The BBC have confirmed further of Louis Theroux's interview series coming to BBC Two next year. The six-part series will see Louis Theroux going behind the scenes and in conversation with stars of the British entertainment industry, including Stormzy, Dame Judi Dench,...
CustardTV News Update: First Look at ‘Inside Man’, The Great Season 2, BIG Award Winners.
* BBC One and Netflix have released first look images of miniseries Inside Man, a new thriller from Steven Moffatt. The four-part drama follows a prisoner on death row in the US, a Vicar in a quiet English town, and a maths teacher trapped in a cellar, as...
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....
OPINION: How ’24 Hours in Police Custody’ changed policing on television.
In 2014, Channel 4 launched a spin-off to 24 Hours in A&E. Like the show it spun off from, 24 Hours in Police Custody used fixed rig cameras to go inside the Custody suits to give viewers unprecedented access to the work of Luton and Bedfordshire police....
CUSTARD TV News Update: Nicola Walker & Sean Bean in new BBC drama, Tiger King and Russell T Davies Return
Nicola Walker and Sean Bean are to star together in new four-part drama Marriage. The series comes from Stefan Golaszewski, the writer behind Mum and Him & Her. Marriage sees married couple Ian (Bean) and Emma (Walker) negotiate the ups and downs of...
Custard TV News Update: The Crown and Ted Lasso win big at The Emmy Awards
It's time for another roundup of the news from the last few days in the world of TV. *Sunday night saw the 2021 Emmy Awards with Netflix's The Crown and Apple TV+'s Ted Lasso being the night's big winners. The Crown was named Best Drama whilst Olivia...
REVIEW: Friends the Reunion often forgets to focus on the Friends.
Reviewing Friends: The Reunion is tricky. It's difficult to judge whether the nearly two-hour reunion show gives fans what they want. At the very beginning, the Ben Winston directed special tells us that the six friends have only been in a room together once in the...
NEWS: Channel 4 to celebrate 10 Years of ‘Friday Night Dinner’
At 10pm on Friday the 25th February 2011, the great British nation found themselves face to face with a hairy topless man chomping his way through a ‘lovely bit of squirrel’; an overly-exciteable woman desperate for her ‘Bobble’ to meet a nice ‘female’; two...
interview: How they make 24 Hours in Police Custody.
Over the last two nights, Channel 4 have aired a special edition of their award-winning fixed rig docuseries 24 Hours in Police Custody. The double episode, entitled Black Widow told the story of Victoria Breeden who tried to persuade three men to kill her...
2020: One of the most consistent years of television for a long time.
It's fair to say that 2020 didn't turn out the way anybody had hoped. I don't think I've ever come been in a time where literally everyone everywhere was affected by one issue. In all honesty, I don't think the true full-scale nature of the pandemic hit me properly...
REVIEW: Educating Greater Manchester teaches us to look beyond challenging behaviour
This years’ series of Educating Greater Manchester is different in more ways than one. Filmed in 2018, the series takes us back to a simpler time when the biggest concern teachers had was a Year 11 secretly selling bags of Starburst in the...
REVIEW: The School that tried to end Racism is an important and timely watch.
As its title suggests, Channel 4's new 2-part documentary, The School That Tried to End Racism follows a group of Year 7 pupils as they join a three-week program aimed at tackling our unconscious racial biases. First trialled in the US, the program uses a measure of...
REVIEW: Tiger King on Netflix is the must see documentary of 2020.
More and more of late I've found myself turned off by scripted drama. I've found it increasingly harder to lose myself in fiction when we have so many incredible true stories at our fingertips. While many will flock to Netflix for their original comedies and dramas, I...
The Top 50 of the Decade: 20 – 11
It's time for our Top 20 of the Decade. If you've missed the countdown so far you can find out what made 50-20 here Let's crack on. 20) Game of Thrones (2011, HBO) No television series defined the decade as much as HBO’s adaptation of George R R...
The Top 50 of the Decade: 50 – 20
As we prepare to enter a new decade I wanted to compile a top 50 of the best of the last ten years. It's fair to say that this decade has seen television reign supreme with film taking a back seat. It's been a decade that has seen the rise of streaming giants like...
NEWS: BBC One announces a raft of new commissions at Edinburgh TV Festival
BBC's Director of Content Charlotte Moore announced a raft of new commissions for BBC One with new dramas, sitcoms and documentaries all being announced. Sherlock co-creator Dracula Steven Moffatt brings a new four-part drama series to the channel in the form of...
American Crime Story: Impeachment confirmed for BBC TWO
FX’s award-winning and critically acclaimed hit limited series franchise American Crime Story will return next year with its third instalment, Impeachment: American Crime Story and will be shown on BBC Two. Written by Sarah Burgess, Impeachment: American Crime Story...
REVIEW: Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes is a disturbing watch on Netflix
“I don’t have a split personality, I’m just a normal individual” Words from a man who eluded the American authorities across three states for just under three months after abducting and murdering 30+ women. The Netflix special ‘Conversations with a Killer: The Ted...
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...
REVIEW: Louis Theroux’s Altered States: Love Without Limits
“What do you say to the person you love most in the world when they say they have feelings for someone else?” Louis Theroux’s ‘Love Without Limits’ part of his new series of documentaries ‘Altered States’ explores the benefits and constraints of Polygamous...
REVIEW: Netflix’s Making A Murder – Season Two
Fifteen years ago if you had an extensive collection of serial killer literature on your bookshelf your date might leave with certain preconceptions about you and they might not be in a hurry to see you again. These days they'll probably ask you what podcasts you're...
BBC Three announce raft of new shows
Speaking today at Edinburgh TV festival, Damian Kavanagh, Controller BBC Three, announced four new commissions for the youth-focused channel. Amongst the commissions are Billy Whizz (w/t), a documentary that follows the remarkable story of Billy Monger, a young racing...
The utter joy of Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
I've never really been a fan of the comedy of either Paul Whitehouse or Bob Mortimer and I have even less interest in fishing. You can imagine my surprise when a show featuring the pair chatting on river/lake beds whilst waiting for their fish to bite captivated...
REVIEW: Why you must watch The Staircase on Netflix
The Staircase, which 'dropped' on Netflix today (Friday 8th June) may feel familiar. It has things in common with the services' other true crime juggernauts like Making a Murderer and The Keepers. In truth, The Staircase predates those and should perhaps be credited...