The Custard TV Podcast

# 460: ERIC, Lost Boys and Fairies, Queenie and We Are Lady Parts

Matt and Sarah are joined by guest and the other half of the Shipyard Podcast, Lucy Macey to review Netflix drama ERIC which stars Benedict Cumberbatch as a man struggling with the disappearance of his young son and who sees a 7 foot blue puppet.  Then, Lost Boys and Fairies, a gentle drama from the BBC about a gay couple wanting to adopt and the issues that can bring. Brand new comedy Queenie from Channel 4, and staying with Channel 4, the girls of We Are Lady Parts are back for the long-awaited second series of the acclaimed comedy. 

# 459: The Veil, The Big Cigar, The Sympathiser, Inside No.9 so far.

Matt and Dawn are joined by  Nick Bartlett to review 4 new shows this week. They look at a dodgy English accent from Elisabeth Moss in the FX now on Disney+ drama The Veil. Then, big budget HBO drama The Sympathiser from Park Chan-wook which has interesting cameos from Robert Downey Jr. Then, the story of the rise of the Black Panther Party in The Big Cigar from Apple. Lastly, and mostly for Nick, the trio look at the most recent episode of Inside No.9 and dissect the series as it stands so far.

There's also talk on Doctor Who.

TV Time Machine # 9 - May 1999: South Park, Geri, Psychos, Sir Bernard's Stately Homes

Matt and Luke head back to 1999, more specifically May 1999 to review 4 shows debuting that month. They look at the first couple of episodes of Season two of South Park which began on Channel 4 in May as well as examining the phenomenon around the animated hit at that time. They also watch Channel 4 drama Physcos which looked at life in a psychiatric unit. Then, also on Channel 4, they watch Geri - a documentary which followed Geri Halliwell in the immediate aftermath of her departure from The Spice Girls. The documentary charts her struggle to find a purpose after leaving the group and was a properly fascinating look at a different kind of stardom. Finally, they watch Sir Bernard's Stately Homes, a 10-minute mockumentary fronted by a very young Matt Lucas and David Walliams and directed by a young up-and-comer named Edgar Wright. Luke is tested on his music knowledge with a chart from May of 1999.

# 458: Doctor Who, Dark Matter, The Gathering and Bodkin.

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.

# 457: The Responder, A Man in Full, Dead Boy Detectives, Inside No.9

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.

TV Time Machine # 8: April 1999: ER,The Last Train, The Adam & Joe Show, Families at War.

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.

# 456: Feud: Capote Vs The Swans, Franklin, Baby Reindeer and Mammoth

Matt and Dawn are joined by Mo Walker to review 4 new shows.  This week's line-up looks like this. The second instalment of Ryan Murphy's anthology series Feud arrives on Disney+ starring Tom Hollander as Truman Capote. 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.

 

# 455: The Regime, Ripley, Sugar, Race Across The World

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.