The Custard TV Podcast

#316: Showtrial, The Outlaws, What We Do in the Shadows.

With Luke struck down with a cold, Matt is joined by site contributor Sophie Davies to review BBC1's new comedy-drama The Outlaws. New BBC One drama Showtrial and the welcome return of 'What We Do in the Shadows' on BBC Two and iPlayer.

#316: Succession, Impeachment: American Crime Story, Reservation Dogs

This week we review 4 big US shows. We're joined by site contributor Jackson (Skip Intro on YouTube) to review the welcome return of HBO's Succession. The return of American Crime Story on BBC Two which looks at the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Scenes from a Marriage on Sky Atlantic and new FX comedy Reservation Dogs which lands on Star on Disney+ in the UK.

315: Angela Black, Murder Island, The Cleaner

Matt is joined by reliable Sarah and site contributor Deborah Shrewsbury to review ITV's psychological l thriller, Angela Black. Crime/reality/game show hybrid Murder Island. BBC One comedy The Cleaner and French drama Paris Police 1900.

#314: Squid Game, Maid, Hillington Drive, Only Murders in the Building

Luke and Matt fly solo to review Netflix mega-hit Squid Game. Netflix drama Maid, ITV's Hollington Drive and a unique episode of Only Murders in the Building.

#313: Help, Young Rock, The Chair & Manhunt: Nightstalker

Matt is joined by Sarah to discuss Sky Comedy's Young Rock, The Chair on Netflix and ITV's Manhunt: Nightstalker. They're joined by site contributor Erin to review Jack Thorne's powerful single drama Help.

#312: Wolfe, The North Water, Alma's Not Normal and Back to Life

Matt is joined by Sarah and Gary to review Sky's quirky forensic/crime drama hybrid Wolfe from Paul Abbott. Gruff new BBC Two drama The North Water. BBC Two comedy Alma's Not Normal returns for a full series after the award-winning pilot episode. And Daisy Haggard's comedy drama Back to Life returns for a second series.

#311: Vigil, Stephen, Only Murders in the Building, The Hunt for a Killer

The podcast trio of Luke, Matt and Sarah review ITV's Stephen, BBC1's Vigil, Only Murders in the Building on Star on Disney+ and finally Sweedish true-crime drama The Hunt for a Killer.

10 Years of The Custard TV Podcast

Last month marked 10 Years of the podcast. In this free-form episode Luke, Matt and Gary discuss the biggest changes to happen in television over the last decade.

#310:Time, Before We Die, Inside No.9's, Feel Good and We Are Lady Parts

Sarah joins the podcast to review BBC One's new drama Time from acclaimed writer Jimmy McGovern. Channel 4's British remake of Sweedish crime drama Before We Die. Brand new comedy We are Lady Parts. The return of Feel Good on Netflix and several episodes of Inside No.9

#309: The Underground Railroad, Innocent, Inside No.9, The Mosquito Coast, Mare of Easttown

We are joined by fellow podcaster and site contributor Mo Walker to review the first episode of series 2 of Innocent on ITV, The Underground Railroad on Amazon Prime Video, The Mosquito Coast on Apple TV+ and check back in on the truly brilliant Mare of Easttown.

#308: Three Families, Fargo, Inside No.9 and The Pursuit of Love

Sarah joins Matt and Luke to review the returns of Fargo for series 4 and Inside No.9 for series 6. As well as new BBC dramas Three Families and period piece The Pursuit of Love.

#307 Line Of Duty: The final episode

In this special episode, the original podcast trio reunites to break down the rather lacklustre final episode of Line Of Duty.

#306: Mare of Easttown, Starstruck, Viewpoint, Frank of Ireland,

Sarah joins us for the second week in a row, to review Sky Atlantic's Mare of Easttown, Starstruck from BBC Three, ITV's new drama Viewpoint and Channel 4's Frank of Ireland.

