The Custard TV Podcast

Matt and Dawn are joined by Doctor Who superfan Suky to review the return/reboot of the iconic BBC series. The trio also review Channel 4's new teen thriller The Gathering alongside sci-fi drama Dark Matter on Apple TV+ and Bodkin on Netflix.

Matt and Dawn are joined by regular guest and token American Mo Walker to review 4 new shows debuting this week. Martin Freeman returns in the brilliantly tense crime drama The Responder. Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith prepare to say goodbye to Inside No.9 as the ninth and final series begins on BBC Two. Over on Netflix the trio review two very different dramas in David E Kelley's adaptation of Tom Wolfe's A Man in Full and a take on Neil Gaiman's Dead Boy Detectives.   There's also discussion on Mo's recent trip to the UK, the good and bad surrounding the huge conversation around Baby Reindeer as Race Across the World.

Matt and Luke hop aboard the Time Machine to April 1999. Going back to see Clooney's last appearance in ER. The time the BBC gave Vic & Bob their own Saturday night show. The time everyone was frozen and chased by hungry dogs in ITV's The Last Train and the time Adam & Joe sent Adam's dad to meet Coolio in The Adam & Joe Show. There's also a look at the headlines and a test on the biggest Chart hits.

Matt and Dawn are joined by Mo Walker to review 4 new shows.  This week’s lineup looks like this. The second installment of Ryan Murphy’s anthology series Feud arrives on Disney+ starring Tom Hollander as Truman Captoe. Michael Douglas stars as Benjamin Franklin in Apple TV’s surprisingly upbeat min series Franklin. Elsewhere, Netflix has tense stalking ’comedy’ Baby Reindeer and Mike Bubbins stars in BBC Two’s new comedy Mammoth. There’s also discussion on Fallout on Prime Video, Doctor Who and Big Mood.

Luke joins Matt and Dawn to review 4 brand new shows debuting this week. This week's show appears to be sponsored by the letter R with The Regime from HBO and Sky Atlantic, Ripley on Netflix and the return of Race Across The World on BBC One. There is one outlier in Sugar the new genre-bending crime thriller from Apple TV+. Elsewhere there are discussions on Big Mood and a lively debate/argument/discussion on whether reviewers should be allowed to base their opinions on a twist a show does.

Matt and Dawn are joined by podcast regular Sarah Kennedy to review Brummie drama This Town on BBC One. The return of Happy Valley's Sally Wainwright with her new swashbuckling series Renegade Nell as well as Channel 4 sitcom Big Mood and Fargo which returned quietly towards the end of last year on Prime Video.  There's also discussion on Extraordinary, Things You Should Have Done, Girls5eva and terrible subtitles.

Luke's not well enough for a full trip to March of 1999 aboard the Time Machine. So Dawn Glen bravely joins Matt to examine the TV landscape 25 years ago this month. First, Channel 4 launches HBO's Sex and The City. On ITV, gentle Brummie comedy The Grimleys starred written by Line of Duty's Jed Mercurio. Channel 4 launches female led sketch show Smack the Pony whilst the BBC waves goodbye to one of their biggest hits of the decade, as Noel hosts one final (slightly bitter) House Party.

Luke, Matt and Dawn return to review 4 brand new shows debuting this week. First, one of the funniest shows on television as Netflix becomes the new home for Peacock's Girls5eva. Then we travel to the swinging '60s for Apple's confused new comedy drama Palm Royale. Staying with Apple, we look at historical drama Manhunt, which charts the hunt for Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth. Finally, the trio review BBC Four's new acquisition a strange hybrid crime drama which dips its toes in both Ireland and New Zealand in the oddly titled, The Gone. There's also discussion on series 2 of Extraordinary over on Disney+, Things You Should Have Done on iPlayer, Ted on Sky Max and Fargo Season 5 available on Prime Video.

Three reviews from our October 20th 2020 podcast - Zoe Kravitz in an adaptation of High Fidelity, Hugh Laurie in political thriller Roadkill and Netflix teen drama Grand Army.

Three reviews taken from our 6th June 2018 episode of Amazon Prime's Dietland, the third episode of A Very English Scandal and Netflix documentary The Staircase.

Gary and Matt join forces to review political drama Coalition, BBC's interpretation of Noah's Ark and an emotional episode of Inside No. 9 starring Sheridan Smith.

