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Category Archives: BBC1
LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX, CHRISTMAS SPECIAL : HAVE THEY DANCED THEIR FINAL TANGO….MAYBE? – A REVIEW.
Sally Wainwright’s award winning BBC One drama Last Tango in Halifax, returned to our screens for a two-part Christmas special and overall it was a successful return without ever being a sensational one. The problem with it only being two … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, BBC COMEDY, BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BBC1, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, HAPPY VALLEY, MENTAL HEALTH, POPULAR CULTURE, SALLY WAINWRIGHT, SARAH LANCASHIRE, screenplay, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged ALAN, AM-DRAM, ANNE REID, BBC ONE, CAROLINE, CELIA, CLASS WAR, COMEDY, COMEDY DRAMA, COUNTRYSIDE VS CITY, death, DEREK JACOBI, DRAMA, EDUCATION, FARMING, GHOSTS, GILLIAN, Grief, HAPPY VALLEY, HEADMISTRESS, HUDDERSFIELD, KATE, LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX, LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, LESBIANISM, MURDER, NORTHERN, REVIEW, ROBBIE, SALLY WAINWRIGHT, SARAH LANCASHIRE, SCHOOLING, SECRET, SUICIDE, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, TV, tv review, YORKSHIRE
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THE MISSING – series 2, a review. ADDICTIVE, ENGROSSING…..AND IT WASN’T TOO COMPLICATED!
Wednesday December 7th 2016 was a bad day all-round for me. Firstly, I woke up and remembered that it was my fortieth birthday(I still feel only twenty), then the double whammy was realising that the outstanding BBC One abduction thriller … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BBC1, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, THRILLERS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged @SCARFMANANDY, ABDUCTION THRILLER, BBC ONE, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, DAVID MORRISSEY, DRAMA, entertainment, EUROPEAN CINEMA, GEMMA WEBSTER, Grief, JULIEN BAPTISTE, KEELEY HAWES, popular culture, REVIEW, SAM WEBSTER, SCARFMAN, SOPHIE GIROUX, SWITZERLAND, TCHEKY KARYO, THE MISSING, The Missing series 2, THRILLER, TOO COMPLICATED PLOT, TV, tv review, UK TV, VAAREN
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‘The Missing’ – THE COOLEST RETIRED DETECTIVE ON THE PLANET! Series 2, episode 1 review.
Now and again you quite literally get bowled over by a new programme that comes on the telly. You go to bed thinking about it, you wake up thinking about it and you cannot wait for the next episode to … Continue reading
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‘One of Us’ – series review : A HAUNTING CRIME DRAMA THAT HAD MORE TWISTS THAN CHUBBY CHECKER!
An intriguing crime drama by brothers Jack and Harry Williams(The Missing) that kept me interested throughout. The finest aspect of it was the dark and haunting tone that pervaded every scene. It was this ever-present haunting quality that gave the show … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC1, DRAMA, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
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WILTY IS THE BEST PANEL SHOW ON TV….AND THAT’S THE TRUTH! ‘Would I Lie to You?’. Episode 1 review, series 10. 02/08/16.
Would I Lie to You? on BBC One is the best comedy panel show on TV by a country mile! You know you have enjoyed a programme when the ending credits roll yet it seems like you’ve only been watching … Continue reading
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THE ANT AND DEC OF FOOTBALL…….SORT OF! ‘Class of ’92: Out of Their League. Series 2, episode 1 review.
Television sports documentaries do not get much better than this. I loved the first series last year and thoroughly enjoyed the recent opening episode of series two. It focuses on the goings on at semi-professional football side Salford City FC, … Continue reading
Posted in BBC1, documentary, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, SPORT, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
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MY MILD CASE OF BOBOS(BORED OF BAKE OFF SYNDROME) HAS BE CURED…… FOR THE TIME BEING AT LEAST! ‘THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF’, episode one review, 2016.
Last year I self diagnosed myself with a mild to moderate case of BOBOS(BORED OF BAKE OFF SYNDROME). Towards the end of series six of The Great British Bake Off I had grown really tired of this very formulaic show. In … Continue reading
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BIRTHS, BABIES AND BOREDOM! IN THE CLUB : SERIES 2, EPISODE SIX REVIEW!
In 2008 Gareth McLean in The Guardian asked if there was ‘a TV equivalent of difficult second album syndrome’? He went on to confirm that indeed there was and cited a few examples to support his theory. He was referring … Continue reading
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