The Custard TV Podcast

By Luke Knowles

What's The Custard TV Podcast about?

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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The Custard TV Podcast episodes:

04.24.2024
TV Time Machine # 8: April 1999: ER,The Last Train, The Adam & Joe Show, Families at War.
Matt and Luke hop aboard the Time Machine to April 1999. Going back to see Clooney's last appearance in ER. The time the BBC gave Vic & Bob their own Saturday night show. The time everyone was frozen and chased...
04.15.2024
# 426: Feud: Capote Vs The Swans, Franklin, Baby Reindeer and Mammoth
Matt and Dawn are joined by Mo Walker to review 4 new shows. This week’s lineup looks like this. The second installment of Ryan Murphy’s anthology series Feud arrives on Disney+ starring Tom Hollander as Truman Captoe. Michael Douglas stars...
04.10.2024
# 425: The Regime, Ripley, Sugar,Race Across The World
Luke joins Matt and Dawn to review 4 brand new shows debuting this week. This week's show appears to be sponsored by the letter R with The Regime from HBO and Sky Atlantic, Ripley on Netflix and the return of...
04.03.2024
# 424: Renegade Nell, Big Mood, This Town, Fargo Season 4
Matt and Dawn are joined by podcast regular Sarah Kennedy to review Brummie drama This Town on BBC One. The return of Happy Valley's Sally Wainwright with her new swashbuckling series Renegade Nell as well as Channel 4 sitcom Big...
03.27.2024
TV Time Machine 7: March 1999 - Sex and the City, Smack The Pony, The Grimley's and the final House Party
Luke's not well enough for a full trip to March of 1999 aboard the Time Machine. So Dawn Glen bravely joins Matt to examine the TV landscape 25 years ago this month. First, Channel 4 launches HBO's Sex and The...
03.20.2024
#423:Girls5eva, Palm Royale, Manhunt, The Gone
Luke, Matt and Dawn return to review 4 brand new shows debuting this week. First, one of the funniest shows on television as Netflix becomes the new home for Peacock's Girls5eva. Then we travel to the swinging '60s for Apple's...
03.05.2024
# 422: The Completely Made up Adventures of Dick Turpin, Mary and George, Things You Should've Done
Matt is joined by podcast regulars Dawn Glen and Sophie Davies to review 3 shows of the week. The team review Apple TV+ comedy The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin which Noel Fielding fans are sure to love....
02.28.2024
TV Time Machine: February 1999 - Queer as Folk, Mrs Merton & Malcolm and Days likeThis.
Matt and Luke jump aboard the TV Time Machine to travel to February 1999. Luke has moved to California and has joined his school newspaper, spotting celebs at the Virgin Megastore. Matt is rehearsing for the school show. Meanwhile, on...
02.21.2024
#421: Breathtaking, The Way, Constellation, Boarders
Matt is joined by podcaster Suky Khakh and Dawn Glen to review four new shows that aired this week. ITV's three-parter that promises to tell the COVID story we haven't heard called Breathtaking. There's also anarchic Welsh drama The Way...
02.14.2024
# 420: Mr. & Mrs. Smith, One Day, Alice & Jack, The New Look
Writer and fellow podcaster Elaine Gregson joins Matt and Luke to review 4 brand new shows. Three with a loved-up theme for Valentines' 2024 and one with 'fashion Nazis' They review the surprising Mr. & Mrs. Smith from Donald Glover and...
02.07.2024
TV Time Machine Episode 5: January 1999: Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, The League of Gentlemen, Sunburn, Notes from a Small Island.,
Luke and Matt jump aboard the TV Time Machine to January of 1999 to look at the TV landscape at the time. On BBC Two they review Kathy Burke and James Dreyfus comedy Gimme, Gimme, Gimmie. A somewhat unknown comedy...
01.31.2024
# 419: Masters of the Air, Domino Day, Griselda, Expats
Matt is joined by podcast veterans Gary Redrup and Mo Walker to review four more brand-new shows. Apple's visually impressive third chapter of Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's WW2 drama Masters of The Air. Sofia Vergara transforms for Netflix biopic...
01.17.2024
# 418: True Detective: Night Country, Boy Swallows Universe, Big Boys Series 2 and Gladiators
Matt and Dawn are joined by podcast regular Sarah Kennedy to review HBO's True Detective: Night Country which feels like a return to form for HBO's anthology crime drama. Australian Netflix Original Boy Swallows Universe which cleverly mixes magical themes...