Luke and Matt present a bumped podcast as they discuss the televised reveal of Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor Who, Channel 4's dark drama Southcliffe and the return of New Tricks for a tenth series.  Plus bizarre game show I Love My Country and a duo of new docusoaps

Matt is joined by podcast regulars Dawn Glen and Sophie Davies to review 3 shows of the week. The team review Apple TV+ comedy The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin which Noel Fielding fans are sure to love. Anarchic historical drama Mary and George from Sky Atlantic and comedy from internet sensation Lucia Keskin Things You Should Have Done which is available in full on BBC iPlayer. There's also discussion on the 'celebrities' braving the Big Brother House this time in Primetime for ITV1.  Also, Dawn finishes One Day on Netflix and Matt champions BBC Three Boarders.

In a special episode, the guys dissect the first episode of ITV's must-see crime drama; Broadchurch.

Luke, Gary and Matt present an extensive look at the year of 2012 featuring such shows as Sherlock, The Voice UK, Good Cop, Accused, Getting On and The Hour.

Luke returns from the jungle to join Gary and Matt in reviewing BBC's spooky drama The Secret of Crickley Hall, single drama Everyday and the return of Him & Her. There's also discussion of the website vote for Best Drama of 2012 and a rundown of all the recent TV cancellations.

Gary and Matt join forces for the first time to review the return of Young Apprentice and preview the new run of I'm a Celebrity.. Get Me out of Here. Plus Gary talks Chicago Fire and Matt discusses his predictions for this year's Strictly Come Dancing Final Three

Matt and Luke jump aboard the TV Time Machine to travel to February 1999. Luke has moved to California and has joined his school newspaper, spotting celebs at the Virgin Megastore. Matt is rehearsing for the school show. Meanwhile, on television, Russell T Davies breaks new ground with Channel 4 drama Queer as Folk. Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash resurrect Mrs Merton for her own sitcom. Then, ITV adapt hit US comedy, That 70's Show, which was adapted by two then unknown writers named Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong for Days like These. Finally, Matt tests Luke on what was big in the UK charts in February.

This time, Luke and Tannice discuss new BBC mystery drama Death in Paradise, ITV1's ensemble piece The Jury and Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's new project Life's Too Short.

Luke and Tannice return to talk about C4 fly-on-the-wall documentary Educating Essex, Waking the Dead spin-off The Body Farm and university comedy drama Fresh Meat.

Luke and Tannice present the first ever Custard TV Podcast as they discuss the new X-Factor judging line-up, nature documentary Ocean Giants and Channel 4's documentary Seven Dwarves

Uploaded in its entirety for the first time. Listen to the first time that Luke and Gary podcasted together as the latter argues for the strength of American TV whilst the former extols the virtues of telly from this side of the pond.

Matt is joined by podcaster Suky Khakh and Dawn Glen to review four new shows that aired this week. ITV's three-parter that promises to tell the COVID story we haven't heard called Breathtaking. There's also anarchic Welsh drama The Way on BBC One and strange goings on aboard a space shuttle in Apple TV's mind-bending Constellation. Plus, a new comedy drama Boarders from BBC Three which wasn't what the team was expecting. There's also discussion on One Day from Netflix, the penultimate episode of True Detective:Night Country and strangely, '90s sitcom The Upper Hand! Find us on your podcast app of choice and rate, review and subscribe so you never miss an episode.

Writer and fellow podcaster Elaine Gregson joins Matt and Luke to review 4 brand new shows. Three with a loved-up theme for Valentines' 2024 and one with 'fashion Nazis'  They review the surprising Mr. & Mrs. Smith from Donald Glover and starring Glover and Maya Erskine. The Netflix adaptation of One Day, Channel 4's 'romantic' drama Alice & Jack as well as the eye-opening war piece The New Look from Apple TV+ There's also discussion on True Detective: Night Country as the trio talk about their hopes for the final episode.

Luke and Matt jump aboard the TV Time Machine to January of 1999 to look at the TV landscape at the time. On BBC Two they review Kathy Burke and James Dreyfus comedy Gimme, Gimme, Gimmie. A somewhat unknown comedy troop launch on TV with the debut of The League of Gentlemen. Sun-soaked curio Sunburn starring Michelle Collins over on BBC One and Bill Bryson brings Notes From a Small Island to TV on ITV.  There's also discussion where we both were at this point in our lives and Matt continues to test Luke's music knowledge with a look at the charts of January 1999.

