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Category Archives: THE ARTS
DEATH AND NIGHTINGALES- Episode one review.
You didn’t have to be Einstein to work out that the new period drama on BBC TWO entitled Death and Nightingales, was not going to be a right bundle of laughs. Set in Fermanagh in the north of Ireland in … Continue reading
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BRITAIN BY BOAT : Series 1, Episode 1. A review.
If you are a fan of watching paint dry then you will have loved the first episode of the new Channel 5 travelogue series, Britain by Boat. It has to be said that both of these things are not necessarily … Continue reading
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Tagged ANDY LLOYD TV CRITIC, BRITAIN BY BOAT, CHANNEL 5, JOHN SERGEANT, MICHAEL BUERK, SCARFMAN TV CRITIC, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, TRAVEL PROGRAMME, TRAVELOGUE, tv review, YACHT
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INSIDE THE FOREIGN OFFICE : EPISODE ONE REVIEW – KEEPING POWER AND INFLUENCE.
As far as political documentaries go, this first instalment of Inside the Foreign Office has to be right up there with the very best ones to have graced our TV screens in 2018. Made by film-maker Michael Waldman over an … Continue reading
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Tagged ANDY LLOYD TV CRITIC, BBC TWO, BORIS JOHNSON, BRITAIN, BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE, BRITISH POLITICS, BRITISH TELEVISION, BURMA, DIPLOMACY, DOCUMENTARY, HARRIET O'BRIEN, INSIDE THE FOREIGN OFFICE, KEEPING POWER AND INFLUENCE, MICHAEL WALDMAN, POLITICS, RUSSIA, SCARFMANANDY TV REVIEW, SENAY BULBUL, SIR SIMON MACDONALD, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, TV, tv review
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Made in Great Britain – Series 1: 1. Steel
”You have to know the past to understand the present”. This is a famous quote by Dr. Carl Sagan. It is used here because it beautifully encapsulates the approach taken in this impressive new BBC2 historical documentary series entitled, Made … Continue reading
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Tagged ANDY LLOYD TV CRITIC, ARTISANS, BBC2, BRITAIN, CORIN MELLOR, DOCUMENTARY, DR CARL SAGAN, MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN, MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN REVIEW, popular culture, SCARFMAN TV CRITIC, SHEFFIELD, SHEFFIELD STEEL, STAINLESS STEEL, STEPH MCGOVERN, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, tv review
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WANDERLUST
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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Tagged BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC1, BRITISH TV, BRITISH TV TELEVISION, COMEDY, DRAMA, EINSTEIN, MIDDLE AGE SEX, popular culture, ROY WALKER, SEX, SEX ON TV, STEVEN MACKINTOSH, TEACHERS, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, TONI COLLETTE, TV, TV CRITIC SCARFMAN ANDY LLOYD, tv review, WANDERLUST
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THE IMITATION GAME- Episode one review.
Bearing in mind that in the last ten years there have been more supposed sightings of the Loch Ness monster than of an actual impressionist show on television, it was therefore intriguing to see that ITV1 had recently commissioned such … Continue reading
Posted in COMEDY, ENTERTAINMENT, ITV1, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged @SCARFMANANDY, ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG, ANDY LLOYD TV CRITIC, BODYGUARD, COMEDY, DEBRA STEPHENSON, IMPERSONATIONS, IMPRESSIONS, ITV1, JESS ROBINSON, LIGHTHEARTED, LUKE KEMPNER, popular culture, RORY BREMNER, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, THE IMITATION GAME, TV, TV CRITIC, tv review
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Hang Ups- Episode one review.
Surely, a brand new sitcom co-written and starring Stephen Mangan, had to be good hadn’t it? Add to this, it also featuring the always utterly brilliant Katherine Parkinson, as well as the legendary actors Richard E. Grant and Charles Dance, … Continue reading
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AGE BEFORE BEAUTY – Episode One.
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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Tagged AGE BEFORE BEAUTY, BBC1 DRAMA, COLD FEET, DEBBIE HORSFIELD, KELLY HARRISON, LISA RILEY, MANCHESTER, POLLY WALKER, ROBSON GREEN, SUE JOHNSTON, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, TV, tv review
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