#305: Line of Duty, Unforgotten, I Can See Your Voice, Too Close

Luke and Matt are joined by site contributor Sarah Kennedy to review ITV's psychological drama 'Too Close', The BBC's answer to The Masked Singer - 'I Can See Your Voice' as well as Channel 5's 'Intruder' and a look back at the end of Unforgotten as well as how we're feeling about this series of Line of Duty.

# 304: Line Of Duty, The Flight Attendant, Grace and Unforgotten

The original podcast trio reunites as Gary returns to the podcast to help review HBO's The Flight Attendant, ITV's Grace and a little BBC show called Line Of Duty!.

# 303: Big Sky, Your Honor, Bank Balance

We're joined by site contributor Sarah Kennedy to review the first drama from Disney Plus's Star brand, Big Sky. Bryan Cranston's return to TV in Your Honor and Gordon Ramsay's turn as gameshow host in the BBC's Bank Balance. Plus new foreign drama, The Man in Room 301 from Findland and BBC Four.

#302: Unforgotten, Behind Her Eyes, Bloodlands

We're joined by site contributor Michael Lee to review the welcome return of ITV's best crime drama Unforgotten. BBC One's new four-part drama Bloodlands, new Netflix drama Behind Her Eyes and look back at the wonderful It's a Sin in its entirety.

#301: The Drowning, ZeroZeroZero, Ramy, Euphoria

We're joined by site contributor Will Barber-Taylor to review Channel 5's The Drowning, Channel 4's Ramy and Sky Atlantic's ZeroZeroZero.

#300: It's a Sin, The Investigation, Finding Alice, Night Stalker

It's episode 300 of the podcast! We reunite with Gary to review Channel 4's masterpiece It's a Sin. New Danish drama The Investigation, ITV's Finding Alice and Netflix's true-crime documentary series Night Stalker: Hunt for a Serial Killer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

#299: The Pembrokeshire Murders, 24 Hours in Police Custody and Pooch Perfect

We're joined by site contributor Mo Walker, to review ITV's The Pembrokshire Murders, French Netflix drama Lupin, a really compelling 24 Hours in Police Custody double bill and dog grooming competition Pooch Perfect from BBC One.

#298: The Serpent, The Great, A Teacher, Traces

We're joined by Sarah Kennedy to review the BBC's new drama The Serpent as well as BBC Two's A Teacher, Channel 4's The Great and Traces which originally aired on Alibi.

#297: The Best of 2020

In our favourite podcast of the year, we revisit the very best shows of the maddest year we've ever seen which delivered some of the best shows in recent memory. Join us for a countdown of our favourite shows and a special 2020 edition of the Quiz BoxMaster.

BONUS PODCAST: Jackson picks his favourite shows of the year.

In this special bonus episode, Youtube creator, and site contributor Jackson (Skip Intro) breaks down his favourite shows of the year and talks about what made the television of 2020 so special.

# 296: Our not entirely Christmassy Christmas Show

We review pivotal Christmas episodes and not so pivotal ones. The 2000 remake of A Christmas Carol which starred Ross Kemp on ITV. The 1986 infamous episode of EastEnders. Plus, our favourite Royle Family Christmas special. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

# 295: The Crown - A discussion

Matt and Luke, who have never seen the Netflix period drama are joined by fans Sarah Kennedy and Mo Walker to discuss the first four series.

# 294: We Are Who We Are, Small Axe, The Valhalla Murders & Mrs America

We review HBO's teen-centric drama We Are Who We Are. New Icelandic drama The Valhalla Murders from BBC Four and Steve McQueen's Small Axe - Lover's Rock. We also finally review FX's Mrs America which aired over the summer.

# 292: I'm a Celebrity, Industry, The Queen's Gambit, Educating Greater Manchester

We review the return of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here as it arrives in a Welsh Castle. The return of Educating Greater Manchester and new dramas Industry on BBC Two and the acclaimed Netflix drama The Queen's Gambit.

