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AGE BEFORE BEAUTY – Episode One.

Posted on August 5, 2018 by SCARFMAN

Tuesday saw the launch of a new BBC1 family drama called Age Before Beauty.  Set in present day Manchester and written and created by Poldark writer Debbie Horsfield, it centred on a family run beauty salon called Mirrorbel.  Notable actors in … Continue reading →

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IT REALLY WAS A BIG DEAL! Me and my mental health.

Posted on July 26, 2018 by SCARFMAN

Today was another good day on the OCD front.  Today was another good day where once again I stuck two fingers up at this enslaving, bullying and debilitating illness.  I am continuing to fightback and it feels amazing! Today, the … Continue reading →

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NADIYA’S FAMILY FAVOURITES – SEASON ONE, EPISODE ONE.

Posted on July 20, 2018 by SCARFMAN

The BBC is at its finest when it makes shows like Nadiya’s Family Favourites.  This was a new cookery show that was traditional, yet at the same time it also had this original fresh feel to it too. After she won … Continue reading →

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STATH LETS FLATS- Episode one – A Pushy Boy.

Posted on July 2, 2018 by SCARFMAN

New sitcoms these days tend to be very hit or miss.  ‘Stath Lets Flats’, a new sitcom that aired on Channel 4 recently, firmly belongs in the latter category. In fact this show was that bad that I am not … Continue reading →

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INSIDE THE AMERICAN EMBASSY : Episode one – Trump’s Man in Britain.

Posted on July 1, 2018 by SCARFMAN

‘Inside the American Embassy’ is not the most catchiest of titles for a political documentary, nevertheless as that well-known advert goes, ‘it does exactly what it says on the tin’. Furthermore, episode one was boringly entitled ‘Trump’s Man in Britain’.  … Continue reading →

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Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing – fun, fishing, and friendly banter

Posted on June 23, 2018 by SCARFMAN

Think of a fishing version of that classic road movie Thelma and Louise, but with less sex and more jokes, and that pretty much sums up episode one of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing! In this first episode, we saw … Continue reading →

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‘THE AMERICANS’ – My love for this show will live with me forever

Posted on June 18, 2018 by SCARFMAN

June 17th, 2018, was somewhat of a momentous day for me.  You see, finally I finished watching the incredible spy thriller drama series that is The Americans.  All six seasons of it I have now watched, and I feel rather … Continue reading →

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Fight Like a Girl: review.

Posted on June 16, 2018 by SCARFMAN

As thirty minute documentaries go this wasn’t a bad effort at all.  As part of BBC1’s Our Lives, it focused on the life of Glaswegian, Kimberly Benson.  Kim being twenty-six years old and said to be Scotland’s most popular female … Continue reading →

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HELLO STRANGER – Episode one review.

Posted on June 8, 2018 by SCARFMAN

The good news is that Hello Stranger was better than the truly awful Naked Attraction.  You must have seen or heard about the latter, the only dating show where people select each other based on the aesthetics of their bits and … Continue reading →

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Peter Kay’s Car Share new final episode review: A FORGETTABLE HAPPY ENDING!

Posted on June 2, 2018 by SCARFMAN

As a massive fan of the original two series of Peter Kay’s Car Share, this review is going to be somewhat difficult to write because I thought this much anticipated new final episode was a big disappointment.  For the most … Continue reading →

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