Episodes
3 days ago
3 days ago
Matt and Dawn are joined by Doctor Who superfan Suky to review the return/reboot of the iconic BBC series. The trio also review Channel 4's new teen thriller The Gathering alongside sci-fi drama Dark Matter on Apple TV+ and Bodkin on Netflix.
Tuesday May 07, 2024
# 427: The Responder, A Man in Full, Dead Boy Detectives, Inside No.9
Tuesday May 07, 2024
Tuesday May 07, 2024
Matt and Dawn are joined by regular guest and token American Mo Walker to review 4 new shows debuting this week. Martin Freeman returns in the brilliantly tense crime drama The Responder. Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith prepare to say goodbye to Inside No.9 as the ninth and final series begins on BBC Two. Over on Netflix the trio review two very different dramas in David E Kelley's adaptation of Tom Wolfe's A Man in Full and a take on Neil Gaiman's Dead Boy Detectives.
There's also discussion on Mo's recent trip to the UK, the good and bad surrounding the huge conversation around Baby Reindeer as Race Across the World.
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
Matt and Luke hop aboard the Time Machine to April 1999. Going back to see Clooney's last appearance in ER. The time the BBC gave Vic & Bob their own Saturday night show. The time everyone was frozen and chased by hungry dogs in ITV's The Last Train and the time Adam & Joe sent Adam's dad to meet Coolio in The Adam & Joe Show. There's also a look at the headlines and a test on the biggest Chart hits.
Monday Apr 15, 2024
# 426: Feud: Capote Vs The Swans, Franklin, Baby Reindeer and Mammoth
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Matt and Dawn are joined by Mo Walker to review 4 new shows. This week's lineup looks like this. The second installment of Ryan Murphy's anthology series Feud arrives on Disney+ starring Tom Hollander as Truman Captoe. Michael Douglas stars as Benjamin Franklin in Apple TV's surprisingly upbeat min series Franklin. Elsewhere, Netflix has tense stalking 'comedy' Baby Reindeer and Mike Bubbins stars in BBC Two's new comedy Mammoth.
There's also discussion on Fallout on Prime Video, Doctor Who and Big Mood.
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
# 425: The Regime, Ripley, Sugar,Race Across The World
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Luke joins Matt and Dawn to review 4 brand new shows debuting this week. This week's show appears to be sponsored by the letter R with The Regime from HBO and Sky Atlantic, Ripley on Netflix and the return of Race Across The World on BBC One. There is one outlier in Sugar the new genre-bending crime thriller from Apple TV+. Elsewhere there are discussions on Big Mood and a lively debate/argument/discussion on whether reviewers should be allowed to base their opinions on a twist a show does.
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
# 424: Renegade Nell, Big Mood, This Town, Fargo Season 4
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
Matt and Dawn are joined by podcast regular Sarah Kennedy to review Brummie drama This Town on BBC One. The return of Happy Valley's Sally Wainwright with her new swashbuckling series Renegade Nell as well as Channel 4 sitcom Big Mood and Fargo which returned quietly towards the end of last year on Prime Video.
There's also discussion on Extraordinary, Things You Should Have Done, Girls5eva and terrible subtitles.
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Luke's not well enough for a full trip to March of 1999 aboard the Time Machine. So Dawn Glen bravely joins Matt to examine the TV landscape 25 years ago this month. First, Channel 4 launches HBO's Sex and The City. On ITV, gentle Brummie comedy The Grimleys starred written by Line of Duty's Jed Mercurio. Channel 4 launches female led sketch show Smack the Pony whilst the BBC waves goodbye to one of their biggest hits of the decade, as Noel hosts one final (slightly bitter) House Party.
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
#423:Girls5eva, Palm Royale, Manhunt, The Gone
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Luke, Matt and Dawn return to review 4 brand new shows debuting this week. First, one of the funniest shows on television as Netflix becomes the new home for Peacock's Girls5eva. Then we travel to the swinging '60s for Apple's confused new comedy drama Palm Royale. Staying with Apple, we look at historical drama Manhunt, which charts the hunt for Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth. Finally, the trio review BBC Four's new acquisition a strange hybrid crime drama which dips its toes in both Ireland and New Zealand in the oddly titled, The Gone.
There's also discussion on series 2 of Extraordinary over on Disney+, Things You Should Have Done on iPlayer, Ted on Sky Max and Fargo Season 5 available on Prime Video.