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JOHNNY VEGAS IS MY NEW FAVOURITE COMEDY ACTOR!

Posted on January 21, 2015 by SCARFMAN

I’ve got to be honest, years ago I used to find St.Helens famous comedian Johnny Vegas very UNfunny. I can remember watching him on ‘Shooting Stars’ numerous times and he just really used to irritate the life out of me. … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC, BBC COMEDY, BBC1, COMEDY, ITV1, JOHNNY VEGAS, POPULAR CULTURE, SIT-COMS, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, Uncategorized | Tagged ACTING, BBC COMEDY, BENIDORM, COMEDY, COMEDY ACTING, DAVID JASON, entertainment, humour, itv, ITV COMEDY, JOHNNY VEGAS, RONNIE BARKER, SITCOM, STILL OPEN ALL HOURS, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, tv review, UK COMEDY, UK SITCOMS | Leave a comment

A DEPRESSED STEVE MCDONALD SHOULD BE PRAISED, NOT SCORNED AT!

Posted on January 18, 2015 by SCARFMAN

“I don’t agree about the Steve storyline. Bad idea to make a funny character depressing. Boring when soaps get all worthy…” The idea of this blog originally came from me receiving the above reply, a week or two ago on … Continue reading →

Posted in DEPRESSION, DRAMA, ITV1, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, OCD, POPULAR CULTURE, SOAP OPERA, STEVE MCDONALD, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TRUE STORIES, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged anxiety, COMEDY, CORONATION STREET, coronation street review, CORRIE, DEPRESSION, embarrassment, itv, MENS HEALTH, mental health, mental health public awareness, mental illness, OCD, SOAP OPERA, social stigma, steve McDonald, stigma, tv review | Leave a comment

‘LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX’ CONTINUES TO GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH!

Posted on January 14, 2015 by SCARFMAN

Sally Wainwright is a GENIUS, Sally Wainwright is a GENIUS, Sally Wainwright is a GENIUS, Sally Wainwright is a GENIUS, Sally Wainwright is a GENIUS!!!! Ah that feels better, excuse the somewhat sycophantic chanting about TV writer Sally Wainwright, just … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC, BBC COMEDY, BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BBC1, DRAMA, LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX, lesbianism, MELODRAMAS, POPULAR CULTURE, SALLY WAINWRIGHT, SARAH LANCASHIRE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, twitter, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged ANNE REID, BACKGROUND MUSIC, BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC1, BRITISH TV TELEVISION, CLIFFHANGER, COMEDY, DEREK JACOBI, domestic abuse, DRAMA, ELDERY, GREAT ACTING, humour, LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX, LESBIANISM, LOVE, LOVE STORY, MANCHESTER, MELODRAMA, NICOLA WALKER, OLD AGE PENSIONERS, OLD PEOPLE, SALLY WAINWRIGHT, SARAH LANCASHIRE, SCREEN WRITING, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, tragedy, TV, TV REVIEWS, writing, YORKSHIRE | 2 Comments

STRICTLY SHOCK AS PIXIE ‘NO CHARISMA’ LOTT GETS VOTED OFF AND MARK ‘VERBAL DIARRHOEA’ WRIGHT GOES THROUGH! THIS IS MY REVIEW OF STRICTLY COME DANCING, WEEK 11.

Posted on December 8, 2014 by SCARFMAN

It was quarter finals week on Strictly and the twist this week was that after each couple had danced their first dance, they were all then going to take part simultaneously in a Waltzathon. If I rename this Waltzathon a … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC, BBC1, COMEDY, POPULAR CULTURE, RANT, REALITY TV, STRICTLY COME DANCING, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged 2014 TV REVIEW, ARTS, BALLROOM DANCING, BBC, BRUNO TONIOLI, CAROLINE FLACK, CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN, COMEDY, CRAIG REVEL HORWOOD, DARCY BUSSELL, entertainment, JAKE WOOD, LEN GOODMAN, LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT, MARK WRIGHT, PIXIE LOTT, SIMON WEBBE, STRICTLY COME DANCING, STRICTLY COME DANCING WEEK ELEVEN REVIEW, STRICTLY REVIEW, TELEVISION, TESS DALEY, TESS DALY, TV | Leave a comment

PIXIE AND FRANKIE STILL BORE THE PANTS OFF ME, TESS AND CLAUDIA ARE ABOUT AS FUNNY AS A DOSE OF PILES…AND MARK WRIGHT REMAINS THE KING OF VERBAL DIARRHOEA! THIS IS MY REVIEW OF WEEK TEN ON STRICTLY COME DANCING.

