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I’VE FALLEN IN LOVE AGAIN………..WITH ‘THE AMERICANS’! ‘The Americans’, review of season 3.

Posted on July 27, 2017 by SCARFMAN

It is official, I’ve fallen in love again with The Americans, but in all honesty I’d never really fallen out of love with it since ITV1 stopped showing it a few years ago. Recently, I finally twigged(bit of a technophobe … Continue reading →

Posted in DRAMA, ENTERTAINMENT, ITV1, POPULAR CULTURE, RANT, TELEVISION, THE AMERICANS, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, Uncategorized | Tagged #TELEVISIONREVIEW, AMAZON VIDEO, AMERICA, ARTS, DRAMA, ELIZABETH JENNINGS, FX, HENRY JENNINGS, HOLLY TAYLOR, itv, ITV1, KEIDRICH SELLATI, KERI RUSSELL, MATTHEW RHYS, NOAH EMMERICH, PAIGE JENNINGS, PHILIP JENNINGS, popular culture, RUSSIA, RUSSIA SPY DRAMA, SEASON 3, STAN BEEMAN, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE AMERICANS, THE AMERICANS SEASON 3 REVIEW, THE ARTS, THE COLD WAR, THRILLER, TV, tv review, US RUSSIAN SPY DRAMA | 4 Comments

COLD FEET MIGHT BE UNUSUAL IN SEPTEMBER, BUT OH WHAT A JOYOUS, GLORIOUS COMEBACK! ‘COLD FEET’ – Series 6, episode 1 review. 05/09/16.

Posted on September 11, 2016 by SCARFMAN

TV show comebacks are not always guaranteed to be a roaring success. For example, no more Only Fools and Horses should have been made after Del and Rodney FINALLY became millionaires. The remake of Dallas was an unmitigated disaster and … Continue reading →

Posted in COMEDY, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, FAMILY, grief, ITV1, MELODRAMAS, POPULAR CULTURE, screenplay, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged #coldfeet, ADAM, ANDY LLOYD, ANDYSCARFMANLLOYDWORDPRESS.COM, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, COLD FEET, COLD FEET 05/09/16, COLD FEET REVIEW, COLD FEET SERIES 6 SIX, COMEDY, COMEDY DRAMA, DAVID, DRAMA, EMOTION, entertainment, EPISODE 1 ONE, Family, FAY RIPLEY, Grief, HERMIONE NORRIS, itv, ITV1, JAMES NESBITT, JEN, JENNY, JOHN THOMSON, KAREN, KAREN DAVID, LANDLADY, LEANNE BEST, MANCHESTER, MANCHESTER COMEDY DRAMA, MIKE BULLEN, PETE, popular culture, RACHEL, ROBERT BATHURST, ROBIN, SCARFMAN, Scarfman_, SINGAPORE, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, TV, TV COMEBACKS, TV CRITIC, tv review, UK TV | Leave a comment

HOORAY FOR ORGASMIC BINGO, WILLY WARMERS AND……..A HAPPY ENDING! ‘BRIEF ENCOUNTERS’ – Episode 6 & series review.

Posted on August 11, 2016 by SCARFMAN

It is not often in the British summertime that we get to see a great comedy-drama on our TV screens, but this is what has just happened with the conclusion of Brief Encounters this week on ITV1. I am staggered … Continue reading →

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ENGLAND BATTERED, DEEP FRIED AND THEN GOBBLED UP BY FOOTBALLING MINNOWS ICELAND!! England vs Iceland – A review.

Posted on June 28, 2016 by SCARFMAN

Last night quite rightly could be argued as the worst night EVER in the history of English football. In the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, England were sent home from Euro 2016 after giving the most abject of abject displays … Continue reading →

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Killer Women with Piers Morgan – Episode one review. FORGIVENESS AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE!

Posted on May 16, 2016 by SCARFMAN

In a similar style and vein to the ITV1 Sir Trevor McDonald documentaries of recent years, here we saw Piers Morgan look at the grave but intriguing subject of ‘killer women’. Piers unquestionably is a hugely polarizing figure(being so opinionated … Continue reading →

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COMEDY, ROMANCE AND SOME DOWNRIGHT THUGGERY……CORRIE BACK ON FORM! Coronation Street – A Review.

