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Tag Archives: TV CRITIC
‘NAKED ATTRACTION’…..more like NEVER AGAIN for me!! Naked Attraction – episode one review.
I am old enough to remember the good old glory days of Blind Date on ITV with the late, great Miss Cilla Black. It was a dating show that was fun to its core and was brilliant entertainment fit for … Continue reading
Posted in ENTERTAINMENT, lesbianism, POPULAR CULTURE, RANT, REALITY TV, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged AINA, ANDY LLOYD, ANNA RICHARDSON, AWFUL DIALOGUE, BAD TV, BALLS, BLIND DATE, BODY IMAGE, BODY SHAPE, BOOBS, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, CHANNEL 4, CHANNEL FOUR, CILLA BLACK, COURSE, DATING SHOW, DATING TV SHOW, DIAL-A-DATE, DUMBING DOWN, entertainment, FULL FRONTAL NUDITY ON TELEVISION / TV, GAME SHOW, GENITALS, HETROSEXUALITY, hormones, humour, LESBIANISM, LOOKS, MAL, MEDIA ETHICS, NAKED ATTRACTION, NAKED ATTRACTION REVIEW, NAKED ON TELEVISION, NUDITY ON TELEVISION, OFFENSIVE TV, PHYSICAL APPEARENCE, popular culture, REALITY TV, RESERVOIR DOGS, SCARFMAN, Scarfman_, SEXUALITY, TASTE AND DECENCY, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, TV CRITIC, tv review, UK TELEVISION, UK TV, VOYEURISM
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SEXY KNICKERS, COMEDY AND 80s NOSTALGIA….’BRIEF ENCOUNTERS’ IS A PLEASING HIT SO FAR! Episode two review of ‘Brief Encounters’.
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
Posted in COMEDY, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, ITV1, POPULAR CULTURE, screenplay, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged 1980S, 1980S SOCIAL UNREST, 1980S UNEMPLOYMENT, 80S, 80S NOSTALGIA, ADULTERY, ALAN PARTRIDGE, ANGELA GRIFFIN, ANNE SUMMERS, BRIAN, BRIEF ENCOUNTERS, BRITAIN 80S, BRITISH TELEVISION, CONEDY DRAMA, CORRIE, CRIME, DAWN, DON GILLET, EIGHTIES, EMOTION, entertainment, ENTREPRENEUR, FELICITY MONTAGU, FEMALE EMPOWERMENT, ITV1, ITV1 COMEDY DRAMA, Karl Davies, KIERAN, KNICKERS, NITA, NITA DEMPSEY, NORTH, PENELOPE WILTON, PETER WRIGHT, popular culture, ROBBERY, SEX TOYS, SHARON ROONEY, SHEFFIELD, SOCIAL DEPRIVATION, SOPHIE RUNDLE, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, STEPHANIE KIRKE, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THATCHER'S BRITAIN, THE ARTS, TV, TV CRITIC, tv review, UK TV, YORKSHIRE, YOU THE CRITIC
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BIRTHS, BABIES AND BOREDOM! IN THE CLUB : SERIES 2, EPISODE SIX REVIEW!
In 2008 Gareth McLean in The Guardian asked if there was ‘a TV equivalent of difficult second album syndrome’? He went on to confirm that indeed there was and cited a few examples to support his theory. He was referring … Continue reading
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I AM NO LONGER BLIND TO THE BRUTAL BRILLIANT WORLD THAT IS…….. PEAKY BLINDERS!! A Review.
Before series three of Peaky Blinders aired last week I did not have clue about it whatsoever. I did not know it’s genre, who was in it or where it was set. I just knew it was a critically acclaimed … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, DRAMA, ENTERTAINMENT, HAPPY VALLEY, POPULAR CULTURE, social media, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
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No big Al, meant no big laughs! Stella – review of series 5.
Sky One’s Pontyberry comedy-drama Stella, is a sunny programme that really is the perfect antidote to those dark depressing winter months of January and Feb. I did a blog last year where I really praised series four(like the first two … Continue reading
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‘DEATH IN PARADISE’, THE PERFECT REMEDY FOR THOSE WINTER BLUES! A TV review.
Years ago I used to absolutely love the winter. At bedtime I would love diving underneath the covers and pulling them all the way up to my chin, as my feet blissfully wrapped themselves around a boiling hot water bottle. … Continue reading
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