01.09.2024
# 417: After the Flood, Criminal Record, Julia Season 2, The Traitors Series 2
Luke is back with Matt and Dawn to review ITV's new 'thriller' After the Flood as well as Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo facing off in new crime drama Criminal Record on Apple TV+. Plus, the return of Sarah Lancashire...
01.04.2024
#416: The Tourist, Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, TrueLove, Based on a True Story,
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...
01.02.2024
#415:The Top 10 TV shows of 2023
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...
12.19.2023
TV Time Machine Episode 4: Christmas 1998: Men Behaving Badly, Louis’ Weird Christmas, Jonathan Creek, Paddington Green
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...
12.08.2023
TV Time Machine Episode 3: November 1998: Cold Feet, dinnerladies, Big Train
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...
11.29.2023
# 414: Doctor Who 60th Anniversary specials, Archie, The Couple Next Door, Such Brave Girls
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...
11.21.2023
# 413: The Crown, A Murder at the End of the World, Boat Story, Kin
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...
11.17.2023
TV Time Machine Episode 2: October 1998 - The Cops, The 11 O’clock Show, Grafters, Fort Boyard
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...
11.08.2023
# 412: Time Series 2, The Buccaneers, All The Light We Cannot See, Culprits
Matt is joined by podcast regulars 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...
10.25.2023
# 411: 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...
10.18.2023
# 410: 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. Fraiser 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...
10.11.2023
#409: 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...
10.03.2023
# 408: 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.
09.27.2023
# 407: 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+
09.22.2023
PILOT:PILOT: 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...
09.13.2023
# 406: 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...
08.30.2023
# 405: 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 podcast contributor Sarah Kennedy to review 4 brand new BBC series. Dramas The Woman in the Wall and The Following is Based on a Pack...
08.09.2023
#404: Only Murders in the Building, Alone, Strange Planet, Heartstopper
Matt is joined by podcast contributors Dawn Glenn and Sophie Davies to review the returns of Only Murders in the Building on Disney+ and Heartstopper on Netflix. Plus two new shows in Alone on Channel 4 and Strange Planet on...
08.01.2023
#403: Wolf, Good Omens, The Power of Parker, Dreaming Whilst Black
Matt is joined by Sarah Kennedy and Dawn Glenn to review the return of Good Omens on Prime Video. New horror drama Wolf on BBC iPlayer and new BBC comedies The Power of Parker and Dreaming Whilst Black. There's also...
07.19.2023
# 402: The Sixth Commandment, The Bear Season 2, The Great Season 3, Reactions to the Emmy Nominations
Luke returns to the podcast with Matt and Sophie to review the new BBC One true-crime drama The Sixth Commandment as well as the incredible second season of The Bear on Disney+, the third Season of The Great available in...
07.11.2023
# 401: The Afterparty, Then You Run, The Effects of Lying and The Horror of Dolores Roach
Matt is joined by Dawn Glenn and Mo Walker to review the second season of The After Party on Apple TV+ as well new comedy drama Then You Run available on Sky Max and NOW. The Effects of Lying on...
07.05.2023
# 400: Champion, Hijack, Ruby Speaking, I’m a Virgo
Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Sarah Kennedy to review new BBC One drama Champion. Idris Elba takes control in Apple TV's Hijack, comedy set in a call centre in Jade Adams' Ruby Speaking and I'm a Virgo on...
06.21.2023
# 399: The Full Monty, The Change, Queen of Oz, Black Mirror: Loch Henry
Matt and Dawn are joined by site contributor Michael Lee to review The Full Monty revival from Disney+ Menapuase comedy The Change from Channel 4. Catherine Tate's return to the BBC with comedy Queen of Oz and Dawn picks the...
