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WANDERLUST
You don’t have to be Einstein, to work out what the new BBC1 prime time drama Wanderlust was going to be about. To coin a catchphrase from lovable old Roy Walker, ”say what you see”. Yes, Wanderlust was about sex. In … Continue reading
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MEDIOCRE MOUNT PLEASANT! ‘Mount Pleasant’ – Series 6, episode 1 review. 30/08/16.
Three or four years ago Manchester based comedy-drama Mount Pleasant on Sky Living(now Sky One), was one of my favourite programmes on the telly. It regularly used to make me laugh and I loved its likeable Manchester charm(I’m a Mancunian). … Continue reading
Posted in COMEDY, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, MENTAL HEALTH, OCD, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
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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
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ITV1 WILL NOT BE SHOWING SEASON 3 OF ‘THE AMERICANS’ AND I AM SO ANNOYED ABOUT IT!
During the cold dark winter months of November and December of last year, one of the few things that kept me going was looking forward to the return of ‘The Americans’ on ITV1 in early 2015. I was relieved to … Continue reading
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Tagged ARTS, BRITISH TV TELEVISION, DRAMA, entertainment, FX, itv, ITV DRAMA, KERI RUSSELL, MATTHEW RHYS, NOAH EMMERICH, rant, SPY, TELEVISION, THE AMERICANS, THE ARTS, THRILLER, TV, US TV
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‘LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX’ CONTINUES TO GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH!
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
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