The Custard TV Podcast

Nov 19 2024 548 ep. 51 mins 14
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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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# 471: The Listeners, Say Nothing, Alex Cross, Silo Season 2

Nov 19 2024 58 mins  
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 ge

# 470: Bad Sisters Series 2, The Day of the Jackal, You Would Do It Too, Before.

Nov 12 2024 50 mins  
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 A

# 469: Rivals, The Franchise, The Pardeeps of Pittsburgh, The Office Australia

Oct 22 2024 61 mins  
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 Pard

# 468: Disclaimer, Curfew, Mr Loverman, Sweetpea

Oct 14 2024 55 mins  
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 tagg

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

Oct 09 2024 47 mins  
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.

TV Time Machine # 14: Spaced, Futurama, The Villa, The 1900 House

Oct 07 2024 51 mins  
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 curiositi

# 466: Nightsleeper, Ludwig, Apples Never Fall, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

Sep 24 2024 60 mins  
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, R

TV Time Machine # 13: People Like Us, Let Them Eat Cake, Daylight Robbery

Sep 17 2024 55 mins  
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.

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

Sep 03 2024 58 mins  
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.

TV Time Machine # 12: August 1999 - Dockers, Walking on the Moon, Love in Leeds, Love in the 21st Century

Aug 28 2024 62 mins  
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 o