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Strictly Speaking: the final

Posted on December 22, 2014 by mkmswain

Perhaps not a vintage year, but Strictly ended on a high with a closer than expected final, bananas returning contestants encore, and a deserving winning couple in Caroline and Pasha. It was a show noticeably light on ballroom – because … Continue reading →

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Strictly Speaking: Semi-final

Posted on December 15, 2014 by mkmswain

This was a long, long, looooong semi-final. It made War and Peace look like a Tweet. It made the Oscars look like a Saturday cartoon. Stars in distant galaxies went through entire lifespans. And still we came no closer to … Continue reading →

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Strictly Speaking: Week 9

Posted on November 24, 2014 by mkmswain

Post-Blackpool week is traditionally a Strictly slump, and there was malaise in the form of Frankie enduring Viennese, Steve wincing through jive and Mark visibly relieved to survive tango. However, we also had the majestic return of Jake’s hips, Pixie’s … Continue reading →

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Strictly Speaking: Week 6

Posted on November 3, 2014 by mkmswain

Oh Strictly Halloween Week, how do I hate thee? Let me count the ways… Idiotic VTs If I comment on every single one of these, I will cry. Instead, each am-dram fright with the production values of a 1970s training video … Continue reading →

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Strictly Speaking Week 1

Posted on September 29, 2014 by mkmswain

Strictly is back, and it has a bold new strategy for fending off the competition: absorb it all, like some kind of light-entertainment power-ingesting cannibal. Hence the patronising Gogglebox people-watching-people-watching-telly opening and X Factor belief that logic and coherence only impede your … Continue reading →

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Strictly Speaking

Posted on September 8, 2014 by mkmswain

It’s been a turbulent summer. Warring nations. Deadly disease. Ferocious independence debates. And, of course, a luxuriously bearded baking hipster getting a bit cross with someone from the WI. But fear not, morose nation! Strictly is back, and we can all … Continue reading →

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