Tina and Bobby

If you want a biography that takes you from A to Z in a superficial manner then Tina and Bobby fits the bill.

If you want something in depth and insightful then this is not it. This is just a starring vehicle for actress Michelle Keegan who plays Bobby Moore's glamorous wife. The actor who plays Moore comes across as a bit of a wet fish, nothing like the steely defender who kept the Brazilian attack at bay in 1970 or marshalled an England team to world cup victory.

The first episode concentrates on the newly married Tina and Bobby and his brush with testicular cancer. The second episode was the 1966 and 1970 World Cups as well as the notorious bracelet theft incident. The drama had to mix footage of the England v West Germany final from the ITV archives, the coloured film footage and the BBC scenes with Kenneth Wolstenholme's line of 'they think it's all over.' The final episode dealt with Bobby's financial troubles and problems in his marriage when Tina discovered his affair.

This was a poorly produced biography, somewhere there is a better tale of Bobby Moore that remains to be written and shown.

Everything is wrong. The casting, the score, the production design. Everything. So very disappointed.

This is commercial TV and ITV in particular at its worst, it truly is a dreadful program, but I guess they will broadcast anything to keep their ad revenues flowing. This must me one of the worst scripts ever to have been written for TV, there is absolutely nothing of any note to grab your attention. The acting from everyone is equally appalling, especially from the so-called lead actors. I read that Mark Wright was raving about his wife Michelle Keegan's portrayal of Tina Moore and was quoted as saying "She's Special". Lol, what was he going to say! Someone should stop blowing smoke up these so-called celebs you know what and tell them the truth. Have some balls and tell Michelle Keegan that cosmetics, i.e. teeth, eyebrows, a face plastered with make-up and what some deem an attractive body, do not an actress make! Incidentally, who thought is was a good idea to make a girl with black eyebrows a blond. As for Lorne MacFadyen as Bobby Moore, just embarrassing. What a terrible performance. With more and more fantastic series being brought to us by IMDb, Netflix, Amazon, Sky Atlantic, etc, I am pretty sure we can look forward to a lot more dreadful series as this on ITV.

This miniseries was based on a book by Tina Moore so naturally the focus is on her.As a result the ups and downs of her husband's career seem to be no more than footnotes in her life.The problem is that he was one of the most gifted and famous footballers this country ever produced.So in no way does this do justice to his life and career.Unfortunately the actors hired to portray the famous couple are lacking.The actor playing Bobby would have problems out acting an oak tree.The script was poor and totally missed the obvious point that football players in those days would often end their careers with little to show for it and would have to struggle for the rest of their lives.Sadly Bobby Moore was no different.All rather sad.

Both actors who portrayed of Tina and Bobby were so bad that it was just painful to watch. Michelle Keegan has a great management behind her and obviously she pulls in the audience due to her celebrity hype, but she is not in the class of someone who can hold a lead in a drama. It really showed in this drama. Her cockney accent often fell off back to her northern accent. At times it was so bad you didn't know what she was saying.

I wouldn't waste your time watching this, as you will truly be wasting your time. Even established actors that were in the drama didn't save the show.

If Michelle Keegan is to develop into a serious actor, then she need to take herself out of being a female lead and go back to basics of learning from those who can. Don't get me wrong, she is not a bad actress but is just not good enough yet.