Crimewatch UK - Sleep tight & don't have nightmares!

Advantages: Great show, well presented, helping to rid our streets of awful offenders.
Disadvantages: Some of the reconstructions are very upsetting and it's because they're all true :(

...Crimewatch UK is a BBC programme which is on roughly once a month and aims to bring light to the public criminals who are wanted and crimes that have been committed as well as making people aware again of events that may have happened a number of years ago and where the culprits have still not been found. There have been a number of presenters over the years and one of them was Jill Dando who was murdered outside her home. Crimewatch had a reconstruction and eventually her killer was found and imprisoned. A number of crimes are covered on Crimewatch such as murder, rape, theft, burglary, muggings, stabbings, shootings etc and they have a part in the show where they show you the 10 most wanted people in the UK at the moment and advises you of some of the crimes that have committed and any of their known aliases. The show does advise...

katyeverett 11.08.2009 · Read review
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Safestyle UK

Advantages: NON WHAT SO EVER
Disadvantages: Are there any advantages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...and didn't understand what she was talking about which was a real insult. cheeky cow!!!! I then told the rep I needed to go out, she then started asking questions where I was going, when I was going to be back and if she could come back to discuss further finance options, I stated that she had told me what i needed to know and that we would get back in touch if we were to go ahead, she then telephoned another rep and said in front of us that "We were a waste of time", we then got up and offered to carry her bags out for her!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Needless to say I will NOT be going to SAFESTYLE UK for my windows. They can BOGOF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

Daisy08 11.07.2008 · Read review
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Gateway to CLOSE Irish and UK operations

Advantages: Good Machines
Disadvantages: Prices a bit high, roll on the recession

...*** Just read today (9/8/01)that Gateway is quiting the UK *** I have been working my way down the Ciao Ratings list in search of a way of wasting a lot of money by buying a computer. Well after the mess I had with Evesham (See under Evesham "poor service") I thought I’d give Gateway a try. After spending well over an hour at their Shop in Convent garden, London, I opted for the Performance 1700S at £1199, this was £500 pounds more then I was going to spend a Evesham. On paper it seems like a beautiful machine but the graphics card seemed a little dire. One of the reasons I didn’t decide to buy online is that I like to ‘play’ with the stuff I’m buying and it also gives me a chance to get to know the people I’m, buying from. The service was OK and the computer worked really well. I told...

Spiropereira 04.08.2001 (09.08.2001) · Read review
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the glenn miller orchestra uk

Advantages: great big band music
Disadvantages: none

...The Glenn Miller Orchestra UK was founded by Ray McVay in the 80's . This was done after talks with the Glenn Miller Estate, who had listened to many of Ray McVay's tracks. Who is Ray McVay? Ray McVay was born in the late 30's in Scotland. He became a professional musician at the tender age of 13 as a rocking sax player. In the 50's he became a music director for many big names such as Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Conway Twitty and Billy Fury. As Rays name got bigger and better known in the music industry, and fronted his own show band known as the Ray McVay Orchestra. He started to play for the Mecca Organization playing around the country before headlining at Mecca's big venue, the Lyceum Ballroom in London's west end.. Ray McVay then became a household name in the UK when he was featured on the TV...

jackiehayes 15.09.2006 (20.09.2006) · Read review
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The WWF comes to the UK

Advantages: The Beserkers greatest bout exists on this tape
Disadvantages: Most of the matches are very poor.

...In 1991 the WWF (now the WWE) visited the UK to put on a mega-show that was to be shown on Sky 1. The venue was the London Docklands arena and they brought the whole roster to the show (including the world famous Hulk Hogan!), which lead to huge ticket sales. The event on video lasts 180 minutes, and is shown in it?s entirety which is very pleasing. It is certificate E, which means it has been unrated due to it being a sports event. It was released by Silvervision in late 1991 on video and in the future Silvervision hope to release this event on DVD (they have entered it for reclassification to the BBFC). The commentators for this event are Vince McMahon and Rowdy Roddy Piper, this is a great team as they complement each other?s style really well. The video comes in a nice plain box with a picture of the British Bulldog on, I like...

ukedge87 13.08.2004 · Read review
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Is this a guide to the UK for the Brits

Advantages: on apprends beaucoup peut-être
Disadvantages: es sollte nicht auf Englisch sein, vielleicht

