Pilot TV Podcast
317 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 162 ratingsFrom the creators of The Empire Film Podcast, The Pilot TV Podcast is your (spoiler free) guide to the essential new shows dropping each week across terrestrial, satellite, streaming and beyond. Bringing you the latest news and reviews, as well as interviews with the biggest names in TV, we're here to cut through the rubbish and make sure every minute you spend in front of the box is a minute worth spending. Served with a heavy helping of insider knowledge, irreverence and humour, the Pilot TV Podcast won't just keep you informed, amused and entertained, but is guaranteed to save countless hours of your life. Because you can’t watch *everything*.
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#152 - The North Water, Wolfe, and American Horror Stories. With guest host Amanda Abbington
September 06, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBThe entirely fabulous Amanda Abbington joins the team for this week's show as a special guest host, discussing everything from Sherlock and her new show Wolfe to parenting tarantulas and the horrors of forgetting lines on stage. Plus we run through the annals of great televisual wordsmiths to assemble our picks for the greatest living screenwriters, pull on the latex for Ryan Murphy's American Horror Stories, and go whaling with Stephen Graham in The North Water on BBC2.
#151 - Terri's Farewell Episode! Plus Stephen, Back To Life, and Only Murders In The Building
August 29, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 91.3 MBAfter 151 episodes, it was the end of an era for the Pilot TV podcast this week, as the third leg in our triumvirate of bellends, the legend that is Terri White, bid the show a fond farewell and signed off for the very last time. To mark the occasion we did make the somewhat dubious decision to stream the episode live online (you can find it on the Empire Magazine YouTube channel) and, miraculously, nothing went wrong! In addition to giving Terri the send off she so richly deserved, we let ...
The Walking Dead: A Preview Of The Final Season (ft. Angela Kang), In Association With STAR On Disney+
August 23, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBAs a wise doctor once said, "we're in the endgame now." Particularly when it comes to The Walking Dead. The eleventh and final season of the iconic, groundbreaking show is set to premiere from Monday 23rd August as a STAR exclusive on Disney+, and that is an occasion so momentous that, once again, the Pilot TV and Empire Podcast teams have joined forces with STAR on Disney+ to talk about it. So, in this very special crossover episode, Chris Hewitt, James Dyer, and Beth Webb pop into the virtu...
#150 - Vigil, Kevin Can F*** Himself, The Walking Dead, and See
August 23, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 94.7 MBIt's not only our one hundred and fiftieth episode this week but it's also Terri's *penultimate* show. Fitting, then, that she chose to mark the occasion by being more 'Terri' than ever before, laying into James' penchant for "fantasy shite", due to being forced to watch season 2 of the magnificent See with absolutely no context. As well as the return of of Steven Knight's post-apocalyptic magnum opus, we find out what Line Of Duty on a submarine would look like in Vigil on BBC1, explore the ...
#149 - The White Lotus, Nine Perfect Strangers, and Annika
August 15, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 76.6 MBIt's quite the week for getaways as The White Lotus opens its opulent Hawaiian resort on Sky Atlantic and Nicole Kidman's wellness retreat receives visitors in Nine Perfect Strangers on Amazon. Of course, Nicola Walker pulling bodies out of a river in Annika doesn't *quite* fit the theme, but her boss has an office that puts most five star hotels to shame so we'll let it slide.
#148 - What If?, Deceit, and Heels
August 10, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 80.8 MBWe're all about the hypotheticals this week as we explore alternate superhero realities in Disney's What If?. Plus, we enter the squared circle with StarzPlay's drama about the ups and downs of small town wrestling in Heels, and go undercover to try and catch a killer in Channel 4's Deceit. All that and Terri takes a deep dive into the latest episode of The Handmaid's Tale (19:47-26:43 if you want to avoid spoilers) and we find out why she and Pacey Witter would never have lasted.
