"One bad word, one selfie misdemeanour, and your reputation could crumble," English teacher Jenna Garvey (Sheridan Smith) remarks to a class full of rowdy Year 10s. Little does Jenna know, these words will soon come back to haunt her as a life-changing accusation is...
"Dalgliesh is a serious attempt by Channel 5 to assert itself as one of the big players in the realm of drama and it succeeds on every score."Contributed by Will Barber-Taylor The gentlemen detective is a genre of fiction that emerged during the late 19th century...
Broadcast is reporting that Channel 5 is to increase their output of original drama. The Small Hand (w/t) is a 120- minute thriller about an antiques dealer who finds himself haunted by the ghost of a young boy. Based on the novel of the same name by Susan Hill, who...
After the success of family crime drama Blood last year, Channel Five has announced their next new drama. It's a four-parter entitled The Deceived. The drama, written by Lisa Mcgee (Derry Girls) is set in Cambridge and Donegal, the northernmost county...
There is too much TV nowadays. My 'job' I suppose is sorting through the shows that are just 'ok' and making sure you are aware of the shows that are worth your time. So, let's talk about Channel 5's new Irish drama Blood then shall we? It more than meets the criteria...
After two quite heavy weeks of TV, the last seven days have seen very little in the way of debuting shows. But that hasn't stopped yours truly from cobbling together a column from both continuing programmes and a couple of new shows that have popped up this week. I'll...
The heads of all major television channels have spoken together about how their channels are doing. Here's what we learnt from the debate. Attracting the Young Viewer: All average age of viewers for channels are over 50s. BBC - 62, ITV - 60. Discussion about...
It appears that TV is in limbo at the moment with a summer stuffed full of sports there's very little to watch for those of us who have no interest in that sort of thing. Luckily I've rustled together a few highlights from the last fortnight with a mix of comedy,...
Welcome to the final Matt on the Box before football completely dominates our screens and there's no proper TV for about a fortnight. BBC drama provided the big highlights of the week starting off with a new film from Jimmy McGovern in the form of Reg. The Reg of the...
Another week in TV Land is over and that means it's time for another Matt on the Box where I'm struggling again to find many notable highlights. The TV programme that has probably garnered the most headlines this week is Channel 4's Winter Olympic themed competition...
It's that time of year again when Emma Willis gets all excited and we count try to figure out who the devil the 'celebrities' are. Initially there's a backlash as we fail to recognise anyone outside of former X Factor or Apprentice contestants and maybe the odd soap...
Tonight Celebrity Big Brother returned with an all new UK Vs USA House which was represented by a vary garish house full of national landmarks and an awesome red phonebox shower. But what most people were concerned with was who was going into the house and more...
We seem to be slipping into that part of the year where debuting programmes are short on the ground, so this week's Matt on the Box focuses on a couple of shows that came to an end this week. We start with possibly on one of the most successful TV programmes of the...
Welcome back to another chair-spinning, semi-improvised and real time look back at the last seven days in TV. We start with the aforementioned chair spinning as The Voice UK returns for its fourth series. The biggest change to this series has to be the inclusion of a...
It's that time of year again. Yes, along with a vast cavalcade of crime dramas, Channel Five have presented us with another series of Celebrity Big Brother. As always we at The Custard are here to help you out with a handy cut out and keep guide to this year's...
As TV winds down for the summer, and some football tournament or other, this week's Matt on the Box will primarily be focusing on programmes that are coming to an end. The first series to come to an end this week was BBC's family saga From There to Here which...
Channel Five has announced that Suspects will return this autumn with a further series already scheduled for 2015. Starring Fay Ripley and Damien Molony, Suspects was Channel Five's first original drama commission in eight years. The drama was mainly improvised with...
After mentioning the multitude of crime dramas that were populating our screens in the last instalment, this week we welcomed even more. As well as the superb Line of Duty, which you can read about elsewhere on the site, two other crime dramas debuted this week....
Welcome to back to what was a fairly quiet week in TV land. One of the biggest problems with TV sitcoms centring on families is what to do when the child actors get older. This is particularly problematic with a show like Outnumbered, which returned for a fifth and...
It's very rare for a programme's final date to be pushed back, but that's exactly what Channel Five has done with the latest incarnation of Celebrity Big Brother. The programme has grown in popularity as more and more people tune in just to see what all the fuss is...
It's that time again as another bunch of people you've never heard of prepare to enter the Big Brother house. Of course this being Celebrity Big Brother all of them have gained notoriety for some reason or another and in this guide I'll tell you why should've heard of...
Here we are once again with another look back at the last seven days in TV Unless you've been living under a rock for the past month then you will have noticed the adverts hyping up Channel 4's Mating Season. One of the highlights of the season is Dates, a series of...
It doesn't seem two minutes ago since the last Celebrity Big Brother where Julian Clary triumphed over Martin Kemp and Colleen Nolan to win the show. However here we are again as a load of soap stars, reality TV rejects and a few people you've never heard of so once...
Here it is once again another show featuring so called ‘celebrities’ with the z-list truly plundered to get a full cast for another series of Celebrity Big Brother. If I was a betting man, and I’m not, I would hazard to guess that the majority of people would know at...