Category Archives: TV REVIEW

DEATH IN PARADISE : IT’S VERY FORMULAIC, BUT OH MY WHAT A GREAT CURE IT IS FOR THOSE JANUARY WINTER BLUES! A review.

Posted on January 14, 2017 by SCARFMAN

Do you like me suffer from those awful British January winter blues?  You will know what I’m talking about if you do.  It is the dull, damp freezing weather coupled with it going dark in the evenings before 5pm, so … Continue reading →

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NOT AS MUCH FUN WITHOUT BALLS! – STRICTLY COME DANCING FINAL 2016 – A review.

Posted on January 9, 2017 by SCARFMAN

The problem with Strictly Come Dancing this year was that as soon as the utterly hilarious Ed Balls got voted off in week 10, it turned into a big snoozefest.  He was the only reason why I watched it for … Continue reading →

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LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX, CHRISTMAS SPECIAL : HAVE THEY DANCED THEIR FINAL TANGO….MAYBE? – A REVIEW.

Posted on January 8, 2017 by SCARFMAN

Sally Wainwright’s award winning BBC One drama Last Tango in Halifax, returned to our screens for a two-part Christmas special and overall it was a successful return without ever being a sensational one. The problem with it only being two … Continue reading →

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CLOSE TO THE ENEMY : ‘IT WAS AN ACT OF LOVE’. A REVIEW.

Posted on January 6, 2017 by SCARFMAN

Set in the immediate aftermath of World War II when all the secret service agencies in Britain were in a frenzy, this period drama written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff was absolutely magnificent.  It had this charming British nostalgic quality … Continue reading →

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THE MISSING – series 2, a review. ADDICTIVE, ENGROSSING…..AND IT WASN’T TOO COMPLICATED!

Posted on January 5, 2017 by SCARFMAN

Wednesday December 7th 2016 was a bad day all-round for me.  Firstly, I woke up and remembered that it was my fortieth birthday(I still feel only twenty), then the double whammy was realising that the outstanding BBC One abduction thriller … Continue reading →

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Ordinary Lies. Series 2, episode 1 review : YOU HEARD THE ONE ABOUT THE PARANOID HUSBAND, HIS VIGILANTE WIFE AND THE RANDY DIVORCEE?

Posted on October 24, 2016 by SCARFMAN

After a highly successful and well received first series, last week saw the return of the BBC One work-based drama Ordinary Lies.  Written and created by Danny Brocklehurst, the second series this time around is set in Wales with a … Continue reading →

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THE GREAT QUEEN VICTORIA, BUT WAS HER LOVE FOR LORD M….A MISTAKE? ‘VICTORIA’-Series 1 review.

Posted on October 16, 2016 by SCARFMAN

As a general rule, I don’t do period dramas.  For instance, ten minutes of Downton Abbey was enough for me when I tried it once, due to having seen faster paced tortoises.  Nor has Mr Darcy ever made me go … Continue reading →

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‘The Missing’ – THE COOLEST RETIRED DETECTIVE ON THE PLANET! Series 2, episode 1 review.

Posted on October 15, 2016 by SCARFMAN

Now and again you quite literally get bowled over by a new programme that comes on the telly.  You go to bed thinking about it, you wake up thinking about it and you cannot wait for the next episode to … Continue reading →

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AN ASHAMED, INTROSPECTIVE AND HOODWINKED LOUIS! ‘Louis Theroux – Savile’. A review.

Posted on October 7, 2016 by SCARFMAN

This was a BBC Two documentary by Louis Theroux with a difference.  Never before have we seen him revisit one of his earlier programmes.  First aired fifteen years ago, he looked back at the documentary he did with the now … Continue reading →

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NOWHERE TO HIDE! ‘National Treasure’- episode one review!

Posted on September 25, 2016 by SCARFMAN

A tremendous first instalment of a four part drama series starring Robbie Coltrane as much loved comedian Paul Finchley, who is accused of rape dating back to the 90s.  It was a narrative about the cult of celebrity, fame and … Continue reading →

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