Category Archives: grief

RESOLUTE, RELENTLESS REG! ‘REG’ – A REVIEW.

Posted on June 9, 2016 by SCARFMAN

Reg Keys : “A five hundred strong mob armed to the teeth baying for blood, came after my son and he had fifty bullets and no radio. Now I can accept that just about, but if I find out this … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BBC1, death, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, FAMILY, grief, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TRUE STORIES, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV | Tagged 2005 GENERAL ELECTION, ACTING, ANDY LLOYD, ANN MAXWELL MARTIN, ANTI WAR, ANTI WAR PROPAGANDA, ARMY, BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BBC1, BIASED, BOB CLAY, BRITAIN, BRITISH ARMY, BRITISH DEMOCRACY, BRITISH POLITICS, DAVID AND GOLIATH, death, DEMOCRACY, EMOTION, entertainment, Family, Grief, GRIEVING, IRAQ, IRAQ WAR, JIMMY MCGOVERN, LABOUR PARTY, MURDER, POLITICS, popular culture, REG, REG KEYS, ROBERT PUGH, SADNESS, SALLY KEYS, SCARFMAN, Scarfman_, screenplay, SEDGEFIELD, SPECIAL EFFECTS, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, THOMAS KYS, TIM ROTH, TOM KEYS, TONY BLAIR, TRUE STORY, TV, TV CRITIC, tv review, UK, UK TV | Leave a comment

HEARTBREAKING LOVE STORY, BUT THE MURDER PLOT LET IT DOWN! River- Episode six review.

Posted on November 18, 2015 by SCARFMAN

Last night the sixth and final episode of the gripping crime drama River was shown on BBC1. At the end of episode four I went around telling everybody how utterly brilliant I thought this programme was. Therefore, I was shocked … Continue reading →

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17 years ago today my dad died, but the pain of losing him will live with me forever

Posted on October 31, 2015 by SCARFMAN

October 31st 1998 was without doubt the worst day of my life so far. It was worse than when I got told by a doctor twelve months later, that I needed an investigation to make sure I did not have … Continue reading →

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UTTERLY COMPELLING AND UTTERLY BRILLIANT! River – Review of episode two.

Posted on October 21, 2015 by SCARFMAN

Last year I can still remember just how amazing it felt to watch the BBC1 crime/police drama Happy Valley. It was that brilliant that it sort of felt like a privilege to watch such a fantastic piece of work. I … Continue reading →

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‘THE LARS VON TRIER OF THE DETECTIVE WORLD’! RIVER- A review, episode one.

Posted on October 14, 2015 by SCARFMAN

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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‘HOPE IS THE ONLY THING THAT KEEPS ME ALIVE’ – MY ‘MIND’ SUMMER CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION ENTRY ON THE THEME OF HOPE.

Posted on October 13, 2015 by SCARFMAN

HOPE IS THE ONLY THING THAT KEEPS ME ALIVE! Ever woken up wishing you had not? I do not mean because you fancy another half-hour or so in bed, I mean because your whole being is CRIPPLED with anxiety … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, death, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, EMOTION, FAMILY, grief, HAROLD LLOYD, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, social media, THE ARTS, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged #MENTALHEALTH, #PELVICPAIN, A-LEVELS, ALIVE, ANGUISH, BACK PAIN, BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, BEREAVEMENT, BEREAVEMENT COUNSELLING, BLADDER, BLOGGING, BOMBSHELL, CAREER, CAREER GOALS, CHRONIC BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, COLLEGE, CONTAMINATED, CONTAMINATION, COUNSELLING, CREATIVE WRITING, CRIPPLED, CRIPPLED WITH FEAR, dad, DAD DYING, death, DEGREE, DEPRESSED, DEPRESSION, DESPERATE, DEVASTATION, DIABETES, DOCTORS, DOCTORS SURGERY, DOG POO, DOG SHIT, DREAD, DREAMS, DYING, EMPATHY, FATHER DIED, fear, FEAR OF TRAVELLING, FEELINGS, FIGHT, FIGHTER, FRIENDS, frightened, FUNERAL, GALLBLADDER, GALLBLADDER SURGERY, GALLSTONES, GILMORE'S GROIN, GPS, Graduating, GRADUATION, GREIVING, Grief, HAROLD LLOYD, Health, HERNIA, HERNIA SUGERY, HONEST, HOPE, HORSE MUCK, HORSE POO, HUMAN SPIRIT, ILL, ILL HEALTH, INSPIRATION, INSPIRING, IRRITABLE BLADDER, LATE FATHER, LIFE GOALS, LIFE STRUGGLES, LIVERPOOL, LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY, LIVING AWAY FROM HOME, living with OCD, LJMU, LOWER BACK PAIN, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, memories, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH STORY, MENTAL HEALTH THOUGHTS, mental illness, MENTAL PAIN, MIND, MIND CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION, MOTHER, MUM, NASTY SMELLS, NERVE COMPRESSION, NHS, NO HAPPY ENDING, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OCD AWARENESS WEEK, OCD FLARE UP, pain, PANIC ATTACK, PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN, PELVIC PAIN, PENGUIN PUBLISHING, PHOBIA, PHOBIAS, physical health, PHYSICAL PAIN, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE GLAND, PROSTATE HEALTH, PROSTATE INFECTION, PROSTATITIS, PSYCHOLOGIST, PSYCHOLOGY, rib pain, sacroiliac joint, SCIATICA, SHOCK, SICK, SINUS SURGERY, SISTER, SMELL PHOBIA, SMELLS, SPONDYLOLISTHESIS, SUFFERING, SUICIDE, SWOLLEN LOWER LEGS, TOUCH, TRUE STORY, UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY LIFE, UNUSUAL OCD, UPSET, VOMIT, writing | 1 Comment

INFORMATIVE, INSIGHTFUL AND INVOLVING…LOUIS THEROUX AT HIS BEST! ‘Louis Theroux : Transgender Kids’. A Review.

