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Pilot TV Podcast

317 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 162 ratings

From 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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#63 - Servant, 8 Days, and Upright

November 25, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 91.2 MB

It's all creepy nannies with M. Night Shyamalan's Servant this week, then a Teutonic apocalypse in Sky's 8 Days and finally a road trip across Australia with Tim Minchin and a suerprisingly sweary 16 year-old in Upright. Plus Boyd shows off his newfound swearing powers, Terri teaches us some Northern slang and James finally gets to Banshee Utopia. (Note: The Servant review takes place between 36:02 and 45:54 and is clearly signposted, just in case you want to watch that without knowing what i...

#62 - Vienna Blood and Cold Call

November 18, 2019 00:00 - 59 minutes - 81.2 MB

After weeks of broken promises, Terri *finally* watches that long-awaited second episode of Farscape this week. And as if that weren't enough, we also sink our teeth into period procedural Vienna Blood, explore the perils of answering the phone in Channel 5's Cold Call, enthuse about the ongoing charms of Gold Digger, and talk all things Maclunkey. Plus you'll get to hear Terri's Nadine Coyle impression, which is not to be missed.

#61 - The Crown, The War Of The Worlds, Gold Digger, and The Man In The High Castle

November 11, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 102 MB

It's Crown time again on the podcast this week as Olivia Colman joins Monarchy: The Next Generation. Plus we see how the Martians are faring in the Beebs new adaptation of The War Of The Worlds, strap in for the final season of The Man In The High Castle, and find out if we're on board with the BBC's new 'family noir', Gold Digger.

#60 - The End Of The F****** World, Britannia, and The Young Offenders. Featuring Jason Momoa and Alfre Woodard

November 04, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 66.4 MB

Jason Momoa and Alfre Woodard join us this week (26:02-41:16) to talk about feeling their way through Apple's post-apocalyptic epic, See. Plus we get into a trio of sequels including Sky's Britannia and Channel 4's The End Of The F****** World. We also fall out completely over The Young Offenders and Empire's Chris Hewitt drops by for an impromptu Banshee about Blue Bloods.

#59 - His Dark Materials, Jack Ryan, and Apple TV+. Featuring Hailee Steinfeld

October 28, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 120 MB

Hailee Steinfeld joins us this week, bringing some Big Dickinson Energy to the podcast as she tells us all about her new show on Apple TV+. Speaking of which, we attempt to review all of the shows dropping on the new streaming service this Friday (The Morning Show, See, Dickinson, For All Mankind), while still finding time to wax lyrical about His Dark Materials and Season 2 of Jack Ryan. Brace yourselves, this may take a while.

#58 - Watchmen, Pose, and The Accident

October 20, 2019 23:00 - 1 hour - 105 MB

Damon Lindelof's Watchmen is the main course on this week's menu, with Jack Thorne's The Accident serving as a tasty (if slightly bitter) starter and Ryan Murphy's Pose perfectly capping it off as the fizzy dessert. All that and Terri finally watches an episode of 'Fire Escape', which goes about as well as you'd expect.

#57 - Living With Yourself, Dublin Murders, Modern Love, and Giri/Haji. Featuring Aisling Bea

October 14, 2019 11:20 - 1 hour - 78.3 MB

Aisling Bea joins us on this week's podcast to talk about her new show with Paul Rudd, Living With Yourself, which we also review! Not only that but we delve into the mystery of Sarah Phelps' Dublin Murders, discover the meaning of romance in Amazon's Modern Love, and span continents with English/Japanese gangster drama Giri/Haji. All that and an utterly incoherent Banshee featuring nineties German porn game shows, plus some (blissfully short) Picard-splaining and the joy of Aisling Bea schoo...

#56 - Motherland, The Terror, and The Walking Dead

October 07, 2019 12:37 - 1 hour - 59.1 MB

It's murder at the school gates this week (not literally) in BBC2's Motherland, more creepy shenanigans from anthology series The Terror, and The Walking Dead returns for its tenth season - yes, that's right, you've been watching these zombies for a full decade now. Plus Terri makes her triumphant return after a week off and James finally gets to put his oar in concerning Amazon's Carnival Row. Oh and it's worth mentioning that this podcast was recorded *before* the new Picard trailer dropped...

#55 - Catherine The Great, Swamp Thing, and Goliath

September 30, 2019 13:09 - 1 hour - 68.6 MB

With Terri across the Atlantic, Beth Webb joins James and Boyd as the team dives into Swamp Thing, peers up at Goliath and kneels down before Catherine The Great. We also take a detour via Stars Hollow for a brief reappreciation of Gilmore Girls, jump back to the early nineties to recount the story of a little known James Earl Jones series that was subjected to a baffling makeover, and get into the weeds over last week's Emmy results.