#147 - Cruel Summer, Mr. Corman, and I Am
August 01, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBIt's a cruel (it's a cruel) Cruel Summer this week, leaving us here on our own. But don't worry if those Bananarama lyrics meant nothing to you - that just means you're young. Cruel Summer is not, however, a show about the 80s popsters, but rather a teen psychological thriller on Amazon that we get into this week, along with Joseph Gordon Levitt's Mr Corman on Apple, and the second series of Dominic Savage's I Am on Channel 4. Plus Terri and Boyd roundly ignore the listener question and inst...
#146 - Jerk, King Gary, and Law & Order: Organized Crime
July 25, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBTerri's over the moon on this week's show, which can mean only one thing: a new Law & Order. Taking her love of Benson and Stabler to all new heights, Terri leads the charge on Law & Order: Organized Crime, hanging in there for series 2 of Jerk on BBC3, and the return of King Gary on BBC1. Plus we talk through some of the TV actors who should be far bigger stars than they are, and laughably attempt to report the TV news despite having recorded the episode last Thursday.
#145 - Ted Lasso, In Treatment, and Uprising
July 19, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBAssemble the Diamond Dogs because Ted Lasso is back on our screens this week, which gives James and Boyd a second chance to try and make Terri succumb to the moustachioed one’s folksy charms. Plus, we hang out on Uzo Aduba's couch for the new revival of In Treatment on Sky, and take a look at Steve McQueen's new documentary, Uprising, on BBC1. All that and the team get to thrash out the hits and misses of the recent Emmy nominations and ruminate on what manner of egregious TV tastes it would ...
#144 - This Way Up, War Of The Worlds, and Schmigadoon! With guest host Aisling Bea
July 11, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBAisling Bea joins us on this week's episode as a very special fourth host as we talk about the second series of her Channel 4 show, This Way Up, and chat everything from eating crisps on the couch to how it's possible to be simultaneously obsessed with both Line Of Duty and The Real Housewives Of New York. We also run through the shows we're most looking forward to during the second half of 2021 and even manage to review some shows, including Schmigadoon! On Apple TV+, and season 2 of War Of ...
The Walking Dead: A Season By Season Deep Dive, In Association With STAR on Disney+
July 11, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBWith the eleventh and final season of The Walking Dead just around the corner, we’re getting all kinds of excited to see how the groundbreaking, landmark AMC show brings the whole bloody affair to a close. But first, we figured it would be time to look back at the previous ten seasons, which are now available to stream on STAR on Disney+. And so the Empire Podcast and Pilot TV Podcast teams have decided to join forces with STAR on Disney+ to bring you this very special episode in which Chri...
#143 - Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, Monsters At Work, and High: Confessions Of An Ibiza Drug Mule
July 04, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBDue to the convergence of both football and tennis, new shows are a little thin on the ground this week but that can't stop us from bringing you another glorious instalment of the podcast. Indeed, this week's is an episode in which Boyd and Terri try to explain the concept of sport to James and then audition a series of (fictional) TV characters to fill Terri's soon to be vacant seat. On the telly front, it's an animation double bill as we look at the Resident Evil anime show on Netflix, and ...
#142 - Mayans M.C., Sophie: A Murder In West Cork, Limetown, and The Watch
June 27, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 74 MBTrue crime, fake crime and organised crime are the themes this week as we take a look at Netflix documentary Sophie: A Murder In West Cork; Alibi's Facebook acquisition, Limetown; the latest Season of Sons Of Anarchy spin-off Mayans M.C.; and ill-conceived Terry Pratchett adaptation, The Watch. Plus, to celebrate the fact that we've reached the year's midpoint, the team wrangle over their personal lists for the best shows of 2021 so far.
#141 - Bosch, Party Of Five, and Pride
June 20, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBWe're all about the Bosch this week as Amazon's Michael Connelly adaptation arrives with its seventh (and final!) season and James gets a little... well, James about it. We also review the modern (if ill-fated) remake of Party Of Five and celebrate Pride Month with LGBT history documentary, Pride. Plus, the team takes a nostalgic trip back to TV shows past, digging through their memories for some of the childhood show that shaped them into the loveable bellends they are today.