06.14.2023
# 398: Best Interests, The Crowded Room, Significant Other, Deadloch
Luke, Matt and Dawn are back to review the BBC's new drama Best Interests, The Crowded Room from Apple TV+, comedy Significant Other from ITVX, and brooding comedy Deadloch from Prime Video.
06.07.2023
397: The Idol, Changing Ends, Somebody Somewhere Season 2, What Pauline is Not Telling You,
Luke Matt and Dawn are back to review HBO's new pop star drama The Idol. The return of the brilliantly warm Somebody Somewhere on HBO and Sky Comedy. Alan Carr's autobiographical comedy Changing Ends which is all available on ITVX...
05.31.2023
#396: The Gallows Pole, Poker Face, White House Plumbers, Fubar
Gary returns to The Custard TV Podcast to join Matt and Dawn in reviewing Shane Meadows' The Gallows Pole, the long-anticipated UK debut of Poker Face, political satire White House Plumbers and Arnold Schwarzenegger in Fubar. Plus Gary reveals what's...
05.23.2023
# 395: Maryland, Afterglow, Platonic and Primo
Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Mo Walker to review dramas Maryland on ITV and Afterglow - BBC Four's latest foreign import. As well as comedies Platonic from Apple TV+ and Primo from Amazon Freevee.
05.17.2023
# 394: Ten Pound Poms, Steeltown Murders, City on Fire, High Desert
Luke and Matt are joined by Dawn Glen to review the BBC dramas Ten Pound Poms and Steeeltown Murders and City on Fire and High Desert both available on Apple TV+
05.10.2023
# 393: BAFTA predictions, Silo, Black Ops and Not Dead Yet
Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Sarah Kennedy to review new futuristic drama Silo from Apple TV+. BBC One comedy Black Ops and US comedy Not Dead Yet on Disney+. Also, looking ahead to Sunday's BAFTA's they offer their...
05.03.2023
# 392: Citadel, Jury Duty, Tom Jones, The Windsors,
Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Sarah Kennedy to review Amazon's big-budget spy drama Citadel, period adaptation Tom Jones from ITVX. Plus a Coronation Special of Channel 4's The Windsors and Jury Duty from Amazon Freevee.
04.26.2023
#391: Malpractice, The Diplomat, Dead Ringers, Inside No.9
Luke joins Matt and Dawn to review ITV's Malpractice, Dead Ringers on Prime Video, The Diplomat on Netflix and the return of Inside No.9 on BBC Two.
04.19.2023
#390: Barry, The Hunt for Raoul Moat, The Last Thing He Told Me, Florida Man
Luke returns to the podcast to join Matt and site contributor Nick Bartlett to review ITV's new factual drama The Hunt for Raoul Moat, the return of Barry on HBO and Sky Comedy. Plus The Last Thing He Told Me...
04.12.2023
389: Beef, Dreamland, Colin from Accounts, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies
Matt is joined by podcast contributors Dawn Glen and Sophie Davies to review Beef on Netflix, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies on Paramount +, Dreamland from Sky and Colin from Accounts the new Aussie comedy airing on the BBC.
04.05.2023
388: Rain Dogs, The Magpie Murders, The Power, The Big Door Prize
Matt is joined by Sarah Kennedy and site contributor Milo to review BBC1's Rain Dogs and The Magpie Murders along with The Big Door Prize on Apple TV+ and The Power on Prime Video.
03.29.2023
#387: Succession, Great Expectations, Blue Lights, Six Four
Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Sarah Kennedy to review new BBC dramas Great Expectations and Blue Lights and new ITVX drama Six Four. They're also joined by site editor Luke who is back to review the first episode...
03.22.2023
# 386: Race Across the World, Rise & Fall, Swam and Extrapolations
Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Mo Walker to review the return of Race Across The World which has been promoted to BBC One. New channel 4 reality format Rise & Fall. Prime Video's dark comedy/drama Swarm and Extrapolations...
03.16.2023
# 385: Ted Lasso, A Town Called Malice, Daisy & The Six, Bali 2002
Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Sarah Kennedy to review the return of Ted Lasso on Apple TV+, musical drama Daisy and The Six from Prime Video, Bali 2002 on ITVX and Sky Max comedy A Town Called Malice.