#54 - The Politician, World On Fire, and Transparent

September 23, 2019 12:04 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MB

On this week's show we hurl ourselves into the Beeb's lavish WWII series World On Fire, delve into the world of Machiavellian high school politics in Netflix's The Politician, and put on our dancing shoes for the musical finale of Amazon's Transparent. All that and the staggering revelation that James was in an early nineties sitcom starring Nigel Planer.

#53 (Live) - Criminal, Defending The Guilty, and City On A Hill. Featuring guest host Russell Tovey

September 16, 2019 19:37 - 1 hour - 84.5 MB

A very special episode this week, specifically our first ever live show! Recorded at the London Podcast Festival on Friday 13th September, the show saw Russell Tovey join James, Terri and Boyd as part of the Pilot team, waxing lyrical about Netflix's interrogation procedural Criminal, Boston-set crime drama City On A Hill and baby barrister comedy Defending The Guilty, plus much, much more besides. Come for the lowdown on the latest telly, stay for Russell's brilliantly X-rated anecdotes.

#52 - Temple, Unbelievable, and Top Boy

September 09, 2019 10:02 - 1 hour - 64.6 MB

This week we take a look at Mark Strong's mob doctor drama Temple, join Toni Collette for true-crime drama Unbelievable, and get in touch with our inner East End gangsters for Netflix's Drake-starring thriller Top Boy. Also on the podcast this week we've been beset by gremlins! Not literally, of course, but rather the technical kind that meant guest presenter Amon's microphone decided to misbehave. Thanks to some postproduction tinkering, though, we've managed to make him audible but apologie...

#51 - The Capture, A Confession, The Loudest Voice, and State Of The Union. Featuring Cara Delevingne and Orlando Bloom

September 02, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 71.8 MB

Cara Delevingne and Orlando Bloom join us on the podcast this week for a bit of fairy chat (31:00-38:31), plus we get stuck into no less than *four* new shows. Specifically, CCTV thriller The Capture, Roger Ailes/Fox News origin story The Loudest Voice, ITV's A Confession, and bite-sized marital strife comedy State Of The Union. Plus we reveal the fate of Funny Or Dyer and Terri goes off on one about the ubiquity of Delbert Wilkins.

#50: Carnival Row, The Affair, The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance

August 27, 2019 15:24 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MB

With James Dyer off in America (you might have read about his adventures in Newsweek, or The Daily Mail), Ben Travis slides smoothly into James' vacant seat for this week's episode, joining regular incumbents Terri White and Boyd Hilton for an episode that tackles Orlando Bloom-Cara Delevingne fantasy show, Carnival Row; the Ruth Wilson and Joshua Jackson-free fifth season of The Affair; and the return of the dread Skeksis in puppet-based prequel, The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance. They a...

#49 - Peaky Blinders, Brassic, and Sanditon

August 19, 2019 18:05 - 1 hour - 73 MB

The dream team is back together this week as Terri returns from her travels just in time to wax lyrical about Joe Gilgun's Lancashire-set comedy, Brassic. We also delve into the world of Jane Austen with Sanditon and entirely fail to watch the third season of 13 Reasons Why as Netflix didn't show it to us in time. None of that matters, though, as the BBC came through and let us catch up with Tommy Shelby's latest escapades in series 5 of Peaky Blinders.

#48 - Succession, NOS4A2, and Deep Water. Featuring guest host Roisin Conaty

August 11, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 104 MB

With Terri on holiday this week, we're thrilled to welcome comedian Roisin Conaty as our guest co-host. The GameFace creator, writer and star joins James and Boyd to chew over everything from Netflix's cancellation of The OA to the twisted genius of The Boys and why This Life was one of the most important shows ever made. Roisin schools James soundly on the essence of comedy during a particularly in-depth Funny Or Dyer, Banshees Blossom and is generally delightful. In addition to upping the s...

#47 - Euphoria, This Way Up, and GLOW. Featuring Gemma Chan & Dominic Savage

August 05, 2019 11:02 - 1 hour - 82.1 MB

Gemma Chan and Dominic Savage stop by the podcast this week to chat about I Am Hannah (26:56 - 49:23), which airs on Tuesday night. Meanwhile, we feast our eyes upon Aisling Bea's new comedy This Way Up, and get in the ring with the final season of GLOW. Plus, we finally come face-to-face with HBO's Euphoria and its vast collection of erect penises. Enjoy!