Custard TV Podcast #292: The Undoing, Truth Seekers and The West Wing

On this week's Custard TV Podcast we get all political by reviewing the first two episodes of The West Wing as the entire series comes to All4. There is also a political slant to one of the Freaks and Geeks epsiodes that is reviewed on our final lookback at the classic series. Also we review new Sky Atlantic drama The Undoing and Amazon Prime comedy Truth Seekers as well as the final episode of Channel 4's excellent Adult Material.

# 291: The Sister, DNA, The Third Day, Adult Material

We look at ITV's new spooky supernatural drama The Sister. New Danish drama DNA airing on Saturday's on BBC Four. We continue our love of Adult Material and do a deep dive into HBO & Sky Atlantic's new drama The Third Day which deserves a big discussion. We also reach the penultimate part of our Freaks & Geeks rewatch otherwise known as, The Rewind.

Podcast: # 290 Roadkill, High Fidelity, Grand Army

Matt and Luke return to review BBC One's new political drama, Roadkill, HULU's High Fidelity finally arrives in the UK. We look at Netflix's new teen drama Grand Army. We continue reviewing Channel 4's Adult Material and the REWIND returns as we watch episodes 13 and 14 of Freaks and Geeks.

# 289 Adult Material, I Hate Suzie, South Park's Pandemic Special and Spitting Image

Reviews of Channel 4's Adult Material, Sky's new comedy-drama I Hate Suzie, BritBox resurrects Spitting Image for 2020 and South Park tackles the pandemic in their 'pandemic special.' We also discuss the sad demise of GLOW and the strange direction Netflix is heading in.

# 288 Honour, The Comey Rule and Love Life

WIth Luke away, Gary makes a triumphant return to the podcast to help Matt review ITV's true-crime two-parter Honour starring Keeley Hawes. Showtime's drama on James Comey, The Comey Rule and Anna Kendrick's new series Love Life which is now available on BBC iPlayer.

# 287: Utopia, Evil and Life

We review Amazon's long-awaited remake of Channel 4's Utopia. The new supernatural series, Evil from Good Wife creators and BBC One's new drama 'Life' which is billed as a spin-off from Doctor Foster but proves to be anything but.

# 286 Des, Us and Ratched

The podcast returns to discuss the shows we've enjoyed over the strangest summer ever. We review ITV's three-part true-crime drama Des starring David Tennant. BBC One's new Sunday night drama Us, adapted by David Nicholls from his book of the same name. Plus a review of Ryan Murphy's latest Netflix series Ratched and a look at who we hope will win an Emmy's at this year's Ceremony.

Desert Island Comedies: Matt's Picks

In the final instalment of our Desert Island Comedies, Matt picks his 10 favourite comedies of all time.

Desert Island Comedies: Luke's Picks

It's time for Luke's picks. The 10 comedies that shaped my view on the genre. The 10 shows I'll always go back to because they make me laugh and cry. From Peckham to Pawnee.

Desert Island Comedies: Sophie Davies picks her 10 favourite comedies.

In the first of three brand new podcasts, the podcast team talk about their favourite comedies of all time in 'Desert Island Comedies' These are the shows that shaped our love of the genre. The comedies that made us cry as much as they made us laugh and the comedies we revisit over and over. In this first episode, podcaster and comedy lover Sophie Davies picks her ten favourite shows. The shows range from Nighty Night to Parks and Recreation.

# 285 The Salisbury Poisonings, I May Destroy You, Betty and the end of Killing Eve

Reviews of BBC1's new ripped from the headlines The Sailsbury Poisonings. The BBC's new drama I May Destroy You along with HBO's light-hearted skateboarding drama Betty and a look at the third series of Killing Eve.

# 284 Space Force, Mcmillion$, Little Fires Everywhere and Run

In week 10 of the pandemic, we review HBO's new documentary McMillion$ now available on Sky Documentaries, new US drama Little Fires Everywhere now on Amazon Prime, new comedy Space Force on Netflix and the end of HBO's Run.

