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Great to see this back on Friday nights, even better to see George Gilbey and family back
Great move for the show as I think there is a gap there with less and less of Steph and Dom last session the producers knew something need to be added. George is very funny and cant wait to hear some of the things he has to say this series.

Really who is in charge of the scheduling for this? They should sacked!!

The double length final episode of this show was put on a 6.30pm with little notice 

it deserved so much better. Poor Miss Havisham sat in her wedding dress looking at her wedding feast......as we all knew this storyline would end but it was a joy getting there. 

There was lots of plots left hanging for maybe a second series of maybe just setting up for how the novels continue. 

This was a very powerful episode of my favourite Sunday night show

It reminded me of the early seasons and showed me that even in season 5 this

show can still pack a punch.

There was someone out in the docks of popular attacking women in a very violent way

leaving bite marks on there skin.That was awful enough but when Cynthia got attacked

her habit didn't save her from this animal. It was Cynthia who found the strength and courage that the other women who where attacked couldn't to go to the police. In the end the man was found and arrested. I really enjoyed this episode and it brought Cynthia one of the original characters back to the forefront which I enjoyed. 

Episode ten of season six of The Walking Dead was a little different than the action packed

second half season premier. It has been two months since the shocking events of the last episode

and Carl seems okay maybe a little quite but he is walking around with a bandage over his eye.

I am hoping they deal with the fact that Carl lost his eye and that's not something you get over quickly mentally there should be some scars there, and I hope the writers are going to explore that part of Carl in future episodes.

Rick and Daryl go on a run and it seems like they where just enjoying being out on a run

enjoy getting out of Alexandria, killing zombies and listening to rock and roll.

I did enjoy the funny comic moments between these two, everything seems to be going well

until they come across a man who calls himself Jesus. What ensues is a cat and mouse game

after Jesus takes the guys tuck. Daryl wants to leave him behind but Rick brings him back to Alexandria. They tie him up and leave him in an empty room.

Finally tonight Rick and Michonne hooked up!! Something I had being hoping would happen for seasons!! Just as the walking dead can Jesus pops up in Rick's bedroom as the new couple are sleeping and tell Rick he needs to talk!

This was an enjoyable episode and one of my favourite slower episodes 

On The Box This Week

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Like I thought back at the start of January due to scheduling changes I fear this show

will leave with a whimper instead of a bang! More scheduling changes see this show now

moved to Thursday and Friday nights I have completely lost track and am relying on sky plus to record it for me!

The fact that the BBC didn't show more love for this show is a shame as the acting and casting

as been top notch. The drama is really taking up a gear in the last couple of episodes. Frances and Honoria from Dickens Bleak House novel really came into there own this week. Honoria went into early labour with only cold, horrible sister Frances to help her. Frances did deliver baby Esther and for a moment we thought the maybe the ice has melted from Frances heart but it was not to be and when the baby finally cried she chose not to tell her sister and lead her to believe her baby was still born. Thus starting a series of events which will come to ahead in the novel Bleak House.

We also found out who the murderer was this week so really we could stop watching now

but no there is three more episodes left and mostly centred around Miss Havisham my most favourite Dickens character so I will not be missing that!

While I still love this beautiful heart warming show I have to admit

I feel like its missing something this season. I am really missing the characters

of Jenny and Chummy and am missing the true story lines of Jenny Worth's books.

I am also not liking where Trixie's storyline is going, I don't like the Tom and Barbara romance. Yes Trixie and Tom are an odd couple but that's why there good together. In real life Trixie did become a Vicar's wife and sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, which is where this show is going now less of the true life stories of Worth's east end and more fictional stories.

Saying all that I did enjoy this episode even if there was less of the midwives or nuns and maybe a bit too much Fred! It was mostly about Roseanne a new Mother who cant let her past go and thinks she is not good enough to be wife or Mother. This episode reminded me a little of some of the more hard hitting storylines of season one or two. The other major storyline was Doctor Turner's  realisation that cancer can be connected with smoking. As a heavy smoker (he is pictured with a cigarette in almost every scene the past couple of seasons) he is shocked and scared by this,so decides to go cold turkey. I really do like Patrick and Sheila Turner together it is one relationship that as grown over the years, and it may not be as gripping as season two it still one of my favourites in the show. Call the Midwife may not be as true or gripping as past seasons but its till my favourite thing to watch on a Sunday night.

As a person of a certain age I remember the trail of OJ Simpson

maybe not very clearly but I remember my parents watching it alot

the live stream from LA seemed to always be on our TV!

So we decided to give this show a go mainly cause the hubby is a huge Cuba Gooding Jr fan

He is very good as the main role but the first episode itself was quite slow

but there was some good performances David Schwimmer is great as Robert Kardashian

(funny how Robert's daughters are now more famous than him and OJ)

but to me Schwimmer will always be Ross and his hair in this show is very Ross-ish!

