Murder is murder. You stop believing that, and we might as well not be fighting the war.” Not long ago, I was watching Foyle’s War, and my wife derided it as “an old people’s programme.” I was indignantly making my case that actually, no it isn’t thank you very much,...
In 2006, the BBC took quite a big gamble. In a TV landscape where safe procedurals like New Tricks and a revamped Silent Witness were big hitters, Life on Mars, which saw a modern-day policeman transported back to 1973 didn't exactly fit. It helped, though, that that...
Shy & Lola is a new six-part drama for BBC iPlayer and BBC One, written by award-winning screenwriter and novelist Amanda Coe (Apple Tree Yard, The Trial of Christine Keeler) and produced by multi-BAFTA and Emmy award-winning Clerkenwell Films (Baby Reindeer, The...
Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting, The Full Monty, 28 Weeks Later) has been cast as guest series lead in the new series of Line of Duty. The BAFTA-winning actor will play Detective Constable Shaun Massie in the next instalment of Jed Mercurio’s hit crime thriller when it...
DANNY DYER, DAVID MORRISSEY AND MOTAZ MALHEES TO LEAD CAST OF MAJOR CHANNEL 4 DRAMA ‘THE SIEGE’ BASED ON THE BESTSELLING BOOK BY BEN MACINTYRE Adapted from Ben Macintyre’s best-selling book by three-time Emmy and WGA award-winning Will Smith (Slow Horses, Veep),...
ITV’S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AND TOP-PERFORMING DRAMA, UNFORGOTTEN, COMMENCES FILMING ON ITS SEVENTH SERIES ITV, Mainstreet Pictures and MASTERPIECE are pleased to announce that filming has commenced on the seventh series of the multi-award-winning crime...
Lorraine Ashbourne, Lindsay Duncan, Robert Glenister, Robert Lindsay, Lesley Manville, David Morrissey and Claire Rushbrook return to James Graham’s BBC drama Filming has started on series three of the award-winning Sherwood – the critically acclaimed Nottinghamshire...
TV in 2025 has been a mixed bag. Mostly that's because a lot of our favourite shows or shows we'd been anticipating didn't live up to our expectations. Notably, the second season of The Last Of Us, I'm still not sure what happened there. The third season of The White...
It’s getting colder, darker, and I am dreading winter. Thank goodness for the return of Blue Lights. Whilst the squalid corridors of Blackthorn police station lack the sunshine I am craving, the BAFTA-winning series is fast securing a status alongside the likes of...
Today, Netflix announced a second season of the gripping crime procedural series Dept. Q has been commissioned – an adaptation of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s novels. Season 2 will be filmed and set in Edinburgh following the success of the location in the first series....
ITV’s Director of Drama, Polly Hill, has commissioned The Blame, a gripping new series set to have audiences on the edge of their seats. Produced by acclaimed Quay Street Productions (part of ITV Studios), written, developed for television and executive produced by...
AIMéE-FFION EDWARDS, MIRIAM PETCHE, AASIYA SHAH AND DANIEL MAYS PLAY THE LEADING ROLES IN THE DRAMA** ITV’s Director of Drama Polly Hill has commissioned a four-part true crime drama, Believe Me, written by BAFTA and RTS award winning screenwriter Jeff Pope MBE, and...
Based on the Danish novels penned by Jussi Adler Olsen, Dept. Q is Netflix’s fresh take which relocates the insufferable DCI Carl Morck (Matthew Goode) and his new cold-case department to Scotland. The premise may sound recycled, but the tight, darkly...
Filming has commenced in West London for Channel 4 drama Pierre, starring award-winning actor David Harewood OBE (Sherwood, Homeland). Michele Austin (Hard Truths, This is Going to Hurt) joins the cast playing Charlotte Manners, Pierre’s joint managing partner of...
Dawn and Mo join Matt to review 4 shows available this week. First, the BBC's latest tense crime drama, Reunion, centres around a deaf man being released from Prison. Next, Michelle Williams and Jenny Slate shine in Disney+ dramedy, Dying for Sex. Based on the podcast...
Matt and Dawn are joined by Gary Redrup, the original Custard TV podcaster, to review three shows available this week. They begin with the truly staggering Netflix drama series Adolescence, which might be the most discussed and praised British drama in a very long...
Dawn and Sarah join Matt to review four new shows and break down their thoughts on the latest episodes of The Traitors. First, after a 3-year absence, Severance is finally back on Apple TV+ Easily one of the most anticipated shows of the year, the trio get lost in the...
Dawn and Sarah join Matt to talk about the best Christmas TV and review the first 4 new shows of the new year. Firstly, Sky and Peacock bring us Colin Firth in a harrowing retelling of one man's search for answers following the Lockerbie disaster. Then, James Norton...
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 an age where new series come and go in the blink of an eye, it's worth remembering that some of the best series are close-ended. The mini or 'limited' series which asks very little of you in terms of commitment but deliver a concise and satisfying story. I've put...
Apple TV+ announced a new, six-episode sixth season for the widely acclaimed, darkly comedic spy drama Slow Horses following its season four finale. The Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning series stars Academy Award winner Gary Oldman, who has been honoured with Golden...
Award-winning actor Rafe Spall (The English, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) stars opposite Kelly Reilly (Yellowstone, Here) in the gripping new Sky Original crime thriller ‘Under Salt Marsh’. Also joining the series are the award-winning Jonathan Pryce (The Crown,...
ITV have commissioned new 6-part thriller, Protection, from New Pictures. The series is from the producer of Des and The Missing and written by screenwriter Kris Mrksa. The series will star Siobhan Finneran (Happy Valley) in the leading role alongside...