Posted on August 23, 2015 by SCARFMAN

In recent times life has been pretty boring and bland on the famous cobbles of Coronation Street. Take away the big fire in the flats a few months ago and nothing else much has happened in the past year or … Continue reading →

Posted in COMEDY, EMOTION, ITV1, POPULAR CULTURE, STEVE MCDONALD, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged ACTING, AIDAN CONNOR, ALAN HALSALL, ALISON KING, BAD BOY, BEAR GRYLLS, BEN PRICE, BETH, BETHANY PLATT, BRITISH SOAP OPERA, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, CALLUM, CAMPING, CARLA CONNOR, CLAIRE KING, COMEDY, CORONATION STREET, coronation street review, CORRIE, CRAIG, CRAIGH, EMOTION, enterainment, ERICA, FAMOUS COBBLES, FIZ, HOPE, itv, ITV1, JASON GRIMSHAW, KIRK, LUCY FALLON, MANCHESTER, NICK TILSLEY, PADDY McGuinness, popular culture, ROMANCE, RYAN THOMAS, SARAH HARDING, SARAH-LOUISE PLATT, SEAN WARD, SINEAD, SOAP, SOAP OPERA, SURVIVAL, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, THUGGERY, TINA O'BRIEN, TODD GRIMSHAW, TONY, tv review, TV SOAP, TVEMOTION, TYRONE, UK TELEVISION, UK TV, UNCATEGORISED, WEATHERFIELD | Leave a comment

‘LONG LOST FAMILY’……. OH BOY WAS IT GOOD TO SEE YOU ONCE AGAIN! ‘Long Lost Family’ – A Review.

Posted on June 9, 2015 by SCARFMAN

Something weird and almost magical happens whenever I sit down to watch an episode of ‘Long Lost Family’ on ITV1(the show where it reunites family members who have either lost touch or been adopted). For example, when I sat down … Continue reading →

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ITV1 WILL NOT BE SHOWING SEASON 3 OF ‘THE AMERICANS’ AND I AM SO ANNOYED ABOUT IT!

Posted on January 24, 2015 by SCARFMAN

During the cold dark winter months of November and December of last year, one of the few things that kept me going was looking forward to the return of ‘The Americans’ on ITV1 in early 2015. I was relieved to … Continue reading →

Posted in DRAMA, ITV1, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE AMERICANS, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, Uncategorized | Tagged ARTS, BRITISH TV TELEVISION, DRAMA, entertainment, FX, itv, ITV DRAMA, KERI RUSSELL, MATTHEW RHYS, NOAH EMMERICH, rant, SPY, TELEVISION, THE AMERICANS, THE ARTS, THRILLER, TV, US TV | 5 Comments

JOHNNY VEGAS IS MY NEW FAVOURITE COMEDY ACTOR!

Posted on January 21, 2015 by SCARFMAN

I’ve got to be honest, years ago I used to find St.Helens famous comedian Johnny Vegas very UNfunny. I can remember watching him on ‘Shooting Stars’ numerous times and he just really used to irritate the life out of me. … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC, BBC COMEDY, BBC1, COMEDY, ITV1, JOHNNY VEGAS, POPULAR CULTURE, SIT-COMS, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, Uncategorized | Tagged ACTING, BBC COMEDY, BENIDORM, COMEDY, COMEDY ACTING, DAVID JASON, entertainment, humour, itv, ITV COMEDY, JOHNNY VEGAS, RONNIE BARKER, SITCOM, STILL OPEN ALL HOURS, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, tv review, UK COMEDY, UK SITCOMS | Leave a comment

A DEPRESSED STEVE MCDONALD SHOULD BE PRAISED, NOT SCORNED AT!

Posted on January 18, 2015 by SCARFMAN

“I don’t agree about the Steve storyline. Bad idea to make a funny character depressing. Boring when soaps get all worthy…” The idea of this blog originally came from me receiving the above reply, a week or two ago on … Continue reading →

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I’VE FALLEN IN LOVE AGAIN………..WITH ‘THE AMERICANS’! ‘The Americans’, review of season 3.

COLD FEET MIGHT BE UNUSUAL IN SEPTEMBER, BUT OH WHAT A JOYOUS, GLORIOUS COMEBACK! ‘COLD FEET’ – Series 6, episode 1 review. 05/09/16.

ENGLAND BATTERED, DEEP FRIED AND THEN GOBBLED UP BY FOOTBALLING MINNOWS ICELAND!! England vs Iceland – A review.

Killer Women with Piers Morgan – Episode one review. FORGIVENESS AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE!

COMEDY, ROMANCE AND SOME DOWNRIGHT THUGGERY……CORRIE BACK ON FORM! Coronation Street – A Review.

‘LONG LOST FAMILY’……. OH BOY WAS IT GOOD TO SEE YOU ONCE AGAIN! ‘Long Lost Family’ – A Review.

ITV1 WILL NOT BE SHOWING SEASON 3 OF ‘THE AMERICANS’ AND I AM SO ANNOYED ABOUT IT!

JOHNNY VEGAS IS MY NEW FAVOURITE COMEDY ACTOR!

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