Category Archives: ITV1

LONG LOST FAMILY IS SAMEY, PREDICTABLE AND OVERLY EMOTIONAL……BUT I CAN’T HELP STILL LOVING IT! Long Lost Family. New series, episode one review.

Posted on July 17, 2016 by SCARFMAN

Last Wednesday saw the start of series six of Long Lost Family on ITV1. The show that reunites families after years of separation is samey, predictable and overly emotional, but I can’t help still loving it nevertheless. For me, it … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, FAMILY, ITV1, POPULAR CULTURE, REALITY TV, THE ARTS, TRUE STORIES, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged ADOPTION, ANDREW LLOYD, ANDY LLOYD, ANNA, anxiety, BRITISH TV, CLIFF JARDINE, DAVINA MCCALL, ECUADOR, EMOTION, entertainment, FAMILIES, Family, FORMULAIC, ITV1, LONG LOST FAMILY, LONG LOST FAMILY SERIES 6, NICKY CAMPBELL, PARODY, popular culture, REALITY TV, REUNITED FAMILIES, RIOBAMMA, SCARFMAN, Scarfman_, SIMON COWELL, SINGAPORE, SUE WARD, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, true stories, TV, TV CRITIC, tv review, UK TV, X-FACTOR | Leave a comment

SEXY KNICKERS, COMEDY AND 80s NOSTALGIA….’BRIEF ENCOUNTERS’ IS A PLEASING HIT SO FAR! Episode two review of ‘Brief Encounters’.

Posted on July 17, 2016 by SCARFMAN

After a really encouraging first episode of the new comedy drama Brief Encounters last week, I was therefore intrigued to see how this was going to be followed up in part two. Set in the location of Sheffield(South Yorkshire, England) … Continue reading →

Posted in COMEDY, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, ITV1, POPULAR CULTURE, screenplay, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged 1980S, 1980S SOCIAL UNREST, 1980S UNEMPLOYMENT, 80S, 80S NOSTALGIA, ADULTERY, ALAN PARTRIDGE, ANGELA GRIFFIN, ANNE SUMMERS, BRIAN, BRIEF ENCOUNTERS, BRITAIN 80S, BRITISH TELEVISION, CONEDY DRAMA, CORRIE, CRIME, DAWN, DON GILLET, EIGHTIES, EMOTION, entertainment, ENTREPRENEUR, FELICITY MONTAGU, FEMALE EMPOWERMENT, ITV1, ITV1 COMEDY DRAMA, Karl Davies, KIERAN, KNICKERS, NITA, NITA DEMPSEY, NORTH, PENELOPE WILTON, PETER WRIGHT, popular culture, ROBBERY, SEX TOYS, SHARON ROONEY, SHEFFIELD, SOCIAL DEPRIVATION, SOPHIE RUNDLE, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, STEPHANIE KIRKE, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THATCHER'S BRITAIN, THE ARTS, TV, TV CRITIC, tv review, UK TV, YORKSHIRE, YOU THE CRITIC | Leave a comment

Killer Women with Piers Morgan – Series 1 – Episode 2 – INTERESTING, INTRIGUING AND YET AGAIN….IMPARTIAL PIERS!

Posted on May 23, 2016 by SCARFMAN

The opening to this second episode was that dramatic that I half expected the famous duff duff drum beat from Eastenders to start playing any second. My jaw nearly dropped to the floor as we were informed how in 2008 … Continue reading →

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COMEDY, ROMANCE AND SOME DOWNRIGHT THUGGERY……CORRIE BACK ON FORM! Coronation Street – A Review.

Posted on August 23, 2015 by SCARFMAN

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 →

Posted in COMEDY, EMOTION, ITV1, POPULAR CULTURE, STEVE MCDONALD, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | 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 | Leave a comment

‘LONG LOST FAMILY’……. OH BOY WAS IT GOOD TO SEE YOU ONCE AGAIN! ‘Long Lost Family’ – A Review.

Posted on June 9, 2015 by SCARFMAN

Something weird and almost magical happens whenever I sit down to watch an episode of ‘Long Lost Family’ on ITV1(the show where it reunites family members who have either lost touch or been adopted). For example, when I sat down … Continue reading →

Posted in COMPLIMENT, documentary, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, FAMILY, ITV1, POPULAR CULTURE, REALITY TV, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TRIBUTE, TRUE STORIES, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged #BAFTAWINNER, #DAVINAMCCALL, #FACTUAL, #LONGLOSTFAMILY, #LONGLOSTFAMILYREVIEW, #NICKYCAMPBELL, #TELEVISIONREVIEW, #TVREVIEW, ADOPTION, ADOPTION TV SERIES, BRITAIN, BRITISH ARMY, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, BRITISH TV REVIEW, CHILDREN, compliment, DAUGHTER, DAVINA MCCALL, EMOTION, EMOTIONAL, EMOTIVE, EMOTIVE TELEVISION, entertainment, Family, FAMILY TV, father, FEEL GOOD TV, GERMANY, HAPPINESS, itv, ITV1, KARINA, LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT, LLF, LONG LOST FAMILY, LONG LOST FAMILY REVIEW, LONG LOST FAMILY SERIES, LOVE, MICHELLE, MISSING PERSONS, MOVING, NICKY CAMPBELL, PARENTS, PAUL WRIGHT, popular culture, REVIEW, SADNESS, SIMON COWELL, TEAR JERKING TV, TEARS, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, THE THORN BIRDS, THE X-FACTOR, tribute, true stories, TV, TV CRITIC, tv review, UK, UNCATEGORISED | Leave a comment

ITV1 WILL NOT BE SHOWING SEASON 3 OF ‘THE AMERICANS’ AND I AM SO ANNOYED ABOUT IT!

