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
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 S…
#453: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 th…
# 452: The Completely Made up Adventures of Dick Turpin, Mary and George, Things You Should've Done
Matt is joined by 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 lov…
TV Time Machine #6 : 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…
#451: Breathtaking, The Way, Constellation, Boarders
Matt is joined by 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 …
# 450: 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 M…
TV Time Machine #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 …
# 449: Masters of the Air, Domino Day, Griselda, Expats
Matt is joined by 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 Ver…
# 448: True Detective: Night Country, Boy Swallows Universe, Big Boys, Gladiators
Matt and Dawn are joined by 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 Uni…
# 447: 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 …
#446: 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 ex…
#445: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 …
TV Time Machine #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 starr…
TV Time Machine #3: November 1998: Cold Feet, dinnerladies, Big Train
# 444: Doctor Who 60th Anniversary specials, Archie, The Couple Next Door, Such Brave Girls
# 443: The Crown, A Murder at the End of the World, Boat Story, Kin
TV Time Machine #2: October 1998 - The Cops, The 11 O’clock Show, Grafters, Fort Boyard
# 442: Time Series 2, The Buccaneers, All The Light We Cannot See, Culprits
Matt is joined by 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 Ap…
# 441: Three Little Birds, Burning Girls, Bodies, What We Do in the Shadows,
# 440: 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. Fraser is rebooted and back in Boston on Paramount Plus while Brie Larson heads back to the 1950's for Apple's…