Matt is joined by podcast veterans Gary Redrup and Mo Walker to review four more brand-new shows. Apple's visually impressive third chapter of Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's WW2 drama Masters of The Air. Sofia Vergara transforms for Netflix biopic Griselda plus, Nicole Kidman's new drama Expats on Prime Video and supernatural series Domino Day from BBC Three.

Matt and Dawn are joined by podcast regular Sarah Kennedy to review HBO's True Detective: Night Country which feels like a return to form for HBO's anthology crime drama. Australian Netflix Original Boy Swallows Universe which cleverly mixes magical themes and gritty realism. Plus, one of the warmest comedies in recent memory, Big Boys returns for a second series on Channel 4. Finally, we didn't think we needed a Gladiators reboot in 2024, but did the first episode live up to the massive overnight ratings the show received?    As well as the four shows, there is discussion on The second series of The Tourist and The Traitors (of course!)

Luke is back with Matt and Dawn to review ITV's new 'thriller' After the Flood as well as Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo facing off in new crime drama Criminal Record on Apple TV+. Plus, the return of Sarah Lancashire in HBO's criminally underseen drama Julia and Claudia Winkelman dons her cloak for series 2 of the UK version of reality mega-hit The Traitors. There's also discussion on the second series of The Tourist, Mr Bates Vs The Post Office and new Netflix series The Brothers Sun.

Matt and Dawn return to review the first new shows of 2024. The Tourist on BBC One was conceived as a one-off thriller but did so well on the BBCiPlayer that the BBC were desperate for more, which explains why we're back to review the first episode of the second series which arrived on New Year's Day with the entire series available to binge.  Over on ITV, they have dramatised the Post Office scandal for a four-part series, Mr. Bates Vs The Post Office whilst on Channel 4 they have very different drama in TrueLove. Also, debuting on Sky in the strange gap between Christmas and New Year was Based on a True Story, another show about a murder podcast!. There's also discussion on the Christmas TV the pair enjoyed.

Matt, Luke and Dawn join forces to count down their top 10 shows of the year as well as looking what made the wider list from contributors from www.thecustardtv.com Expect, The Bear, Succession, The Last of Us and Poker Face but which is the best show of the year?

Matt and Luke board the TV Time Machine one final time this year to travel back to Christmas 1998. They watch the first of what would be Men Behaving Badly's final trilogy of Simon Nye's comedy starring Martin Clunes, Neil Morrissey, Caroline Quentin and Leslie Ash. It's actually a double helping of Caroline Quentin, as she pops up again, alongside Alan Davies in Black Canary - that year's Jonathan Creek Christmas Special. They also watch the Christmas special of Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends which brings together four very different contributors who Louis met in the first series of his series looking at little-known American subcultures. Finally, and possibly the most '90s of all the shows - they revisit the mostly forgotten 'docusoap' Paddington Green which debuted on BBC One over Christmas.

Matt and Luke board the TV machine to examine the TV landscape of November 1998. However, they are joined by a stowaway in the form of Dawn Glen who joins them to review ITV's beloved relationship drama Cold Feet, Victoria Wood's first foray into sitcom with dinnerladies. Plus, BBC sketch show Big Train starring a very talented group who went on to big things and the mostly forgotten Channel 4 teen comedy, A Youngperson's guide to Becoming a Rock Star.

Matt is joined by Dawn and old friend Gary to review the first of the three Doctor Who specials to mark 60 years of the BBC's sci-fi juggernaut. They also review Channel 4's drama The Couple Next Door, Cary Grant biopic Archie from ITVX and new comedy Such Brave Girls on BBC Three and iPlayer.

Matt is joined by Sarah Kennedy and Mo Walker to review the return of The Crown on Netflix. Plus three new shows including A Murder at the End of the World from FX, Hulu and available in the UK on Disney+ as well as quirky BBC drama Boat Story and gruff Irish acquisition Kin.

Matt and Luke board their TV Machine to review 4 shows that aired in October of 1998. Gritty BBC police drama The Cops. Robson Green and Stephen Tompkinson ITV drama Grafters. They witness the birth of Ali G by revisiting the first two episodes of Channel 4's 'edgy' new current affairs comedy programme The 11 o'clock show as well as the strange Channel 5 game show Fort Boyard.