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# 283 Normal People, Hollywood and Better Call Saul

Reviews of Ryan Murphy's Netflix series Hollywood. New Norweigan period piece State of Happiness. We gush about all 12 episodes of Normal People and Jackson joins in to discuss how Better Call Saul has become an incredible TV show.

# 282 Normal People, Devs, Beat the Chasers, Never Have I Ever

Reviews of BBC3's adaptation of Normal People. New Sci-fi drama Devs. ITV's Beat the Chasers and new Netflix coming of age comedy Never Have I Ever.

The Podcast goes live to talk about TV in lockdown

An impromtu podcast where we discuss what we're doing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

#281: Killing Eve, Quiz, Run

We review the return of Killing Eve. ITV's new true-life drama Quiz. HBO's new comedy-thriller Run and the final instalments of BBC One's The Nest.

CUSTARD TV PODCAST #280: Tiger King, Save Me, The Nest

We discuss episode 2 of BBC1's The Nest. We get lost in the bizarre world of Tiger King and we hail the return of Sky Atlantic's Save Me as a huge success.

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CUSTARD TV PODCAST #279: How the virus has affected the TV industry

In this special edition, we look at how Coronavirus has affected the TV industry. With the soaps shutting down, TV audiences banned from studio-based shows and big Autumn dramas like Line of Duty and Peaky Blinders forced to stop filming, we look ahead to try and predict the new TV landscape. We're joined by Helen Daly from the Radiotimes to look at the shows you can binge on during this uncertain time, The Metro's Soap expert Duncan Lindsay updates us on what the soap shutdown means and we ...

#278:Race Across the World, Noughts and Crosses and Inside No.9

We review BBC One's new drama Noughts and Crosses, the return of Race Across the World. Zoe's Extraordinary Playlist and Mythic Quest - Raven's Banquet on Apple TV+ Plus our REWIND continues with episodes 11&12 of Freaks and Geeks TIMESTAMPS 00:06.08 REVIEW - Mythic Quest - Raven's Bank (APPLE TV+) 00:11.23 REVIEW - Zoe's Extraordinary Playlist (E4/NBC) 00:17.47 REVIEW - Noughts & Crosses (BBC ONE) 00:23.41 REVIEW - Race Across the World (BBC TWO) 00:29.14 The Rewind - Freaks & Geeks - ...

CUSTARD TV PODCAST #277:Liar, I'm Not Okay with this, The Trouble with Maggie Cole

We review the return of ITV's Liar. ITV's new drama The Trouble with Maggie Cole. New Netflix teen drama I'm Not Okay with This. Plus our REWIND continues with episodes 9&10 of Freaks and Geeks TIMESTAMPS 00:08.12 REVIEW - The Trouble with Maggie Cole (ITV) 00:14.32 REVIEW - Liar (ITV) 00:25.04 REVIEW - I'm Not Okay with This (NETFLIX) 00:34.34 The Rewind - Freaks & Geeks - Episodes 9&10 00:45.49 REVIEW - Inside No.9 (BBC TWO)

#276: This Country, Flesh & Blood and EastEnders 35th Birthday

We review the returns of This Country and Last Tango in Halifax on BBC One, ITV's new drama Flesh and Blood and the guys from Walford Weekly join us to dissect EastEnders' 35th-anniversary episodes. TIMESTAMPS 00:01.55 REVIEW - This Country (BBC ONE) 00:06.36 REVIEW - Flesh & Blood (ITV) 00:12.33 REVIEW - Last Tango in Halifax (BBC ONE) 00:19.22 REVIEW - Inside No.9 (BBC TWO) 00:27.06 The Rewind - Freaks & Geeks - Episodes 7&8 00.39.39 REVIEW - EastEnders 35th Anniversary with the guys ...