Posted on December 1, 2014 by SCARFMAN

It was week ten on Strictly Come Dancing last Saturday and for some reason best unbeknown to me, it was entitled ‘AROUND THE WORLD’ week. Now up to this point I’ve always been a fan of themed weeks such as … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC1, COMEDY, POPULAR CULTURE, REALITY TV, STRICTLY COME DANCING, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged BBC, CHARISMA, CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN, DENISE VAN OUTEN, entertainment, FRANKIE BRIDGE, JAKE WOOD, LACK OF CHARISMA, MARK WRIGHT, NATALIE GUMEDE, PIXIE LOTT, REALITY TV, STRICTLY, STRICTLY COME DANCING, STRICTLY COME DANCING WEEK TEN REVIEW, STRICTLY REVIEW, SUNETRA SARKER, TESS DALEY | Leave a comment

A FEMALE COPPER HELL-BENT ON REVENGE, SIX PREGNANT HORMONAL WOMEN ABOUT TO DROP ANY SECOND….AND A ARMY MEDIC WHO I WISH HAD NOT PASSED HER MEDICAL EXAMS! This is my review of some of the programmes I have enjoyed and also endured, on British Television in 2014.

Posted on November 18, 2014 by SCARFMAN

HAPPY VALLEY(BBC 1). ‘AMAZING ACTING AND WONDERFUL WRITING…..MY FAVOURITE THING ON TV IN 2014’! Writing earlier this year in the Radio Times, Jack Seale proclaimed how up to that point Happy Valley was the “drama of the year so far”. … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BBC1, COMEDY, death, documentary, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, FOOD, FOOD TV SHOW, grief, HAPPY VALLEY, ITV1, LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX, MELODRAMAS, POPULAR CULTURE, REALITY TV, SALLY WAINWRIGHT, SARAH LANCASHIRE, screenplay, SIT-COMS, SOAP OPERA, social media, SPORT, STRICTLY COME DANCING, TELEVISION, THE AMERICANS, THE ARTS, THRILLERS, TV, TV REVIEW, twitter, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged #BBCDRAMA, #HAPPYVALLEY, #TVREVIEW, 2014, 2014 TV REVIEW, ACTING, ARTS, BBC, BBC1, BOXING, BRITAIN'S GREAT WAR, BRITISH TV TELEVISION, BUMBLE! THE DAVID LLOYD STORY, CARL FROCH VS GEORGE GROVES, COMEDY, COMMON, CORONATION STREET, CORRIE, CRIME DRAMA, DANCING ON ICE, DOCUMENTARIES, DRAMA, entertainment, FROM THERE TO HERE, GRANTCHESTER, HAPPY VALLEY, IN THE CLUB, ITV1, LAW AND ORDER UK, LIKE THAT, LONG LOST FAMILY, MANCHESTER, MANCHESTER DRAMAS, MOUNT PLEASANT, OUR GIRL, OUR ZOO, PREY, REALITY TV, REVIEW 2014, RINGSIDE, RYAN GIGS :A UNITED LIFE, SALLY WAINWRIGHT, SARAH LANCASHIRE, script writing, SKY LIVING, SOAP OPERA, SPORT, STELLA, STRICTLY COME DANCING, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, TELLY, THE AMERICANS, THE ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, THE DRIVER, THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF, THE VOICE UK 2014, THE WIDOWER, thrillers, TOMMY COOPER:NOT LIKE THIS, TRYING AGAIN, TUMBLE, TV, TV CRITIC, TV REVIEWS, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?, WORLD WAR ONE, WOULD I LIE TO YOU?, writing | Leave a comment

RIDICULOUS REFEREEING, DIABOLICAL DEFENDING……AND INFURIATING SEXISM!

Posted on September 23, 2014 by SCARFMAN

A LOOK BACK AT MY SUNDAY, RUINED BY UNITED’S POOR SHOW AND THEN CROWD SEXISM AT CITY! As a massive Manchester United fan since being a small boy, I had been looking forward all week to watching them play on … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, COMEDY, EMOTION, POPULAR CULTURE, RANT, SPORT, TELEVISION, TV, TV REVIEW, Uncategorized | Tagged banter, Chelsea, enterainment, FA, football, Football Association, football match review, Leicester city, Man City, MAN UNITED, MAN UTD, Manchester United, media, mufc, press, rant, rascism, SEXISM, soccer, SPORT | Leave a comment

TWITTER IS BECOMING THE NEW X-FACTOR, I’VE GOT A ITCHY HAND SO CAN I GET A RT?

