-
Recent Posts
- Was it one series too many for After Life? A review
- My first ever OCD talk at Staffordshire University, what a rewarding day
- A brave new world as a lived experience expert at Keele and Staffordshire Universities
- Finally cracking my hellish pelvic pain case, with exercises and pelvic floor relaxation
- Super Starsailor, meant an OCD triumph
Recent Comments
Archives
- July 2025
- February 2025
- January 2025
- December 2024
- September 2024
- August 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024
- April 2022
- December 2021
- August 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- September 2019
- August 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- May 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
Categories
- A CASUAL VACANCY
- ANXIETY
- BBC
- BBC COMEDY
- BBC DRAMA
- BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA
- BBC1
- BOOK REVIEWS
- BOOKS
- BOXING
- cellulitis
- COMEDY
- COMPLIMENT
- CRICKET
- death
- DEPRESSION
- DIABETES
- documentary
- DRAMA
- EAT MORE FOR LESS
- EMOTION
- ENTERTAINMENT
- FAMILY
- FATHER'S DAY TRIBUTE
- FOOD
- FOOD
- FOOD TV SHOW
- FRIENDSHIP
- grief
- HAPPY VALLEY
- HAROLD LLOYD
- HEALTH
- ITV1
- J.K.ROWLING
- JOHNNY VEGAS
- LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX
- lesbianism
- LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
- LITERATURE
- LYMPH GLANDS
- LYMPHOEDEMA
- MELODRAMAS
- mens health
- MENTAL HEALTH
- MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
- MOVIE REVIEWS
- NHS
- OCD
- POPULAR CULTURE
- RANT
- READING
- REALITY TV
- SALLY WAINWRIGHT
- SARAH LANCASHIRE
- screenplay
- SIT-COMS
- skin infection
- SOAP OPERA
- social media
- SPORT
- STEVE MCDONALD
- STRICTLY COME DANCING
- TAKING THE FALL BY A.P MCCOY
- TELEVISION
- THE AMERICANS
- THE ARTS
- THE CASUAL VACANCY
- THRILLERS
- TRIBUTE
- TRUE STORIES
- TV
- TV REVIEW
- UFC
- UK TV
- Uncategorized
- VEGETARIANISM
Meta
Tag Archives: BRITAIN
INSIDE THE FOREIGN OFFICE : EPISODE ONE REVIEW – KEEPING POWER AND INFLUENCE.
As far as political documentaries go, this first instalment of Inside the Foreign Office has to be right up there with the very best ones to have graced our TV screens in 2018. Made by film-maker Michael Waldman over an … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, documentary, ENTERTAINMENT, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged ANDY LLOYD TV CRITIC, BBC TWO, BORIS JOHNSON, BRITAIN, BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE, BRITISH POLITICS, BRITISH TELEVISION, BURMA, DIPLOMACY, DOCUMENTARY, HARRIET O'BRIEN, INSIDE THE FOREIGN OFFICE, KEEPING POWER AND INFLUENCE, MICHAEL WALDMAN, POLITICS, RUSSIA, SCARFMANANDY TV REVIEW, SENAY BULBUL, SIR SIMON MACDONALD, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, TV, tv review
Leave a comment
Made in Great Britain – Series 1: 1. Steel
”You have to know the past to understand the present”. This is a famous quote by Dr. Carl Sagan. It is used here because it beautifully encapsulates the approach taken in this impressive new BBC2 historical documentary series entitled, Made … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, documentary, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged ANDY LLOYD TV CRITIC, ARTISANS, BBC2, BRITAIN, CORIN MELLOR, DOCUMENTARY, DR CARL SAGAN, MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN, MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN REVIEW, popular culture, SCARFMAN TV CRITIC, SHEFFIELD, SHEFFIELD STEEL, STAINLESS STEEL, STEPH MCGOVERN, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, tv review
Leave a comment
MY MILD CASE OF BOBOS(BORED OF BAKE OFF SYNDROME) HAS BE CURED…… FOR THE TIME BEING AT LEAST! ‘THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF’, episode one review, 2016.
Last year I self diagnosed myself with a mild to moderate case of BOBOS(BORED OF BAKE OFF SYNDROME). Towards the end of series six of The Great British Bake Off I had grown really tired of this very formulaic show. In … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, BBC1, COMEDY, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, REALITY TV, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged #REALITYTV, BAKE OFF, BAKERS, BAKING, BAKING ON TV, BBC, BBC1, BORED OF BAKE OFF, BRITAIN, BRITISH, BRITISH TELEVISION, CAKE WEEK, CANDICE, class, CLAUDE LANZMANN, COMEDY, COOKING, DECENCY LACK OF VULGARITY, DUNCKED, DUNKER, EMOTION, entertainment, FAMILY HERITAGE, FOOD SHOW, FORMULAIC, GBBO, GENOISE, GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF, HERITAGE, HISTORICAL, HOLOCAUST DOCUMENTARY, JAFFA CAKES, LEE FROM BOLTON CHURCH MINISTER, MARY BERRY, MATCH OF THE DAY, MEL GIEDROYC, MIRROR GLAZE CAKE, PAUL HOLLYWOOD, popular culture, PRIDE, QUINTESSENTIALLY BRITISH, REALITY TV, RETIRED HEAD MISTRESS VAL, SALESY, SHOAH, SUE PERKINS, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEE, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF, THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF SERIES 7 2016, THE SPECTACLE, tv review, TV SHOW, UNCATEGORIZED, VAL, VICTORIA WOOD, WEEK 1 OF THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF, WELFORD PARK
Leave a comment
THE PLOT THICKENS IN THE BRILLIANT ‘HAPPY VALLEY’! Review of episode four, series two.