# 140 - Loki, Physical, and Together
June 13, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 78 MBWe take an adventure with Marvel's god of mischief on this week's show, finally passing the embargo for Loki on Disney+. Then we find out whether Rose Byrne can find salvation through aerobics in Apple's Physical and how James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan survived lockdown in Together — a one-off-feature-length-not-a-film written by Dennis Kelly. Plus James, Terri, and Boyd look at some of the most memorable TV character departures, pick through the carcass of last week's TV Baftas, and get *incr...
#139 - Blindspotting, The Gloaming, and Intelligence
June 06, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBJames is away but somehow still manages to dominate the conversation before Terri, Boyd and guest co-host Beth Webb turn their attention to the Mare Of Easttown finale (spoilers – skip between 6:31 and 12:00 if you still haven’t caught up with one of the shows of the year). Then it’s back to James-spiration for a discussion of the biggest bell-ends in TV history, and what exactly makes a bell-end, before we review The Schwim in Sky One’s Intelligence season 2, Blindspotting on Starzplay and c...
#138 - Lisey's Story, Anne Boleyn, Time, and Feel Good. Featuring Mae Martin and Charlotte Ritchie
May 31, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 80.6 MBCharlotte Ritchie and Mae Martin join us on this week's show to talk about the second (and final) series of Feel Good on Netflix. Plus the Pilot team dissect last week's Friends Reunion special, before embarking on a bumper reviews segment covering Stephen King adaptation Lisey's Story on Apple, Jimmy McGovern's Time on BBC1, Channel 5's adaptation of the last weeks of Anne Boleyn, and Feel Good itself.
#137 - Solos, Rebel, and Before We Die
May 23, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 84.4 MBJames’ re-watch of Game Of Thrones comes to a triumphant conclusion this week, so brace yourselves for an extended monologue/re-evaluation of that show as he drives Terri to the brink of catatonia with fresh takes on all things Season 8 (it ends at 18:43 if you feel your life ebbing away and/or want to avoid any GoT spoilers). And speaking of re-evaluations, we discuss how we view other classic shows differently over time as our perspectives on life change. Plus we finally get to see Amazon’s...
#136 - The Nevers, Innocent, and We Are Lady Parts. Featuring Katherine Kelly
May 16, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBKatherine Kelly is our guest on the podcast this week, telling us all about her role in series 2 of ITV's Innocent. Plus The Nevers finally arrives on Sky — bringing with it a welcome dose of Victorian superpowers — and Channel 4 unveils its all-new comedy centring around an all-girl, Muslim punk band with We Are Lady Parts. All that and Terri finally gets around to watching Succession, plus we reveal the secrets of how we balance our gargantuan watch lists with having personal lives (we don't).
#135 - The Underground Railroad, Jupiter’s Legacy, Domina, and Motherland. Featuring Rafe Spall and Esther Smith
May 09, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 87.6 MBRafe Spall and Esther Smith drop by the show this week to talk to us about the second series of Trying. Plus we head back to imperial Rome for Domina on Sky Atlantic, explore an alternate history of the American South in Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of The Underground Railroad on Amazon, and finally reveal what we thought of Jupiter’s Legacy on Netflix. Plus we catch up with the latest seasons of Motherland and Inside Number Nine on the Beeb, and thrash out our picks of the most rewatchable seri...
#134 - Mythic Quest, The Pursuit Of Love, and Bloods. Featuring Josh Duhamel
May 02, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 93.1 MBJosh Duhamel joins us on the show this week to talk about Netflix’s new superhero series, Jupiter’s Legacy. Plus we head back to the 1940s with Emily Mortimer in the BBC’s The Pursuit Of Love, clap for a pair of hapless carers in Sky’s Bloods, and force Terri to watch the second season of Mythic Quest on Apple TV+. We also get into the Bafta TV nominations and explore which departing cast members most hurt the ratings of long-running TV shows.
