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PODCAST

The Custard TV Podcast

Reviews and opinions from a trio of TV obsessives on a variety of the week’s biggest shows. Expect hot takes, bad jokes and people who have spent far too much time in front of the TV. Read more from the team on thecustardtv.com

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# 473: Black Doves, The Agency, Mrs. Davis & The Sticky

The Custard TV Podcast ·

2024/12/12

Matt's back with Dawn Glen and Mo Walker to review the high-octane British spy thriller Black Doves on Netflix. Slightly less high-octane but still a spy thriller, The Agency over on Paramount+ as well as the high concept US drama Mrs Davis and true crime drama The Sticky from Prime Video.

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01:01:19

# 472: A Man on the Inside, The Madness, Interior...

The Custard TV Podcast ·

2024/12/04

Matt and Dawn are joined by fellow Maid for TV podcaster, Sarah Kennedy to review four new shows. Firstly, Ted Danson infiltrates a nursing home in new Netflix comedy A Man on the Inside. Colman Domingo stars in tense conspiracy thriller The Madness also on Netflix. Over on Disney+ the partly charming, but deeply confusing Interior Chinatown and Drag Queen comedy Smoggie Queens over on BBC iPlayer

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01:05:56

Time Machine # 15 - Friends Like These, Warriors, Kid...

The Custard TV Podcast ·

2024/11/27

Matt and Luke fire up the TV Time Machine to November of 1999. They're joined by site contributor Nick Bartlett to look back at the TV landscape of the time. Ant & Dec are given their first BBC game show with Friends Like These. Two surprisingly good dramas Warrirors on BBC One and Kid in the Corner on Channel 4. Finally, there's a forgotten ITV comedy starring Joanna Lumley as an entitled daytime soap star in Dr. Willoughby. Lastly, Matt challenges Luke on the charts of November '99.

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58:25

# 471: The Listeners, Say Nothing, Alex Cross, Silo...

The Custard TV Podcast ·

2024/11/19

Matt reunites with Custard TV Podcast royalty Gary as well as Maid for TV's Elaine Gregson to review four shows available this week.First up, Rebecca Hall is a teacher plagued by a 'hum' that only she can hear in the BBC's new thriller The Listeners. Then, Maxine Peake stars in FX and Hulu's compelling series, Say Nothing which unpacks The Troubles with unflinching detail. Gary gets excited about Prime Video's new Alex Cross series and Elaine and Gary break down the bold and brave bottle episode

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50:01

# 470: Bad Sisters Series 2, The Day of the Jackal,...

The Custard TV Podcast ·

2024/11/12

Matt and Dawn are back to review four brand new shows available this week. It's a very Apple TV+ heavy week with the return of The Garvey sisters in Sharon Horgan's brilliantly dark comedy Bad Sisters. There were questions about whether we needed a second series of this brilliant show, and Matt and Dawn address those in the review of the first episode of the new run. Then there's Apple's spooky drama Before, starring a very restrained Billy Crystal as a grieving child therapist who encounters a

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01:01:57

# 469: Rivals, The Franchise, The Pardeeps of...

The Custard TV Podcast ·

2024/10/22

Dawn Glenn and Mo Walker join Matt to review four new shows. First, they travel back to 1986 to a life of excess in Disney's take on Jilly Cooper's hit novel Rivals. Then, imagine life on the set of a Marvel-esque superhero movie in Sky and HBO comedy The Franchise. Over on Prime Video, there are two new comedies. Firstly, an Indian family move to America for a new life in The Pardeeps of Pittsburgh. Finally, and for reasons that aren't entirely, the Australians have remade The Office for 2024

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55:35

# 468: Disclaimer, Curfew, Mr Loverman, Sweetpea

The Custard TV Podcast ·

2024/10/14

The original Custardtv Podcaster Gary joins Matt and Dawn to review four new shows available this week.Beginning with Apple's new 'thriller' starring Kate Blanchett and Kevin Cline. Then there's dark comedy Sweetpea from Sky Atlantic with a 'killer' performance from Fallout's Ella Purnell. Over on Paramount+ there's British thriller Curfew which imagines a world where men are tagged and kept under a curfew from 7pm to 7am every day. Finally, they watch Lennie James in the BBC's adaptation of Mr

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47:44

467: Heartstopper Showtrial, Joan, Alama's Not Normal

The Custard TV Podcast ·

2024/10/09

First time podcaster Tyler Murray joins Matt and Dawn to review the returns of Heartstopper on Netflix and Showtrial and Alma's Not Normal on BBC iPlayer. Plus Sophie Turner in the story of a real-life jewel thief 'Joan' on ITVX.

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51:19

TV Time Machine # 14: Spaced, Futurama, The Villa,...

The Custard TV Podcast ·

2024/10/07

Luke & Matt head back to September '99 to look at the TV landscape of the time. Fellow podcaster Michael and Spaced superfan join them to revisit the first episode of the Channel 4 cult favourite from Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes and discuss its legacy. Then, we leap forward 100 years with Fry in Matt Greoning's Simpsons' follow-up Futurama. Then, two mostly forgotten curiosities from the time in Sky's relationship show The Villa and Channel 4's social experiment The 1900 House. Then, as always,

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01:00:59

# 466: Nightsleeper, Ludwig, Apples Never Fall,...

The Custard TV Podcast ·

2024/09/24

Matt is joined by pod regulars Mo Walker and Dawn Glen to review 4 brand new shows available this week. Firstly, the BBC's new thriller Nightsleeper followed by Apples Never Fall, another crime drama starring Anette Benning and Sam Neil. The BBC has bought the US drama after airing on streaming service Peacock. Next up, David Mitchell leads quirky crime comedy Ludwig and finally, Ryan Murphy returns to Monster with Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.There's also discussion on Sherwood,

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55:27

TV Time Machine # 13: People Like Us, Let Them Eat...

