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 episodes, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton have proved that they’re still perfectly capable of entertaining us, moving us...
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 return for series eight and nine as twelve brand new episodes are commissioned and will once again be made by BBC Studios...
Louis Theroux lands chat show on the BBC.
The BBC have announced Louis Theroux is to front his own intimate chat show. In the first episode of the six-part series The Louis Theroux Interviews (working title), he joins multi-award winning, British Musician Stormzy on tour and at home for an in depth and...
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 more disabled people on television and whilst that's a positive thing I don't think it's entirely the only way you can see...
Louis Theroux’s ‘Extreme and Online’ is an important and worryingly timely watch.
There have only been a few times that Louis Theroux has had the cameras turned on him whilst making his documentaries. When he met America's Most Hated Family, the Phelps made one of their trademark 'hate signs' with Theroux's face plastered across it. An infamous...
The BBC: Something’s Got to Give
Following the news that the licence fee will be frozen for two years, Robin Parker looks at where the BBC goes from here. It’s rapidly becoming less a tactic than a matter of policy: whenever they’re in for a kicking, this government initiates Operation Bash the Beeb....
Dylan Moran writes new BBC comedy ‘ Stuck’
The BBC has announced brand new comedy 'Stuck', written by Dylan Moran and starring Dylan Moran and Morgana Robinson, is coming to BBC Two and BBC iPlayer in 2022. Made by Hat Trick Productions and filmed in Belfast, the five-part series is a sometimes dark, sometimes...
Moving ‘Toast’ to ‘Tinseltown’ loses nothing of what made the original so charming.
You're only 53 seconds into Episode 1 of Toast of Tinseltown when you realise that Stephen Toast (Matt Berry) and his bizarre theatrical world has not merely been ported from its original home on Channel 4 to BBC Two, but has been given the star treatment. Because...
The Best of 2021: From It’s a Sin to Mare of Easttown 2021 really delivered.
This without question my favourite post of the year. It's another chance to celebrate the best television had to offer. 2021 was another strong year. Standouts It's a Sin, Mare of Easttown, Only Murders in the Building and the long-awaited third season of Succession....
News Roundup: First Look at ‘Stay Close,’ ‘Then Barbara Met Alan’ and Only Murders news.
*Netflix have released the trailer for their upcoming Harlan Coben adaptation 'Stay Close'. The Good Fight's Cush Jumbo leads an all star cast which includes Richard Armitage, James Nesbitt, Jo Joyner and Sarah Parish for the twisty thriller. The eight-part drama...
Custard TV News Special: BBC announce Christmas and New Year Highlights
Welcome to a special news update as the BBC have now announced what shows will be airing over the festive period. Headlining the season will be the debut of four gripping new dramas including Sarah Phelps’ A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and...
NEWS Roundup: The BBC marks 100 Years, First Look at Pam & Tommy and Bloods Returns
*To mark 100 years of the BBC in 2022, the Corporation has announced a bumper year of sports, events and landmark commissions for TV, Radio, and Online to inform, educate and entertain the nation, under the banner BBC 100. In 2022 special content will range from the...
OPINION: Why we should stop searching for more Game of Thrones and focus on ‘The Last Kingdom’
As broadcasters and streamers scramble to fill the void left by Game of Thrones, we look at how that show has been under our noses since 2015! First aired Thursday 22nd October 2015 on BBC Two Game of Thrones may have ended with a whimper rather than a bang, but its...
OPINION: Why we need to be shouting about the brilliant ‘What We Do in the Shadows’
Megan Hyland looks at the brilliance of What We Do in the Shadows and why the series hasn't caught on here in the UK and why that needs to change. My first experience of What We Do In The Shadows was watching the 2014 film halfway across the world with no furniture,...
OPINION: How Buffy formed the most important stages of my life.
"You could find yourself reflected in any of these women – or all of them – but what mattered most was that they were all powerful in their own ways, and as someone who saw themselves as more of a Tara than a Buffy, the idea that there could still be strength in...
OPINION: American Crime Story is one of the best of television and has no business being that!
American Crime Story is back. It's a show that attracts big names and asks them to play possibly bigger names like OJ Simpson, Gianni Versace and President Bill Clinton. It's also a show, in my opinion, that shouldn't be as riveting and exciting as it is. It actually...
CUSTARD TV News Update: Coogan to portray Saville, Louis Theroux returns and Netflix confirms returns.
It's another BIG news Update*Channel 4 has commissioned an eight-part crime thriller Suspect (w/t) which is an adaptation of the original Danish series. The 8 x 30’ drama stars James Nesbitt, Joely Richardson, Anne-Marie Duff, Richard E....
CUSTARD TV News Update: Cast announced for Inside No.9, Strictly Come Dancing Couples, Hollington Drive trailer
Welcome to another look at a round-up of all the TV news that has broken over the last few days. *The BBC has confirmed that the seventh series of Reece Shearmsith and Steve Pemberton's comedy anthology has started filming. Headlining series seven are Daniel...
REVIEW: Alma’s Not Normal: Why we can all relate to Sophie Willan’s semi-autobiographical sitcom
Sophie Willan’s larger-than-life comedy creation is Alma, a spirited, optimistic woman with a chaotic childhood, and an excellent line in fabulous furry pink coats. She’s doing her best despite life cruelly not living up to her glitzy expectations. In autobiographical...
Opinion: Why ‘British-ness’ is a difficult to define and hard to find sometimes.
I started to write this as a response to John Whittingdale's White paper but whilst I was writing it, Whittingdale was removed from his post. It's still a worthy discussion about what constitutes 'British-ness' on television and which channels are performing the...
REVIEW: Inside No.9’s final episode poses an interesting question.
Inside No. 9 concludes its sixth series with an uncomfortable ‘state of the nation’ piece, including more political and religious themes than ever before. The episode revolves around a family coming together to watch the Last Night of the Proms on...
REVIEW ‘How do you Plead?’ is one of Inside No.9’s creepiest episodes.
Having previously appeared (via audio only) in series 3 episode The Devil of Christmas, Derek Jacobi becomes the first guest star to make a second voyage Inside No. 9. This week’s instalment, How Do You Plead? takes place in a lavish...
REVIEW: Inside No.9’s ‘Hurry up and wait’ is a claustrophobic and unsettling watch.
Although Simon Says, by the time it aired, had an accidental link to Line Duty, this week’s instalment of Inside No. 9 has an intentional one, in the form of guest star Adrian Dunbar playing a version of himself. The setup...
REVIEW: Inside No.9’s ‘Lip Service’ continues a run of classic episodes.
The latest episode of Inside No. 9 is a story of surveillance and secrecy. A rather drab man has booked himself into an even drabber hotel room so that he can spy on a woman across the road, worried that she’s seeing another man. But is he the only one who’s...