Category Archives: TV REVIEW

Was it one series too many for After Life? A review

Posted on July 16, 2025 by SCARFMAN

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 →

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BBC One gives event TV a new lifeline on Christmas Day 2024

Posted on January 16, 2025 by SCARFMAN

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 →

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Peaky Blinders Series 6 finale review: the perfect ending

Posted on April 6, 2022 by SCARFMAN

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 →

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Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In – A Review.

Posted on June 10, 2021 by SCARFMAN

Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In – A Review – The rare glimpse of a genius! Dramatic, pulsating, and insightful.  These are the best three words that accurately describe this new football documentary on the life of Sir Alex Ferguson. … Continue reading →

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Undertaker: The Last Ride – A Series Review

Posted on June 28, 2020 by SCARFMAN

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 →

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THE BAY – Series One – Episode One review.

Posted on March 24, 2019 by SCARFMAN

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 →

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MotherFatherSon – series one – episode one – a review.

Posted on March 12, 2019 by SCARFMAN

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 →

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This Time with Alan Partridge – episode one review.

Posted on March 1, 2019 by SCARFMAN

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 →

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BAPTISTE EPISODE ONE REVIEW.

Posted on February 24, 2019 by SCARFMAN

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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FAMOUS AND FIGHTING CRIME- EPISODE ONE REVIEW.

Posted on February 17, 2019 by SCARFMAN

Famous and Fighting Crime, the new reality TV show on Channel 4 that aired this week.  Did we really need another new programme in this much exhausted genre?  Haven’t we seen all there to is to see now with regards to … Continue reading →

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