I didn't think the mid season finale of my favourite zombie show was up to much

it was a disappointing end to the first half of the season

Wow did it make up for it when it returned to our screens Monday night!

Daryl Dixon was back on form after spending a whole season grieving

he wiped out half of Negan's gang in a second!!

In Alexandria the dead are roaming the streets and Rick's group are walking with them

trying to come up with a plan. Young Sam is not in a good head place and as only the walking dead can a whole family are wiped out in minutes!

Then of course there is that scene the one everyone is talking about

fans of the comic books have been waiting on. I haven't read the comics so was shocked and in awe when it happened. As Carl looks up at Rick with a rather large hole where his eye should be and yet his sheriff hat remains still on his head was a rather awesome scene and up there as one of the top walking dead moments. If I am being honest I think this was one of my all time favourite episodes of The Waking Dead, but after an episodes like this its always hard to keep the pace up, but with a Rick and Daryl centred episode next week I am hoping the pace will not slow down just yet!

On The Box This Week

Since I have been unwell

I seem to be watching so much TV!

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We are still watching this show but have took to Sky Plus-ing it
because the BBC seems not to want to show it much love in the scheduling department
(it has been dropped because of football, starting times have changed
 and it's now changed to a different day)
It would fit a 7.30/8pm Saturday and Sunday evening slot but it gets lost
in its mid week slot which is a shame as the plot is really coming together
What an evil man Compeyson is and it's really the making of Miss Havisham back story from Great Expectations, I am really enjoying this storyline as Expectations is my favourite Dickens book. Pauline Collins is really standing out as the gin drinking Mrs Gamp, and I am enjoying seeing the Bill and Nancy relationship develop. As for who killed Marley I still haven't a clue!

Another drama that I seem to be forgetting about due to scheduling
I am used to watching the past three seasons on a Sunday
Friday nights I forget this is on thank goodness for Sky Plus!
Harry is resting after his fall but doesn't seem to want to pass some of
his duties to his son (really wish he would when you know what's coming!)
Lady Mae agrees to stay and help with ladies fashion but Harry thinks he knows best
has has the Dolly sisters help out! 

One of my favourite shows is back Call The Midwife
Although I have to admit I am missing some of the
original cast Jessica Raine and Miranda Hart especially
This episode was mostly about change, work is slowing down at the
docks which was once bustling with people, baby formula is starting
to become all the rage and at the end of the episode Sister Evangelina leaves
Nonnatus House maybe for good?
Barbara the newest midwife is set her biggest case as she
tries to deliver a baby early so that the baby's dying Father can see
him once before he passes away.
This episode had me reaching for the tissues and
when the baby's Father sees his son and says "I want to stay" before he
dies was heartbreaking.
I love this show and although all is changing in the world of
Call The Midwife long may it continue on our screens.

We tuned into episode 4 of Rebellion
Dublin city is in ruins and the rebels are forced to surrender
The scene where Thomas Clarke was stripped naked by army troops
was quite hard to watch, Yet again Brian Gleeson performance was amazing
as he is told by fellow rebel Micheal Collins to keep his eyes down and
give the impression he is nothing but a worthless rebel.
I love how well written this show is and the acting is first class.
We will tune in Sunday for the last episode.
Would love if RTE followed up this series next year following the characters into
The War of Independent 

On The Box This Week

We have been enjoying alot of period drama this week on TV
Here is what we watched!

BBC drama Dickensian has been a hit in our house over the Christmas time
With a who done it murder mystery of Jacob Marley
I am enjoying seeing the different Dickens characters intertwined and the acting has been amazing
but the scheduling for me has been a problem while it's lovely to see the snow covered streets
of Dickens's London at Christmas time I'm not sure it will have the same appeal in the long weeks of January. We are only on episode six of twenty! It started with a bang I hope it doesn't end with a whimper!

We tuned into the new big BBC drama War and Peace on Sunday

I have read the mammoth book and had high hopes for this drama

but for me it fell a little flat. The first episode of course sets the scenes for much of the drama to come but for me this episode dragged. Hubby asked was this meant to be Russia as it all seemed a little Jane Austen England! I will keep watching as I'm a big fan of Stephen Rea and Lily James hopefully it will pick up the pace next week

Another period drama we watched on Sunday night was RTE drama Rebellion
The first of programmes marking the 1916 centenary
It tells of three female friends the involvement in the 1916 rising and how it
effects their family and friends. I was really impressed by this homegrown drama
the acting and actors where very good, especially Charlie Murphy, Brian Glesson and Sarah Greene
Really looking forward to the next episode.