#46 - I Am The Night, Manifest, and Fosse/Verdon

July 29, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 69.5 MB

On the podcast this week we're playing catch-up with our American cousins as we finally get the chance to watch three shows that have already debuted across the pond. Specifically, True crime adaptation I Am The Night, plane-orientated supernatural mystery series Manifest and Emmy-nominated danceathon Fosse/Verdon. Plus we finally get a chance to dissect the Comic-Con reveals (don't panic, James mercifully keeps the Picardsplaining to a minimum) and we get into some spirited (spoiler-free) di...

#45 - I Am, The Boys, and Orange Is The New Black

July 22, 2019 11:55 - 1 hour - 85 MB

On this week's podcast we not only get bowled over by Dominic Savage's I Am series but also take a look beneath the capes of seedy superheroes in Amazon's The Boys and bid adieu to Orange Is The New Black. And yes, Terri finally watched Downton Abbey. The results may well surprise you... Note: This episode was recorded before San Diego Comic-Con, which is why you'll notice a conspicuous lack of related Picard and Marvel chat. Apologies.

#44 - Deadly Class, Better Things, And GameFace

July 15, 2019 12:02 - 1 hour - 65.7 MB

On the podcast this week find out if Terri did indeed complete the Downton challenge, why James is apparently some kind of smug podcast giraffe, which famousness Boyd had tea with and, lest we forget, what the team thought of this week's trio of (spoiler: very good) shows, specifically: Deadly Class, Better Things and GameFace.

#43 - Poldark, Divorce, and Dark Money

July 08, 2019 13:44 - 1 hour - 68.6 MB

It's all floppy hair and bare chests this week as we catch up with the latest goings on in 18th century Cornwall in the new series of Poldark. Plus there's marital strife from HBO's Divorce and a look at the more sinister side of Hollywood in the BBC's Dark Money. Plus we have another Banshee face-off and Terri - against her better judgement - makes a binding commitment to watch Downton Abbey.

#42 - Stranger Things 3, Legion, and Waco

July 01, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MB

Stranger Things is back! And we are *so* here for it. Not only do we spend a goodly portion of this week's podcast banging on about the return of Mike, Dustin, Eleven and the gang in the summer of '85, we also take a look at the third and final season of Noah Hawley's Legion and the long-delayed UK airing of Michael Shannon/Taylor Kitsch miniseries, Waco. All that and someone gets *very* excited about Picard.... and it isn't James.

#41 - Warrior, S.W.A.T. and How To Get Away With Murder

June 24, 2019 13:30 - 1 hour - 79.9 MB

We have a very special Pilot TV podcast this week as we celebrate Terri's birthday with a Bumper Birthday Banshee Bonanza! Where James breaks out two whole carrier bags of 'classic' box sets and talks through the contents in excruciating detail. In other Banshee news, the creator of said show, Jonathan Tropper, has a new series out this week in the form of period kung fu action drama Warrior, which gets reviewed alongside the new seasons of S.W.A.T. and How To Get Away With Murder. NOTE: If ...

#40 - Catch-22, Gomorrah, and Dark

June 17, 2019 10:06 - 1 hour - 55.6 MB

The star-studded new adaptation of Catch-22 leads the charge in this week's show, ably backed up by series 2 of Dark and series 4 of Gomorrah (which show newbie James could make neither head nor tail of). We also manage to dissect the comedy credentials of Modern Family, play out yet another Banshee segment for your entertainment, and hear all about Terri's past as one of the lesser-known members of the Tattaglia crime family. Plus we reveal the details of our upcoming live show - EXCITING!

#39 - Big Little Lies, Wild Bill, and The Act

June 10, 2019 13:20 - 1 hour - 69.5 MB

What lies in wait for the future of the Banshee segment? Find out this week as the #SaveBanshee and #BollocksToBanshee campaigns go head-to-head and a winner is finally announced. More pertinently, though, we lay on some truth about Big Little Lies Season 2, get thoroughly disturbed by The Act and listen to an extended Terri rant about ITV's Wild Bill. Plus a bonus literature lesson as James tries to Shakespearsplain poetry.

