Michaela Coel joined by Thandiwe Newton, Maxine Peake, Danny Sapani and Ncuti Gatwa for new BBC drama First Day on Earth as filming begins Coel will write, star and serve as an executive producer on the series coming to BBC iPlayer and BBC One. ilming is...
Matt, Dawn and Gary board the TV Time Machine and enter a new Millennium. They review four new shows that began in January. Dom Jolly takes to the streets to terrorise and irritate the British public in Channel 4's hidden camera hit Trigger Happy TV. The BBC attempt...
It's the final pod of 2024, looking back on the very best the TV had to offer. Luke and Dawn join Matt to count their personal Top 10's of the year whilst also counting down the favourites of the wider Custard TV team. Expect discussions on Slow Horses, Mr & Mrs...
Television in 2024 felt different. Things slowed down. You could feel broadcasters and streaming platforms straining to deliver the volume of shows we've been accustomed to and the heavy reliance on making shows out 'existing IP' made a lot of the output feel lazy,...
Based on the best-selling ‘True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland’ FX's adaptation of Patrick Radden Keefe’s 2018 book, Say Nothing excels in its handling of the intricate and bloody memory of The Troubles. Opening with the ‘disappearing’ of Jean...
Matt reunites with Custard TV Podcast royalty Gary as well as Maid for TV's Elaine Gregson to review four shows available this week. First up, Rebecca Hall is a teacher plagued by a 'hum' that only she can hear in the BBC's new thriller The Listeners. Then, Maxine...
November is a surprisingly busy month for impressive new and returning television. So here is a good guide of what to expect so you don't miss the big stuff. Day of the Jackal Thursday 7th November 2024 Sky Atlantic - I recently wrote an opinion piece (which I...
The FX series adapted from the nonfiction best-seller by Patrick Radden Keefe will be coming to Disney+ in the UK this November. Described as a gripping story of murder and memory set in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, the limited series spans four decades to...
This year the BBC turns 100. Fundamental to Britain and funded by licence fee payers, the BBC has garnered a worldwide reputation for quality. For this special post highlighting the highlights of the corporation's massive contribution to television, I've decided to...
So we've done it! We've reached the end of the year. 2014 wasn't as packed as last year, but when it was good, it was very good indeed. Sherlock - Series 3 (January 2014, BBC1) 2014 began with one of the most anticipated returns in a long time when we all sat round to...
Peter Moffat's epic drama The Village makes its welcome return to BBC One this week, as Series Two begins. The inhabitants of The Village are stumbling out from beneath the shadow of the Great War as the series presses on to explore the 1920s in its journey to tell...
As well as being Easter Sunday, today marks the fiftieth anniversary of BBC Two which broadcast its opening night on the 20th April 1964. Although said opening night was plagued with problems BBC Two has since gone on to produce some of the nation's most loved...
Filmng has began in Derbyshire on the second series of The Village, BBC One's critically acclaimed drama, with six more episodes for broadcast later this year. Peter Moffat's epic story charts the life and turbulent times of one English village through the 20th...
One of The Custard TV's favourite drama series Silk will end after the current third series has finished. Speaking to RadioTimes.com, the show's creator Peter Moffat issued the following statement, “It has been a complete joy to work with a group of actors as good as...
BBC Right from the start of this third series of Silk there were very mixed emotions for the tenants of Shoe Lane Chambers. Celebrations as Rupert Penry Jones’ Clive Reader finally made ‘silk’ joining Martha Costello as Queen’s Counsel, all contrasted with...
In our latest podcast we debate the updated iPlayer and the praise for Silk and Line of Duty continues.
Welcome to another look back at last week's TV which featured the return of two very different dramas as well as some proper old-fashioned Saturday night TV. First up we had the return of the brilliant legal drama Silk which continued to deliver at the start of its...
In this podcast we look at what Ripper Street returning means for broadcasters and decide whether Jonathan Creek should've returned for a new series.
BBC Monday sees the return of our favourite legal drama. Yes, Maxine Peake, Rupert Penry-Jones, Neil Stuke and Frances Barber don their wigs for the third series of Silk. We've been fans of Peter Moffat's superb series since day one and the wait for this third...
Easter was a massive time for TV. In this podcast we talk about Doctor Who, get hot under the collar when discussing the somewhat unwelcome return of The Voice and continue to marvel at Broadchurch.
It got over 6 million viewers on Sunday night, but some complained new BBC1 period piece The Village was "too miserable". If you've been following this site for a while you'll know I'm not a big fan of period drama. I like dramas with characters I can relate to and...
It seems a bit odd to be writing this piece at the start of the week however seeing as it's a Bank Holiday Weekend I thought I'd give you all a bit of a treat. So this week you're getting two articles for the price of one with this particular instalment looking back...
An epic drama series for BBC ONE starring Maxine Peake and John Simm charting the life and turbulent times of one English village across the whole of the twentieth century. THE VILLAGE is written by BAFTA winning writer PETER MOFFAT. The camera never leaves the...
This time year I sat in a very different office, and oddly in a very different country pondering on what I'd enjoyed most in 2011. 365 days later (roughly) it's time to sit and ponder again on my personal highlights of a packed TV year. I knew before I compiled 2012...