Category Archives: BBC1

BBC One gives event TV a new lifeline on Christmas Day 2024

Posted on January 16, 2025 by SCARFMAN

We need to celebrate the resuscitation of event TV because it unites us as a nation. Event TV is where you watch a much publicised TV show on the date it is broadcast, so you are then part of the … Continue reading →

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LAST TANGO IN…..A BIT OF A LET-DOWN! Last Tango in Halifax – series 5 – episode 4 review.

Posted on March 16, 2020 by SCARFMAN

  Writer and creator Sally Wainwright, is a genius in my eyes.  Her Happy Valley for example, is one of the greatest TV dramas ever made.  I have also always been a big fan of Last Tango in Halifax too.  … Continue reading →

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This Time with Alan Partridge – episode one review.

Posted on March 1, 2019 by SCARFMAN

A lukewarm and semi-triumphant return, this is my verdict of This Time with Alan Partridge. Before this new comedy show aired, I would have said that the great comedy character of Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan), was a bit of a … Continue reading →

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BAPTISTE EPISODE ONE REVIEW.

Posted on February 24, 2019 by SCARFMAN

As good old Kylie Minogue sings, ‘I’m spinning around’, this is exactly what popped into my head as the ending credits rolled to the first episode of Baptiste on BBC One.  Nevertheless, it was bamboozlement in the finest sense of … Continue reading →

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DANNY DYER’S RIGHT ROYAL FAMILY – Episode one review.

Posted on January 27, 2019 by SCARFMAN

Before it aired there was aright load of cultural snobbery towards Danny Dyer and his new historical documentary, Danny Dyer’s Right Royal Family.  Ignore all of this negativity because you will be missing out if you do not. It was … Continue reading →

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Home Front Heroes – Series 1 : Episode 1.

Posted on November 12, 2018 by SCARFMAN

In the run up to Remembrance Day this year the BBC has made a new daytime TV series entitled Home Front Heroes. The primary purpose of it is to celebrate the selfless contributions that thousands of men and women made … Continue reading →

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FOR FACTS SAKE- Episode one review.

Posted on October 21, 2018 by SCARFMAN

Despite it being a very overcrowded genre, when done well TV panel shows are still a joy to watch.  I’m thinking here of Would I Lie to You?, the best panel show on the telly right now.  The format remains … Continue reading →

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WANDERLUST

Posted on September 8, 2018 by SCARFMAN

You don’t have to be Einstein, to work out what the new BBC1 prime time drama Wanderlust was going to be about.  To coin a catchphrase from lovable old Roy Walker, ”say what you see”.  Yes, Wanderlust was about sex.  In … Continue reading →

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BODYGUARD – episode one review.

Posted on September 1, 2018 by SCARFMAN

After all the hype and dramatic trailers, it was finally time to see the new BBC1 prime time drama Bodyguard.  Created by Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio, this was a first episode that promised so much and it duly … Continue reading →

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AGE BEFORE BEAUTY – Episode One.

Posted on August 5, 2018 by SCARFMAN

Tuesday saw the launch of a new BBC1 family drama called Age Before Beauty.  Set in present day Manchester and written and created by Poldark writer Debbie Horsfield, it centred on a family run beauty salon called Mirrorbel.  Notable actors in … Continue reading →

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