Category Archives: COMEDY

Hang Ups- Episode one review.

Posted on August 18, 2018 by SCARFMAN

Surely, a brand new sitcom co-written and starring Stephen Mangan, had to be good hadn’t it?  Add to this, it also featuring the always utterly brilliant Katherine Parkinson, as well as the legendary actors Richard E. Grant and Charles Dance, … Continue reading →

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Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing – fun, fishing, and friendly banter

Posted on June 23, 2018 by SCARFMAN

Think of a fishing version of that classic road movie Thelma and Louise, but with less sex and more jokes, and that pretty much sums up episode one of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing! In this first episode, we saw … Continue reading →

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THE TRIUMPH OF A TESTING DAY: 4 TRAMS, 2 TRAINS, AND A LONG WALK WHILST JUMPING OVER DOG POO!

Posted on October 20, 2017 by SCARFMAN

‘I can’t believe I’m doing this.  I can’t believe I agreed to this, what was I thinking?  I’m not sure I can do this mum’? This was me yesterday at approximately 11.30am, as I finished getting ready to go to … Continue reading →

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HAVEN’T I SEEN YOU SOMEWHERE BEFORE?? 2017 ‘STRICTLY COME DANCING’ LAUNCH SHOW.

Posted on September 10, 2017 by SCARFMAN

Haven’t I seen you somewhere before?? This was the question that I asked last night as I watched the 2017 Strictly Come Dancing launch show.  With the odd one or two notable exceptions(which I’ll come on to shortly), it was … Continue reading →

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NARCISSISTIC GARBAGE, BUT IT MADE ME LAUGH! ‘Your Face or Mine’, new series, episode 1. A review.

Posted on May 24, 2017 by SCARFMAN

This comedy game show based purely on how physically attractive people look, got off to an immediate bad start when it appeared to joke about obsessive compulsive disorder.  The featured couple Harry and Charlotte, jokingly argued together whether or not … Continue reading →

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PETER KAY’S CAR SHARE, SERIES 2, EPISODE 3 REVIEW : FUNNY MONKEY BUSINESS!

Posted on April 24, 2017 by SCARFMAN

You know you’ve enjoyed something on the telly when every scene made you either smile or laugh.  This is what happened to me in the third episode of the second series of Peter Kay’s Car Share.  The funniest episode thus … Continue reading →

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PETER KAY’S CAR SHARE : CRACKING AND SUBLIME! Series 2, episode 1, a review.

Posted on April 13, 2017 by SCARFMAN

Peter Kay, the national treasure from Bolton, returned to our screens this week with the first episode of the second series of his award winning sit-com, Peter Kay’s Car Share.  Second series syndrome(where things are a poor second effort) was … Continue reading →

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IT’S A BIT DAFT AND COARSE, BUT BENIDORM CONTINUES TO BE A TRIUMPH! BENIDORM – A review, series 9.

Posted on March 10, 2017 by SCARFMAN

About four or five years ago there were two sit-coms that I avoided a bit like the plague.  I cringed every time I saw a trailer for Mrs Brown’s Boys and I steered well clear of ever watching ITV1’s Benidorm. … Continue reading →

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PIERS MORGAN’S LIFE STORIES WITH NIGEL FARAGE : WHEN THE MARMITE OF BRITISH BROADCASTING INTERVIEWED THE MARMITE OF BRITISH POLITICS! A review.

Posted on February 27, 2017 by SCARFMAN

There can be no denying that right now Piers Morgan is the Marmite of British broadcasting, i.e. you either love him or hate him.  Likewise, there can be no denying that right now Nigel Farage is the Marmite figure of … Continue reading →

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LET IS SHINE ep5 review : TAKE YOUR FINGER OFF THAT FAST-FORWARD BUTTON BECAUSE ‘TONIGHT THINGS GET SERIOUS’!

Posted on February 6, 2017 by SCARFMAN

After the first four weeks of this BBC One Saturday night singing and dancing talent show, I almost wrote a review with the heading, ‘IT ONLY SHINES WITH YOUR FINGER PRESSED ON FAST-FORWARD’.  This was because of the large amount … Continue reading →

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