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AN UNSATISFYING DRAMA! ‘THE CASUAL VACANCY’ -EPISODE THREE REVIEW.

Posted on March 3, 2015 by SCARFMAN

After seeing the concluding part of this drama last night the verdict is now clear, I DEFINITELY PREFER THE BOOK OVER THE TV ADAPTATION! This third episode in many ways was a bit all over the place. Like episode two, … Continue reading →

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A CASUAL HIT! ‘The Casual Vacancy’ – episode one review.

Posted on February 17, 2015 by SCARFMAN

Think The Vicar of Dibley with elements of Eastenders in it and you will pretty much have an idea of what the first episode of this new three part BBC1 drama was like. The screenplay was written by Sarah Phelps … Continue reading →

Posted in A CASUAL VACANCY, BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BBC1, BOOK REVIEWS, BOOKS, COMEDY, DRAMA, ENTERTAINMENT, J.K.ROWLING, MENTAL HEALTH, POPULAR CULTURE, READING, TELEVISION, THE CASUAL VACANCY, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged #acasualvacancy, #BBCDRAMA, #jkrowling, #TELEVISIONREVIEW, #THECASUALVACANCY, #tvbooks, #TVREVIEW, A CASUAL VACANCY, abigail lawrie, adapted books, ALTRUISM, ARTS, BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC MINI-SERIES, BBC1, BBC1 DRAMA, BOOK, books, COUNCIL ESTATE, COUNCIL POLITICS, DRAMA, DRUG ADDICT, DRUG TAKING, EASTENDERS, entertainment, fiction, GREAT ACTING, GREAT TV, HBO DRAMA, HBO MINI-SERIES, HOWARD MOLLISON, INNER CITY, J.K.ROWLING, JK ROWLING, joe hurst, JULIA MACKENZIE, KEELEY HAWES, KRYSTAL WEEDON, LABOUR, LEFTIST POLITICS, MICHAEL GAMBON, MILES MOLLISON, MINI SERIES, PARISH COUNCIL, POLITICS, REVIEW, RICHARD GLOVER, ROWLING, RUFUS JONES, RURAL, SARAH PHELPS, screenplay, SHIRLEY MOLLISON, TELEVISION, TELEVISION DRAMA, TELEVISION REVIEW, TERRI WEEDON, THE CASUAL VACANCY, THE VICAR OF DIBLEY, TV, TV DRAMA, TV MINI-SERIES, tv review, tvcritic, UK DRAMA, whitney eastenders | Leave a comment

‘LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX’ CONTINUES TO GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH!

Posted on January 14, 2015 by SCARFMAN

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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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 →

Posted in COMEDY, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, ITV1, POPULAR CULTURE, RANT, REALITY TV, social media, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, twitter, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged #REALITYTV, #TELEVISIONREVIEW, #TVREVIEW, ARNIE, celebrities, CLITHEROE, COMEDY, COMEDY RANT, COMPUTER GAMES, DESENSITIZED, entertainment, FILMS, Health, humour, ITV1, joke, LABOUR PARTY, Manchester United, MICHAEL BISPING, moan, MUFC FANS, popular culture, PULP FICTION, RALPH FIENNES, rant, REALITY TV, SAMUEL L JACKSON, SHINDLER'S LIST, SHUNDLER'S LIST, Sob Stories, Social Media, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, THE TERMINATOR, TV, tv review, Twitter, UK TV, X-FACTOR | Leave a comment

RING GIRLS DON’T TITILLATE ME, THEY INFURIATE ME!!!!

Posted on June 23, 2013 by SCARFMAN

A blog about how Ring Girls belong to a bygone sexist era and I thus question the sexism still pervading boxing and mixed martial arts! So, I turn on my facebook this morning and see a photo from some MMA … Continue reading →

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A CASUAL HIT! ‘The Casual Vacancy’ – episode one review.

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