Big Brother In Law: Boom Boom Room, Bangor – October 2000

Big Brother!! The reality television show first hit the UK screens in the summer of the year 2000. That summer I was glued to my screens watching it as the drama unfolded. There was Tom, from Northern Ireland the local guy for me to support. There was the whole nasty Nick business, by a guy Read more about Big Brother In Law: Boom Boom Room, Bangor – October 2000[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Timmy Mallett Night in Jumpin Jaks, Bournemouth, England

In the 1980s as a kid I always used to watch the morning television shows, it was the entertainment at the time wasn’t it? I don’t watch anywhere near as much TV nowadays, but I do remember Timmy Mallett, his ‘Wacaday’ show and the awful single (but funny) “Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny.” So having lived Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Timmy Mallett Night in Jumpin Jaks, Bournemouth, England[…]

Zoe Salmon from Kilmaine Primary School in Bangor

Just Another Kilmaine Schoolmate…Zoe Salmon

For a start I couldn’t find the “umlaut” or whatever button to put the two dashes above the “o” in Zoe, so Miss Salmon I am sorry…but there I was back in a beautiful 1980s Northern Ireland living in the Marlo area and I was a child attending Kilmaine Primary School. In a rare baby Read more about Just Another Kilmaine Schoolmate…Zoe Salmon[…]

“Just one more thing…” – My Love of Columbo and Peter Falk

Seriously right, if you’ve never watched Columbo before, get into it. I must say I do not watch a lot of television, and when I do its normally older or vintage stuff (Only Fools and Horses, The Likely Lads etc..) and hence my fascination and addictation to the legend of the Los Angeles Police Department, Read more about “Just one more thing…” – My Love of Columbo and Peter Falk[…]

The Time My Mate Was The Star Of Driving School – BBC1, 1997

  Back in 1997 I was learning to drive in and around Newtownards. I had turned 17 and would do my driving test in my birth town of Newtownards. My driving instructor was Desi Bateson, a friend of the family, and my driving lessons were paid for as a 17th birthday present from my Granda Read more about The Time My Mate Was The Star Of Driving School – BBC1, 1997[…]

“The only thing to look forward to is the past”…The Likely Lads!

It’s not often I actually watch Television let me be honest. I don’t find a lot of time for it these days and having lived with so many different people over the years I am just happy for them to choose the channel and I’ll watch it. I prefer repeats and old comedys, of which Read more about “The only thing to look forward to is the past”…The Likely Lads![…]

The Lock In Part One: Auditions, Voting and The Big Night!

I’d watched Big Brother since series 1 in the year 2000 (wasn’t it strange that we were all fully grown?). I even applied to be on it, sending in a video of me cutting meat in Steenson’s butchery (I’m going to have to find that video sometime and fire it up!). I also appeared in Read more about The Lock In Part One: Auditions, Voting and The Big Night![…]