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Off with her head

The Tudors – TV series Politics, religion, conflict, attraction, sex: whats not to like about this tv series which is now in its second season? I watched a repeated BBC series on Henry VIII and his wives a couple of decades or more ago with my Dad and I was hooked. It was a fascinating [...]

Review of Damages Series 1

Damages Series 1 Have recently started watching this legal thriller series which is showing on Monday nights on BBC1. Have been well impressed so far. It began with a bloodstained woman running panicked out of an apartment building and then returns to 6 months previous to this, where we meet the same woman beginning her career [...]

Review of Desperate Housewives, Series 4

Desperate Housewives, Series 4 “Entertaining so far with new character who previously lived on Wisteria Lane and has a secret.“   Just two episodes in of the new season of Desperate Housewives on RTE2 and I’m enjoying it again. I felt the last series meandered a smidge towards the end and lost its momentum but [...]

Review of Brothers and Sisters TV series

Brothers and Sisters TV series American drama that’s not quite The West Wing or Studio 60 but it’s growing on me. I started watching this a few weeks ago after we finished the House and Heroes series as I was at a loss of entertaining programs to watch. It didn’t really grab me initially as [...]