Category Archives: TELEVISION

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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HELLO STRANGER – Episode one review.

Posted on June 8, 2018 by SCARFMAN

The good news is that Hello Stranger was better than the truly awful Naked Attraction.  You must have seen or heard about the latter, the only dating show where people select each other based on the aesthetics of their bits and … Continue reading →

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PEAKY BLINDERS, SERIES 4, EPISODE 6 REVIEW. SIMPLY THE BEST!

Posted on December 21, 2017 by SCARFMAN

Sometimes you really look forward to watching the series finale of a gripping drama on TV, but unfortunately it turns out to be a right big letdown.  ITV1’s Prey(series one) and The Replacement from BBC One, are two recent examples … Continue reading →

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‘PEAKY BLINDERS’ DELIVERS A PERSONAL BEST! Series 4, episode one review.

Posted on November 20, 2017 by SCARFMAN

Last week saw the dramatic return of Peaky Blinders on BBC Two for a fourth series, a family gangster crime drama set in the 1920s in Birmingham, England.  A tired script or tired acting were nowhere to be seen here because … Continue reading →

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I’VE FALLEN IN LOVE AGAIN………..WITH ‘THE AMERICANS’! ‘The Americans’, review of season 3.

Posted on July 27, 2017 by SCARFMAN

It is official, I’ve fallen in love again with The Americans, but in all honesty I’d never really fallen out of love with it since ITV1 stopped showing it a few years ago.  Recently, I finally twigged(bit of a technophobe … Continue reading →

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BROKEN BUT BRILLIANT! ‘BROKEN’- A review of episode 4!

Posted on June 21, 2017 by SCARFMAN

Jimmy McGovern’s BBC1 sociopolitical drama Broken is unequivocally the best thing on TV right now.  This week was the fourth instalment and its brilliance remains ever strong.  It is brilliantly written and acted and has truly secured actor Sean Bean’s … Continue reading →

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NARCISSISTIC GARBAGE, BUT IT MADE ME LAUGH! ‘Your Face or Mine’, new series, episode 1. A review.

Posted on May 24, 2017 by SCARFMAN

This comedy game show based purely on how physically attractive people look, got off to an immediate bad start when it appeared to joke about obsessive compulsive disorder.  The featured couple Harry and Charlotte, jokingly argued together whether or not … Continue reading →

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LONG LOST FAMILY: WHAT HAPPENED NEXT- Series 2, episode 1 review. TEARS OF JOY AND BOREDOM…OR WAS IT JUST MY HAY FEVER!

Posted on May 12, 2017 by SCARFMAN

Last year sometime, I can remember tweeting Long Lost Family presenters Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell, suggesting they should do a follow-up show where they give us an update to some of the reunion stories featured in the main series. … Continue reading →

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PETER KAY’S CAR SHARE, SERIES 2, EPISODE 3 REVIEW : FUNNY MONKEY BUSINESS!

Posted on April 24, 2017 by SCARFMAN

You know you’ve enjoyed something on the telly when every scene made you either smile or laugh.  This is what happened to me in the third episode of the second series of Peter Kay’s Car Share.  The funniest episode thus … Continue reading →

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