The Custard TV Podcast

#462: The Jetty, Sunny, Spent, Mr. Bigstuff

Jenna Coleman super fan Michael Lee joins Matt and Dawn to review her new BBC drama The Jetty along with Apple TV's sci-fi comedy-drama hybrid with sweet robot Sunny.  BBC comedy Spent and Sky's new Danny Dyer comedy Mr. Bigstuff. There's also discussion on Beverly Hills 90210.

#461: The Bear, Douglas is Cancelled, Presumed Innocent, Under the Bridge

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Sophie Davies to review the third season of The Bear, ITV1's new comedy drama Douglas is Cancelled, Apple TV+'s crime thriller Presumed Innocent and Disney Plus's true crime saga Under the Bridge. 

Plus we catch up on the best of June's TV including the series finale of Doctor Who and the final episode of Inside No. 9 

TV Time Machine #10: June 1999 - Bad Girls, Always and Everyone, Coming Soon and Barbara

The original podcast trio reunite as Gary joins Luke and Matt to review three ITV shows from June 1999 - prison saga Bad Girls, medical drama Always and Everyone and traditional sitcom Barbara. 

Plus there's anecdotes about buying pirated CDs, our first memories of the internet and Gary's time sharing a house with Mike the Cameraman from The Last Leg. 

Luke also faces a challenge from Gary on the chart quiz at the end of the show. 

# 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.