Matt is joined by podcast regulars Dawn Glen and Sarah Kennedy to review the second series of Jimmy McGovern's Time plus three new streaming offerings in All The Light We Cannot See from Netflix, The Buccaneers on AppleTV+ and Culprits on Disney+

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Sophie Davies to review ITV's new period drama Three Little Birds penned by Lenny Henry and based loosely on the stories he heard from his mother. Also, new streaming dramas Bodies on Netflix and Burning Girls from Paramount+. Finally, just in time for Halloween, What We Do in the Shadows returns on Disney+ as well as discussion on Race Across the World and Sophie's views on the Fraiser reboot.

Matt is joined by Dawn to review 4 new shows available on streaming platforms this week. Fraiser is rebooted and back in Boston on Paramount Plus while Brie Larson heads back to the 1950's for Apple's adaptation of Lessons in Chemistry. Plus, in time for Haloween, the pair review Mike Flanagan's new Netflix series, The Fall of the House of Usher and a new take on Interview with a Vampire now available in full on BBC iPlayer.

Matt is joined by podcaster Will Barber-Taylor to discuss The BBC's slightly controversial drama about Jimmy Saville with Steve Coogan playing the disgraced BBC presenter. As well as two Netflix dramas - the return of Lupin and new teen drama Everything Now.

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Milo Milton Jeffries to review kitchen drama Boiling Point on BBC One, ITV's latest 'thriller' Payback as well as Mrs Sidhu Investigates on the Drama Channel and new Walter Presents drama For Life.

Matt is joined by Sarah Kennedy and Dawn Glen to review ITV's true-crime drama The Long Shadow. The return of comedy Minx on Paramount+ Australian crime drama Black Snow and comedy Still Up on Apple TV+

In the first episode of a brand new podcast, the team from The Custard TV Podcast, jump into a 'Time Machine' to travel back in time to a different year of TV to look at the BIG popular shows with a more critical eye and discover shows they've never seen which, in some cases, shows that have been completely lost to time. It's also a chance to revisit different times in their lives.For the first episode, Matt and Luke travel to September 1998. ITV launches a brand new and innovative game show which offered, for the first time, contestants the chance to win the biggest cash prize ever given away on British television. One Million Pounds! Hosted by Chris Tarrant, Matt and Luke uncover the first episode of the series to see how it compares to the show which is still running on ITV and across the world in different versions, and why it became such a phenomenon in the late '90s.Meanwhile on BBC2, Caroline Aherne, still riding high from the success of Mrs. Merton, joins forces with colleague and close friend Craig Cash to quietly revolutionise the 'sitcom' with The Royle Family.On ITV, the autumn drama season launches with Supply and Demand. To be fair, the show from accalimed writer Lynda La Plante, actually had a pilot episode the year before in 1997, but in 1998 it launched properly. Largely forgotten, the series follows a team tasked with stopping illegal drugs from getting into the UK. Starring Larry Lamb, Martin Kemp and with a truly bizarre lead performance from Miriam Margolyes, is the show actually good or does it serve as an interesting look at a particular era of British drama?Lastly, a show that had a show that had BIG impact when it launched in the US and on Channel 4 in the UK. But has David E. Kelley's legal drama Ally McBeal aged well and why has it faded from the conversation 25 years after its debut? 5 hours ago

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Elaine Gregson of The Honeymoon Podcast to review true-crime drama Love & Death from Max which is now available exclusively on ITVX. Romantic drama The Lovers from Sky Atlantic. Fairy Tale epic The Changeling from Apple TV+ and Celebrity Race Across the World.

Matt and Dawn return with news from this year's Edinburgh TV Festival. They're joined by podcast contributor Sarah Kennedy to review 4 brand new BBC series. Dramas The Woman in the Wall and The Following is Based on a Pack of Lies alongside comedy Henpocalypse! and the return of Starstruck. There's also discussion of Jesse Armstrong, Only Murders in the Building, Hearstopper, The AfterParty and Lovejoy!

Matt is joined by podcast contributors Dawn Glenn and Sophie Davies to review the returns of Only Murders in the Building on Disney+ and Heartstopper on Netflix. Plus two new shows in Alone on Channel 4 and Strange Planet on AppleTV+ There's also discussion on The Bear and the Hijack finale.

