Screen Babble

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This week on Screen Babble host Kelly is joined by resident TV Critic Steven Ross and National World reporter Hiyah Zaidi. We start with our usual chat around what we've been watching. Steven took Benji's recommendation from last week and has been catching up on Arrested Development and been surprised by Michael Cere's role in it. Hiyah has been catching up on Schitt's Creek and Annika as she enjoys a crime drama - this one, she says, has a slightly different format that goes into more detail.

Kelly finished series one of The Tower, another crime drama with a reflexive feel where much of the wrong-doing is in fact done by the police. She also watched Outside In on Netflix, starring Edie Falco and Jay Duplass. It's the story of a man who gets released from prison after 20 years of being wrongly incarcerated. It follows his struggle to reconnect with friends and family as well as his obsession with the woman who helped set him free, who happens to be his ex-high school teacher.

On the deep dive Steven tells us about Welcome to Wrexham which is returning for a second series following the wild success of season one. It continues the story of the football club, starting at the beginning of last year's football season. Steven highlights an episode that focuses on the women's team, which he predicts may cause a stir.

Finally for back to the future Hiyah takes us through the classic that is Fleabag. The two season British sitcom written and starring Phoebe Waller Bridge was a huge hit when it aired. Big recommendations for this one from Hiyah and Kelly.

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This week on Screen Babble Kelly and Steven are joined by Benjamin Jackson, Digital Journalist for National World.

Steven has been watching Derry Girls, following its arrival on Netflix last month. Benji has been checking out One Piece and lots of classic anime. Kelly has started Screw and The Tower which she's enjoying but has thrown out hospital drama The Resident after only 2 episodes. She also watched The Founder which is the McDonald's story essentially - worth a watch for sure.

On the 'deep dive' Steven talks to us about Top Boy, the final series is about to land on Netflix. Benji takes us through American sitcom cult classic Arrested Development and why editing changes jeopardised the whole thing.

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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 Classic Movies: The Stories Of (Thurs 31st, Sky Arts), The Wheel of Time (Fri 1st Sept, Amazon Prime) Warrior (Fri 1st Sept, Sky Max), Mortimer and Whitehouse Gone Fishing (Sun 3rd, BBC2), Ukraine: Holocaust Ground Zero (Mon 4th, Channel 4) and The Little Mermaid (Wed 6th, Disney+).

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The first week of the new regime is here and Kelly and Steven are joined by Paul Trainer, Editor of Glasgow to join us as guest host. Steven tells us about the anime series he's been watching Attack on Titan (Crunchy Roll), which he is enjoying very much. He also watched Bad Times at the El Royale (Disney +) - not so happy with this one. Paul is keeping up with the new series of Only Murders in the Building(Disney+), he's enjoying 'appointment' television. He's also been catching up on Ashoka(Disney+) but the continuing expansion of the Star Wars universe is challenging.

Kelly seems to have spent the whole week watching television but tells us more about Channel 4 documentary London Bridge: Facing Terror which covers the terror attack in 2017. A very interesting and challenging documentary which sees the people involved in the attack share their story on screen. 

Steven takes us through Classic Movies: The Story Of on the 'deep dive' a new series to Sky Arts which basically does what it says on the tin. Paul suggests The Movies that Made Us on Netflix as an alternative. 

Paul tells us about Taggart on 'back to the future' as it celebrates its 40th birthday this week, available in lots of places including ITVX. You can find out more about the Taggart archive Kelly mentions here.

Thanks for listening.

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A slightly sad episode today as we bid farewell to Alex, our favourite TV critic, but before he goes we chat Rebellion, Doctor Who and Not Dead Yet. It's worth pointing out that Alex and Steven have a barney over who the best Doctor Who was/is.

On the 'deep dive' Alex tells us about one of his favourites 'Riverdale', another great coming to the end of their run.

On 'back to the future' Steven takes us through The Big Lez Show, a niche one for sure but a big recommendation again.

Thanks to Alex for all his wonderful insight, wisdom and wit. The very best of luck in the next part of your adventure.

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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 Derry Girls, season 3 (Fri 18th, Netflix), Mask Girl (Fri 18th, Netflix), Shelter (Fri 18th, Amazon Prime), Fifa Women's World Cup Final (Sun 20th, 11am on BBC1 and ITV1) Top Guns: Inside the RAF (Mon 21st, Channel 4) and The Confessions of Franny Langton (Monday 21st, ITV1).

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This week the trusty team of Kelly, Alex and Steven are joined by National World's sports reporter extraordinaire Susanna Sealy. In what we've been watching we cover everything from Schitt's Creek to The Thin Blue Line, Greg Wallace: The British Miracle Meat and Henpocalypse!

On the 'deep dive' this week Susanna takes us through what to expect from the World Cup Final which takes place on Sunday. On 'back to the future' Steven tells us all about Bad Education as filming continues for a new season.

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