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Category Archives: COMEDY
A CRACKING START, THEN A BLAND MIDDLE…BUT IT ENDED WELL! ‘Mount Pleasant’ series 5 review.
A few weeks ago the fifth series of the SKY TV comedy-drama Mount Pleasant came to an end. As a big fan of the show, I thought I would share with you some my feelings about this latest series. I … Continue reading
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“I SHOULD HAVE HAD A SHAVE, HE’S GOING TO START A FIRE IN A MINUTE IF HE KEEPS RUBBING”! ‘The Moaning of Life 2’. Review of episode 4.
The topic Karl looked at in this episode was ‘the body’, and yet again I thought it was utterly brilliant entertainment. I laughed all the way through it. I smiled all the way through it. The time watching it just … Continue reading
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“SHE’S WALKING AROUND BALD NOW COS OF ME” – ‘The Moaning of Life 2’. A review,episode 2.
MY FAVOURITE KARL PILKINGTON FUNNY LINES IN THIS EPISODE. “It’s her hair lets look after it. She’s walking around now bald cos of me”. 2. “Been a good day really. Got hair and a bag of Haribos”. 3. “Basically it’s … Continue reading
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“I CAN’T SORT OF CONTROL THEM INDIVIDUALLY, THEY’RE NOT EYEBROWS….THEY’RE ARSE CHEEKS”! ‘The Moaning of Life 2’ ep1 – A review.
“What is art?” This was a question first asked almost a hundred years ago by artist Marcel Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’ urinal piece. What does Marcel have in common with Karl Pilkington? Well in this first episode of The Moaning of Life … Continue reading
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‘THE LARS VON TRIER OF THE DETECTIVE WORLD’! RIVER- A review, episode one.
Whenever I see a trailer of new police/detective drama series coming on, I tend to not pay much attention to it these days because I have reached saturation point with this genre. I am bored of this TV genre and … Continue reading
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STRICTLY STILL IN LOVE WITH IT……BUT NOT AS MUCH AS I ONCE WAS! First Week Review of Strictly Come Dancing!
Last Friday and Saturday night Strictly Come Dancing returned to our screens for a brand new series and I think my verdict is…..STILL IN LOVE WITH IT BUT NOT AS MUCH AS I ONCE WAS! Now granted, as I write … Continue reading
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COMEDY, ROMANCE AND SOME DOWNRIGHT THUGGERY……CORRIE BACK ON FORM! Coronation Street – A Review.
In recent times life has been pretty boring and bland on the famous cobbles of Coronation Street. Take away the big fire in the flats a few months ago and nothing else much has happened in the past year or … Continue reading
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Tagged ACTING, AIDAN CONNOR, ALAN HALSALL, ALISON KING, BAD BOY, BEAR GRYLLS, BEN PRICE, BETH, BETHANY PLATT, BRITISH SOAP OPERA, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, CALLUM, CAMPING, CARLA CONNOR, CLAIRE KING, COMEDY, CORONATION STREET, coronation street review, CORRIE, CRAIG, CRAIGH, EMOTION, enterainment, ERICA, FAMOUS COBBLES, FIZ, HOPE, itv, ITV1, JASON GRIMSHAW, KIRK, LUCY FALLON, MANCHESTER, NICK TILSLEY, PADDY McGuinness, popular culture, ROMANCE, RYAN THOMAS, SARAH HARDING, SARAH-LOUISE PLATT, SEAN WARD, SINEAD, SOAP, SOAP OPERA, SURVIVAL, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, THUGGERY, TINA O'BRIEN, TODD GRIMSHAW, TONY, tv review, TV SOAP, TVEMOTION, TYRONE, UK TELEVISION, UK TV, UNCATEGORISED, WEATHERFIELD
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VOTE FOR A MORE METROSEXUAL BRITAIN…..VOTE FOR THE SCARF PARTY!
Are you like me tired of living in a Britain that currently sees SCARVES taken for granted and ignored? Do you wince every time you see an abandoned SCARF, lost say on a bus or train? Are you fed up … Continue reading
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