Matt is joined by Sarah Kennedy and Dawn Glenn to review the return of Good Omens on Prime Video. New horror drama Wolf on BBC iPlayer and new BBC comedies The Power of Parker and Dreaming Whilst Black. There's also discussion on Hijack, The Bear and The Sixth Commandment.

Luke returns to the podcast with Matt and Sophie to review the new BBC One true-crime drama The Sixth Commandment as well as the incredible second season of The Bear on Disney+, the third Season of The Great available in the UK through LionsGate+ Plus there are discussions on Hijack and reaction to The Emmy Nominations.

Matt is joined by Dawn Glenn and Mo Walker to review the second season of The After Party on Apple TV+ as well new comedy drama Then You Run available on Sky Max and NOW. The Effects of Lying on ITVX and Horror drama The Horror of Dolores Roach from Prime Video. Plus, there's discussions on the first season of The AfterParty, Hijack and a trip to the cinema.

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Sarah Kennedy to review new BBC One drama Champion. Idris Elba takes control in Apple TV's Hijack, comedy set in a call centre in Jade Adams' Ruby Speaking and I'm a Virgo on Prime Video from Boots Riley.

Matt and Dawn are joined by site contributor Michael Lee to review The Full Monty revival from Disney+ Menapuase comedy The Change from Channel 4. Catherine Tate's return to the BBC with comedy Queen of Oz and Dawn picks the Scottish episode of the new run of Black Mirror in Loch Henry.

Luke, Matt and Dawn are back to review the BBC's new drama Best Interests, The Crowded Room from Apple TV+, comedy Significant Other from ITVX, and brooding comedy Deadloch from Prime Video.

Luke Matt and Dawn are back to review HBO's new pop star drama The Idol. The return of the brilliantly warm Somebody Somewhere on HBO and Sky Comedy. Alan Carr's autobiographical comedy Changing Ends which is all available on ITVX and French drama What Pauline is Not Telling You from Walter Presents. Plus, talk on Succession's finale and Inside No.9.

Gary returns to The Custard TV Podcast to join Matt and Dawn in reviewing Shane Meadows' The Gallows Pole, the long-anticipated UK debut of Poker Face, political satire White House Plumbers and Arnold Schwarzenegger in Fubar. Plus Gary reveals what's on the hard drive, Dawn debates with what to do with some old videos & Matt talks PJ and Duncan.

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Mo Walker to review dramas Maryland on ITV and Afterglow - BBC Four's latest foreign import. As well as comedies Platonic from Apple TV+ and Primo from Amazon Freevee.

Luke and Matt are joined by Dawn Glen to review the BBC dramas Ten Pound Poms and Steeeltown Murders and City on Fire and High Desert both available on Apple TV+

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Sarah Kennedy to review new futuristic drama Silo from Apple TV+. BBC One comedy Black Ops and US comedy Not Dead Yet on Disney+. Also, looking ahead to Sunday's BAFTA's they offer their likely wrong predictions.

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Sarah Kennedy to review Amazon's big-budget spy drama Citadel, period adaptation Tom Jones from ITVX. Plus a Coronation Special of Channel 4's The Windsors and Jury Duty from Amazon Freevee.

Luke joins Matt and Dawn to review ITV's Malpractice, Dead Ringers on Prime Video, The Diplomat on Netflix and the return of Inside No.9 on BBC Two.

Luke returns to the podcast to join Matt and site contributor Nick Bartlett to review ITV's new factual drama The Hunt for Raoul Moat, the return of Barry on HBO and Sky Comedy. Plus The Last Thing He Told Me on Apple TV+ and Florida Man on Netflix.

Matt is joined by podcast contributors Dawn Glen and Sophie Davies to review Beef on Netflix, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies on Paramount +, Dreamland from Sky and Colin from Accounts the new Aussie comedy airing on the BBC.

Matt is joined by Sarah Kennedy and site contributor Milo to review BBC1's Rain Dogs and The Magpie Murders along with The Big Door Prize on Apple TV+ and The Power on Prime Video.

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Sarah Kennedy to review new BBC dramas Great Expectations and Blue Lights and new ITVX drama Six Four. They're also joined by site editor Luke who is back to review the first episode of the final season of Succession.

