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Was it one series too many for After Life? A review
A blog that argues that the black comedy After Life, should have ended in its prime after series 2. Disappointing third series Having just finished watching the third series of After Life by Ricky Gervais, I am left feeling somewhat … Continue reading
Posted in COMEDY, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, grief, POPULAR CULTURE, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged AFTER LIFE, AFTER LIFE REVIEW, BLACK COMEDY, BRIAN, DAVID BRADLEY, DEALING WITH GRIEF, EMOTIVE, Family, Grief, GRIEVING, LIFE, LISA, LOSS, MOURNING, MOVING, NETFLIX, PENELOPE WILTON, RICKY GERVAIS, SERIES 1, SERIES 2, SERIES 3, TONY JOHNSON, tv review, WIDOW, WIDOWED
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HEARTBREAKING LOVE STORY, BUT THE MURDER PLOT LET IT DOWN! River- Episode six review.
Last night the sixth and final episode of the gripping crime drama River was shown on BBC1. At the end of episode four I went around telling everybody how utterly brilliant I thought this programme was. Therefore, I was shocked … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BBC1, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, grief, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, POPULAR CULTURE, screenplay, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, twitter, UK TV, Uncategorized
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‘THE LARS VON TRIER OF THE DETECTIVE WORLD’! RIVER- A review, episode one.
Whenever I see a trailer of new police/detective drama series coming on, I tend to not pay much attention to it these days because I have reached saturation point with this genre. I am bored of this TV genre and … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BBC1, COMEDY, death, DEPRESSION, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, FRIENDSHIP, grief, MENTAL HEALTH, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TRIBUTE, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged #abimorgan, #CRIMEDRAMA, #LARSVONTRIER, #STELLANSKARSGARD, #TELEVISIONREVIEW, #TVREVIEW, ABI MORGAN, ABI MORGN, ART HOUSE, ARTS, BBC, BBC CRIME DRAMA, BBC DRAMA, BBC1, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, CRIME, CRIME DRAMA, CRIME GENRE, crime narrative, DCI BANKS, death, DEPRESSION, DETECTIVE GENRE, EDDIE MARSAN, EMOTION, EUROPEAN CINEMA, FILM NOIR, friendship, Grief, HALLUCINATIONS, INNER DEMONS, JOHN RIVER, LARS VON TRIER, LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX, LAW AND ORDER UK, mental health, MOURNING, MURDER PLOT, narrative, NICOLA WALKER, PHILLIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, popular culture, REVIEW, RIVER, RIVER EPISODE ONE REVIEW, river review, RIVER REVIEWER, scandinavia, STELLAN SKARSGARD, SUSPENSE, SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, TV, TV CRITIC, tv review, VERA, WORLD CINEMA, WRITER ABI MORGAN
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