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TIME FOR LORD SUGAR TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS, AS PLUMBER JOSEPH WINS THE APPRENTICE 2015!
“Technology has been my best friend for over 50 years. But maybe it’s time to make new friends. Joseph, you are going to be my business partner”. After agonising(supposedly) for what seemed like hours(it wasn’t), last Sunday we saw Lord … Continue reading
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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
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A CRACKING START, THEN A BLAND MIDDLE…BUT IT ENDED WELL! ‘Mount Pleasant’ series 5 review.
A few weeks ago the fifth series of the SKY TV comedy-drama Mount Pleasant came to an end. As a big fan of the show, I thought I would share with you some my feelings about this latest series. I … Continue reading
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“I SHOULD HAVE HAD A SHAVE, HE’S GOING TO START A FIRE IN A MINUTE IF HE KEEPS RUBBING”! ‘The Moaning of Life 2’. Review of episode 4.
The topic Karl looked at in this episode was ‘the body’, and yet again I thought it was utterly brilliant entertainment. I laughed all the way through it. I smiled all the way through it. The time watching it just … Continue reading
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UTTERLY COMPELLING AND UTTERLY BRILLIANT! River – Review of episode two.
Last year I can still remember just how amazing it felt to watch the BBC1 crime/police drama Happy Valley. It was that brilliant that it sort of felt like a privilege to watch such a fantastic piece of work. I … Continue reading
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“SHE’S WALKING AROUND BALD NOW COS OF ME” – ‘The Moaning of Life 2’. A review,episode 2.
MY FAVOURITE KARL PILKINGTON FUNNY LINES IN THIS EPISODE. “It’s her hair lets look after it. She’s walking around now bald cos of me”. 2. “Been a good day really. Got hair and a bag of Haribos”. 3. “Basically it’s … Continue reading
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“I CAN’T SORT OF CONTROL THEM INDIVIDUALLY, THEY’RE NOT EYEBROWS….THEY’RE ARSE CHEEKS”! ‘The Moaning of Life 2’ ep1 – A review.
“What is art?” This was a question first asked almost a hundred years ago by artist Marcel Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’ urinal piece. What does Marcel have in common with Karl Pilkington? Well in this first episode of The Moaning of Life … Continue reading
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