The penultimate Happy Valley consisted of three deeply important conversations. The first comes from an unlikely source. Several times throughout the course of the series, Ryan (Rhys Connah) has asked his family to be honest with him about what his dad subjected his...
Critically acclaimed drama The Last of Us has been renewed for a second season. The series from co-creators Craig Mazin (Emmy Award-winning creator of Sky & HBO’s “Chernobyl”) and Neil Druckmann (creator and writer of the award-winning “The Last of Us” franchise...
Filming has now commenced on Changing Ends, a brand-new six-part autobiographical comedy for ITVX and ITV1 starring Alan Carr, made by the multi-award winning Baby Cow Productions (Chivalry, The Witchfinder, Gavin & Stacey, Alan Partridge). Changing Ends is...
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith bring five more stand-alone episodes of their critically acclaimed and BAFTA Award-winning series, Inside No. 9,to BBC Two this spring. The stellar line-up includes Amanda Abbington (Sherlock, Mr Selfridge), Anita Dobson...
Sky announced the new series of Succession will air exclusively on Sky Atlantic and NOW from 27 March. The series also revealed a new teaser trailer and images. Succession explores themes of power and family dynamics through the eyes of patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox)...
There’s no denying just how seismic a success Ted Lasso became for Apple TV+ during the more heightened days of the pandemic when it found an appreciative audience upon its premiere. Good-natured, very funny and potently combining funny comedy with its quieter and...
AFTA-NOMINATED JASMINE JOBSON ANNOUNCED AS LEAD IN NEW ITVX DRAMA, PLATFORM 7, FROM DANCING LEDGE PRODUCTIONS, ADAPTED BY BAFTA AND INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARD-WINNING SCREENWRITER PAULA MILNE FROM THE BESTSELLING NOVEL BY LOUISE DOUGHTY Jasmine Jobson (Top Boy, Noughts...
Last week, as Ryan was leaving his visit with his 'father', Tommy (James Norton) asked him how his bungee jump went. It felt like a glib throwaway question, especially when he proposed the idea of a father and son jump in a few years. Even Ryan (Rhys Connah) dismissed...
Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Sarah Kennedy to review HBO's long-awaited adaptation of The Last of Us which is available in the UK on Sky Atlantic and NOW. They also ITV's new medical drama Maternal, new ITV comedy The Family Pile and try to make sense of The...
If you’re over the age of twenty, you probably remember Waterloo Road. A gritty and soapy, Manchester-based series that told the complex stories of troubled teens and their struggling teachers. The show tackled a huge variety of issues that occur in and around...
Meryl Streep is joining the cast of Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building for its upcoming third season. Little is known about her role in the series but it's very exciting.. She joins a cast led by Selena Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short; Paul Rudd — who had a...
Happy Valley has always been Ryan's story. That's the main reason we had to wait such a long time for this final series. Sally Wainwright wanted to wait for Ryan (and the actor Rhys Connah) to be of age to tell the story she wanted. Following on from last week's...
Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Suky Khakh to review The Rig (Prime Video), Welcome to Chippendales (Disney+) Copenhagen Cowboy (Netflix), and Reginald the Vampire (NOW/Sky Sci-fi) Listen to "The Custard TV Podcast" on Spreaker.
Video Game to adaptations have gained a reputation for being notoriously bad for as far back as the 1993 adaptation of “Super Mario Bros” to as recent as 2022s “Uncharted”. In the last few years, we’ve seen some pushback against this, with original stories inspired by...
I have praised Sally Wainwright's dialogue in every review of one of her shows I've ever written. The second episode of Happy Valley series 3 proved it can be just as powerful in its quieter moments. The bombshell that it's Claire (Siobhan Finneran) and her boyfriend...
Broadcast is reporting that plans to privatize or sell off Channel 4 have officially been called off. Culture secretary Michelle Donelan wrote to prime minister Rishi Sunak yesterday setting out her decision, in a letter obtained by The News Agents podcast. “After...
For the first podcast of 2023, Matt and Luke are joined by Dawn Glen to review the welcome return of Happy Valley on BBC One, ITV's true-crime drama Stonehouse, Welsh crime drama The Light in the Hall on Channel 4, and surprisingly deep pirate comedy Our Flag Means...
After a torturously long time, HBO Max’s pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death is reaching British shores and broadcasting on BBC2 from 4th January (with all episodes on iPlayer). One of the few shows to survive HBO’s eager axe, Our Flag Means Death was an immediate cult...
PICKS OF THE WEEK Happy Valley Sunday 8th January BBC One Search Party Monday 9th January BBC Three 24 Hours in A&E Tuesday 10th January Channel 4 Reginald the Vampire Tuesday 10th January Sky Sci-Fi Welcome to Chippendale Wednesday 11th January Disney+ Our Flag...
Another year is upon us and 2023 is already packed with exciting and noteworthy new and retuning shows that we can't wait to see. The Last of Us Monday 16th January Sky Atlantic - It's quite possible that one of the first BIG dramas might be one of the year's best....
ere were times when I worried the BBC had forgotten they'd commissioned a third series of Happy Valley. Sally Wainwright had busied herself with passion project Gentlemen Jack and started work on a new Disney+ series, The Ballad of Renegade Nell. It had seemed Happy...
Ever since the thrilling conclusion of its penultimate season, fans of The Handmaid's Tale have been desperate for more. News broke late last year that the sixth season of the multi-award-winning series based on the dystopian novel from Margrett Atwood would be it's...
For our favourite podcast of the year, Matt and Luke look back on the brilliant TV of 2022 and count down their personal top 10 shows of the year as well as looking at the wider contributors list. Expect discussion on Severence, Derry Girls and Bad Sisters. Plus...
For the final podcast of the year, Matt is joined by Dawn Glen to review Without Sin on ITVX, Christmas Carole on Sky Max, Mayflies on BBC One, and the Christmas Ghost Story. Listen to "373 Without Sin, Christmas Carole, Mayflies" on Spreaker.