What's The Custard TV Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Custard TV Podcast episodes:

TV Time Machine # 8: April 1999: ER,The Last Train, The Adam & Joe Show, Families at War.

# 426: Feud: Capote Vs The Swans, Franklin, Baby Reindeer and Mammoth

# 425: The Regime, Ripley, Sugar,Race Across The World

# 424: Renegade Nell, Big Mood, This Town, Fargo Season 4

TV Time Machine 7: March 1999 - Sex and the City, Smack The Pony, The Grimley's and the final House Party

#423:Girls5eva, Palm Royale, Manhunt, The Gone

# 422: The Completely Made up Adventures of Dick Turpin, Mary and George, Things You Should've Done

TV Time Machine: February 1999 - Queer as Folk, Mrs Merton & Malcolm and Days likeThis.

#421: Breathtaking, The Way, Constellation, Boarders

# 420: Mr. & Mrs. Smith, One Day, Alice & Jack, The New Look

TV Time Machine Episode 5: January 1999: Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, The League of Gentlemen, Sunburn, Notes from a Small Island.,

# 419: Masters of the Air, Domino Day, Griselda, Expats

# 418: True Detective: Night Country, Boy Swallows Universe, Big Boys Series 2 and Gladiators

# 417: After the Flood, Criminal Record, Julia Season 2, The Traitors Series 2

#416: The Tourist, Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, TrueLove, Based on a True Story,

#415:The Top 10 TV shows of 2023

TV Time Machine Episode 4: Christmas 1998: Men Behaving Badly, Louis’ Weird Christmas, Jonathan Creek, Paddington Green

TV Time Machine Episode 3: November 1998: Cold Feet, dinnerladies, Big Train

# 414: Doctor Who 60th Anniversary specials, Archie, The Couple Next Door, Such Brave Girls

# 413: The Crown, A Murder at the End of the World, Boat Story, Kin

TV Time Machine Episode 2: October 1998 - The Cops, The 11 O’clock Show, Grafters, Fort Boyard

# 412: Time Series 2, The Buccaneers, All The Light We Cannot See, Culprits

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

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

#409: The Reckoning, Lupin, Everything Now

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

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

PILOT:PILOT: September 1998: Who Wants to be a Millionaire, The Royle Family, Supply & Demand, Ally McBeal.

# 406: Love & Death, The Lovers, The Changeling, Celebrity Race Across The World

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

#404: Only Murders in the Building, Alone, Strange Planet, Heartstopper

#403: Wolf, Good Omens, The Power of Parker, Dreaming Whilst Black

# 402: The Sixth Commandment, The Bear Season 2, The Great Season 3, Reactions to the Emmy Nominations

# 401: The Afterparty, Then You Run, The Effects of Lying and The Horror of Dolores Roach

# 400: Champion, Hijack, Ruby Speaking, I’m a Virgo

# 399: The Full Monty, The Change, Queen of Oz, Black Mirror: Loch Henry

# 398: Best Interests, The Crowded Room, Significant Other, Deadloch

397: The Idol, Changing Ends, Somebody Somewhere Season 2, What Pauline is Not Telling You,

#396: The Gallows Pole, Poker Face, White House Plumbers, Fubar

# 395: Maryland, Afterglow, Platonic and Primo

# 394: Ten Pound Poms, Steeltown Murders, City on Fire, High Desert

# 393: BAFTA predictions, Silo, Black Ops and Not Dead Yet

# 392: Citadel, Jury Duty, Tom Jones, The Windsors,

#391: Malpractice, The Diplomat, Dead Ringers, Inside No.9

#390: Barry, The Hunt for Raoul Moat, The Last Thing He Told Me, Florida Man

389: Beef, Dreamland, Colin from Accounts, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies

388: Rain Dogs, The Magpie Murders, The Power, The Big Door Prize

#387: Succession, Great Expectations, Blue Lights, Six Four

# 386: Race Across the World, Rise & Fall, Swam and Extrapolations

# 385: Ted Lasso, A Town Called Malice, Daisy & The Six, Bali 2002

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