Category Archives: Television

Wimbledon Final 2019 and Mrs Federer

Posted on July 14, 2019 by charliecountryboy

“For God’s sake Roger! Poldark starts at nine o’clock and I haven’t set the VCR!!”😂😉😘

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Was It Better Back Then?

Posted on August 27, 2018 by charliecountryboy

I was doing a bit of research for this book thing and I wanted a T.V. programme from April 1974. Amazingly you can view copies of the T.V. Times from years ago. I guess if your not British or you’re … Continue reading →

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Me, Batman and Other Superheroes

Posted on December 16, 2017 by charliecountryboy

Someone suggested re-posting old posts and so I recalled this from five years ago, which may have even more relevance today? Watching Kill Bill some years ago I was impressed with Bill’s view of Superheroes. I don’t know if you … Continue reading →

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Am I A Sucker?

Posted on September 23, 2017 by charliecountryboy

Well, I maybe, but that will depend on your opinion of a sucker. At the age of about five my niece and I were called in from our game in the farmyard to watch the newly arrived television (circa 1961) … Continue reading →

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Time and Age, Where Does It Go?

Posted on October 14, 2012 by charliecountryboy

Everyone says time passes a lot faster as you get older, but does it? I can’t remember how quickly time passed when I was a kid. If it passed slower back then, was it because I was less busy? I … Continue reading →

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Magical Mystery Tour, There’s no Mystery Really

Posted on October 7, 2012 by charliecountryboy

Last night, Saturday 6th October, the BBC repeated the Beatles Magical Mystery Tour film. There has been a vast array of comments on this film from ‘rubbish’ to ‘phenomenal’. What amazes me is how some people are surprised that the parents … Continue reading →

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Why Hate Chris Moyles, or Anyone?

Posted on September 14, 2012 by charliecountryboy
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Me, Olympics,People and Politicians

Posted on July 28, 2012 by charliecountryboy

I was meant to be an Olympian I wondered if I would blog about the Olympics and as I’m human I guess it was inevitable. What I love about these events is the amount of people who get involved when … Continue reading →

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Me, America and all that TV stuff.

Posted on July 21, 2012 by charliecountryboy

I remember many years ago, 1963 to be exact, I loved America. The Lucy Show, Cheyenne, Rawhide, Flicka and Rin Tin Tin. The Kennedy’s were politically irrelevant to a child growing up in the 60’s, but I knew something was … Continue reading →

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