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Mo Walker to review the return of Race Across The World which has been promoted to BBC One. New channel 4 reality format Rise & Fall. Prime Video's dark comedy/drama Swarm and Extrapolations on Apple TV+

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Sarah Kennedy to review the return of Ted Lasso on Apple TV+, musical drama Daisy and The Six from Prime Video, Bali 2002 on ITVX and Sky Max comedy A Town Called Malice.

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Elaine Gregersen to review the return of ITV's Unforgotten and new dramas The Diplomat from Alibi, The Consultant from Prime Video and Liason from Apple TV+

Matt is joined by Sarah Kennedy and Dawn Glen to review BBC One's Beyond Paradise. Fleishman Is in Trouble from FX which is available on Disney+. Apple TV's The Reluctant Traveller and You & Me available on ITVX.

Matt is joined by podcast regulars Gary Redrup and Sarah Kennedy to review two brand new BBC One dramas in The Gold and Better as well as Australian drama The Twelve from ITVX and Hello Tomorrow from Apple TV+

Luke and Matt are joined by Dawn Glen to review the final ever episode of BBC1's Happy Valley. Funny Woman on Sky Max, Irish drama North Sea Connection from BBC Four, and Danish drama Top Dog - the latest offering from Walter Presents.

Matt is joined by site contributors Mo Walker and Milo Milton Jeffries to review Nolly from ITVX. Lockwood and Co from Netflix, Dear Edward from Apple TV+ and Physical 100 from Netflix.

This week, Matt is joined by Michael Lee and Mo Walker to review a quartet of comedy - Disney+'s Extraordinary, Channel 4's Everyone Else Burns, Apple TV+'s Shrinking and Search Party which is available to binge on BBC iPlayer. The guys also discuss what they're currently watching including Happy Valley, The Last of Us and The Traitors US. Follow us on Twitter - @custardtvpodFacebook - TheCustardTV Instagram - Itsthecustardtv Website - thecustardtv.com

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Sarah Kennedy to review HBO's long-awaited adaptation of The Last of Us which is available in the UK on Sky Atlantic and NOW. They also ITV's new medical drama Maternal, new ITV comedy The Family Pile and try to make sense of The Reunion which is now available on ITVX.

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Suky Khakh to review The Rig (Prime Video), Welcome to Chippendales (Disney+) Copenhagen Cowboy (Netflix), and Reginald the Vampire (NOW/Sky Sci-fi)

For the first podcast of 2023, Matt and Luke are joined by Dawn Glen to review the welcome return of Happy Valley on BBC One, ITV's true-crime drama Stonehouse, Welsh crime drama The Light in the Hall on Channel 4, and surprisingly deep pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death which is finally available in the UK on BBC Two and the BBC iPlayer.

For our favourite podcast of the year, Matt and Luke look back on the brilliant TV of 2022 and count down their personal top 10 shows of the year as well as looking at the wider contributors list. Expect discussion on Severence, Derry Girls and Bad Sisters. Plus disagreements and fun.

For the final podcast of the year, Matt is joined by Dawn Glen to review Without Sin on ITVX, Christmas Carole on Sky Max, Mayflies on BBC One, and the Christmas Ghost Story.

It's Christmaaaaaaaaaaas!! In this special free-flowing podcast, Matt is joined by Dawn Glen, and Mo Walker as they discuss the highlights of the year, Christmas traditions, and the biggest shows of the year. As a special treat, Gary returns to the podcast to talk about what he has been watching and to get recommendations for what he should prioritise. Like any good Christmas party, you can expect singing, arguments, and perhaps more discussion about television than you'd want.

Matt is joined by Sophie Davies and Mo Walker to review the return of Sky's I Hate Suzie with I Hate Suzie Too. This year's Christmas episode of Inside No.9, Channel 4's take on the Wagatha Christie scandal with Vardy Vs Rooney.

Matt is joined by Sarah Kennedy and Si Hampton (from the Coastal News Podcast) to review the return of Little America on Apple TV+, the much-talked-about Harry Meghan on Netflix and two brand new dramas from ITVX in Litvinenko and The Confessions of Frannie Langton.

Sarah and Matt are joined by Elaine Brotherton from The Honeymoon Period Podcast to review ITVX's A Spy Among Friends and Tell Me Everything; Channel 4's I Am Ruth and Sky Comedy's Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Michael Lee to review The Patient from FX and Disney+ We Are Not Alone on Dave, Willow on Disney+ and BBC reality series The Traitors.

