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NARCISSISTIC GARBAGE, BUT IT MADE ME LAUGH! ‘Your Face or Mine’, new series, episode 1. A review.

Posted on May 24, 2017 by SCARFMAN

This comedy game show based purely on how physically attractive people look, got off to an immediate bad start when it appeared to joke about obsessive compulsive disorder. The featured couple Harry and Charlotte, jokingly argued together whether or not … Continue reading →

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LONG LOST FAMILY: WHAT HAPPENED NEXT- Series 2, episode 1 review. TEARS OF JOY AND BOREDOM…OR WAS IT JUST MY HAY FEVER!

Posted on May 12, 2017 by SCARFMAN

Last year sometime, I can remember tweeting Long Lost Family presenters Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell, suggesting they should do a follow-up show where they give us an update to some of the reunion stories featured in the main series. … Continue reading →

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PETER KAY’S CAR SHARE, SERIES 2, EPISODE 3 REVIEW : FUNNY MONKEY BUSINESS!

Posted on April 24, 2017 by SCARFMAN

You know you’ve enjoyed something on the telly when every scene made you either smile or laugh. This is what happened to me in the third episode of the second series of Peter Kay’s Car Share. The funniest episode thus … Continue reading →

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PETER KAY’S CAR SHARE : CRACKING AND SUBLIME! Series 2, episode 1, a review.

Posted on April 13, 2017 by SCARFMAN

Peter Kay, the national treasure from Bolton, returned to our screens this week with the first episode of the second series of his award winning sit-com, Peter Kay’s Car Share. Second series syndrome(where things are a poor second effort) was … Continue reading →

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MARVELLOUS LINARES! LINARES VS CROLLA II – A Review.

Posted on March 26, 2017 by SCARFMAN

Last night I went to bed gutted that Manchester’s very likeable Anthony ‘Million Dollar’ Crolla, failed in his rematch with Jorge Linares, for the WBA, WBC Diamond and Ring Magazine Lightweight World Championships. There wasn’t any hard luck story here … Continue reading →

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IT’S A BIT DAFT AND COARSE, BUT BENIDORM CONTINUES TO BE A TRIUMPH! BENIDORM – A review, series 9.

Posted on March 10, 2017 by SCARFMAN

About four or five years ago there were two sit-coms that I avoided a bit like the plague. I cringed every time I saw a trailer for Mrs Brown’s Boys and I steered well clear of ever watching ITV1’s Benidorm. … Continue reading →

Posted in COMEDY, ENTERTAINMENT, ITV1, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged @SCARFMANANDY, BENIDORM, BRITISH ABROAD, BRITISH HOLIDAYMAKERS, BRITISH IN BENIDORM, BRITISH SIT-COM, BRITISH TV REVIEW, CAMEO APPEARENCES, COMEDY, DAWSON FAMILY, derren litten, EDDIE DAWSON, entertainment, HOLIDAYS, ITV1, JODI DAWSON, JOHN CHALLIS, KATE FITZGERALD, NIGEL HAVERS, popular culture, POST MODERNISM, POST MODERNITY, REVIEW, SCARFMAN, SHERRIE HEWSON, SIT-COM, SPAIN, SUN, TELEVISION REVIEW, tony maudsley, TV, tv review, UK TV, UK TV REVIEW | Leave a comment

PIERS MORGAN’S LIFE STORIES WITH NIGEL FARAGE : WHEN THE MARMITE OF BRITISH BROADCASTING INTERVIEWED THE MARMITE OF BRITISH POLITICS! A review.

Posted on February 27, 2017 by SCARFMAN

There can be no denying that right now Piers Morgan is the Marmite of British broadcasting, i.e. you either love him or hate him. Likewise, there can be no denying that right now Nigel Farage is the Marmite figure of … Continue reading →

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MAFIA WOMEN WITH TREVOR McDONALD : FASCINATING AND POIGNANT! A review, episode one.

Posted on February 19, 2017 by SCARFMAN

As a follow-up to when Sir Trevor McDonald looked back at some of the lives of former members of La Cosa Nostra, here in this first part of two documentaries he now looked at some of the women in their … Continue reading →

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LET IS SHINE ep5 review : TAKE YOUR FINGER OFF THAT FAST-FORWARD BUTTON BECAUSE ‘TONIGHT THINGS GET SERIOUS’!

Posted on February 6, 2017 by SCARFMAN

After the first four weeks of this BBC One Saturday night singing and dancing talent show, I almost wrote a review with the heading, ‘IT ONLY SHINES WITH YOUR FINGER PRESSED ON FAST-FORWARD’. This was because of the large amount … Continue reading →

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‘HE’S A MAN, WITH A PLAN….HE’S MISSTRA KNOW-IT-ALL’! GARY NEVILLE : THE PUNDIT – A review.

Posted on January 18, 2017 by SCARFMAN

As this documentary on Sky Sports 1 about Sky Sports football pundit Gary Neville finished, I was in two minds about what I thought about it. Part of me thought it had been an enjoyable, relatively interesting twenty-five minute journey … Continue reading →

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Category Archives: TV

NARCISSISTIC GARBAGE, BUT IT MADE ME LAUGH! ‘Your Face or Mine’, new series, episode 1. A review.

LONG LOST FAMILY: WHAT HAPPENED NEXT- Series 2, episode 1 review. TEARS OF JOY AND BOREDOM…OR WAS IT JUST MY HAY FEVER!

MARVELLOUS LINARES! LINARES VS CROLLA II – A Review.

IT’S A BIT DAFT AND COARSE, BUT BENIDORM CONTINUES TO BE A TRIUMPH! BENIDORM – A review, series 9.

PIERS MORGAN’S LIFE STORIES WITH NIGEL FARAGE : WHEN THE MARMITE OF BRITISH BROADCASTING INTERVIEWED THE MARMITE OF BRITISH POLITICS! A review.

MAFIA WOMEN WITH TREVOR McDONALD : FASCINATING AND POIGNANT! A review, episode one.

LET IS SHINE ep5 review : TAKE YOUR FINGER OFF THAT FAST-FORWARD BUTTON BECAUSE ‘TONIGHT THINGS GET SERIOUS’!

‘HE’S A MAN, WITH A PLAN….HE’S MISSTRA KNOW-IT-ALL’! GARY NEVILLE : THE PUNDIT – A review.

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