On The Box | The TV Podcast
Join our intrepid team as they explore the wild lands of television.
With a full complement of snacks and spare batteries for their remote controls, we set out every fortnight to discover what's On The Box.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 78
- Years Active
- 2017
On The Box 38 – Proper Sushi Is Delicious
It’s the first normal show (and we use that term very loosely), of 2016 and we begin with discussions about a possible two-hour reunion of Friends and the glorious return of Robot Wars! We also take …
On The Box 37 – Best and Worst 2015
This week we take a break from our normal routine to look back at the best and worst that TV had to offer in 2015.
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On The Box 36 – The Return of Tuneful Water-Fountain
Christmas is coming up so this week we take a break from our usual routine to talk about the shows we’re going to be watching. We also discuss the TV documentary based on the memoirs of a long-time r…
On The Box 35 - Everything Needs A Kaiju Ending
Only one more show until the end of 2015, but before then we discuss Noah Hawley’s deal with FX to develop several new series, a Fox series about racial tensions and police shootings in the US, the T…
On The Box 34 – Always a Triangle, Never a Cowbell
Things get weird this week as Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s production company plans a documentary about a marching band – and the man himself will be getting behind the camera! Our main fanbiy moment …
On The Box 33 - Channel Your Inner Capaldi
On this episode the sofa vegetables discuss a new reboot of Lost in Space, the closure of terrestrial BBC3 Amazon's subway adverts for The Man in the High Castle, Kevin Bacon's role in the Tremors TV…
On The Box 32 - The Picture of Sean Bean’s Mouth
We get a bit serious on this episode as we discuss Charlie Sheen's confirmation that he is HIV+, and the effect this has had on his life. We also take a look at Sjy's new "Q" service, a Barbie advert…
On The Box 31 – Post-Apocalyptic Fruitcake
Things get a bit random this week as we discuss Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s role in the Walking Dead, an ABC mini-series about Bernie Madoff, a film crew’s close encounter with a polar bear and more.
Thi…
On The Box 30 – Deep And Cosmic
TV land is always changing, and this week we discuss BBC's new "Store", a possible TV adaptation of Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” trilogy, the return of Mitchell and Webb in a "middle-aged Pe…
On The Box 29 – I Detect A Subwangle
Strange things are happening in the news this week. Sky release a mysterious trailer, Juliet Ladau wants to make the definitive vampire documentary, Rupert Grint’s new fantasy TV series will be about…
On The Box 28 – Michael Parkinson: Zombie Hunter
It’s time for another dose of TV goodness and this week we’re discussing Stephen Merchant and Anna Lee Tipton appearing on The Big Bang Theory, Sesame Street’s new autistic character, Andy Parsons le…
On The Box 27 – Alan Sugar's Cream Cakes
We kick things off this week with the surprising announcement that Stephen Fry is leaving QI. In other news, Donald Glover's “Atlanta” is picked up by FX, “In The Flesh” may get a movie, Donald Trump…
On The Box 26 - Channelling Alan Davies
The eternal battle over the remote control continues this week as we discuss Gogglebox Kids, Time Bandits, the League of Legends World Championship, the return of the Milk Tray person and more. We al…
On The Box 25 - 2 Girls, 1 Dalek
It’s time to get couch-comfy again as we take another journey into TV land with the Thunderbirds 50th Anniversary, Channel 4’s new “Walter Presents” streaming service, a new Doctor Who spinoff series…
On The Box 24 - You Don't Know Jack
This week we assemble a crack team of ... people ... who have all spent too much time watching ... things. Let's just call them "observation experts" shall we?
In the news this week, the A-Team is …
On The Box 23 - The Special Snowflake
We’re back with more news and discussions from the world of the couch potato, including rumours of a “Taken” TV series, the reboot of Hart to Hart, Arnold Schwartzenegger replacing Donald Trump on “T…
On The Box 22 - Soviet Club 7
Somehow we managed to put down our remote controls just long enough to discuss the possibility of more Black Mirror, the Grand Theft Auto/Rockstar biopic "Game Changers", Rowan Atkinson as French det…
On The Box 21 - Curse Those Smudgit Butts
The gang return for more irreverent discussions about the new BBC sci-fi TV series based on Chine Mieville’s book "The City and the City", Sue Perkins arguing with the Culture Secretary, Barack Obama…
On The Box 20 - Recreational Vikings
The boisterous lounge spuds don their horned hats and vegetate as they discuss the latest news from in the world of the idiot box including the possible return of Blackadder and The Krypton Factor, D…
On The Box 19 - The Gentleman's Gentleman
Join the couch potatoes this week as they discuss a new TV series called Powerless set in the DC universe, Britain’s Got Talent's OfCom troubles, the possibility of a new series of the British TV sho…