The Custard TV Podcast ·

2024/09/17

Matt and Luke travel back to September 1999 to review Michelle Collins and Lesley Sharp in Daylight Robbery. French and Saunders reunite for BBC comedy Let Them Eat Cake. We revisit the largely forgotten but brilliant BBC comedy People Like Us and test music knowledge in a new look quiz.

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58:49

# 465: Sherwood, Only Murders, Slow Horses, KAOS

The Custard TV Podcast ·

2024/09/03

Sarah joins Luke and Matt to review the returns of Sherwood on the BBC, Only Murders in the Building on Hulu and Disney+, Slow Horses on Apple TV+ and a re-telling of greek myth led by Jeff Goldblum with KAOS on Netflix.

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01:02:14

TV Time Machine # 12: August 1999 - Dockers, Walking...

The Custard TV Podcast ·

2024/08/28

Matt and Dawn travel back to August 1999 to look at the TV landscape. They review Jimmy Mcgovern's single drama Dockers which starred Ken Stott and Ricky Tomlinson unwittingly caught up in a strike. That's a little obscure but it gets more unknown from there. Channel 4 docusoap Love in Leeds and drama series Love in the 21st Century as well as ITV's bizarre choice to show Walking on the Moon, a brutal bullying drama on Bank Holiday Monday.Dawn's truly impressive cheesy pop knowledge is in full

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58:18

# 464: Celebrity Race Across the World, Bad Monkey,...

The Custard TV Podcast ·

2024/08/14

Luke, Matt and Dawn review the return of Race Across the World with a new batch of celebs, over on Apple they look at Vince Vaughn's new comedic thriller Bad Monkey from Ted Lasso and Shrinking exec Bill Laurence as well as the platform's first Spanish language drama, Women in Blue. Finally, they look at the BBC's new comedy Daddy Issues.

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01:44:40

TV Time Machine #11: The Sopranos

The Custard TV Podcast ·

2024/08/07

On Thursday 15th July 1999, The Sopranos aired on UK TV screens for the first time as it got its first airing that night on Channel 4. As a belated celebration of that in our TV Time Machine timeline. We're uploading a special review of the entire first season of The Sopranos that we originally recorded for our Patreon back in 2017. Listen to Luke and Matt's reactions as they give their thoughts after watching the drama for the first time ever.

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01:07:45

# 463: Time Bandits, Lady in the Lake, Piglets and...

The Custard TV Podcast ·

2024/07/23

Mo Walker joins Matt and Dawn to review three new shows. From Apple TV+ they review a charming adaptation of Time Bandits and Natalie Porrtman's first TV role in thriller Lady in the Lake. Over on ITV they review new comedy Piglets. There's also discussion on the recent Emmy Nominations.

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53:46

#462: The Jetty, Sunny, Spent, Mr. Bigstuff

The Custard TV Podcast ·

2024/07/17

Jenna Coleman super fan Michael Lee joins Matt and Dawn to review her new BBC drama The Jetty along with Apple TV's sci-fi comedy-drama hybrid with sweet robot Sunny. BBC comedy Spent and Sky's new Danny Dyer comedy Mr. Bigstuff. There's also discussion on Beverly Hills 90210.

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01:14:26

#461: The Bear, Douglas is Cancelled, Presumed...

The Custard TV Podcast ·

2024/07/02

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Sophie Davies to review the third season of The Bear, ITV1's new comedy drama Douglas is Cancelled, Apple TV+'s crime thriller Presumed Innocent and Disney Plus's true crime saga Under the Bridge. Plus we catch up on the best of June's TV including the series finale of Doctor Who and the final episode of Inside No. 9

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01:36:37

TV Time Machine #10: June 1999 - Bad Girls, Always...

The Custard TV Podcast ·

2024/06/22

The original podcast trio reunite as Gary joins Luke and Matt to review three ITV shows from June 1999 - prison saga Bad Girls, medical drama Always and Everyone and traditional sitcom Barbara. Plus there's anecdotes about buying pirated CDs, our first memories of the internet and Gary's time sharing a house with Mike the Cameraman from The Last Leg. Luke also faces a challenge from Gary on the chart quiz at the end of the show.

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58:10

# 430: ERIC, Lost Boys and Fairies, Queenie and We...

The Custard TV Podcast ·

2024/06/03

Matt and Sarah are joined by guest and the other half of the Shipyard Podcast, Lucy Macey to review Netflix drama ERIC which stars Benedict Cumberbatch as a man struggling with the disappearance of his young son and who sees a 7 foot blue puppet. Then, Lost Boys and Fairies, a gentle drama from the BBC about a gay couple wanting to adopt and the issues that can bring. Brand new comedy Queenie from Channel 4, and staying with Channel 4, the girls of We Are Lady Parts are back for the long-awaited

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