Tag Archives: ITV1

COLD FEET MIGHT BE UNUSUAL IN SEPTEMBER, BUT OH WHAT A JOYOUS, GLORIOUS COMEBACK! ‘COLD FEET’ – Series 6, episode 1 review. 05/09/16.

Posted on September 11, 2016 by SCARFMAN

TV show comebacks are not always guaranteed to be a roaring success. For example, no more Only Fools and Horses should have been made after Del and Rodney FINALLY became millionaires. The remake of Dallas was an unmitigated disaster and … Continue reading →

Posted in COMEDY, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, FAMILY, grief, ITV1, MELODRAMAS, POPULAR CULTURE, screenplay, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged #coldfeet, ADAM, ANDY LLOYD, ANDYSCARFMANLLOYDWORDPRESS.COM, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, COLD FEET, COLD FEET 05/09/16, COLD FEET REVIEW, COLD FEET SERIES 6 SIX, COMEDY, COMEDY DRAMA, DAVID, DRAMA, EMOTION, entertainment, EPISODE 1 ONE, Family, FAY RIPLEY, Grief, HERMIONE NORRIS, itv, ITV1, JAMES NESBITT, JEN, JENNY, JOHN THOMSON, KAREN, KAREN DAVID, LANDLADY, LEANNE BEST, MANCHESTER, MANCHESTER COMEDY DRAMA, MIKE BULLEN, PETE, popular culture, RACHEL, ROBERT BATHURST, ROBIN, SCARFMAN, Scarfman_, SINGAPORE, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, TV, TV COMEBACKS, TV CRITIC, tv review, UK TV | Leave a comment

Hooray for orgasmic bingo, willy warmers and …a happy ending! ‘Brief Encounters’ – Episode 6 and series review.

Posted on August 11, 2016 by SCARFMAN

It is not often in the British summertime that we get to see a great comedy-drama on our TV screens. Nevertheless, this is what has just happened with the conclusion of Brief Encounters this week on ITV1. It is quite … Continue reading →

Posted in COMEDY, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, ITV1, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged 1980S, ANDY SCARFMAN_ LLOYD, ANNE SUMMERS, BRIAN SPRAKE, BRIEF ENCOUNTERS, BRITISH COMEDY DRAMA, BRITISH TELEVISION, COMEDY, COMEDY DRAMA, DOC BROWN, DON GILEY, DRAMA, EIGHTIES, EMOTION, entertainment, FAY RUSLING, FEMALE EMPOWERMENT, FIRST SERIES, GINA BRAMHILL, GOOD ENDING IN A DRAMA, itv, ITV1, ITV1 COMEDY DRAMA, Karl Davies, KENT RILEY, ORIANE MESSINA, PAUL SPRAKE, PEAKY BLINDERS, PENELOPE WILTON, PETER WRIGHT, popular culture, SEX, SHEFFIELD, SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT, SOPHIE RUNDLE, STEPH, STORY NARRATIVE RESOLUTION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, THE FEMALE FULL MONTY, THE FULL MONTY, TV, tv review, UK TV, UNCATEGORISED, UNCATEGORIZED | Leave a comment

LONG LOST FAMILY IS SAMEY, PREDICTABLE AND OVERLY EMOTIONAL……BUT I CAN’T HELP STILL LOVING IT! Long Lost Family. New series, episode one review.

Posted on July 17, 2016 by SCARFMAN

Last Wednesday saw the start of series six of Long Lost Family on ITV1. The show that reunites families after years of separation is samey, predictable and overly emotional, but I can’t help still loving it nevertheless. For me, it … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, FAMILY, ITV1, POPULAR CULTURE, REALITY TV, THE ARTS, TRUE STORIES, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged ADOPTION, ANDREW LLOYD, ANDY LLOYD, ANNA, anxiety, BRITISH TV, CLIFF JARDINE, DAVINA MCCALL, ECUADOR, EMOTION, entertainment, FAMILIES, Family, FORMULAIC, ITV1, LONG LOST FAMILY, LONG LOST FAMILY SERIES 6, NICKY CAMPBELL, PARODY, popular culture, REALITY TV, REUNITED FAMILIES, RIOBAMMA, SCARFMAN, Scarfman_, SIMON COWELL, SINGAPORE, SUE WARD, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, true stories, TV, TV CRITIC, tv review, UK TV, X-FACTOR | Leave a comment

SEXY KNICKERS, COMEDY AND 80s NOSTALGIA….’BRIEF ENCOUNTERS’ IS A PLEASING HIT SO FAR! Episode two review of ‘Brief Encounters’.

Posted on July 17, 2016 by SCARFMAN

After a really encouraging first episode of the new comedy drama Brief Encounters last week, I was therefore intrigued to see how this was going to be followed up in part two. Set in the location of Sheffield(South Yorkshire, England) … Continue reading →

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Killer Women with Piers Morgan – Series 1 – Episode 2 – INTERESTING, INTRIGUING AND YET AGAIN….IMPARTIAL PIERS!

Posted on May 23, 2016 by SCARFMAN

The opening to this second episode was that dramatic that I half expected the famous duff duff drum beat from Eastenders to start playing any second. My jaw nearly dropped to the floor as we were informed how in 2008 … Continue reading →

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Killer Women with Piers Morgan – Episode one review. FORGIVENESS AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE!

Posted on May 16, 2016 by SCARFMAN

In a similar style and vein to the ITV1 Sir Trevor McDonald documentaries of recent years, here we saw Piers Morgan look at the grave but intriguing subject of ‘killer women’. Piers unquestionably is a hugely polarizing figure(being so opinionated … Continue reading →

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COMEDY, ROMANCE AND SOME DOWNRIGHT THUGGERY……CORRIE BACK ON FORM! Coronation Street – A Review.

Posted on August 23, 2015 by SCARFMAN

In recent times life has been pretty boring and bland on the famous cobbles of Coronation Street. Take away the big fire in the flats a few months ago and nothing else much has happened in the past year or … Continue reading →

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‘LONG LOST FAMILY’……. OH BOY WAS IT GOOD TO SEE YOU ONCE AGAIN! ‘Long Lost Family’ – A Review.

Posted on June 9, 2015 by SCARFMAN

Something weird and almost magical happens whenever I sit down to watch an episode of ‘Long Lost Family’ on ITV1(the show where it reunites family members who have either lost touch or been adopted). For example, when I sat down … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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Tag Archives: ITV1

COLD FEET MIGHT BE UNUSUAL IN SEPTEMBER, BUT OH WHAT A JOYOUS, GLORIOUS COMEBACK! ‘COLD FEET’ – Series 6, episode 1 review. 05/09/16.

LONG LOST FAMILY IS SAMEY, PREDICTABLE AND OVERLY EMOTIONAL……BUT I CAN’T HELP STILL LOVING IT! Long Lost Family. New series, episode one review.

Killer Women with Piers Morgan – Series 1 – Episode 2 – INTERESTING, INTRIGUING AND YET AGAIN….IMPARTIAL PIERS!

Killer Women with Piers Morgan – Episode one review. FORGIVENESS AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE!

COMEDY, ROMANCE AND SOME DOWNRIGHT THUGGERY……CORRIE BACK ON FORM! Coronation Street – A Review.

‘LONG LOST FAMILY’……. OH BOY WAS IT GOOD TO SEE YOU ONCE AGAIN! ‘Long Lost Family’ – A Review.

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