You know you are enjoying a programme when you glance over at the clock and curse the fact that that there is only thirty minutes left of it. You know you are watching a truly exceptional programme when you glance … Continue reading
Posted in BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BBC1, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, HAPPY VALLEY, MELODRAMAS, POPULAR CULTURE, SALLY WAINWRIGHT, SARAH LANCASHIRE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged #HAPPYVALLEY, ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END, ANN GALLACHER, ANN GALLAGHER, ARTS REVIEW, BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BBC1, blackmail, BRITAIN, BRITISH CRIME DRAMA, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, CATHERINE, charlie murphy, CLARE, CRIME DRAMA, CRIME GENRE, culture, DRAMA, DRMA, DS JOHN WADSWORTH, EMOTION, entertainment, FRANCES DRUMMOND, GEOFFREY CHAUCER, GRIM, HALIFAX, HAPPY VALLEY, HAPPY VALLEY REVIEW, HAPPY VALLEY SERIES 2 EPISODE 4, HEBDEN, JAIL, KEVIN DOYLE, MELODRAMAS, MULTI LAYERED NARRATIVE, MURDER, NEIL, NORTHERN DRAMA, NORTHERN ENGLAND, OBSESSIVE STALER, PLOT, POLICE DRAMA, popular culture, PRISON, RAPE IN DRAMA, REVIEW, RHYS CONNAH, RYAN, SALLY WAINWRIGHT, SARAH LANCASHIRE, SEAN BALMFORTH, SHIRLEY HENDERSON, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, THE NORTH, TOMMY LEE ROYCE, TV, tv review, UK TELEVISION, UK TV, UNCATEGORISED, UNCONVENTIONAL WRITING, VICKY FLEMING, YORKSHIRE DRAMA
Leave a comment
VOTE FOR A MORE METROSEXUAL BRITAIN…..VOTE FOR THE SCARF PARTY!
Are you like me tired of living in a Britain that currently sees SCARVES taken for granted and ignored? Do you wince every time you see an abandoned SCARF, lost say on a bus or train? Are you fed up … Continue reading
Posted in COMEDY, EMOTION, POPULAR CULTURE, social media, THE ARTS, Uncategorized
Tagged BRITAIN, BRITISH GENERAL ELECTION, BRITISH POLITICS, BRITISH SENSE OF HUMOUR, CLOTHING, COMEDY, COMEDY BLOG, comedy writing, CONSERVATIVES, CRAVAT, cravats, CURRENT AFFAIRS, DEMOCRACY, DRY HUMOUR, election, electioneering, entertainment, FASHION, FASHION BLOG, FASHION HUMOUR, FUN, FUNNY, FUNNY PROSE, general election, HAT, hats, HUMOROUS BLOG, humour, joke, LABOUR, LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, LIGHT HEARTED, LIGHT HUMOUR, MAY 7TH 2015, METROSEXUAL, MICKEY TAKING, PARODY, pastiche, PINK, PINK SCARF, political, POLITICAL COMEDY, POLITICAL PARODY, POLITICAL PASTICHE, POLITICS, popular culture, satire, scarf, SCARF PARTY, SCARFMAN, Scarfman_, scarves, sense of humour, SILLY, UK, uk general election, writing
Leave a comment
THIS 4TH PINT OF STELLA WAS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE THIRD! ‘STELLA'(SKY 1) : A Series Review.
Last Friday saw the end of the fourth series of Stella on SKY 1 and I for one thought it was an absolute triumph. I felt the show had perhaps run its course after not really laughing or being gripped … Continue reading
Posted in COMEDY, COMPLIMENT, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, screenplay, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, Uncategorized
Tagged ARTS REVIEW, BIG ALAN, BRITAIN, BRITISH COMEDY, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TELEVISION REVIEW, BRITISH TV, BRITISH TV TELEVISION, CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY, COCKING, COMEDY, COMEDY ACTING, COMEDY DRAMA, COMMUNITY, COUNCIL ELECTION, CRAIG GALLIVAN, CRITIC, CRITICAL, DAVID PLEET, DRAMA, ELIAZABETH BERRINGTON, EMMA RYDAL, entertainment, EVALUATE, Family, GAMBLING, humour, JANE ASHER, JUSTIN DAVIES, KENNY DOUGHTY, LUCY LUMSDEN, MARK LEWIS JONES, MONEY STRUGGLES TV, NURSING, PATRICK BALADI, PETER BALADI, PONTYBERRY, PRAISE, REVIEW, RHONDDA VALLEY, RUTH JONES, screenplay, SERIES 4, SKY, SKY 1, SKY COMEDY, SKY ONE, STELLA, STELLA REVIEW, STEVE SPEIRS, TELEVISION, TELEVISION PROGRAMME, TELEVISION REVIEW, TELEVISION SHOW, THE ARTS, TIDY PRODUCTIONS, TV, TV CRITIC, TV NURSING, TV PROGRAMME, tv review, TV SHOW, TV WRITING, UK TV, WALES, WELSH
Leave a comment
Andy 'Scarfman' Lloyd's Blog 