The Custard TV Podcast

# 454: Renegade Nell, Big Mood, This Town, Fargo Season 4

Matt and Dawn are joined by 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.

TV Time Machine #7: March 1999 - Sex and the City, Smack The Pony, The Grimley's and the final House Party

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.

#453:Girls5eva, Palm Royale, Manhunt, The Gone

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.

# 452: The Completely Made up Adventures of Dick Turpin, Mary and George, Things You Should've Done

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Sophie Davies to review 3 shows of the week. The team review Apple TV+ comedy The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin which Noel Fielding fans are sure to love. Anarchic historical drama Mary and George from Sky Atlantic and comedy from internet sensation Lucia Keskin Things You Should Have Done which is available in full on BBC iPlayer.

There's also discussion on the 'celebrities' braving the Big Brother House this time in Primetime for ITV1.  Also, Dawn finishes One Day on Netflix and Matt champions BBC Three Boarders.

TV Time Machine #6 : February 1999 - Queer as Folk, Mrs Merton & Malcolm and Days likeThis.

Matt and Luke jump aboard the TV Time Machine to travel to February 1999. Luke has moved to California and has joined his school newspaper, spotting celebs at the Virgin Megastore. Matt is rehearsing for the school show. Meanwhile, on television, Russell T Davies breaks new ground with Channel 4 drama Queer as Folk. Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash resurrect Mrs Merton for her own sitcom. Then, ITV adapt hit US comedy, That 70's Show, which was adapted by two then unknown writers named Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong for Days like These.

Finally, Matt tests Luke on what was big in the UK charts in February.

#451: Breathtaking, The Way, Constellation, Boarders

Matt is joined by  Suky Khakh and Dawn Glen to review four new shows that aired this week. ITV's three-parter that promises to tell the COVID story we haven't heard called Breathtaking. There's also anarchic Welsh drama The Way on BBC One and strange goings on aboard a space shuttle in Apple TV's mind-bending Constellation. Plus, a new comedy drama Boarders from BBC Three which wasn't what the team was expecting.

There's also discussion on One Day from Netflix, the penultimate episode of True Detective:Night Country and strangely, '90s sitcom The Upper Hand! Find us on your podcast app of choice and rate, review and subscribe so you never miss an episode.

# 450: Mr. & Mrs. Smith, One Day, Alice & Jack, The New Look

Writer and fellow podcaster Elaine Gregson joins Matt and Luke to review 4 brand new shows. Three with a loved-up theme for Valentines' 2024 and one with 'fashion Nazis' 

They review the surprising Mr. & Mrs. Smith from Donald Glover and starring Glover and Maya Erskine. The Netflix adaptation of One Day, Channel 4's 'romantic' drama Alice & Jack as well as the eye-opening war piece The New Look from Apple TV+

There's also discussion on True Detective: Night Country as the trio talk about their hopes for the final episode.

TV Time Machine #5: January 1999: Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, The League of Gentlemen, Sunburn, Notes from a Small Island.,

Luke and Matt jump aboard the TV Time Machine to January of 1999 to look at the TV landscape at the time. On BBC Two they review Kathy Burke and James Dreyfus comedy Gimme, Gimme, Gimmie. A somewhat unknown comedy troop launch on TV with the debut of The League of Gentlemen. Sun-soaked curio Sunburn starring Michelle Collins over on BBC One and Bill Bryson brings Notes From a Small Island to TV on ITV. 

There's also discussion where we both were at this point in our lives and Matt continues to test Luke's music knowledge with a look at the charts of January 1999.