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Tag Archives: SCARFMAN
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
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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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DEATH IN PARADISE : IT’S VERY FORMULAIC, BUT OH MY WHAT A GREAT CURE IT IS FOR THOSE JANUARY WINTER BLUES! A review.
Do you like me suffer from those awful British January winter blues? You will know what I’m talking about if you do. It is the dull, damp freezing weather coupled with it going dark in the evenings before 5pm, so … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, BBC COMEDY, BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BBC1, COMEDY, DRAMA, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged ANDY LLOYD, BBC ONE, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BRITISH TELEVISION, CARIBBEAN, CHEESY DIALOGUE, COLD BRITAIN, COMEDY CRIME DRAMA, DEATH IN PARADISE, DEATH IN PARADISE SERIES 6, DEATH IN PARADISE SERIES SIX, DRAMA, entertainment, EPISODE 2, EPISODE TWO, ESCAPISM, ESCAPISM IN CRIME DRAMA, ESTHER MONROE, FLORENCE, FORMULAIC DRAMA, GUADELOUPE, INSPECTOR HUMPHREY GOODMAN, INSPECTOR MORSE, JANUARY WINTER BLUES, KRIS MARSHALL, MISS MARPLE, OFFICER DWAYNE MYERS, OFFICER JP HOOPER, popular culture, REALISM IN CRIME DRAMA, SAN MARIE, SCARFMAN, SCARMANANDY, SUNSHINE, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, THE FLAME TREE, TV, tv review, WEST INDIES, WINTER BLUES
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NOT AS MUCH FUN WITHOUT BALLS! – STRICTLY COME DANCING FINAL 2016 – A review.
The problem with Strictly Come Dancing this year was that as soon as the utterly hilarious Ed Balls got voted off in week 10, it turned into a big snoozefest. He was the only reason why I watched it for … Continue reading
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THE MISSING – series 2, a review. ADDICTIVE, ENGROSSING…..AND IT WASN’T TOO COMPLICATED!
Wednesday December 7th 2016 was a bad day all-round for me. Firstly, I woke up and remembered that it was my fortieth birthday(I still feel only twenty), then the double whammy was realising that the outstanding BBC One abduction thriller … Continue reading
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