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Reviews and opinions from a trio of TV obsessives on a variety of the week’s biggest shows. Expect hot takes, bad jokes and people who have spent far too much time in front of the TV. Read more from the team on thecustardtv.com
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Thursday Jan 04, 2024
Thursday Jan 04, 2024
Matt and Dawn return to review the first new shows of 2024. The Tourist on BBC One was conceived as a one-off thriller but did so well on the BBCiPlayer that the BBC were desperate for more, which explains why we're back to review the first episode of the second series which arrived on New Year's Day with the entire series available to binge. Over on ITV, they have dramatised the Post Office scandal for a four-part series, Mr. Bates Vs The Post Office whilst on Channel 4 they have very different drama in TrueLove. Also, debuting on Sky in the strange gap between Christmas and New Year was Based on a True Story, another show about a murder podcast!.
There's also discussion on the Christmas TV the pair enjoyed.
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Matt, Luke and Dawn join forces to count down their top 10 shows of the year as well as looking what made the wider list from contributors from www.thecustardtv.com Expect, The Bear, Succession, The Last of Us and Poker Face but which is the best show of the year?
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Matt and Luke board the TV Time Machine one final time this year to travel back to Christmas 1998. They watch the first of what would be Men Behaving Badly's final trilogy of Simon Nye's comedy starring Martin Clunes, Neil Morrissey, Caroline Quentin and Leslie Ash. It's actually a double helping of Caroline Quentin, as she pops up again, alongside Alan Davies in Black Canary - that year's Jonathan Creek Christmas Special. They also watch the Christmas special of Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends which brings together four very different contributors who Louis met in the first series of his series looking at little-known American subcultures. Finally, and possibly the most '90s of all the shows - they revisit the mostly forgotten 'docusoap' Paddington Green which debuted on BBC One over Christmas.
Friday Dec 08, 2023
Friday Dec 08, 2023
Matt and Luke board the TV machine to examine the TV landscape of November 1998. However, they are joined by a stowaway in the form of Dawn Glen who joins them to review ITV's beloved relationship drama Cold Feet, Victoria Wood's first foray into sitcom with dinnerladies. Plus, BBC sketch show Big Train starring a very talented group who went on to big things and the mostly forgotten Channel 4 teen comedy, A Youngperson's guide to Becoming a Rock Star.
Wednesday Nov 29, 2023
Wednesday Nov 29, 2023
Matt is joined by Dawn and old friend Gary to review the first of the three Doctor Who specials to mark 60 years of the BBC's sci-fi juggernaut. They also review Channel 4's drama The Couple Next Door, Cary Grant biopic Archie from ITVX and new comedy Such Brave Girls on BBC Three and iPlayer.
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Matt is joined by Sarah Kennedy and Mo Walker to review the return of The Crown on Netflix. Plus three new shows including A Murder at the End of the World from FX, Hulu and available in the UK on Disney+ as well as quirky BBC drama Boat Story and gruff Irish acquisition Kin.
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Matt and Luke board their TV Machine to review 4 shows that aired in October of 1998. Gritty BBC police drama The Cops. Robson Green and Stephen Tompkinson ITV drama Grafters. They witness the birth of Ali G by revisiting the first two episodes of Channel 4's 'edgy' new current affairs comedy programme The 11 o'clock show as well as the strange Channel 5 game show Fort Boyard.
Wednesday Nov 08, 2023
Wednesday Nov 08, 2023
Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Sarah Kennedy to review the second series of Jimmy McGovern's Time plus three new streaming offerings in All The Light We Cannot See from Netflix, The Buccaneers on AppleTV+ and Culprits on Disney+