Ben (Samuel Bottomley) loves Lill (Lara Ricote). Everyone in their friend group knows that. Ben's parents, Deb (Lucy Black) and Alan (John Thompson), love them both, taking Lil into their house so that Ben can work and save up money for their big move from Ben's...
Mackenzie Crook may not have reached national treasure status yet, but his oeuvre suggests it is only a matter of time. His roles include inimitable Gareth from The Office and Worzel Gummidge in his own take on the iconic series, and, most notably, he wrote, directed,...
The story will revolve around an unlikely friendship between two people who meet at a knee trauma clinic BBC Wales and BBC Comedy have commissioned a new comedy co-starring and co-written by Ruth Jones and Steve Speirs, that looks at the challenges and rewards of...
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,...
Comedian and actor Nick Mohammed (best known as Nate in Ted Lasso, but currently on our screens in Douglas is Cancelled) recently expressed his concern about recent commissions from BBC Comedy by creators from underrepresented groups which seemed to focus on identity....
The BBC has announced that its critically-acclaimed hit comedy-drama Boarders, created and written by BAFTA-nominated Daniel Lawrence Taylor, is set to return for another term. The six-part second series will be produced by Studio Lambert in association with All3Media...
For most of us over the age of 20, the 2010s are just one homogeneous 3G blur and we couldn't begin to define what made 2014 different from any other year in the past decade. Thankfully Channel 4’s brilliant comedy Big Boys managed to poke our memories and establishes...
When Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash called time on The Royle Family following the Christmas Special in 2000 I was desperate to see what the pair would do next. Caroline would move to Australia and create the short-lived Dossa and Joe and Craig Cash would team with...
After a summer of sport, TV is getting its act together this autumn. Yes, the World Cup will disrupt things in November but the streamers have plenty to keep us non-footie fans occupied. Here are the shows we're looking forward to over the next few months. Minx...
Why remake perfection? This is what many Call My Agent! fans asked when it was announced that a British version of the hit French Netflix series was being made. A fabulous comedy about acting agents and the diva-like behaviour of the celebrities they were tasked with...
We look at the unbearable X Factor Live judge's houses. The Apprentice goes shopping for our pets. And ITV gets arsey with the BBC. Plus the hugely welcome returns of Catastrophe and Detectorists
It's another week and there's a lot of TV to talk about so let's get started. It's fair to say that ITV haven't a great year so far in terms of drama with highlights being short on the ground. Even series that had promising starts, such as Black Work, fizzled out and...
We discuss whether we should binge on telly or not. We review the semi finals of Britain's Got Talent and get very angry about BBC One's new comedy SunTrap.
The BBC have released the first image of new silent comedy series Pompidou, a new prime-time series created by and starring Matt Lucas. Pompidou will be filmed in the UK and comprises six 30-minute episodes to air early 2015. Matt Lucas (Little Britain, Come Fly With...
In the first podcast of 2014 we cover Christmas and 2014. Including confusion and praise for Sherlock, our Christmas highlights and new drama The 7.39.
Happy New Year to all and welcome to this first new edition of Matt on the Box covering the first five days of 2014. It was indeed a happy new year for all of us who have been anticipating the return of Sherlock for the past two years. The first of the two episodes...
In the latest podcast we discuss ITV's new comedy Monday Vicious and The Job Lot. David Tennant in The Politician's Husband and Matt's been to another screening.
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...
This week Matt and I discuss the brilliance of BBC4's Getting On, our love of Channel 4 student comedy Fresh Meat and confusion over new BBC daytime drama.
We're back and this week we discussed the BBC Sitcom Me and Mrs. Jones, ITV's DCI Banks and high praise for Monroe and Moone Boy.
As Gary swans off to a Sky screening Matt steps in with me to discuss, Good Cop, Moone Boy and ITV drama Leaving as well as TV's guilty pleasures.
What to say if you liked it A superbly scholarly satire about the pernicious planet of PR. What to say if you didn’t like it A conceited, esoteric facsimile of Yes Minister populated by monstrous mannequins. What was good about it? • The razor-sharp dialogue you could...