#133 - This Time With Alan Partridge, Shadow And Bone, Viewpoint, and The Mosquito Coast
April 25, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 81.6 MB*Note: This episode's interview with Noel Clarke has been removed in light of the recent accusations of sexual misconduct.* On this week's show we get into Netflix's YA fantasy Shadow And Bone, Apple's adaptation of The Mosquito Coast, and the long-awaited second series of This Time With Alan Partridge, which may or may not provide Terri with an excuse to dust off her Martin Brennan impression. You have been warned.
#133 - This Time With Alan Partridge, Shadow And Bone, Viewpoint, and The Mosquito Coast. Featuring Noel Clarke
April 25, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 95.2 MBNoel Clarke joins us on the show this week to talk about his new show, Viewpoint on ITV. Plus we get into Netflix's YA fantasy Shadow And Bone, Apple's adaptation of The Mosquito Coast, and the long-awaited second series of This Time With Alan Partridge, which may or may not provide Terri with an excuse to dust off her Martin Brennan impression. You have been warned.
#132 - Mare Of Easttown, Starstruck, and Rush. Featuring Ron D. Moore
April 19, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 80.6 MBBattlestar Galactica creator Ron D. Moore joins us on the show this week to talk For All Mankind. Plus we celebrate Kate Winslet’s triumphant return to the small screen in Mare Of Easttown on Sky, Rose Matafeo’s comedy genius in Starstruck on the BBC, and Fox UK’s ongoing commitment to resurrecting long-cancelled shows with Rush. Plus we talk about some of the best shows to cross international boundaries and get very excited about Line Of Duty (without dropping any spoilers).
#131 - Leonardo, Too Close, and Frank Of Ireland
April 12, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBThis week's show sees us joining Aidan Turner in Milan for Da Vinci drama Leonardo on Amazon, watching Emily Watson and Denise Gough go head-to-head in ITV's Too Close, and witnessing the Gleeson brothers raise merry hell in Dublin thanks to Channel 4's Frank Of Ireland. Plus we talk through the upcoming seasons of TV we're most excited about and Boyd explains why Line Of Duty is shaping up to be the Avengers Endgame of TV crime drama.
#130 - Them, Wellington Paranormal, and Intruder
April 05, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 77.3 MBAssuming you're able to rouse yourself from a chocolate-induced coma this Easter Monday, we have a similarly sugar-fuelled episode of the podcast for you as we brace ourselves for supernatural horror/social realism thriller Them on Amazon, What We Do In The Shadows spinoff Wellington Paranormal on Sky, and burglary-gone-wrong thriller Intruder on Channel 5. There's also some serious discussion about *that* Unforgotten finale and while spoilers for the show are again quite clearly signposted, ...
#129 - The Irregulars, Keeping Faith, and The Syndicate
March 28, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBOn this week's show we take a trip back to Victorian London for Netflix's YA-themed Sherlock show The Irregulars, plus a jaunt to Wales for the final series of the BBC's Keeping Faith. And then, for reasons, we also review the *fourth* series of Lottery-winner drama The Syndicate, in which a group of dog groomers strike it rich. Plus we get very excited about the penultimate episode of Unforgotten (spoilers are clearly signposted but occur between 5:20 and 11:21), and explore some of the grea...
#128 - The Falcon And The Winter Soldier, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, and Hausen
March 22, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 97 MBIf your week could be measurably improved by the sound of Terri quacking uncontrollably then you’re in luck, because there’s an abundance of duck sound effects to accompany this week’s reviews section as we tackle The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers on Disney+. When not replicating a mallard’s mating calls, we also share our reactions to nihilistic German horror series Hausen on Sky, and immerse ourselves in The Falcon And The Winter Soldier. Meanwhile, we take a look at instances where great sho...
