Kevin Turvey Investigates (DVD)

I remember when this was on the telly! At that time, Rik Mayall was young and what is now called "alternative". This will be a heart -warming chuckle, for those who saw this first time around. For Rik Mayall fans this is a must. However, i think that younger people may find the content dated and possibly boring! The packaging is consistent with the programme and the atmosphere of the recording is evidently 80's. Don't expect to pay too much money for this; as you could watch it once and never again. I bought this for my wife to watch with me, but she could only take 5 mins of it. I enjoyed going back in time, and remembering Kevin Turvey.A great british ...  Read the complete review

‘I’m Kevin Turvey, and here’s a good one: why does Mrs Thatcher wear barbed wire underwear? … She doesn’t, it’s only a joke!’ This long-deleted BBC title sees Rik Mayall in what many consider his finest hour, adopting the persona of investigative reporter Kevin Turvey, assigned by his BBC bosses to investigate such myriad phenomena as death, leisure, nasty little sticky things, depression and the supernatural to enlighten ‘armchair Britain.’ Unfortunately for them, Kevin Turvey’s only skill lies in digression. An easily distracted, utterly inept reporter in an anorak, Kevin is a far cry from Mayall’s best remembered later characters, the ...  Read the complete review