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Tag Archives: @SCARFMANANDY
I’M BACK IN THE ‘FIGHTING IT’ GAME! Me and my mental health.
As I write this blog I do it in a very positive frame of mind. I’ve had a good week with my mental health and so I just wanted to socially document this. I wanted to sort of shout it … Continue reading
Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, FRIENDSHIP, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, Uncategorized
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BROKEN BUT BRILLIANT! ‘BROKEN’- A review of episode 4!
Jimmy McGovern’s BBC1 sociopolitical drama Broken is unequivocally the best thing on TV right now. This week was the fourth instalment and its brilliance remains ever strong. It is brilliantly written and acted and has truly secured actor Sean Bean’s … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BBC1, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, TELEVISION, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged @SCARFMANANDY, ANDY LLOYD, ANNA FRIEL, AUSTERITY CUTS, BBC DRAMA, BBC1, BRITISH TELEVISION, BROKEN, CATHOLICISM, COMMUNITY, CUTS, entertainment, FATHER MICHAEL KERRIGAN, GAMBLING ADDICTION, HARD-HITTING DRAMA, JIMMY MCGOVERN, KEN LOACH, PAULA MALCOLMSON, POLICE CORRUPTION, popular culture, POVERTY, ROZ, SEAN BEAN, SOCIOPOLITICAL, SUICIDE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, tv review
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PETER KAY’S CAR SHARE : CRACKING AND SUBLIME! Series 2, episode 1, a review.
Peter Kay, the national treasure from Bolton, returned to our screens this week with the first episode of the second series of his award winning sit-com, Peter Kay’s Car Share. Second series syndrome(where things are a poor second effort) was … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, BBC COMEDY, BBC1, COMEDY, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, REALITY TV, SIT-COMS, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged @SCARFMANANDY, ANDY LLOYD TV CRITIC, BBC COMEDY, BBC1, BOLTON, BRITISH COMEDY, BUS, CAR SHARE, COMEDY, CYCLISTS, FOREVER FM, HEARSAY, JOHN, KAYLEIGH, LOVE STORY, MINER CELEBRITIES, MOBILE PHONES, NOW48, PETER KAY, PETER KAY'S CAR SHARE, popular culture, PURE AND SIMPLE, SCARFMANANDYLLOYD, SIAN GIBSON, SIT-COM, SIT-COMS, SUPERMARKET TV, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE METROLINK, THE OFFICE, TV, TV CRITIC, tv review, VIRAL, YOUTUBE
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MARVELLOUS LINARES! LINARES VS CROLLA II – A Review.
Last night I went to bed gutted that Manchester’s very likeable Anthony ‘Million Dollar’ Crolla, failed in his rematch with Jorge Linares, for the WBA, WBC Diamond and Ring Magazine Lightweight World Championships. There wasn’t any hard luck story here … Continue reading
Posted in BOXING, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, SPORT, TELEVISION, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged #CROLLA, @SCARFMANANDY, ADAM SMITH, ANNA WOOLHOUSE, ANTHONY CROLLA, BOXING, BOXING ANALYST, BOXING PRESENTING, BOXING WRITING, CARL FROCH, DAVID HAYE, DEFEAT, ED ROBINSON, EDDIE HEARN, EMOTION, entertainment, FINAL BELL, FROCH, HOMETOWN HERO, JOE GALLAGHER, JORGE LINARES, KATE ABDO, LINARES, LINARES VS CROLLA II, MANCHESTER, MANCHESTER ARENA, MANCUNIANS, MARVELLOUS, MILLION DOLLAR CROLLA, MR NICE GUY, popular culture, SCARFMAN, SKY BOXING, SKY SPORTS, SPORT, SPORT TV, SPORTS WRITING, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE SWEET SCIENCE, TONY BELLEW, TV, tv review, TV SPORT, VENEZUELAN
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IT’S A BIT DAFT AND COARSE, BUT BENIDORM CONTINUES TO BE A TRIUMPH! BENIDORM – A review, series 9.
About four or five years ago there were two sit-coms that I avoided a bit like the plague. I cringed every time I saw a trailer for Mrs Brown’s Boys and I steered well clear of ever watching ITV1’s Benidorm. … Continue reading
Posted in COMEDY, ENTERTAINMENT, ITV1, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged @SCARFMANANDY, BENIDORM, BRITISH ABROAD, BRITISH HOLIDAYMAKERS, BRITISH IN BENIDORM, BRITISH SIT-COM, BRITISH TV REVIEW, CAMEO APPEARENCES, COMEDY, DAWSON FAMILY, derren litten, EDDIE DAWSON, entertainment, HOLIDAYS, ITV1, JODI DAWSON, JOHN CHALLIS, KATE FITZGERALD, NIGEL HAVERS, popular culture, POST MODERNISM, POST MODERNITY, REVIEW, SCARFMAN, SHERRIE HEWSON, SIT-COM, SPAIN, SUN, TELEVISION REVIEW, tony maudsley, TV, tv review, UK TV, UK TV REVIEW
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AN INTERESTING-ISH, ETHICAL McEWAN, BUT NOT A HIGHLY ENJOYABLE ONE! ‘The Children Act’ by Ian McEwan: a review.
Having enjoyed Solar by renowned author Ian McEwan and then really enjoyed his spy thriller novel Sweet Tooth, I thought it was nailed on that The Children Act would be another high quality piece of work by him. However, for … Continue reading
Posted in BOOK REVIEWS, BOOKS, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, LITERATURE, POPULAR CULTURE, THE ARTS, Uncategorized
Tagged @SCARFMANANDY, Adam Henry, Adam Hent, adult fiction, BOOK, BOOK REVIEW, entertainment, family law in books, fiction, fiona maye, Ian McEwan, Jehovah's witness, legal prose, legal syntax prose, literature, literature review, novel review, novels, popular culture, prose, REVIEW, SCARFMAN, Solar, Sweet Tooth, syntax, THE ARTS, The Children Act, The Children Act a review, too legal
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