama

DVD Reviews – ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ (2020) – Series 1

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There will come a time when the 2020 Christmas Special of the new ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ series will come out on DVD. Hopefully with the Series 2 DVD after Series 2 gets transmitted sometime later in the year on Channel 5 in the UK. In the meantime, let’s revisit Series 1 of the new ‘All Creatures’ series on DVD. Continue reading

Quick DVD Box Set Review – ‘Rosemary & Thyme’

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My Mum enjoyed her birthday present this year, which was the complete series of ‘Rosemary & Thyme’, starring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris. I’m very pleased my Mum enjoyed ‘Rosemary & Thyme’. It’s a good purchase as we watched every episode of the 22-episode series in March 2021. 🙂 Continue reading

‘Call the Midwife’ – Series 6 REVIEWED

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The latest news I’ve heard about ‘Call the Midwife’ is that Series 10 has completed filming. This is good news, especially during difficult times – please keep safe! Hopefully Series 10 will be shown on TV screens soon and hopefully most of us will have the Covid-19 vaccine by then. 🙂 In the meantime, I’ve been checking out Series 6 of ‘Call the Midwife’ on DVD. Continue reading

Quick DVD Review – ‘The Phoenix and the Carpet’

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After enjoying 1991’s ‘Five Children and It’ and 1993’s ‘The Return of the Psammead’ by the BBC over Christmas 2020, my parents and I enjoyed watching 1976’s ‘The Phoenix and the Carpet’ by the BBC. Yes, I know there’s a 1997 ‘The Phoenix and the Carpet’ by the BBC, but I’ll see it another time. Continue reading

Quick DVD Review – ‘The Return of the Psammead’

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After checking out the BBC’s 1991 TV adaptation of ‘Five Children and It’, my parents and I soon checked out another Christmas present that my Mum had over Christmas 2020. This was of course the sequel to 1991’s ‘Five Children and It’ called ‘The Return of the Psammead’. It was made in 1993! Continue reading

Quick DVD Review – ‘Five Children and It’ (1991)

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My Mum received the DVD of the BBC’s 1991 adaptation of ‘Five Children and It’ for Christmas this year! My parents and I spent three days watching the six-part serial on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and the 27th. It was an intriguing experience watching ‘Five Children and It’ and was quite enjoyable. Continue reading

TV Review – ‘Call the Midwife’, Christmas Special 2020

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Well, 2020 is a year where I reviewed more ‘Call the Midwife’ episodes than usual. As well as reviewing the Series 9 episodes, I also checked out Series 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 as well as the 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and (very recently) 2016 Christmas Specials. I’m looking forward to seeing Series 6 soon! Continue reading

Quick TV Review – ‘The Night Before Christmas’ (All Creatures Great and Small) (2020)

SPOILERS ALERT!!!

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Amazing to think that it wasn’t that long ago since my parents and I saw Series 1 of 2020’s ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ on Channel 5 back in September to October. And we’ve got the Series 1 DVD already. I’m looking forward to revisiting Series 1 and I look forward to watching Series 2 next. 🙂 Continue reading

‘Call the Midwife’ – Series 5 REVIEWED

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We’re getting closer to Christmas Day and we’ll soon have the 2020 Christmas Special of ‘Call the Midwife’ via BBC One upon us! I’m looking forward to it, especially with Peter Davison as the special guest star. It’s also good that a vaccine is on its way to counteract the coronavirus. But still, please keep safe. Continue reading

Quick TV Episode Review – ‘Grantchester’, Series 3, Episode 6

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Here we are on the last episode of Series 3 of ‘Grantchester’! I’ve enjoyed Series 3 and the season finale has been satisfying. It’s sad one of the romances in the episode didn’t become successful in the end, but I expected it to be so. I am happy with how Sidney and Geordie’s characters turned out. Continue reading