*The BBC have released the first trailer for their upcoming drama The Tourist which stars Jamie Dornan. Written by brothers Harry and Jack Williams, The Tourist sees Dornan stars as a British man who finds himself in the glowing red heart of the Australian...
NEWS Roundup: The BBC confirm more ‘The Outlaws’, Euphoria and Mrs. Maisel get airdates.
It's another BIG News Roundup*Amazon Prime Video has set the return date for their award-winning comedy-drama The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. The long-awaited fourth season will begin on Feb. 18, with two episodes debuting each week for four weeks. The fourth...
NEWS Roundup: I’m a Celeb, Peacock, I Talk Telly Awards, ‘Riches’ Cast.
ITV have confirmed the ten celebrities entering the Welsh Castle for the upcoming series of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! They include former Strictly judge Arlene Phillips, Presenter Richard Madeley and Footballer David Ginola. They will be joined by...
CUSTARD TV News Update: Succession airdate. First Look at ‘The Outlaws’, Trailer for ‘Maid’
Welcome to a new feature that we're trialling out here on the site. As we move into a new era for The Custard TV we're looking at ways we can deliver the same content in new ways. Our idea for the news is to give readers a rundown of the stories from the last few days...
FIRST LOOK: The Offenders. Richard E Grant and Julia Davies join the cast.
The BBC and Amazon Studios released a first look image today from the upcoming series, The Offenders (w/t), from multi-award-winning writer and director Stephen Merchant.The image features Academy Award-winning actor Christopher Walken in his first lead British...
OPINION: The Streamers are moving away from ‘boxsetting’ and it makes for a more rewarding experience.
'Mother of God!' Such is the exclamation made by many a Line of Duty fan when they realise that they will have to wait an entire week to see how the latest cliffhanger is resolved. What kind of medieval torture is it to make the audience wait when streaming...
REVIEW: Amazon’s ‘Truth Seekers’ offers little new.
Stricken by the unfortunate news of a new national lockdown, sweeping the entirety of its populace back inside to their homes, rendering the high-street to nothing more than a literal ghost-town. Given the dire circumstances infecting the outside world, the thought of...
Autumn 2020: The Shows we’re looking forward to.
The pandemic may have caused TV schedulers to reach for repeats, but with the autumn just around the corner a lot of the broadcasters have held back dramas comedies and documentaries that were initially meant to be shown in April May and beyond to make sure the autumn...
NEWS: The BBC and Amazon join forces for Stephen Merchant’s ‘The Offenders’
BBC One and Amazon have announced The Offenders (working title) is a six-part series from multi-award-winning writer and director Stephen Merchant, originally created by Stephen and Elgin James (co-creator of US series Mayans M.C.) The series is a co-production...
NEWS: Watch the first trailer for ‘Good Omens’
Amazon has released the first trailer for Good Omens With Armageddon just days away, the armies of Heaven and Hell are amassing and The Four Horsemen are ready to ride. Aziraphale, an angel, and Crowley, a demon, agree to join forces to find the missing Anti-Christ...
The Best of 2018: A year of Great TV.
It's that time of year when we celebrate the best of TV! 2018 had a bit of something for everyone and whilst it wasn't it wasn't the most consistent year for drama, the highs were very HIGH! So, here's the list of our favourite shows of the year. Inside No.9 (January...
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season Two: Amazon Prime’s comedy drama’s encore performance doesn’t disappoint
Towards the tail end of last year, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel made its debut on Amazon Prime and, although it was acclaimed by many critics, it didn't make the impact it should have. I was always going to watch whatever creator Amy Sherman-Palladino did...
REVIEW: Why you need to be watching Prime Video’s ‘Homecoming’
It's entirely possible you've clicked onto this review just because you saw Julia Roberts had a new starring role in a TV show. It's entirely possible you hadn't heard about Homecoming, let alone knew it was all available for you stream now on Amazon Prime Video....
Amazon to show US version of Utopia
Channel 4's drama series Utopia remains one of the most original drama series to ever grace our screens. The series, created by Dennis Kelly lasted two series before it was cruelly cut short by the broadcaster. Ever since then rumours swirled about a US remake....
The Best of 2017: Our favourite shows of the Year
It's that time of year again when we look back on the best of the year so here's our chronological list of the best that 2017 had to offer. No Offence (January 2017, Channel 4) Ballsy, brazen and on the outer fringes of bonkers, we've championed Paul Abbott's offbeat...
First Look: The Grand Tour Series 2
Amazon Prime have released the trailer for the return of Clarkson, Hammond and May in The Grand Tour series 2 This second series of the Amazon original has been dogged with problems including Clarkson's bout of pneumonia and a nasty crash that left Richard Hammond out...
Mr. Robot Season 3: Is the show back to its best?
Mr. Robot quickly became one of television’s greatest offerings when it premiered a little over two years ago. The cyber-thriller stars Rami Malek as the socially awkward computer genius Elliot Alderson, who joins a hacker group known as ‘fsociety’, led by...
More cast confirmed for ‘Good Omens’
BBC Two and Amazon have announced more cast of the upcoming adaptation of Good Omens. It has been confirmed that Emmy and Golden Globe award winning actor Jon Hamm (Mad Men, Baby Driver, Bridesmaids) will be joining the cast of Good Omens, in the role of the...
Amazon orders more ‘Sneaky Pete’
Amazon have committed to a second season of their drama Sneaky Pete just one week after it arrived on the service. The crime drama comes from executive producers Graham Yost and Bryan Cranston stars Giovanni Ribisi as Marius/Pete, a con man trying to get...
Sneaky Pete: What Bryan Cranston did Next
Bryan Cranston, that name holds such gravitas doesn't it? Like anyone who has seen Breaking Bad I will always idolise him. I LOVED Breaking Bad, Towards the end I was lapping it up like a thirsty St. Bernard. I didn't want it to end but the show had seeped into...
Mr. Robot: Why should give the Emmy Nominee a go.
Contributed by Mo Walker The American hackivist drama, Mr. Robot returns to screens for a second attempt at vanquishing the forces of corporate greed. Ironically, Mr. Robot is returning on the cusp of major societal upheavals in the United Kingdom and the...
All the US shows to feel the axe!
As the US networks set out their new schedules some shows have bitten the dust. Below is a list of shows we know to have been axed or ended. A Agent Carter (FX in the UK) American Idol *Aired its final season this year.* (FiveUS/VIVA in the UK) Angel from Hell...
Gary’s US Top 10
I'm Gary, you may've heard me on our podcast getting names slightly wrong and not quite sticking with TV shows. I'm the one of the trio with a keen interest in US programmes. Although we've included some key foreign shows in our best of the year posts I've...
Matt on the Box: Ripper Street, I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here and Some Girls
This week is a very special Matt on the Box as for the first time I focus on a drama that is premièring online before making its way to the TV. That's because this week saw the return of Ripper Street which, following cancellation from the BBC, has found a new...