Posted on July 16, 2013 by SCARFMAN

TWITTER IS BECOMING THE NEW X-FACTOR, I’VE GOT AN ITCHY HAND SO CAN I HAVE A RE-TWEET MR CELEBRITY????? – A BLOG ABOUT HOW I AM DROWNING IN A SEA OF SOB STORIES!! I can remember the first time I … Continue reading →

Posted in COMEDY, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, ITV1, POPULAR CULTURE, RANT, REALITY TV, social media, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, twitter, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged #REALITYTV, #TELEVISIONREVIEW, #TVREVIEW, ARNIE, celebrities, CLITHEROE, COMEDY, COMEDY RANT, COMPUTER GAMES, DESENSITIZED, entertainment, FILMS, Health, humour, ITV1, joke, LABOUR PARTY, Manchester United, MICHAEL BISPING, moan, MUFC FANS, popular culture, PULP FICTION, RALPH FIENNES, rant, REALITY TV, SAMUEL L JACKSON, SHINDLER'S LIST, SHUNDLER'S LIST, Sob Stories, Social Media, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, THE TERMINATOR, TV, tv review, Twitter, UK TV, X-FACTOR | Leave a comment

RING GIRLS DON’T TITILLATE ME, THEY INFURIATE ME!!!!

Posted on June 23, 2013 by SCARFMAN

A blog about how Ring Girls belong to a bygone sexist era and I thus question the sexism still pervading boxing and mixed martial arts! So, I turn on my facebook this morning and see a photo from some MMA … Continue reading →

Posted in BOXING, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, POPULAR CULTURE, RANT, social media, SPORT, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UFC, Uncategorized | Tagged #RINGGIRLS, AMERICAN TELEVISION, ARIANNY CELESTE, BOXING, BOXING COVERAGE, BOXING REVIEW, BRITISH TELEVISION, COMBAT SPORTS, CRINGE RING GIRLS, EMOTION, entertainment, facebook, FEMALE ATHLETES, FEMALE BOXING, FEMALE GAZE, FEMALE GAZE WITHIN SPORT, FEMALE SPORT, FIGHTERS, FIGHTS, GAY, HETEROSEXUALITY, HOMOSEXUALITY, KATIE TAYLOR, MALE GAZE, MALE GAZE IN SPORT, MEN ARE NOT SEX OBSESSED, MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, MMA, MMA COVERAGE, MMA REVIEW, MMS, OUT DATED RING GIRLS, PATRONISING MEN, PATRONIZING MEN, PLAYBOY, PLAYBOY MAGAZINE, popular culture, rant, REVEALING PHOTO, REVIEW, RING GIRLS, RING GIRLS DON'T TITILLATE ME THEY INFURIATE ME, RING GIRLS IN BOXING, RING GIRLS IN MMA, RONDA ROUSEY, SEX 24 7, SEX IN SPORT, SEX OBSESSED MEN, SEX OBSESSION, SEX SELLS, SEXISM, SEXISM IN BOXING, SEXISM IN COMBAT SPORTS, SEXISM IN MMA, SEXISM IN SPORT, SEXIST, Social Media, SPORT, SPORT CRITIC, SPORT REVIEW, SPORT TV COVERAGE, SPORT WRITING, SPORTS, STRAIGHT MEN, TEAM GB, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, TV, TV CRITIC, tv review, ufc, UFC COVERAGE, UFC REVIEW, WOMENS BOXING | 9 Comments

“HOORAY FOR HAROLD LLOYD” A Tribute to my late Father!

Posted on June 16, 2013 by SCARFMAN

“HOORAY FOR HAROLD LLOYD” – A tribute to my late Father on Father’s Day, and a message of solidarity to others missing their Dads today too! For my first blog I wanted to write about something very dear and personal … Continue reading →

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Category Archives: TV

JOHNNY VEGAS IS MY NEW FAVOURITE COMEDY ACTOR!

‘LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX’ CONTINUES TO GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH!

STRICTLY SHOCK AS PIXIE ‘NO CHARISMA’ LOTT GETS VOTED OFF AND MARK ‘VERBAL DIARRHOEA’ WRIGHT GOES THROUGH! THIS IS MY REVIEW OF STRICTLY COME DANCING, WEEK 11.

PIXIE AND FRANKIE STILL BORE THE PANTS OFF ME, TESS AND CLAUDIA ARE ABOUT AS FUNNY AS A DOSE OF PILES…AND MARK WRIGHT REMAINS THE KING OF VERBAL DIARRHOEA! THIS IS MY REVIEW OF WEEK TEN ON STRICTLY COME DANCING.

RIDICULOUS REFEREEING, DIABOLICAL DEFENDING……AND INFURIATING SEXISM!

“HOORAY FOR HAROLD LLOYD” A Tribute to my late Father!

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