David Alp

Review By Dom Robinson of DVD FEVER: With Love, Meghan, immediately does one of the most annoying things when you’re trying to write a review… it puts a punctuation mark in the middle of the title, which immediately screws up the SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) for getting the review showing up on Google, and yes, other search engines are available, but to paraphrase the late, great Russell Harty when he talked about Coronation street, “There was life before Google, but it didn’t amount to much”. If you try and input the title with the comma, it assumes it’s two separate entries. Still, life clearly also isn’t working out for Meghan Markle, as she and weirdy beardy Harry planned to make a number of high-profile TV productions for Netflix, but after some interview programme, she’s resorted to pretending she’s Nigella Lawson with her mee-crow-wah-vay. Then again, there’s precious little cooking to be seen in the opener at first, as she stands outside a beehive with an expert called Branden – unable to spell his own name – who opens it up, even with his bare hands! I don’t fancy getting stung! Then she’s in the house – or A house, whoever’s it is – talking about having guests stay over, and putting something at the side of the bed for them…. “That’s their good morning and good night moment” – er… Pardon?! She also has bath salts in the bathroom, which is a plausible place to have them, but she claims to MAKE HER OWN! Oh come on, who would even think about such a thing, even if they did have the time for that? Or is she planning to start her own rival to Travelodge? Despite all of Markle's efforts of having her friends "stay over" for the night, her first guest, (her long-term Chinese make-up employee - who is clearly on the Netflix payroll), this make-up guy does not stay over for his night? So sadly does not get to appreciate Markle's "good morning and good night moment” - even after ALL the effort Meghan has put into it! And its embarrassingly obvious he is not even a "friend", he is simply her employee. Add in some unwanted plinky plonky music, Meghan waffling about the guests in detail, as if we care… Her next one is some camp sous chef called Daniel, who’s clearly shaved all over before turning up. They make a pasta dish, but call it ‘pah-stah’. Next, as she uses the bee honey to “three-layer honey home cake with berries”, I can feel my last remaining brain cells to disappear from my head. Other guests in the series include Mindy Kaling, who forced upon us the Velma abomination in 2023, and later episodes have lots of women arrive, and Meg’s all, “Ooh look, all my girlies are here!” Turn it in, love. Maybe Harry will turn up later in the first? I don’t know. In fact, I don’t want to know. I certainly won’t be watching any more. With Love, Meghan, is one of the biggest televisual embarrassments I’ve ever had the misfortune to watch in my life. With Love, Meghan is not available to pre-order on Blu-ray or DVD, but is on Netflix from today. With Love, Meghan – Official Trailer – Netflix Detailed specs: Cert: Running time: 25-40 minutes per episode (10 episodes) Release date: March 4th 2025 Studio: Netflix Format: 1.78:1 Director: Michael Steed Cast: Meghan Markle Meghan Markle Meghan Markle Meghan Markle Meghan Markle