Posted on April 10, 2015 by SCARFMAN

When documentary film maker Louis Theroux educates, entertains and also emotively covers a certain subject, then I think you will pretty hard pressed to find a better documentary. This is what he indeed did last Sunday on BBC2 when he … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, BBC, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, grief, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TRIBUTE, TRUE STORIES, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged ANGUISH, anxiety, BBC, BBC2, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, CHILDREN, CONTROVERSIAL, debate, DOCUMENTARY, EMOTION, EMPATHY, entertainment, Family, GENDER DYSHORIA, Grief, Health, humour, IDENTITY, LOUIS THEROUX, LOUIS THEROUX TRANSGENDER, mental health, popular culture, PREJUDICE, SADNESS, SANS FRANCISCO, SELF, SEX CHANGE, SURGERY, SURGICAL INTERVENTION, TEENAGE, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, TRANSGENDER, TRANSSEXUALS, TV, tv review, UK TELEVISION, UK TV | Leave a comment

MY MUM IS THE GREATEST MUM OF ALL – HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY MUMMY LLOYD!

Posted on March 15, 2015 by SCARFMAN

There is ONLY ONE PERSON in this world that I truly love and that person is MY MUM! There is ONLY ONE PERSON in this world that has stuck by me through thick and thin and that person is MY … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, COMEDY, COMPLIMENT, death, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, EMOTION, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, grief, HAROLD LLOYD, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, skin infection, TRIBUTE, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged BIRTH, blood relative, CARING, CELEBRATION, compliment, death, DEPRESSION, DREAMS, EMOTION, FAMILIES, FAMILLIES, Family, FEELINGS, friendship, GUARDIAN ANGEL, Health, HEARTACHE, ILL HEALTH, KIDS, LIFE, LIFE STORY, LOVE, mental health, mom, MOTHER, mother son relationship, MOTHER'S DAY, MOTHERING SUNDAY, MUM, MUMMY'S BOY, my mum, OCD, PARENTING, PARENTS, REAL LIFE, relatives, SCHOOL, son, SUPPORT, THANK YOU, THANKS, tribute, tribute to my mum, TRUE STORY, UNIVERSITY | Leave a comment

I NOW PREFER THE BOOK! ‘THE CASUAL VACANCY’ -EPISODE TWO REVIEW.

Posted on February 23, 2015 by SCARFMAN

After watching the first episode of The Casual Vacancy last week I did a blog about how I preferred this TV version to the J.K Rowling book it is based upon. I watched the second installment last night and have … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BOOKS, death, DRAMA, EMOTION, grief, J.K.ROWLING, LITERATURE, POPULAR CULTURE, READING, screenplay, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, THE CASUAL VACANCY, TV, TV REVIEW, Uncategorized | Tagged 2015, adapted books, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY, ARTS, BARRY FAIRBROTHER, BASED ON A BOOK, BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC MINI-SERIES, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BRITISH ACTING, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, BRITISH TV TELEVISION, CLASS CONFLICT, COMEDY, entertainment, J.K.ROWLING, JULIA MACKENZIE, KEELEY HAWES, MICHAEL GAMBON, MILES MOLLISON, RICHARD GLOVER, ROY KINNEAR, RUFUS JONES, RURAL, SARAH PHELPS, screenplay, TEENAGE SEX, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, THE CASUAL VACANCY, THE GHOST OF BARRY FAIRBROTHER, TV | Leave a comment

“GILLIAN, STOP BEING A TW*T”! ‘LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX’ SERIES THREE REVIEW!

Posted on February 8, 2015 by SCARFMAN

A week ago saw the end of series three of the popular BBC1 drama Last Tango in Halifax, here are my thoughts! A few weeks ago I did a blog about Last Tango in Halifax and upon telling a TV Critic … Continue reading →

Posted in COMEDY, death, DRAMA, grief, LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX, lesbianism, POPULAR CULTURE, SALLY WAINWRIGHT, SARAH LANCASHIRE, social media, TELEVISION, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged ANNE REID, BBC DRAMA, DEAN ANDREWS, DEREK JACOBI, ITV DRAMA, KATE, KATE BEING KILLED OFF, LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX, LESBIANISM, NICOLA WALKER, NINA SOSANYA, SALLY WAINWRIGHT, SARAH LANCASHIRE, TV DEATHS | 1 Comment

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Category Archives: grief

RESOLUTE, RELENTLESS REG! ‘REG’ – A REVIEW.

HEARTBREAKING LOVE STORY, BUT THE MURDER PLOT LET IT DOWN! River- Episode six review.

17 years ago today my dad died, but the pain of losing him will live with me forever

UTTERLY COMPELLING AND UTTERLY BRILLIANT! River – Review of episode two.

‘THE LARS VON TRIER OF THE DETECTIVE WORLD’! RIVER- A review, episode one.

INFORMATIVE, INSIGHTFUL AND INVOLVING…LOUIS THEROUX AT HIS BEST! ‘Louis Theroux : Transgender Kids’. A Review.

MY MUM IS THE GREATEST MUM OF ALL – HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY MUMMY LLOYD!

I NOW PREFER THE BOOK! ‘THE CASUAL VACANCY’ -EPISODE TWO REVIEW.

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