#38 - Killing Eve, The Handmaid's Tale, and Tales Of The City. Featuring Charlie Brooker & Annabel Jones

June 03, 2019 10:53 - 1 hour - 69.8 MB

Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones stop by the podcast this week to talk about the new series of Black Mirror. Plus we get into the happy-go-lucky third seadon of The Handmaid's Tale, the long-delayed second season of Killing Eve, and the even more belated continuation of Armistead Maupin's Tales Of The City. All that and flying chcolate, James failing to grasp the genius of Rick And Morty, and a fight for the very soul of the Banshee segment.

#37 - Good Omens, When They See Us, and Black Monday

May 26, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 62.6 MB

Reviewed this week: harrowing drama from Netflix in When They See Us, absurd intellectual comedy from Amazon in Good Omens and capitalist woes on Wall Street in Sky's Black Monday. Some shout-outs for Marcella and Red Riding, as well as a show we can't remember the name of. Plus you'll hear what it means to watch a show 'on tick' and learn far more about Terri's lunch order than you ever really needed to.

#36 - What/If, Summer Of Rockets, Riviera, And The Game Of Thrones Finale. Featuring Jared Harris.

May 20, 2019 13:37 - 2 hours - 117 MB

We have a dragon-sized episode for you this week (hope you didn't have plans today) as we say our final farewell to Game Of Thrones with a monster discussion of the show's finale (if you haven't seen it then for the love of R'hllor avoid everything between 1:19:11 and 2:07:05). In addition to our final Thronesplaining we welcome Jared Harris to the podcast for some Chernobyl chat (30:48 to 50:43) and turn our critical gaze upon Netflix's What/If, the BBC's Summer Of Rocket's and Sky's Riviera...

#35 - The Virtues, Years And Years, Gentleman Jack, and What We Do In The Shadows. Featuring Russell T. Davies.

May 13, 2019 11:48 - 1 hour - 91.9 MB

It's all go this week as we marvel at Shane Meadows' The Virtues, delight in Russell T Davies' Year's And Years, delight in Sally Wainwright's Gentleman Jack and chuckle through Jemaine Clement's What We Do In The Shadows. *Plus* Russell T. Davies himself pops by with some friends for a chat (16:50 to 35:22). *And* the Thronesplaining reaches fever pitch as we bathe in the flames of the show's penultimate episode, The Bells (if you haven't seen it, then skip everything from 1:05:47 to 1:39:29).

Line Of Duty Series 5 Spoiler Special

May 07, 2019 18:12 - 1 hour - 73.8 MB

Right you are, fella. Sunday saw the last episode of Line Of Duty's fifth series and we couldn't let such a monumental event pass uncommented. And so, with our best Hastings hats on, we dropped into the interrogation room to drag the final episodes over the coals and investigate the evidence. We even served a Reg 15 to series creator Jed Mercurio to hear about his storytelling process as well.

#34 - Chernobyl, Deep State, and The Society

May 07, 2019 11:32 - 1 hour - 99.7 MB

Everything's in meltdown this week as we immerse ourselves in Sky Atlantic's gruellingly excellent Chernobyl, delve into the Deep State for Season 2 of Fox's espionage thriller, and do away with all the adults in Netflix's The Society. Plus we get into a big old fight about the fourth episode of Game Of Thrones, which once again gets the Thronesplaining spoiler treatment at the end of the episode. Not seen it? Then skip everything between 01:12:02 and 01:47:56.

#33 - The Spanish Princess, Knock Down The House, and Game Of Thrones (again)

April 29, 2019 13:59 - 1 hour - 93.2 MB

It's wall-to-wall politics this week as we tackle the Tudors in The Spanish Princess and worship at the altar of AOC in Knock Down The House. Plus we manage some spoiler-free chat about the latest Line Of Duty and some massively spoiler-heavy dissection of Game of Thrones. If you'd rather avoid our breakdown of GoT Episode 3: The Long Night because you haven't seen it - or the thought of us banging on about it for a full 30 minutes makes you want to join the Night's Watch - then feel free to ...

#32 - Chambers, The Looming Tower, and Jamestown

April 23, 2019 11:17 - 1 hour - 101 MB

We have some post-Easter horror for you this week, thanks to Netflix's excellent new haunted heart thriller, Chambers, some pre-millennial spycraft thanks to The Looming Tower on BBC2, plus we fail to watch Jamestown entirely and have to rely on Boyd to explain it all. All that and another bumper dragoncast, getting deep into the Godswood for episode 2 of Game Of Thrones' final season. If you're still trying to avoid Westerosi spoilers for that particular episode then don't worry, it's clearl...

