In our latest podcast we look at the political debates, Sheridan Smith in Inside No.9 and wonder why BBC1's The Ark had to happen.
CUSTARD TV PODCAST #123: Coalition, Political Debates and The Ark
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Shows starring Julie Hesmondhalgh
Matt on the Box: Inside No.9, The Battle For Number Ten, Louis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity, Dara & Ed’s Big Adventure and Teens
In a week in which we lost an X-Factor host, a Top Gear host and gained a new Homes Under the Hammer host in Dion Dublin; the actual TV output has been quite quiet. Indeed it comes to something when one of the biggest shows of the week is a macabre comedy drama that...
CUSTARD TV PODCAST #122: Louis Theroux, Inside No. 9 and The Late Late Show
In our latest podcast we discuss James Corden's late night debut in the US. Louis Theroux's latest doc on BBC Two, the return of Inside No.9 and wonder where Gary really is!
Inside No.9: Was the first episode worth the wait?
If Hitchcock was the Master of Suspense, and Poe the Master of the Macabre, then (ex) The League of Gentleman’s Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton are surely the Masters of Claustrophobia. Following 2014’s triumphant first series, Inside No. 9 returns to our screens...
CUSTARD TV PODCAST #114: Cucumber, Catastrophe, Suspects and Celebrity Big Brother
In our latest podcast we praise Channel 4's new comedy Catastrophe and wonder whether new drama Cucumber was too explicit.
Julie Hesmondhalgh talks ‘Cucumber’
As Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street, Julie Hesmondhalgh played one of the most universally loved characters in the long and illustrious history of Coronation Street. Hayley was kind, caring and courageous and, as a transgender character (the first in British soap...
Star studded cast for Inside No.9
One of the comedies of last year was BBC2's Inside No.9 Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton's anthology series which told six different stories only linked by the number 9. Though Initially sceptical that viewers would come back to a show each week when there weren't...
Cast announced for new Russell T Davies series Cucumber
Vincent Franklin, Cyril Nri, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Freddie Fox, Fisayo Akinade, Con O’Neill, James Murray and Ceallach Spellman confirmed to star in Cucumber and Banana on Channel 4 and E4. Star of The Thick of It and Twenty Twelve, Vincent Franklin will join Coronation...