Screen Babble

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This week the regular crew of Kelly and Steven are joined by Jacob Pannons, Senior Reporter for Sussex World. On what we've been watching Kelly talks about Three Little Birds, which just started on ITV and is written by Lenny Henry who worked with Russell T Davies on the show. Kelly laughed and cried in the first episode as you might expect and is loving it thus far.

Steven has been catching up on Welcome to Wrexham, the team enjoy a conversation about whether the investment and money associated with the TV series is a good thing or a bad thing when it comes to the sport. 

Jacob has been travelling and before he went downloaded a whole series of Big Mouth, teen comedy animation from the US.

On the 'deep dive' this week Steven tells us all about Fellow Travellers, an historical romance political thriller - genre-spanning and very good by the sounds of things.

Jacob takes us 'back to the future' this week with Love is Blind, a unique reality TV series which seems to have captured the imagination of the viewing public. Jacob gives us the lowdown on the format and advises what series are the best to catch up on.

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We start this week's podcast as we always do - talking about what we're watching. Steven is blitzing Scrubs, which may or may not be affecting his work/life balance. 

Craig has just finished Only Murders in the Building, all 3 seasons, he's also picked up Stargate (again) a comfort watch in his house.

Kelly is just about persevering with Big Brother but enjoyed the culmination of a long-running story line on Coronation Street this week (bad guy Steven getting his comeuppance). The highlight of her viewing recently has been the first episode of Boiling Point, which is a very stressful but enticing watch nonetheless.

On the 'deep dive' this week Steven tells us about new Netflix period crime drama sci-fi crossover Bodies. It's got it all going on. 

Finally, Craig takes us 'back to the future' with Community, if you like films and you like comedy this is for you - stars a few big hitters too and started way back in 2009. Film coming next year too apparently.

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Need a recommendation for what to watch this weekend? Look no further. Every Friday Steven Ross, digital trends writer for National World will take you through the best of TV and streaming in the coming days.This week he tells us about The Conference (Fri 13th, Netflix), Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Fri 13th, cinemas), Frasier (Fri 13th, Paramount+) Goosebumps (Fri 13th, Disney+) Rick and Morty season 7 (Mon 16th, E4) and The Devil on Trial (Tues 17th, Netflix).

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Screen Babble returns to normal this week and we kick off as ever with what we've been watching recently Steven checked out Partygate, the Channel 4 drama based on the misbehaviour in Downing Street during the pandemic. He's also checking out and enjoying Crime season 2.

Benji has taken a chance on Loki and is pleased to report he believes this may just be the saviour of us all from superhero fatigue. He thinks it's more like a thriller/mystery than what you'd usually expect. He's also enjoying watching Severance again whilst anticipating a new series in 2024.

Kelly has started The Reckoning, the BBC's new drama about Jimmy Saville which is well made but raises questions around BBC impartiality and their place in the story, the team discuss. Also, we couldn't not mention the return of Big Brother, Kelly is pleased to see the return but wonders whether it's still up her street.

Steven tells us about The Fall of the House of Usher, out now on Netflix on the deep dive. Benji brings us an oldie but goodie in the form of vampire slaying teens - yes, you guess it - it's Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A cult classic.

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This week we have a slightly different set up. We are focusing on five things you should have in your TV diary for the coming autumn and winter months.

Gen V, spin off of superhero series The Boys is up first. Set after season 3 of The Boys. Steven takes us through what to expect including a lot of violence. The first three episodes came out on Amazon Prime on 29th September with weekly episodes ongoing.

Kelly looks forward to Boiling Point, a TV series based on the 2021 film starring Stephen Graham. Graham is back as producer and starring with much of the same cast as the film alongside some more new faces. The new series is set to pick up 6 months after where the film finished and we see head chef Carly running a new restaurant whilst Andy continues to deal with his issues. We are excited for this one - no date to air yet but it will be on BBC1 when it does materialise.

Dr Who returns this autumn with three special episodes. David Tenant is back as the Doctor in advance of meeting the new Doctor at Christmas who will be played by Ncuti Gatwa with a new series coming back to BBC in February 2024.

Frasier returns too this autumn with some old faces as well as some new ones including Nicholas Lyndhurst. The new series is set in Boston, the birthplace of Frasier the character way back in the early 80s in Cheers. Frasier is now living on campus and teaching and there will be plenty of hijinx with his son and nephew in toe. This comes to Paramount+ on the 12th of October.

Finally Steven tells us about Squid Game: The Challenge - a reality competition show based on the Netflix series Squid Game from last year that was a massive success. Contestants will compete in similar challenges to the series but with the death element - hopefully anyway. There's a huge prize pot of £3.65million so it's gonna be interesting. Coming to Netflix in November - date tbc so stay up to speed by listening to Screen Babble each week!

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This week host Kelly is joined by Benjamin Jackson, Digital Journalist at National World and resident anime expert. Craig Sinclair, Senior Video Editor also joins the team. Benji has been bingeing on wrestling and he tells us why it's a legitimate form of entertainment. Craig has been watching Yellowjackets and Kelly has been all over the place but gives two big recommendations for Netflix thriller (in German) Dear Child and About Time, a recent Channel 5 film.

Benji takes on the 'deep dive' this week and tells us about the new Netflix anime Castlevania Nocturne, one for anyone who likes a good vampire slaying adventure. Craig takes us 'back to the future' to talk about Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and does a pretty good job at selling it to us!

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This week Kelly and Steven are joined by Mark Dunford, Editor of the Crawley Observer. The team have enjoyed a wide range of TV and film this week. Steven shares the dark and light. The light in the form of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Steven is enjoying the new season much more than the last and we debate whether it would be better to burn out than fade away. The dark is brought by Dispatches' documentary Russell Brand: In Plain Sight which Kelly watched too. The team discusses the challenges of making such documentaries.

Mark has been to the cinema a few times this week and tells us about the next installment of Kenneth Brannagh's Poirot, A Haunting in Venice which he thoroughly enjoyed - find out why. Kelly has sacked off a few programmes that were going nowhere and to her shame started Below Deck - listen as Steven passes out with exasperation.

On the 'deep dive' Steven brings us up to speed with Sex Education as its fourth and final series lands. Having watched the new series it's a big thumbs up from Steven as he explains on this week's episode.

Finally, Mark takes us 'back to the future' with an absolute, all-time classic, The West Wing. Find out what made it so good and why it's still a quality watch nearly 20 years later.

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