The Custard TV Podcast

# 441: Three Little Birds, Burning Girls, Bodies, What We Do in the Shadows,

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Sophie Davies to review ITV's new period drama Three Little Birds penned by Lenny Henry and based loosely on the stories he heard from his mother. Also, new streaming dramas Bodies on Netflix and Burning Girls from Paramount+. Finally, just in time for Halloween, What We Do in the Shadows returns on Disney+ as well as discussion on Race Across the World and Sophie's views on the Fraiser reboot.

# 440: Frasier 2023, Lessons in Chemistry, Interview with a Vampire and The Fall of the House of Usher

Matt is joined by Dawn to review 4 new shows available on streaming platforms this week. Fraser is rebooted and back in Boston on Paramount Plus while Brie Larson heads back to the 1950's for Apple's adaptation of Lessons in Chemistry. Plus, in time for Halloween, the pair review Mike Flanagan's new Netflix series, The Fall of the House of Usher and a new take on Interview with a Vampire now available in full on BBC iPlayer.

#439: The Reckoning, Lupin, Everything Now

Matt is joined by podcaster Will Barber-Taylor to discuss The BBC's slightly controversial drama about Jimmy Saville with Steve Coogan playing the disgraced BBC presenter. As well as two Netflix dramas - the return of Lupin and new teen drama Everything Now.

# 438: Boiling Point, Payback, For Life and Mrs. Sidhu Investigates

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Milo Milton Jeffries to review kitchen drama Boiling Point on BBC One, ITV's latest 'thriller' Payback as well as Mrs Sidhu Investigates on the Drama Channel and new Walter Presents drama For Life.

# 437: The Long Shadow, Minx Season 2, Black Snow Still Up.

Matt is joined by Sarah Kennedy and Dawn Glen to review ITV's true-crime drama The Long Shadow. The return of comedy Minx on Paramount+ Australian crime drama Black Snow and comedy Still Up on Apple TV+

TV Time Machine #1: September 1998: Who Wants to be a Millionaire, The Royle Family, Supply & Demand, Ally McBeal.

In the first episode of a brand new podcast, the team from The Custard TV Podcast, jump into a 'Time Machine' to travel back in time to a different year of TV to look at the BIG popular shows with a more critical eye and discover shows they've never seen which, in some cases, shows that have been completely lost to time. It's also a chance to revisit different times in their lives.

For the first episode, Matt and Luke travel to September 1998. ITV launches a brand new and innovative game show which offered, for the first time, contestants the chance to win the biggest cash prize ever given away on British television. One Million Pounds! Hosted by Chris Tarrant, Matt and Luke uncover the first episode of the series to see how it compares to the show which is still running on ITV and across the world in different versions, and why it became such a phenomenon in the late '90s.
Meanwhile on BBC2, Caroline Aherne, still riding high from the success of Mrs. Merton, joins forces with colleague and close friend Craig Cash to quietly revolutionise the 'sitcom' with The Royle Family.

On ITV, the autumn drama season launches with Supply and Demand. To be fair, the show from accalimed writer Lynda La Plante, actually had a pilot episode the year before in 1997, but in 1998 it launched properly. Largely forgotten, the series follows a team tasked with stopping illegal drugs from getting into the UK. Starring Larry Lamb, Martin Kemp and with a truly bizarre lead performance from Miriam Margolyes, is the show actually good or does it serve as an interesting look at a particular era of British drama?
Lastly, a show that had a show that had BIG impact when it launched in the US and on Channel 4 in the UK. But has David E. Kelley's legal drama Ally McBeal aged well and why has it faded from the conversation 25 years after its debut?
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# 436: Love & Death, The Lovers, The Changeling, Celebrity Race Across The World

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Elaine Gregson of The Honeymoon Podcast to review true-crime drama Love & Death from Max which is now available exclusively on ITVX. Romantic drama The Lovers from Sky Atlantic. Fairy Tale epic The Changeling from Apple TV+ and Celebrity Race Across the World.

# 435: The Woman in the Wall, The Following is Based on a Pack of Lies, Starstruck and Henpocalypse!

Matt and Dawn return with news from this year's Edinburgh TV Festival. They're joined by Sarah Kennedy to review 4 brand new BBC series. Dramas The Woman in the Wall and The Following is Based on a Pack of Lies alongside comedy Henpocalypse! and the return of Starstruck. There's also discussion of Jesse Armstrong, Only Murders in the Building, Hearstopper, The AfterParty and Lovejoy!