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Mrs C | 9 March, 2011

We Love Friday Night Dinner

So what are we giving The Thumbs Up to on the telly at the moment?

Silk

Well-constructed, gripping courtroom drama with the excellent Maxine Peake. Think we’re going to see a lot more of the brooding Nick Slade, who plays her kleptomaniac ‘pupil’. Like her, he is from a Northern unmoneyed background and his slightly bumbling courtroom pleas contrast with his adversary’s who is the other pupil. She is the brittle-blonde, squishy-faced, hard, daughter-of-a-judge Niamh whose career progression seems guaranteed after her bedroom antics with a senior barrister! And the pregnancy/termination story is keeping us guessing too…..

Law & Order

As above but from more varying perspectives.

One Born Every Minute

Great PR for midwives and such an uplifting programme. How can you not smile (or cry) when the baby’s born! Must be doing wonders for the trainee midwife recruitment drive.

Glee

Our house is full of self-confessed ‘gleeks’. Glee really does make for good telly for all of us in our house. It makes us laugh without fail and one or more of us is always singing along. Sue Sylvester is brilliant.

Friday Night Dinner

As it says on the tin – 2 grown-up sons go for dinner with their mum & dad every Friday night. Simon ‘Will, the boy with the glasses, from The Inbetweeners’ Bird is in it and Tamsin Greig from Episodes. The hard-of-hearing Dad is very funny and the awkward scenes with the slightly creepy next-do or neighbour provide classic sit com moments.

Episodes

We loved Episodes and can’t wait for a new series. It made us cringe lots but in a different way to The Office. The show is about a British husband-and-wife comedy writing team who travel to Hollywood to remake their successful British TV series. ‘Joey from Friends’ and the whole US television industry is parodied but as the series is created by an American, David Crane of Friends fame, then I suppose that’s ok..

Embarrassing Bodies

With its constant stream of people who are so ‘embarrassed’ by their condition, that they can’t wait to show the zillion Football-sized Hernia! people watching, it is perpetually fascinating. Why would anyone let a hernia grow to the size of a football? How does a woman sleep with her bloke every night, have sex, have babies and all the rest yet never let him see her breasts because they are too small/big/droopy/different sizes/pink with purple spots….? Why would you not go to your GP if you have a weird & wonderful skin condition? Why wait 20 years and then proclaim how embarrassing it is on National Television? There appears to be some strange psychology at work.

Coronation Street

As ever Corrie is excellent but the recent ‘marry to avoid deportation’ story is plain ridiculous. Something makes us laugh though every episode.

We don’t watch stuff we don’t like but we do NOT give The Thumbs Up to……

Eastenders

The Cockney soap gets a massive great Thumbs Down for being perpetually miserable, dreary, grey and depressing!

Anything about her life/marriage/divorce/cosmetic surgery. Get a life woman! We really don’t care!

Mrs. C

Category: Movies and TV, Rants and Raves | Tags: Episodes, Friday Night Dinner, Glee, Katie Price, Law & Order, Silk

Mrs C | 12 January, 2011

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It’s a Love/Hate Thing!

So what would I give The Thumbs Up to this week and what’s a No-No?

The Thumbs up to:

Naturally – Whipped Hand Repair Balm – smells scrummy and makes hands unbelievably soft.

Apicare Restore Me Honey Nut Body Butter - a real luxurious body moisturiser.

St Eval Candle Company – the rose-scented candles are my personal favourites.

DaysoftContactLenses.com where you can buy contact lenses at a fraction of the prices High Street Opticians charge.

Rebel Rock n Rollers – fantastically easy way to curl your hair.

Baylis and Harding Coconut & Lime Hand Lotion – smells edible and the pump dispenser looks gorgeous

The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas – a rivetting read about life in today’s Australia.

Jane Iredale Skincare Range – Wow!

Silent Witness on BBC1

Mindflex by Mattel - quite literally a mind-blowing game

Weightwatchers Meetings

Anything from Hotel Chocolat.

The Thumbs Down to:

The Glamoriser – can either curl or straighten your hair. In theory it sounds great but unfortunately it burnt my finger, my daughter’s thumb and another daughter’s arm!

Facebook – need I say more?

Migraines – Ow!

Katie Price, her overpublicised life and so-called ‘marriage’. She wants to make sure apparently that hubbie Alex isn’t entitled to a share of her millions. Well HELLO Katie, have you forgotten that most of the free publicity you’ve generated this past year has been on the back of this marriage of yours? In other words, without Alex you wouldn’t have had so many headlines, so you wouldn’t have been so bankable and hence your earning potential would have been significantly lower. Fight for your rights Alex!

The Jury’s Out on:

HTC Wildfire – smaller screen than the HTC Desire but nowhere near as stylish as the iPhone. Much more difficult to text on than the iPhone too and frankly I can’t wait for my contract to expire. Only another 25 years I believe…..

WeightWatchers Online – frankly it’s a right pain! Tracking everything you eat in a day is so much easier to do on paper than online. Plus, aren’t the powers-that-be always telling us that we spend too much time in front of computers and that we need to be moving around more? Will give it a few months and report back…..