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Category Archives: TV
Marvellous Mackenzie Crook’s magic realism, that you can’t help but adore – Small Prophets – a review
Original, funny, and yet also extremely moving in places, Mackenzie Crook’s new sitcom, Small Prophets, is a modern-day masterpiece. ‘The rise of magic realism in TV reflects society’s increased frustration with reality’, a definition listed in a 2022 article by … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, COMEDY, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, Uncategorized
Tagged EMOTION, entertainment, Mackenzie Crook, popular culture, reviews, Small Prophets, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, TV, tv review, writing
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Was it one series too many for After Life? A review
A blog that argues that the black comedy After Life, should have ended in its prime after series 2. Disappointing third series Having just finished watching the third series of After Life by Ricky Gervais, I am left feeling somewhat … Continue reading
Posted in COMEDY, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, grief, POPULAR CULTURE, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged AFTER LIFE, AFTER LIFE REVIEW, BLACK COMEDY, BRIAN, DAVID BRADLEY, DEALING WITH GRIEF, EMOTIVE, Family, Grief, GRIEVING, LIFE, LISA, LOSS, MOURNING, MOVING, NETFLIX, PENELOPE WILTON, RICKY GERVAIS, SERIES 1, SERIES 2, SERIES 3, TONY JOHNSON, tv review, WIDOW, WIDOWED
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BBC One gives event TV a new lifeline on Christmas Day 2024
We need to celebrate the resuscitation of event TV because it unites us as a nation. Event TV is where you watch a much publicised TV show on the date it is broadcast, so you are then part of the … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, BBC COMEDY, BBC1, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged 2024, ANDYSCARFMANLLOYD, BBC 1, BBC ONE, BENEDICT ANDERSON, BROADCAST, CHRISTMAS DAY, COMMUNAL, EVENT TELEVISION, EVENT TV, FRAGMENTED VIEWING, GAVIN & STACEY, NICE PROGRAMMING, NOSTALGIA, RESUSCITATION, ROMANTICIST, TELEVISION, TV
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Peaky Blinders Series 6 finale review: the perfect ending
One of the greatest things to have EVER appeared on our television screens. This is not hyperbole regarding the final episode of Peaky Blinders. You see, I am simply recounting here my first tweet, indeed my first expressed mesmerized emotion, … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged Peaky Blinders Series 6
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Undertaker: The Last Ride – A Series Review
An emotional farewell to The Undertaker! ‘Rest in peace.’ If you know anything about professional wrestling, then you will know that these three words belong to The Undertaker. Undertaker: The Last Ride, was a five-part documentary series that for the … Continue reading
Posted in EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, FAMILY, POPULAR CULTURE, TV, TV REVIEW, Uncategorized
Tagged #TheLastRide, entertainment, Mark Calaway, mental health, rest in peace, The Undertaker, Vince McMahon, WRESTLING, WWE
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LAST TANGO IN…..A BIT OF A LET-DOWN! Last Tango in Halifax – series 5 – episode 4 review.
Writer and creator Sally Wainwright, is a genius in my eyes. Her Happy Valley for example, is one of the greatest TV dramas ever made. I have also always been a big fan of Last Tango in Halifax too. … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BBC1, DRAMA, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged ANNE REID, BBC1 DRAMA, DEREK JACOBI, DRAMA, EPISODE 4, HAPPY VALLEY, LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX, SALLY WAINWRIGHT, SERIES 5
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THE BAY – Series One – Episode One review.
Upon reading that The Bay was a new missing child drama, I came over all Brenda from Bristol, i.e ”NOT ANOTHER ONE.” Yes, in recent years this has now become a much-exhausted TV genre. I loved the second series of … Continue reading
Posted in DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, ITV1, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged CHANEL CRESSWELL, DANIEL RYAN, DRAMA, ITV1 DRAMA, JONAS ARMSTRONG, MISSING CHILD DRAMA, MORECAMBE BAY, MORVEN CHRISTIE, TELEVISION, THE BAY, The Missing series 2, TV, tv review
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MotherFatherSon – series one – episode one – a review.
MotherFatherSon, a powerful stylistic BBC Two thriller that promised so much with a stellar cast, and in the main this first episode duly delivered. You had to concentrate all the way through this though, otherwise you would have felt snookered … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, MENTAL HEALTH, POPULAR CULTURE, SARAH LANCASHIRE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged BBC TWO, BILLY HOWLE, CADEN FINCH, DRAMA, FEMALE GAZE, Helen McCrory, KATHRYN VILLIERS, LONDON, MALE NUDITY, MAX FINCH, MotherFatherSon, Richard Gere, SARAH LANCASHIRE, TELEVISION REVIEW, THRILLER, TV, TV CRITIC ANDY LLOYD, tv review
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This Time with Alan Partridge – episode one review.
A lukewarm and semi-triumphant return, this is my verdict of This Time with Alan Partridge. Before this new comedy show aired, I would have said that the great comedy character of Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan), was a bit of a … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, BBC COMEDY, BBC1, COMEDY, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged ALAN PARTRIDGE, ARMANDO IANNUCCI, BBC COMEDY, BRITISH COMEDY, FELICITY MONTAGU, I'M ALAN PARTRIDGE, JENNIE GRESHAM, LYNN, SIMON DENTON, STEVE COOGAN, SUSANNAH FIELDING, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ONE SHOW PARODY, THIS TIME WITH ALAN PARTRIDGE, TIM KEY, TV CRITIC ANDY LLOYD, tv review
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BAPTISTE EPISODE ONE REVIEW.
As good old Kylie Minogue sings, ‘I’m spinning around’, this is exactly what popped into my head as the ending credits rolled to the first episode of Baptiste on BBC One. Nevertheless, it was bamboozlement in the finest sense of … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSTERDAM, ANDY LLOYD TV CRITIC, BAPTISTE, BAPTISTE EPISODE ONE, BBC ONE, BRITISH TV, DRAMA, I'M SPINNING AROUND, JULIEN BAPTISTE, KYLIE MINOGUE, TCHEKY KARYO, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE MISSING, TOM HOLLANDER, tv review
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