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Category Archives: TV
Life on Mars (2)
For the last few days I’ve been wandering around in a bit of a daze, feeling as if everything was a long way off. As if I were in an episode of Life on Mars and would wake up in … Continue reading
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Life on Mars
One of my favourite TV shows, Life on Mars, returns next week. I can’t wait, but I’m a bit worried about discussions I hear about whether Sam Tyler has really gone back in time, if he’s in a coma or … Continue reading
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Big Brother – the truth
I’ll tell you the real reason Big Brother is such Big News. People just like saying “Shilpa Shetty”. I just said it to myself just now. Mmmm. Feels good.
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Humax PVR meets Mac
They’re stupidly named – nowt personal about a box that sits in the living room and which we fight over control of… but I finally gave in and bought a ‘Personal Video Recorder’. Torn between the Topfield and the Humax, … Continue reading
Shallow age
I’m pretty sure that when I watched the TV adaptation of the Iain Banks novel The Crow Road when it first aired in 1996, I fancied the intelligent, feisty Ashley Watt (played by Valerie Edmond). Watching it again tonight on … Continue reading
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