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...
BBC drama Sherwood tells a uniquely British story about what happens when we let politics divide us.
The BBC's new crime drama Sherwood is brilliant. A starry cast, tackling a uniquely British story with an intriguing central mystery that feels tied...
Big Boys: The poignant comedy that shines the light on the importance of male friendship.
The odd couple is a much-mined sitcom premise, with a myriad of shows built upon the fastidious, introvert forced by circumstance to spend time with...
Apple TV’s For All Mankind is the best recent example of prestige TV.
America is reeling from a gigantic loss in the Cold War – of prestige, of humiliation. In other words: A Red Moon. We are introduced to Ronald D....
Seven series in, Inside No.9 remains the most inventive show on television
Inside No. 9’s most surprising twist might be that seven series in, it’s just as high-quality as it was at the start. With the latest run of...
David Simon returns. We Own This City and the vindication of The Wire
A new David Simon project dropping has roughly the same effect on critics that a designer drug has when it debuts among addicts. So with We Own This...
Abbott Elementary is a warm and engaging comedy that you can’t help but for in love with.
It’s unsurprising given the world events of the past couple of years that TV has been turning to more positive, heartwarming comedies for escapism....
Barry is quietly having its best season and it only keeps getting better.
HBO's Barry is having its best season yet. The lengthy gap between its second and third season (thanks again Covid) allowed creative team Bill Hader...
Better Call Saul’s Plan and Execution is an tense and moving watch.
If you've seen the mid-season finale of Better Call Saul then you're probably still sat aghast. I spent its closing moments with my hand clasped...
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...
How The Royle Family changed comedy forever and in the process gave us the most authentic British family ever captured on screen.
Inclusivity is a good thing. A lot is made of the importance of people seeing themselves represented on screen. As a disabled person, I'm seeing...
Fast paced dialogue wins legions of fans. Celebrating the brilliance of Amy Sherman-Palladino
When The Marvelous Mrs Maisel won Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Series, as well as for writing and direction and its creator Amy Sherman-Palladino...
Why did Pam & Tommy fail to generate the conversation it deserved?
When I wrote my first review of Pam & Tommy the rest of the world had yet to see it. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Seeing past its more outlandish...
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,...
Sarah Lancashire’s Julia to return for second season.
Sarah Lancashire is to return for a second season of HBO Max's re-telling of Julia Child's life story in Julia Executive Producers Chris Keyser...
Paramount Plus to launch in the UK.
We've got Peacock (available for free through Sky and NOW) and now we have a date for another US streamer, Paramount Plus. The CBS backed streamer...
Apple confirms cast for season 2 of The AfterParty
Apple TV+ have confirmed cast details for the second series of their comedy murder mystery series The AfterParty from Christoper Miller. The...