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Category Archives: TELEVISION
AN UNSATISFYING DRAMA! ‘THE CASUAL VACANCY’ -EPISODE THREE REVIEW.
After seeing the concluding part of this drama last night the verdict is now clear, I DEFINITELY PREFER THE BOOK OVER THE TV ADAPTATION! This third episode in many ways was a bit all over the place. Like episode two, … Continue reading
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Tagged #jkrowling, #THECASUALVACANCY, ACTING, adaptation, adapted books, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY, BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC MINI-SERIES, BBC1, books, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, DRAMA, drug abuse, DRUG ADDICT, entertainment, fiction, fiction story, HBO, INNER CITY, ITV DRAMA, J.K.ROWLING, JK ROWLING, joe hurst, JULIA MACKENZIE, KEELEY HAWES, literature, MICHAEL GAMBON, modern Britain, nook review, novels, pagford, popular culture, reading, REVIEW, REVIEW OF THE CASUAL VACANCY, ROY KINNEAR, RUFUS JONES, SARAH PHELPS, SCREEN WRITING, SMALL SCREEN, social services, sreenplay, SUICIDE, TELEVISION, TELEVISION ADAPTATION OF THE CASUAL VACANCY, TELEVISION CRITIC, TELEVISION DRAMA, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, THE CASUAL VACANCY, THE CASUAL VACANCY REVIEW, TV, TV CRITIC, tv review, writing
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A CASUAL HIT! ‘The Casual Vacancy’ – episode one review.
Think The Vicar of Dibley with elements of Eastenders in it and you will pretty much have an idea of what the first episode of this new three part BBC1 drama was like. The screenplay was written by Sarah Phelps … Continue reading
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MAD FOR IT! ME AND MY HARD MATE, MICHAEL…………….’THE COUNT’ BISPING!
This is the tale of how wimpy 5ft 11ins AND THREE QUARTERS metrosexual me, somehow became good pals with one of my heroes! His name is UFC Mixed Martial Artist Michael Bisping, LET THE BROMANCE story begin! ;D It is … Continue reading
Posted in BOXING, COMEDY, FRIENDSHIP, MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, POPULAR CULTURE, REALITY TV, SPORT, TELEVISION, TV, twitter, UFC, Uncategorized
Tagged BOXING, BT SPORT, COMBAT SPORTS, COMBAYS SPORTS, COMEDY, DANA WHITE, FIGHTING, FRIENDS, friendship, FUNNY, HERO, HEROES, humour, jokes, METROSEXUAL, MICHAEL 'THE COUNT' BISPING., MICHAEL BISPING, MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, MMA, SPORT, SPORTS, STARSTRUCK, THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER, THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER 3, THE ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP, Twitter, ufc, WIMP
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‘EAT WELL FOR LESS ?’ EPISODE 3 REVIEW. WHAT A LOAD OF TRIPE!
At the beginning of Master Chef we see one of the presenters Gregg Wallace proudly boast, “cooking doesn’t get any tougher than this”! Well after watching a full episode of his new programme last Thursday called Eat Well For Less, … Continue reading
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Tagged ARTS, BBC1, CHRIS BAVIN, COMEDY, comedy writing, CONSUMER AFFAIRS, EAT WELL FOR LESS TV REVIEW, EAT WELL FOR LESS?, entertainment, food, FOOD SHOPPING, FOOD SHOWS, food television shows, FOOD TV SHOW, food tv shows, greg wallace, GREGG WALLACE, LIZA TARBUCK, MASTER CHEF, MONEY, SHOPPING, TELEVISION, TRIPE, TV, tv review, writing
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“GILLIAN, STOP BEING A TW*T”! ‘LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX’ SERIES THREE REVIEW!
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
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ITV1 WILL NOT BE SHOWING SEASON 3 OF ‘THE AMERICANS’ AND I AM SO ANNOYED ABOUT IT!
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
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‘LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX’ CONTINUES TO GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH!
Sally Wainwright is a GENIUS, Sally Wainwright is a GENIUS, Sally Wainwright is a GENIUS, Sally Wainwright is a GENIUS, Sally Wainwright is a GENIUS!!!! Ah that feels better, excuse the somewhat sycophantic chanting about TV writer Sally Wainwright, just … Continue reading
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Andy 'Scarfman' Lloyd's Blog 