Category Archives: EMOTION

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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The Big Audition- episode one review.

Posted on October 12, 2018 by SCARFMAN

Think Pineapple Dance Studios(that Louis Spence docusoap from 2010) meets The X Factor, and that pretty much sums up ITV1’s new reality TV show called The Big Audition. By this I mean that it was funny in parts, engaging in … Continue reading →

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PRINCESS MARGARET: THE REBEL ROYAL, episode one.

Posted on September 16, 2018 by SCARFMAN

When the BBC was formed in 1922, its now well-known guiding principles were to inform, educate and entertain the British public. Today, it still strives to achieve these three Reithian commandments against a competitive backdrop of niche broadcasting. A brilliant … 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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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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Fight Like a Girl: review.

Posted on June 16, 2018 by SCARFMAN

As thirty minute documentaries go this wasn’t a bad effort at all. As part of BBC1’s Our Lives, it focused on the life of Glaswegian, Kimberly Benson. Kim being twenty-six years old and said to be Scotland’s most popular female … Continue reading →

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EXERCISE IS THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING!

Posted on April 16, 2018 by SCARFMAN

A blog where I extol the virtues of exercise on my mental health! I was sat there at my laptop a few evenings ago, when I suddenly became aware that I had this wonderful overall feeling of great contentment. Allover … Continue reading →

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A MASSIVE OCD BREAKTHROUGH, THANK YOU RUTH! Me and my mental health.

Posted on February 13, 2018 by SCARFMAN

Yesterday was the best day in my life for OVER EIGHT YEARS. Yesterday was the best day in my life since the OCD began to truly cripple every essence of my life. Yesterday was the best I have felt in … Continue reading →

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