#127 - The Flight Attendant, Calls, and Line Of Duty
March 16, 2021 00:01 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBAC-12 is back in the house this week as we catch up with all the latest Ted Hastings developments in Line Of Duty series 6 on BBC1 (NOTE: contains no spoilers or plot discussion for this or previous seasons), plus we pick up the phone for Apple’s batty audio-only drama Calls, and finally get to go on a holiday (albeit a vicarious one) as we join Kaley Cuoco for jet-setting murder mystery The Flight Attendant on Sky. All that and Terri disappears down an Unforgotten rabbit hole and we take a t...
126 - Grace, neXt, and Love In The Time Of Corona
March 08, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBJames and Terri made a Faustian pact in advance of this week’s show, which leads to a rather unexpected instalment of What We’ve Been Watching. Then we then try to work out what on Earth is going on with BBC Three, how the Golden Globes ceremony was one of the best things on telly last week, and which teen shows float each member of the team’s respective boats. Plus we find ourselves looking for love in lockdown via Star’s Love In The Time Of Corona, on the trail of a rogue AI in Star’s curio...
#125 - Your Honor, Dollface, and The Walking Dead
March 01, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 88.9 MBOn this week's show we find ourselves in the familiar scenario of watching a law abiding Bryan Cranston abandon his regular life for one of crime in Sky’s Your Honor. Plus James makes a valiant stand against Terri and Boyd when the team review Star's new comedy, Dollface, and Terri is forced to watch the new bonus episodes of The Walking Dead, despite only ever having seen one episode in her life. Not only that but the team also reveal their favourite telly picks from the dark days before t...
#124 - Big Sky, Unforgotten, and Love Victor
February 22, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBStar launches on Disney+ this week and we sift through the launch releases on that service, which involves finding out what Lagertha the shieldmaiden is up to post-Vikings in Big Sky, and discovering if Love Simon’s big screen magic can survive the transition to the small screen in Love Victor. Plus, we dig up another cold case with Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar in series 4 of ITV’s Unforgotten, get into a big old discussion about which books need adapting for TV ASAP, and Terri simply ca...
#123 - Behind Her Eyes, Bloodlands, and For All Mankind
February 15, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 93.1 MBFinger-wagging abounds on this week's show as we manage to fall into an argument/therapy-session over why each of us are the way we are with regard to telly viewing habits, and why James has never watched a documentary series all the way through. We also find the time to watch the new Jed Mercurio-produced James Nesbitt thriller, Bloodlands, immerse ourselves in the batshit world of Netflix's Behind Her Eyes, and finally give For All Mankind a proper chance when we get mooned by that show's s...
The West Wing Spoiler Special, featuring Aaron Sorkin
February 10, 2021 00:00 - 2 hours - 142 MBWe've been threatening to do it for weeks and now we've finally delivered. Here, for your listening pleasure, is a Pilot TV spoiler special dedicated to the greatest TV show ever made: The West Wing. To celebrate the fact that Terri binged the entire show over the past month, and in recognition of the fact that James needs absolutely no excuse to bang on about it until people beg him to stop, we bring you a mammoth recording where the team thrash over the themes, the cast, the major plot poin...
#122 - Soulmates, Can't Get You Out Of My Head, and The Vanishing At the Cecil Hotel
February 08, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBOn this week's show we're looking for true love in Amazon Prime's new anthology drama, Soulmates, investigating a true crime mystery in The Vanishing At the Cecil Hotel on Netflix, and taking a look at Adam Curtis' mind-bending new iPlayer series, Can’t Get You Out Of My Head. Plus Terri goes off on a venomous diatribe agains the Golden Globe nominations and we somehow end up in a protracted musing about the state of modern telly and the evolution of viewing habits. Because why the hell not?