...There seems to me to be one major problem with this category- If it's about telling others about UK culture, why the hell is it in English? Surely we have to explain to other's in their language, or is it a case of they have to be conversant with our language..... Anyway, I will just state a couple of things: Willkommen bei diesem Bericht. Ich hoffe daß ich ein bißchen über die Briten und unser schönes Land erklären kann, aber ich muß auf Englisch schreiben. Das tut mir echt leid! Bienvenue à mon reportage au sujet de les personnes brittanique. Je suis très désolé, mais je dois écrire en anglais. Les utilisateurs de Ciao en Angleterre doivent savoir ce que j'écris. There is very little that a newcomer to our green and pleasant land has to know in order to enjoy a visit. However there are one or two things that are useful...

Nolly 20.04.2002 · Read review
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UK Gold is a Treasure

Advantages: A gathering of wonderful golden oldies.
Disadvantages: Let's face it, these are all repeats.

...UK Gold is a treasure, it really is. Where else can you go to find those Dr Who?, Blakes? 7, Blackadder, Red Dwarf and other gems like those? The answer is simple: no where else. UK Gold is not even restricted to just BBC golden oldies, either. Faulty Towers? You?ll find that here as well. People often complain that there?s nothing on TV and whine that the quality of shows has gone down hill. It amazes me that the very same people don?t bother to check out UK Gold. Sure, you might have seen the series before but I?m willing to bet that there might be some episodes that you missed! Another bonus in UK Gold is that they?ll play omnibus episodes of popular shows. You can, in effect, settle down with your bottle of irn-bru and watch an entire story of Dr Who? Or watch The Bill until you?re fed up of police uniforms. The UK set...

Manx 02.12.2000 · Read review
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Gateway - the Final Frontier?

Advantages: Great characters and cleverly structured
Disadvantages: The domestic violence bit sticks out like a sore thumb

...Gateway, by Frederik Pohl, is very much in the grand tradition of 'hard SF'. Whereas much of what gets put in the science-fiction section of bookshops is actually little more than fantasy with lasers instead of swords, Gateway is part of the Arthur C Clarke, Bradbury and Asimov school that seeks to extrapolate fantastic worlds from real current science, and examines how science and technology could affect the peoples of those worlds. In the future, Earth is massively over-populated - and starving. Food is synthesised from hydrocarbons, and there's not enough to go around. Life is brutal and grinding poverty is everywhere. For the bravest, however, there's an incredible opportunity - Gateway. A relic of a vanished super-race, Gateway is a huge space station filled with alien ships. Huge amounts of money are promised to brave...

Olly_Plimsoll 22.05.2009 · Read review
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Eurovision - UK flops again

Advantages: a good laugh at Terry Wogan's commentary
Disadvantages: awful music

...Ah eurovision again, a chance for Europe to come together in a celebration of the diverse music of the continent - yeah right. More like the annual political love in. Let's face it the UK does not take the contest seriously and most of us only watch it for Terry Wogan's commentary on it to see how many insults he can do. Can he break the 20 IPE (insults per entry) this year? The UK has had a run of very poor results but then again we have had a run of very poor entries as well. Last years well the less said the better, 2006 - a rap what were we thinking? Not to mention the utter disaster of 2003 with 'Jemini' and the big fat zero. I won't go on, it get too depressing, (or embarrassing that I can remember it all.) Whilst our entry is better than last year's - well let's face it it could hardly be worse I don't think it...

mjc121 24.05.2008 (25.05.2008) · Read review
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UK Credit Card King - great credit cards & advice

Advantages: Easy to use, fast, non-profit driven stance, honest recommendations, cracking credit cards!
Disadvantages: More articles please

...I first heard about UK Credit Card King while I was searching for a new credit card to transfer my current balance onto. I had been with Barclaycard for a number of years and was paying a pretty high APR on my card, so I decided to make the switch. I'd already looked on a number of websites - moneysupermarket, fool, and various credit card comparators, and found that all the recommended credit cards seemed to be identical, and all had balance transfer fees. As I had a balance of £1700, I did not want to have to pay a transfer fee, so that I could save the maximum amount of money possible. A work colleague suggested I visit the UK Credit Card King website (www.creditcardking.co.uk) , saying that they'd recently got such a deal from there, so I decided to check it out. The website appears to deal in one and only one subject - UK credit...

Vic_980 29.11.2005 · Read review
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