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,...
DISNEY+ GREENLIGHTS HIT SHOW “RIVALS” FOR EAGERLY AWAITED SECOND SEASON Today, Disney+ have announced their “must-watch” drama Rivals, based on the novel by Dame Jilly Cooper, will return for a second season. Starring David Tennant, Alex Hassel, Aidan Turner,...
Dawn Glenn and Mo Walker join Matt to review four new shows. First, they travel back to 1986 to a life of excess in Disney's take on Jilly Cooper's hit novel Rivals. Then, imagine life on the set of a Marvel-esque superhero movie in Sky and HBO comedy The Franchise....
Disney+ today announced the stellar casting line-up for the much anticipated eight-part series, “Rivals”, based on the celebrated novel by Jilly Cooper. The drama is being produced by Happy Prince, which is part of ITV Studios. Rivals is part of Cooper’s bestselling...
We discuss the changes of a cash strapped BBC and bemoan the decision on BBC Three. We review Odyssey, Not Safe for Work and My Mad Fat Diary.
Welcome once again to another look back at this past week's TV highlights and I feel it's been a particularly strong one for female-led drama. It's fair to say that ITV lead the way when it comes to crime drama and this year has seen its fair share of mediocre...
Even if Jonny Depp was beckoning me from atop a hill with his penis...it would have to wait” Ah, My Mad Fat Diary, it is SO good to have you back. Returning for its three-part final fling, the show has been E4’s most successful and loved home grown drama since...
What to say if you liked it It's the best Friday night BBC1 sitcom for years. Better even than Eyes Down, My Family, Wild West, All About Me, Office Gossip… What to say if you dislike it While Martin Clunes and Caroline Quentin shine in decent, proper dramas, Neil...