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Taskmaster is currently my favourite show
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Taskmaster is currently my favourite show

ward 25/03/2021

I am obsessed with Taskmaster right now. I was listening to BBC Radio 2 recently, and Greg Davies and Alex Horne came on to talk about the new series. It … Read More

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I really wanted to rant about the subscription model but…

ward 20/08/2019

I started writing a whining complaint about the increasing move to the subscription model. This was mostly inspired by a diary app I had been using that one day decided … Read More

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Toast of London

ward 09/04/2019

I haven’t lived in the UK for a while now and somehow missed the entirety of the brilliant Toast of London. I accidentally came across it when picking an audio-book … Read More

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Frozen Planet in HD

ward 29/10/2011

Last night we got back from the pub and were tucking in medium rare steaks wondering what to watch on the TV. This is just the way we live, don’t … Read More

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30 Rock

ward 05/04/2011

A review of the sitcom 30 Rock with Tina Fey.

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Knight Rider 2008 is more of the same

ward 14/09/2009

Knight Rider 2.0 man! New car, new cast, new rocking theme tune. The original was a fun, if somewhat shallow, series following the adventures of a smooth-talking, hard-hitting ladies’ man … Read More

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