Better Call Saul’s ‘Waterworks’
I had intended to review every episode of this final block of Better Call Saul episodes. I enjoyed the Gene flashforward 'Nippy' which caught up...
Huzzah! Why The Great is the riotous period drama you’ve been waiting for.
Seasoned viewers of period drama will be well aware that the past is a foreign country and that folk do things differently there. Even so, The Great...
Marriage revels in the complexities of everyday life.
Those of us who fell for Him & Her and Mum will have done so because of the unique writing from the creator of both shows Stefan...
Better Things: The brilliantly intimate comedy comes to end.
One of the best recent comedies is ending and it's entirely possible you haven't seen any of it. Pamela Adlon's brilliantly personal Better Things...
Under the Banner of Heaven uses a shocking crime to look deeper at religious beliefs.
After watching the first episode of “Under the Banner of Heaven,” I was admittedly sceptical. The first episode starts out slow, simply introducing...
Better Call Saul’s “Fun and Games’ reaches the full Saul Goodman
It's hard to pinpoint the exact moment I started to worry about Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn). The relationship between Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim is,...
Better Call Saul delivers one of TV’s most exhilarating and exhausting episodes in ‘Point and Shoot’.
One of the things I admire most about the Breaking Bad universe is how everything feels so methodically planned. In truth, when the Breaking Bad...
The Midwich Cuckoos proves adaptations can work as a homage to original whilst asking new questions.
Adaptations either work out extremely well and are applauded or they completely annoy the longstanding fanbase and divide any newcomers. Those...
The Undeclared War is telling a worryingly timely story.
While I don’t yet know whether The Undeclared War is BAFTA magnet Peter Kosminsky’s best work, after watching the opening episode, I am prepared to...
Borgen proves TV revivals can work.
Borgen is the best political series on television. It's not an area television drama dabbles in that often. There's the original House of Cards and...
Atlanta” isn’t in Atlanta anymore. But it’s still just as good.
Atlanta has always been a genre-defying show. The pilot episode leads you to believe otherwise, that the series is a straightforward comedy-drama...
Season 2 of Only Murders in the Building.
The first season of Only Murders in the Building was one of the best shows of last year. Funny, warm and with a new take on the mystery genre it was...
Clocking Off offered a slice of British life that has never dated.
When Paul Abbott's Clocking Off debuted in January of 2000 the TV landscape looked entirely different. Abbott, who has since gone to success with...
Breaking Bad: The art of telling one epic story from beginning to end.
A pair of trousers fly through the air, landing on a dusty road which an RV speeds through with panicked abandon. So begins a series that was...
Justified: Remembering one of TV’s best kept secrets.
“You see that guy in the hat?” “The tall one?” “The one in the hat!” Does anyone actually listen to their friends’ recommendations anymore? It’s a...
Celebrating The Wire 20 Years On.
It was the show’s mastery of character that made it great. 20 years ago this month, HBO aired the first episode of The Wire. Nine months earlier,...
Deadwood: Looking back at HBO’s true masterpiece.
“Pain or damage don’t end the world. Or despair, or f***ing beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you’ve got more punishment in...
The Sopranos: The show that paved the way for all that was to come.
Like everyone else, including James Gandolfini’s own son, Michael, in preparation for his role in the prequel movie The Many Saints of Newark (as...
The rise and rise of Apple TV+: Why the streamer is a must.
Co-written by site Editor Luke Knowles and Site Contributor Amy Beth. *Contains spoilers for season one of Severance* “You know, my mother was an...
Spooks at 20: A look at the show that took risks few shows would.
You can’t beat a catchy slogan. ‘MI5, Not 9-to-5’ exclaimed the trailers and advertising promotion for a new BBC spy drama that promised to bring...
Prophecy, parody, and Chris Morris: Brass Eye at 25
When people talk about the satire of even the recent past, the most common response is that today, it wouldn’t even pass as satire. Since The Thick...
Celebrating The Office: How this British work of comedy genius launched a new template for other great comedies.
This piece was co-authored by CustardTV Editor Luke Knowles and site contributor Eamon Hennedy It's difficult to say where 'cringe comedy' came...
Who Should Win at this year’s BAFTA TV Awards?
The Nominations for this year's BAFTA TV Awards are out. https://www.thecustardtv.com/its-a-sin-stath-lets-flats-and-help-lead-bafta-nominations/...
Looking back at The West Wing and how it shaped my view of how the world could work.
Before the events of the Russia/Ukraine war, I had written a piece about how The West Wing demonstrates the importance of language. About how in a...
First trailer for Sean Bean and Nicola Walker in Marriage on BBC One
The BBC have released the first trailer for upcoming drama Marriage from the creator of comedies Him & Her and Mum. The four-part drama, written...
The EMMY Nominations 2022
The nominations have been announced for this year's Emmy Awards. Announced by JB Smoove (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Melissa Fumero (Brooklyn...
Only Murders in the Building to return for a third season.
Hulu has ordered a third season of the comedy series starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez. The news comes after just three episodes...
The BBC confirm second series of Sherwood.
As the critically acclaimed Sherwood finishes its much talked about run on the BBC tonight (28 June) it has been confirmed that it will return for a...
Inside No.9 gets two more series taking it to Series 9.
The BBC has announced that Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith’s critically acclaimed and BAFTA-award-winning anthology series, Inside No. 9 will...
‘Detectorists’ to return to the BBC
After a five year absence, triple BAFTA-winning comedy, Detectorists, is to return later this year for a one-off 75-minute special. A warm, funny,...