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Mo Walker to review 1899 on Netflix, Echo 3 on Apple TV+ Tokyo Vice from HBO Max which is now available on BBCiPlayer. Lastly, they look at Mexican drama Seniorita 1989 which is available as a boxset on BBCiPlayer.

Matt is joined by Crown superfans Mo Walker and Sarah Kennedy to review the fifth season of the Peter Morgan epic. They also review Hugo Blick's Western The English from BBC Two and Prime Video. Prime Video's new 'comedy' Mammals, and Tell Me Lies which is available on Disney+

Matt and Luke are joined by Dawn Glenn to review the return of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! on ITV. Comedy Blockbuster from Netflix. New comedy The Horne Section on Channel 4 and All4 and new French drama They Were Ten from Walter Presents on All 4.

Matt and Luke are joined by Sophie Davies to review the return of The White Lotus on Sky Atlantic and HBO. Teen drama The Son and the Devil Himself on Netflix. New comedy Reboot from Hulu on Disney+ and the return of What We Do in the Shadows which makes its debut on Disney+

Matt is joined by Sarah Kennedy and Mo Walker to review The Peripheral on Prime Video, Series 2 of The Pact on BBC One. Netflix romantic drama From Scratch and the story of Tegan and Sarah in Frevee's High School.

Matt and Luke are joined by a new voice as Elaine from The Honeymoon Period podcast to review The Watcher from Netflix, Shantaram from Apple TV+, Somewhere Boy on Channel 4 and The House Across the Street from Channel 5.

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Mo Walker to review Candy on Disney+ and Friend of the Family on Peacock as well as Let the Right One in on Paramount+ and horror comedy Wreck from BBC Three.

Luke and Matt are joined by Dawn Glen to review the powerful ITV drama The Walk-In. The A Word spin-off Ralph and Katie on BBC One. The brilliant US drama The Bear from Disney+ and Robert Popper's new comedy I Hate U on Channel 4.

This week, Matt and Luke are joined by Dawn Glen to review the new Steven Moffat drama Inside Man on BBC One. Sky's look at the government's handling of the pandemic in 'This England. Jeff Bridges in The Old Man on Disney+ and new comedy from Daisy May Cooper Am I Being Unreasonable?

Matt is joined by Dawn Glenn and Sarah Kennedy to review the BBC one drama Crossfire. Netflix documentary Sins of Our Mother, the return of Philomena Cunk in Cunk on Earth on BBC Two and HBO Max comedy Minx which has arrived in the UK on Parmount+

Matt, Luke and Sarah review the return of Icelandic crime drama Trapped (re-branded Entrapped) on Netflix, Mike and Wedding Season both brand new on Disney+ and look at who they'd like to win an EMMY.

Matt is joined by podcast contributors Dawn Glenn and Gary Redrup to review the first two episodes of Prime Video's hugely expensive epic Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power.

Matt and Luke are joined by site contributor Michael Lee to review ITV's The Suspect, the return of The Capture on BBC One. Bad Sisters on Apple TV+ and Welcome to Wrexham on Disney+

In this very special episode, Gary Goes Westeros returns as Mo and Matt join Gary to discuss Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon.

Matt is joined by site contributors Dawn Glenn and Michael Lee to review Marriage on BBC One, Red Rose on BBC Three, Five Days at Memorial on Apple TV+ and Amazon's take on A League of Their Own.

Matt and Luke are joined by site contributor Sophie Davies to review the return of The Great on Channel 4. True-life thriller Under the Banner of Heaven. Surface on Apple TV+ and Australian drama The Newsreader on BBC Two.

Matt and Luke are joined by site contributor Mo Walker to review the new BBC One drama The Control Room and The Thing About Pam and I Love That For You from Paramount Plus. Plus, Matt and Luke run through the notable EMMY Awards as well as celebrate the return of Pamela Adlon's Better Things on BBC2.

Matt is joined by site contributors Dawn Glenn and Will Barber-Taylor to review Black Bird on Apple TV+, The Undeclared War from Channel 4. Also, The Girl Plainville from StarzPlay as well as The Baby on Sky Atlantic.

Luke joins Matt to look back at the first 7 months of 2022. They discuss the third season of Barry, As We See It, The Responder and more.