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South Wales location hunting: Gavin & Stacey

Barry Island

Awright there, blog reader? Awright?

After a week away on a “gym and spa” holiday in South Wales, I’m back and raring to write. After a couple of days staying not too far away from (unbelievably) Port Tennant in Swansea, we spent the rest of the week in Cardiff.

I’ll tell you something for nothing: you can’t move for stars in Cardiff. If I wasn’t bumping into Rusty T down on Cardiff Bay at every available opportunity, I was being stalked – stalked, I tell you – by Simon Callow.

All I have to say on that is this: Callow, you might be a Commander of the British Empire, have starred in movies like Amadeus and Four Weddings and a Funeral, have appeared in Doctor Who as Charles Dickens, and been Tom Chance in Chance in a Million, a delightful 80s sitcom that has left me with premature pronoun droppage to this very day, but no! That does not give you a right to follow me to breakfast, lunch and certainly not the gym while I’m on holiday.

Anyway, after a minor spot of Torchwood location hunting on my last visit, we did some Gavin & Stacey location investigation this time with a trip to Barry and Barry Island. Pics after the break.

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Monday’s political impersonations news

The latest news, plus a few things that happened while I was on holiday last week. Apologies if I left anything important out!

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Review: Doctor Who – 4×1 – Partners in Crime

Three firsts for Doctor Who this year:

  1. I’m reviewing the first episode sober. No, you haven’t entered the Twilight Zone. It’s true, it’s real, and it’s happening right now.
  2. It was actually cute of all things. Sure, Big Finish has done cute but this is the first time I can think of that the TV series has done cute.
  3. Russell T Davies wrote the opening episode and I liked it.

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