#31 - Game Of Thrones, Chimerica, and Back To Life

April 15, 2019 12:26 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MB

Podcast is coming! That's right, the final season of Game Of Thrones landed this week and, like the Night King himself, we tore down The Wall and stormed forth to tackle it. In keeping with this theme, Terri seized control of the Seven Kingdoms, taking advantage of James' absence to install herself upon the Iron Throne as Queen Terri, Mother of podcasts, breaker of science-fiction and ruler of true crime documentaries. Despite this, We found time to dive into bleak BBC comedy Back To Life (do...

The OA Season 2 Spoiler Special

April 12, 2019 17:00 - 1 hour - 88.5 MB

In this special episode of the podcast we delve deep into the plot developments of The OA's incredible second season, speaking to creators Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij, who throw caution the wind and open up about everything from the Tree Internet and Old Night to the house on Nob Hill and those sex-powered dancing robots. WARNING: spoilers abound throughout so only listen once you've watched all of Season 2.

#30 - The Widow, The Victim, And Don't Forget The Driver. Featuring Aidan Gillen

April 08, 2019 19:03 - 1 hour - 69.6 MB

This week we get definitive with the definite article for The Widow (Kate Beckinsale) and The Victim (Kelly MacDonald), then go full Brexit with Toby Jones in Don't Forget The Driver. All that and Boyd still finds time to sit down and chat UFOs (and Queer As Folk) with Aidan Gillen, plus we wax lyrical about both the Fleabag finale and Line Of Duty's unswerving commitment to impenetrable acronyms.

#29 - Veep, Barry, and The Case Against Adnan Syed. Featuring Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman

April 01, 2019 12:45 - 1 hour - 84.2 MB

Hanna and The Killing stars Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman stop by the podcast for a chat this week. Meanwhile, Veep returns to our screens this week for its seventh and final season, and we delve into the world of true crime for HBO's Serial follow-up, The Case Against Adnan Syed. To help us recover, Bill Hader's hitman comedy Barry is also back, bringing with it all the NoHo Hank our hearts could desire. All that and we still find time to discuss the humorous merits of The Thick Of It, and...

#28 - Line Of Duty, Dead Pixels, The Good Fight and Hanna. Featuring Vicky McClure & Martin Compston

March 24, 2019 21:16 - 1 hour - 91.2 MB

Line Of Duty is back! And to celebrate, we invited stars Vicky McClure and Martin Compston onto the pod to tell us what's going down at AC-12 this series. As well as reviewing the show, we go full MMORPG for E4's Dead Pixels, welcome surrealist legal show The Good Fight back to our screens and check out Amazon Prime's espionage drama Hanna. All that and more on an episode that's at least 90% more anarchic than usual as Terri seemed determined to make up for her absence last week by being a co...

#27 - The OA, Billions, Victoria and Pose

March 18, 2019 13:51 - 1 hour - 67.2 MB

In a surprising twist this week, Terri has been transmogrified into a middle-aged man as we traverse dimensions to discuss The OA Season 2, Cash-in for Billions Season 4 and lay out our best china for the third series of Victoria. Not to mention finally getting our hands on Ryan Murphy's Pose and hearing all about The Cops AKA Britain's answer to The Shield.

#26 - American Gods, Turn Up Charlie and Love, Death And Robots

March 11, 2019 15:58 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MB

This week we've been subjected to a torrent of animated shorts thanks to David Fincher's Love, Death And Robots, plus we got a chance to spin up the decks for Idris Elba's new DJ/nannying comedy Turn Up Charlie. Last but by no means least we witness Bryan Fuller's American Gods return for its belated second season, except without Bryan Fuller or, sadly, any of its original charm. All that plus a bunch of must-see classic show recommendations and an outraged diatribe from Terri about the lates...

#25 - After Life, Derry Girls, Home, Leaving Neverland and MotherFatherSon

March 04, 2019 09:37 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MB

So many shows, so little time. We have an unprecedented *five* new shows to rundown for you this week, including the triumphant return of Derry Girls. Joining Lisa McGee's outstanding comedy is Ricky Gervais' After Life and Rufus Jones' Home, not to mention the decidedly non-comedic Leaving Neverland and MotherFatherSon. Plus all the usual nonsense, including a re-examining of Community and some retro love for Sharon Horgan's Pulling, Chris O'Dowd's Moone Boy and gone-too-soon police drama So...

#24 - Fleabag, This Time With Alan Partridge and The Miracle

February 25, 2019 02:53 - 1 hour - 56.5 MB

This week we have a double bill of BBC comedy gold as Fleabag and Alan Partridge go head-to-head for our amusement. To balance the unfettered mirth, though, we also dive in to Sky Italia's The Miracle, which is not only in Italian but officially featured the most unpleasant masturbation scene we've seen in a good long while. All that and James finally hands in his badge and stops banging on about The Shield, but does find time to proselytise about Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom instead. Meanwhil...

