We discuss the demise of BBC Three, chat with Our Girl Writer Tony Grounds and check out what has kept Gary glued to the box.
CUSTARD TV PODCAST #101: Our Girl, Eastenders and BBC Three
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Shows starring Lacey Turner
Thecustard chats to ‘Our Girl’ writer Tony Grounds
Sunday saw the heartbreaking conclusion of BBC1's Our Girl. The story, which followed on from the original pilot in 2013, starred Lacey Turner as newly qualified Army Medic Molly Dawes. The Five-part drama followed Molly on her first deployment to Afghanistan and...
CUSTARD TV PODCAST #100: The Apprentice, The X-Factor and Homeland
On the latest podcast we use a new BBC site to find out what was on TV when we were busy being born. We review the return of The Apprentice, bemoan an extra long X Factor and Gary celebrates a BIG Birthday!
CUSTARD TV PODCAST #97: Transparent, 24 Hours in Police Custody and Never Mind the Buzzcocks
In the latest podcast Luke shares a weird dream, we review Amazon's Transparent, 24 Hours in Police Custody.
CUSTARD TV PODCAST #96 Scott and Bailey, Our Girl and The Driver
Luke, Gary & Matt look at whether TV is playing it too safe. Review Our Girl, Scott & Bailey and The Driver and Gary pays tribute to a departing member of 'The Voice.'
Why you should be rooting for Our Girl
Cast your minds back and you might remember us raving about BBC One's single drama Our Girl. It was gritty, real, emotional, heart-warming and fiercely honest. Up until this point in her post EastEnders career we'd watched Lacey Turner flit from one disappointing TV...
TheCustardTV looks at the Best of 2013
So unbelievably we've reached that point again when we look back fondly on the last twelve months of television and celebrate the best. Ripper Street (January 2013, BBC1) This series wasn't what a lot of viewers were expecting when they settled down on a dark Sunday...
‘Our Girl’ Given full series by BBC ONE
The BBC have announced that one-off drama Our Girl will return for a five-part series in 2014. Written by Tony Grounds and made by BBC Drama Production, the single drama made a big impact with audiences earlier this year with a successful debut on BBC One...
Matt on the Box: This Week’s TV Highlights: Our Girl, Broadchurch, Lightfields and Plebs
Hi guys and welcome to another look back at a fairly uneventful week in TV. We start off with another single drama for Sunday nights but luckily this one is set in the modern day and doesn't feature any crime-solving. Instead Our Girl starred Lacey Turner as Molly...
CUSTARD TV PODCAST #44: Our Girl, Broadchurch and Youngers
In this week's podcast we discuss programmes going straight to IPlayer, BBC1's brilliant one-off drama Our Girl and why E4's Youngers isn't for us.
CUSTARD TV PODCAST INTERVIEW: Tony Grounds (Our Girl)
This Sunday BBC1 will show a new one-off drama starring former EastEnders star Lacey Turner from writer Tony Grounds. Our Girl is the story of Molly Dawes (Turner), the eldest of five kids with little future, a difficult father and a mother who always wanted more for...
Lacey Turner to star in one-off BBC1 drama
Lacey Turner (EastEnders, Bedlam, Switch) will star as Molly Dawes in Tony Grounds’ (Births Marriages & Deaths, Bodily Harm, Canterbury Tales) new single drama Our Girl, directed by David Drury (The Take, Prime Suspect 3, The Paradise). It will be produced for the...
Did we feel True Love for BBC1’s latest drama?
BBC1’s airing their first ever improvised drama. David Tennant’s starring in the first episode. Well, you had me at ‘improvised drama’, but with David Tennant leading the way, what could possibly go wrong? Sadly, several things. Perhaps the first downfall was the...