#121 - ZeroZeroZero, Ramy, and The Drowning
February 01, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 89.8 MBOn the show this week we take a look Andrea Riseborough and Gabriel Byrne's drug-smuggling thriller ZeroZeroZero on Sky Atlantic, track down a missing person in The Drowning on Channel 5, and check out Channel 4's latest comedy, Ramy, which only people with StarzPlay will have already seen. Plus Terri explains why, despite all evidence to the contrary, she *never* watches rubbish telly and we bear witness to the 'triumphant' return of James' guitar.
#120 - Marcella, Resident Alien, and Damien. Featuring Anna Friel
January 25, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 98.2 MBAnna Friel joins us on this week's show to talk about the third season of Marcella, which makes its belated UK debut on ITV this week. Plus Terri goes inexplicably nuts for demented Sky comedy Resident Alien, and we discover that the devil's in the details (which in this case include having been cancelled nearly half a decade ago) for Fox UK's Damien.
#119 - WandaVision, It's A Sin, and Star Trek: Lower Decks. With guest host Russell T. Davies
January 19, 2021 00:00 - 2 hours - 128 MBOn this week's show telly legend and Doctor Who pioneer Russell T. Davies joins us as guest host when we take a trip back to the 1950s for Marvel/I Love Lucy hybrid show WandaVision, and force Terri to sit through some Star Trek animation in Lower Decks. We also get a chance to delve deep into Russell's new series, It's A Sin, and talk about some of the shows we're most looking forward to in 2021.
# 118 - Servant, The Pembrokeshire Murders, Briarpatch, and Finding Alice
January 11, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBOn this week's show we’re joining Luke Evans in the hunt for a Welsh serial killer in ITV’s The Pembrokeshire Murders, finding out how baby Jericho’s holding up in Season 2 of Servant on Apple TV+, and watching Rosario Dawson unravel a mystery on Alibi as Briarpatch makes its belated debut on UK screens. Plus we tumble down the stairs with Finding Alice, and Beth Webb joins us as we explore Boyd's favourite narrative device and investigate the use of flashbacks.
#117 - The Stand, Cobra Kai, and A Discovery Of Witches
January 05, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 85.4 MBHappy New Year to you all! And what better way to celebrate than to hear Terri once again concede that a show James has banged on about endlessly is actually rather good. Which one? You’ll have to wait and see. We also take a look at the new adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand on Starzplay, head back to Elizabethan times for Season 2 of A Discovery Of Witches on Sky, and dive headfirst into Season 3 of Netflix’s Cobra Kai.
Cobra Kai Special, Featuring Ralph Macchio & William Zabka
December 28, 2020 09:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBYou didn't think we'd leave you all Christmas with no Pilot TV podcast did you? With the long-awaited Season 3 of Cobra Kai mere days away, we bring you this special episode dedicated to the show, featuring none other than Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence themselves: Ralph Macho and William Zabka. The stars of the show chat the way of the fist with James, discuss how this most unlikely of reunions became the biggest show on streaming, and what we can expect going forward. Strike first. Str...
#116 - Black Narcissus, The Serpent, and Motherland Christmas Special. Featuring Nicola Coughlan
December 21, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBDerry Girl Nicola Coughlan joins us on this the final regular Pilot podcast of 2020 to talk about sexy bodice-ripper Bridgerton. Meanwhile, the rest of the show comes to you in association with (non warrior) nuns in the Himalayas thanks to the BBC's Black Narcissus, a seventies serial killer in The Serpent, and assorted secret Santa shenanigans in the brilliantly funny Motherland Christmas special. Plus Boyd breaks out his magic listings book to talk us through all the TV highlights over the ...
#115 - The Wilds, Euphoria, and The Expanse
December 14, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 83.3 MBThe Expanse returns this week, much to Terri and Boyd's bemusement - but don't worry, James is on hand to Beltersplain everything as needed. We also dive into Amazon's new pseudo-Lost show, The Wilds, and embrace a little festive cheer (kind of) with the Euphoria Christmas special. All that and a rather unexpected discussion of late stage capitalism, some thoughts on additions to established ensemble casts, and Terri inadvertently trigger's the Pilot TV podcast's new security system, much to ...
