The Custard TV Podcast
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
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 52 minutes
- Episodes
- 583
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2025
#493 - Task, Only Murders in the Building, The Paper, Mitchell and Webb aren't helping
Matt and Dawn are joined by CustardTV Editor Luke to review four shows available this week. Firstly, Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby has a new show in the brilliantly tense and human Task avai…
# 492 - I Fought the Law, The Guest, Hostage, Educating Yorkshire
TV is finally back in a normal rhythm, and that means the podcast is back! Matt and Dawn are joined by Dawn's podcast co-host Lucy from The Shipyard to review four shows available this week.
It's Sep…
TV Time Machine # 22 - August 2000 - Popular, TV to Go, The Weakest Link
Matt and Luke hop abroad the TV Time Machine to look at the TV landscape of August 2000. He will soon have so many TV shows to his name and swimming pools full of money, but in August of 2000, Ryan M…
# 491: Unforgiveable, The Assassin, Too Much, Destination X,
Matt and Dawn welcome a new voice to the show, site contributor Ruthie Nugent, to review 4 brand new shows. First up, Jimmy McGovern's hard hitting single drama Unforgivable. Prime Video's The Assass…
TV Time Machine # 21: Big Brother 1
In the summer of 2000, Channel 4 took a gamble. They devoted 7 weeks of their schedule (albeit, at 11pm) to a brand new show branded as a 'social experiment' which placed strangers in a house. Locked…
# 490: The Bear, Department Q, Smoke, Transaction
TV has been pretty quiet of late. That is, of course, unless you're a Wimbledon or Football fan. However, Luke, Matt and Dawn are back to review 4 new shows available on streaming Platforms and ITV2.
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TV Time Machine #20 June 2000: Chambers, Up Rising, McCreedy & Daughter
Matt and Luke are back aboard their TV Time Machine to journey back to June of 2000. June isn't a great time for television, and the four shows that debuted back in 2000 are proof of that. There's Mc…
# 489: What It Feels Like for a Girl, Death Valley, Stick, Adults
Original host of the podcast, Luke, joins Matt and Dawn to review four new shows available this week. Firstly, there's queer coming of age drama What It Feels Like a Girl from BBC Three. Followed by …
TV Time Machine # 19 May 2000: Coupling, Baddiel & Skinner Unplanned, Lock Stock
Matt and Luke board the TV Time Machine to look at the TV landscape of May 2000. Steven Moffat's relationship comedy Coupling begins on BBC Two. David Baddiel and Frank Skinner take to a sofa for the…
#488: Poker Face, The Bombing of Pan Am 103, Murderbot and a brand new quiz!
Matt is joined by regular contributors Dawn Glen and Mo Walker to review four new shows available this week. First, there's the second season of Rian Johnson's exquisite procedural Poker Face, which …
TV in 2025 So far
In a change of pace, Matt is joined by Luke to assess how they are feeling about the TV we've had so far this year. Has it been a good year so far? Have there been many original hits? Have the return…
# 487: Malpractice, The Four Seasons, Étoile
Matt, Dawn and Mo are back to review the new shows available this week. On ITV, there's a second series of medical thriller Malpractice. It's an odd show to bring back given that it wasn't a big show…
TV Time Machine # 18: When Louis Met Savile, The Secret Life of Michael Fry, Bob Martin
Matt and Luke hop back aboard their TV Time Machine to look at the TV landscape of April 2000. On ITV, there's comedy Bob Martin, starring Michael Barrymore who somewhat spoofs his own career as a na…
# 486: The Last of Us, I Jack Wright, North of North
Matt, Dawn and Sarah review new Sky Max travelogue Joe Lycett's United States of Birmingham, which gives Sarah the opportunity to talk eloquently about the city she loves. Then, Unforgotten writer C…
# 485: Doctor Who, Black Mirror & Government Cheese
Matt and Dawn are joined by Doctor Who superfan Suky to discuss the second series of Russell T Davies' take on the iconic character. They also review an episode of the seventh series of Black Mirror …
484: Reunion, Dying For Sex, Your Friends and Austin
Dawn and Mo join Matt to review 4 shows available this week. First, the BBC's latest tense crime drama entitled Reunion, the shows centres around a deaf man being released from Prison. Next, Michelle…
# 483: This City is Ours, The Residence, The Studio, The Severance finale
Dawn and Tyler join Matt to review the week's notable TV. First, BBC One's gangster drama This is City is Ours starring Sean Bean. Next, Netflix's lavish comedy murder mystery from Shondaland, The Re…
# 482 - Adolescence, Dope Thief, Protection
Matt and Dawn are joined by the original Custard TV podcaster, Gary Redrup to review 3 shows available this week.
They begin with the truly staggering Netflix drama series Adolescence, which might …
TV Time Machine #17: March 2000: DA Ali G Show, Jam, Randall & Hopkrirk (Deceased)
Luke and Matt board the TV Time Machine to view the TV landscape of March 2000. Ross Kemp signs a 'golden handcuffs deal' with ITV to work for solely for that broadcaster. The result, at least initia…
#481: Toxic Town, Bergerac, Get Millie Black, Small Town Big Story
Mo Walker and Dawn Glen join Matt to review four new shows available this week. On Netflix, Jack Thorne's tackles the little-known story of what happened to mothers who gave birth to babies with birt…