#23 - Traitors, Flack and Curfew

February 17, 2019 19:15 - 1 hour - 59.5 MB

This week we enter the world of treason and espionage for Channel 4's WWII spy thriller Traitors, join Anna Paquin as she heads to the front lines in a very different kind of war as a celebrity publicist in Flack, plus Curfew sees Sean Bean do The Fast And The Furious in London... with zombies. All that and we come up with a new regular (involving James and comedies), lay some love upon Band Of Gold and Family Tree, plus resurrect Jack Thorne's supernatural drama The Fades.

#22 - The Umbrella Academy, Dirty John and Lorena

February 11, 2019 11:43 - 1 hour - 55.2 MB

We have a Valentine's double bill this week to get you all in the mood for love. There's much knob-lopping talk as we delve into the world of Lorena and John Wayne Bobbitt for Amazon's documentary series about the famous dismemberment. And if that hasn't done the trick, we also fire up online dating horror story Dirty John, based on the LA Times true crime podcast about a woman who ends up entangled with a dissembling sociopath. Meanwhile, Boyd and Terri fail to fall in love with The Umbrella...

#21 - Surviving R. Kelly, New Amsterdam and Das Boot

February 04, 2019 13:02 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MB

This week we're delving into the world of dark and sordid documentaries in Surviving R Kelly, getting down with the Deutsch for the sequel to Wolfgang Peterson's 1981 film Das Boot, and going Dutch with soapy hospital drama New Amsterdam. But none of that matters because the first three seasons of The Expanse are landing on Amazon Prime, which Boyd and Terri hear about in forensic detail - much to their eternal delight.

#20 - Nightflyers, Pure, Russian Doll, Camping and Mayans M.C.

January 28, 2019 11:08 - 1 hour - 64.4 MB

We have a bumper crop of reviews this week, with no less than *five* shows under the magnifying glass. George R.R. Martin's Nightflyers takes us into deep space, Camping shows us the great outdoors, Pure fills our heads with sordid sexual fantasies, Mayans M.C. brings the motorbikes and Russian Doll takes us through it all over and over again. We also give a little love to The Unit and Cold Case, Boyd discovers something called Future Man, plus Terri and Boyd wax lyrical about the Fyre Festiv...

#19 - Stephen Dorff, Star Trek: Discovery, Medici and Tin Star

January 21, 2019 09:48 - 1 hour - 62.9 MB

This week we have our very first guest as Stephen Dorff stops by the pod booth to talk about the new season of True Detective. We also delve deep into the violent world of Sky's Tin Star, take a trip to 15th century Florence for Medici The Magnificent and set phasers to *fun* for the new Season of Star Trek: Discovery, which we're delighted to say we've now seen. Listen now to hear how Terri's very first Star Trek experience unfolded (it didn't go the way you might expect).

#18 - True Detective, The Punisher and The Passage

January 14, 2019 07:52 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MB

This week James is sulking as we weren't able to see Star Trek Discovery in time for the podcast. On the plus side, it does give us the opportunity to bust out some Klingon swear words and we *were* able to watch a trio of excellent other shows to make up for it. Namely, the third season of True Detective (all is forgiven), the second season of The Punisher (gone too soon) and the first season of The Passage, based on the book of the same name, which gets Jamesplained in excruciating detail. ...

#17 - Catastrophe, Brexit, Sex Education and Charmed

January 07, 2019 13:29 - 1 hour - 60.4 MB

No fewer than *four* shows get the review treatment this week - partially making up for the appalling lack of post-Christmas news. Gorge yourselves on Netflix's Sex Education, the triumphant return of Catastrophe and the reboot of Charmed. Oh and we get all political with a look at Brexit: The Uncivil War - because that's a subject you don't hear enough about at the moment. Plus reminiscences about Christmas TV, an appraisal of Bandersnatch and a some love for Rome, Broad City and... er, Went...

Review Of The Year 2018

December 28, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 65.6 MB

What kind of year has it been? We find out in the very first Pilot TV Podcast Special. Flicking through the last twelve months, we pick out the very best (and some of the worst) things to have graced our sets this year, pulling out all the memorable moments and going through Pilot's definitive top 10 shows of the year. Frankly, it's worth listening to for Terri's explanation of what a 'chufty badge' is alone.