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‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Claws of Axos’

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Axos is calling Earth, as we venture into the third story of Season 8 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series – ‘The Claws of Axos’. This four-part story is the first to be written by Bob Baker and Dave Martin. Once again, Jon Pertwee stars as the Third Doctor with Katy Manning as Jo Grant, Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates and John Levene as Sergeant Benton. As well as Axos, this story also features Roger Delgado back again as the Master in ‘Doctor Who’. ‘The Claws of Axos’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. Continue reading

‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’ – Series 4 REVIEWED

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It’s time for me to share my completed reviews on Series 4 of the BBC comedy TV series ‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’ by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. I’m enjoying revisiting this BBC comedy series. I know it’s something that won’t be shown today (it’s clearly not on Britbox and I think you’ll be able to check it out on Amazon Prime Video), but it’s interesting how Jimmy Perry and David Croft tackled a comedy TV series like this about British India. I’m looking forward to revisiting Series 5 on DVD next. 🙂 Continue reading

‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’ – Series 3 REVIEWED

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I’ve finished uploading my reviews on Series 3 of the BBC comedy TV series ‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’. I’m going through each of the episodes of each season quite slowly, but I’m still enjoying revisiting ‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’ on DVD. I hope you’ve found my reviews on each of the episodes enjoyable and interesting so far. I’m looking forward to checking out more ‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’ episodes in Series 4 next. Continue reading

‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’ – Series 2 REVIEWED

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It’s taken me a while, but I’ve finished uploading my reviews on Series 2 of the BBC comedy TV series ‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’, created by ‘Dad’s Army’s Jimmy Perry and David Croft. It’s nice to check out these ‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’ episodes on DVD and do in-depth reviews on each of them as I go through each season. Hopefully, I’ll be sharing my reviews on Series 3 sooner rather than later. Continue reading

‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’ – Series 1 REVIEWED

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I’ve finished uploading my reviews on Series 1 of the BBC comedy TV series called ‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’, created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, who are the creators of ‘Dad’s Army’. I’ve enjoyed revisiting Series 1 of ‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’ so far, after seeing the complete series from 2016 to 2017. I’m looking forward to checking out Series 2 next. Continue reading

New Comedy Page – ‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’

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It’s taken me a while to get around to this, but thankfully, I’ve made a start on doing in-depth reviews on each of the episodes of the BBC comedy series ‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’, created by ‘Dad’s Army’ creators Jimmy Perry and David Croft. I’ve created a new comedy page for the BBC comedy series itself on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. Continue reading

Season 8 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Jon Pertwee on Blu-ray #3

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We’re back with another story in the Season 8 Blu-ray box set of ‘Doctor Who’ with Jon Pertwee! It’s time for ‘The Claws of Axos’, the third story in Season 8 and the first story by writers Bob Baker and Dave Martin for the TV series. The Third Doctor, Jo, the Brigadier, Mike Yates and Sgt. Benton tackle the menaces of the Axons and the Master in this one. Continue reading

DVD review – ‘The Claws of Axos’ (Doctor Who)

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Today, I’ve added my ‘Doctor Who’ DVD review on ‘The Claws of Axos’ starring Jon Pertwee as the Doctor, Katy Manning as Jo Grant, Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates and John Levene as Sergeant Benton. Continue reading

Quick DVD Box Set Review – ‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’

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♪ “Meet the gang cos the boys are here; The boys to entertain you; With music and laughter to help you on your way; To raising the rafters with a hey, hey, hey…” ♫

My parents and I have just finished atching the complete DVD box set of ‘It An’t Half Hot Mum’! This was a Christmas present I gave to Dad last year and I’m amazed we’ve finished all the episodes over a month! My parents have really enjoyed this comedy series and I’m pretty pleased about that! Continue reading