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,...
In the latest podcast we look at whether ITV's 'Super Saturday' was actually 'Super' and wonder if NewsZoids and The Delivery Man were supposed to make us laugh.
Following big success on Sky Atlantic, Sky have announced a second series of mystery drama Fortitude. In the UK the first episode was watched by a cumulative audience of 2.66m and the series so far averages 1.69m, making the series Sky Atlantic’s most successful...
Gary goes on strike but we discuss The Good Wife, Broadchurch and whether Fortitude lived up to its hype!
After a week or so away it's time to look at what TV has offered us in the past few weeks We start with a drama that you would have at least heard something about unless you've been living under a rock for the last month or so. Sky Atlantic's Fortitude has been...
Welcome to a look back at a week in which not a lot happened in TV-land apart from the conclusion of two gripping murder mystery dramas. But we start with the latest Channel 4 observational documentary, as the cameras return to The Fried Chicken Shop. Rooster's Spot...
So we're now in September which means the start of a whole new TV season. With so much to pack in I've found myself having to write two weekly pieces the first of which focuses on ITV's week of debuting shows which featured both some returning names and some new...
In this latest podcast the return of The X Factor, Educating Yorkshire and ITV crime drama The Guilty.
I was quite looking forward to the latest in ITV’s long, long string of crime dramas, largely because it starred the delectable Tamsin Greig. I adored her in Black Books, but hadn’t seen much of her more recent comic turns, so the notion of seeing Greig flexing her...