Posted on January 24, 2015 by SCARFMAN

During the cold dark winter months of November and December of last year, one of the few things that kept me going was looking forward to the return of ‘The Americans’ on ITV1 in early 2015. I was relieved to … Continue reading →

Posted in DRAMA, ITV1, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE AMERICANS, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, Uncategorized | Tagged ARTS, BRITISH TV TELEVISION, DRAMA, entertainment, FX, itv, ITV DRAMA, KERI RUSSELL, MATTHEW RHYS, NOAH EMMERICH, rant, SPY, TELEVISION, THE AMERICANS, THE ARTS, THRILLER, TV, US TV | 5 Comments

JOHNNY VEGAS IS MY NEW FAVOURITE COMEDY ACTOR!

Posted on January 21, 2015 by SCARFMAN

I’ve got to be honest, years ago I used to find St.Helens famous comedian Johnny Vegas very UNfunny. I can remember watching him on ‘Shooting Stars’ numerous times and he just really used to irritate the life out of me. … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC, BBC COMEDY, BBC1, COMEDY, ITV1, JOHNNY VEGAS, POPULAR CULTURE, SIT-COMS, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, Uncategorized | Tagged ACTING, BBC COMEDY, BENIDORM, COMEDY, COMEDY ACTING, DAVID JASON, entertainment, humour, itv, ITV COMEDY, JOHNNY VEGAS, RONNIE BARKER, SITCOM, STILL OPEN ALL HOURS, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, tv review, UK COMEDY, UK SITCOMS | Leave a comment

A DEPRESSED STEVE MCDONALD SHOULD BE PRAISED, NOT SCORNED AT!

Posted on January 18, 2015 by SCARFMAN

“I don’t agree about the Steve storyline. Bad idea to make a funny character depressing. Boring when soaps get all worthy…” The idea of this blog originally came from me receiving the above reply, a week or two ago on … Continue reading →

Posted in DEPRESSION, DRAMA, ITV1, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, OCD, POPULAR CULTURE, SOAP OPERA, STEVE MCDONALD, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TRUE STORIES, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged anxiety, COMEDY, CORONATION STREET, coronation street review, CORRIE, DEPRESSION, embarrassment, itv, MENS HEALTH, mental health, mental health public awareness, mental illness, OCD, SOAP OPERA, social stigma, steve McDonald, stigma, tv review | Leave a comment

A FEMALE COPPER HELL-BENT ON REVENGE, SIX PREGNANT HORMONAL WOMEN ABOUT TO DROP ANY SECOND….AND A ARMY MEDIC WHO I WISH HAD NOT PASSED HER MEDICAL EXAMS! This is my review of some of the programmes I have enjoyed and also endured, on British Television in 2014.

Posted on November 18, 2014 by SCARFMAN

HAPPY VALLEY(BBC 1). ‘AMAZING ACTING AND WONDERFUL WRITING…..MY FAVOURITE THING ON TV IN 2014’! Writing earlier this year in the Radio Times, Jack Seale proclaimed how up to that point Happy Valley was the “drama of the year so far”. … Continue reading →

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TWITTER IS BECOMING THE NEW X-FACTOR, I’VE GOT A ITCHY HAND SO CAN I GET A RT?

Posted on July 16, 2013 by SCARFMAN

TWITTER IS BECOMING THE NEW X-FACTOR, I’VE GOT AN ITCHY HAND SO CAN I HAVE A RE-TWEET MR CELEBRITY????? – A BLOG ABOUT HOW I AM DROWNING IN A SEA OF SOB STORIES!! I can remember the first time I … Continue reading →

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Category Archives: ITV1

LONG LOST FAMILY IS SAMEY, PREDICTABLE AND OVERLY EMOTIONAL……BUT I CAN’T HELP STILL LOVING IT! Long Lost Family. New series, episode one review.

Killer Women with Piers Morgan – Series 1 – Episode 2 – INTERESTING, INTRIGUING AND YET AGAIN….IMPARTIAL PIERS!

COMEDY, ROMANCE AND SOME DOWNRIGHT THUGGERY……CORRIE BACK ON FORM! Coronation Street – A Review.

‘LONG LOST FAMILY’……. OH BOY WAS IT GOOD TO SEE YOU ONCE AGAIN! ‘Long Lost Family’ – A Review.

ITV1 WILL NOT BE SHOWING SEASON 3 OF ‘THE AMERICANS’ AND I AM SO ANNOYED ABOUT IT!

JOHNNY VEGAS IS MY NEW FAVOURITE COMEDY ACTOR!

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