Review Of The Year 2020
December 07, 2020 00:00 - 2 hours - 124 MB2020 has been quite a year. A global pandemic, political upheaval and most of us being forced to spend large chunks of it under virtual house arrest. However, amidst the crises and carnage we've been treated to a genuinely outstanding year for television and that's what this episode is all about. James, Terri and Boyd run through their takes on 2020 and count down Pilot's definitive list of the Top 20 shows of the year. Want to know what essential shows you've missed over the past 12 months? ...
#114 - Raised By Wolves, Tin Star, and Power Book II: Ghosts
November 30, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 81.3 MBIt's the moment you've all been waiting for: we make Terri sit through HBO's near-impenetrable hard sci-fi series Raised By Wolves (not to be confused with Caitlin Moran's Wolverhampton-set comedy of the same name, which she would have enjoyed far more). Plus we attempt to find out why Tim Roth is heading back to Liverpool for season 3 of Tin Star and try to make sense out of the bafflingly-titled Power Book II: Ghost. Plus we talk about our most off-brand TV opinions and Terri and Boyd succe...
#113 - For Life, Trickster, and The Queen's Gambit
November 23, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 77.7 MBWe resisted for weeks but we've finally relented and agreed to give Netflix's The Queen's Gambit the full review treatment it deserves. Plus we head behind bars for Nicholas Pinnock's E4 courtroom/prison drama For Life and bamboozle Terri with SyFy's bizarro supernatural YA miniseries Trickster. In addition, James proselytises about Counterpart, Terri and Boyd rhapsodise about a Welsh Castle, The Crown gets explained for James' mum and we recommend some of our favourite non UK/US shows for yo...
#112 - The Good Lord Bird, Lovers Rock, and We Are Who We Are
November 16, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 82.1 MBPilot TV's bellend-in-chief has taken a rare holiday this week leaving Terri in the hot seat and welcoming Amon Warmann onto the team as they watch Ethan Hawke gives it his all in abolitionist drama The Good Lord Bird on Sky Atlantic; Steve McQueen's second instalment in Small Axe, Lovers Rock, which comes to BBC1; and a pair of teenagers come of age on a US military base in Luca Guadagnino's We Are Who We Are on BBC Three. All that and Pilot TV is graced with its first musical review, Boyd u...
#111 - The Crown, Industry, and Small Axe
November 09, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 77.7 MBIt's time to get down with The Crown on this week's show as we take in the uncanny glory that is Gillian Anderson's superlative Margaret Thatcher. Plus we get a look inside the cut-throat world of financial services in BBC2's Industry (it does *not* pass the bellend test), and catch a selection of films in Steve McQueen's Small Axe on BBC1, which may or may not constitute a TV series in the strictest sense but is so good that it really doesn't matter.
#110 - The Mandalorian, The Vow, and His Dark Materials
November 02, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBBaby Yoda returns this week as we're finally able to review The Mandalorian Season 2 on Disney+. We also catch up with Lyra and Pantalaimon in the second series of the BBC's His Dark Materials adaptation AND delve into the sordid inner workings of sex cult NXIVM in Sky Documentaries' The Vow. All that and you get to hear Terri's latest adventures in The West Wing to properly prepare you for tomorrow's US election.
#109 - The Undoing, Truth Seekers, and The Sister. Featuring Russell Tovey.
October 26, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBRussell Tovey makes his triumphant return to the podcast this week, taking about Neil Cross' new show, The Sister on ITV. Plus we find out if Nick Frost is afraid of ghosts in Amazon's Truth Seekers and get an eyeful of Sky's The Undoing, which features Hugh Grant, Nicole Kidman and a surprising amount of full frontal nudity. Plus Terri updates us on her West Wing progress and the team has an alternate universe conversation about TV castings that could have been.