This week on Bingewatch, Ian and Hannah cover everything from rogue grandmas to Russian spies. Just what you need to get in the Christmas spirit! Way back when Russia were not at war with Ukraine, they resorted to more discreet tactics... such as poisoning double agents. Unfortunately, Litvinenko garnered a little more press than Putin would have liked, and now David Tennant brings it back to life in the new drama on ITVX. Lovable family adventure series National Treasure, once helmed by Ben Sti...
Dec 16, 2022•23 min•Ep. 128
Welcome to Bingewatch , your essential guide to the newest and biggest TV & films across UK streaming platforms, presented by journalists Hannah Fernando & Ian MacEwan. This week on the podcast: Oscar winning director Guillermo del Toro brings us the second adaptation of Pinocchio this year. Following in the footsteps of Robert Zemeckis & Disney Plus, this version on Netflix is not so family friendly, but is it worth the watch? No doubt one of the talking points of the year will be n...
Dec 09, 2022•23 min•Ep. 127
This week on Bingewatch ... (02:00) Steve Carell kidnaps his therapist to cure him of his serial killer ways in The Patient on Disney Plus. (05:27) Creepy crime drama Three Pines b starring Alfred Molina and Rossif Sutherland on Prime Video. (10:37) Sci-Fi comedy We Are Not Alone - think Third Rock from the Sun made by Dave. (14:49) Hugh Laurie and his hapless space team are back in Avenue 5 season 2. Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy...
Dec 01, 2022•22 min•Ep. 126
This week on Bingewatch : (01:40) New war drama Echo 3 from the makers of The Hurt Locker , streaming on Apple TV (05:27) Tim Burton brings The Addams Family to Netflix with new series Wednesday starring Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Christina Ricci (10:52) Tim Minchin's comedy Upright returns for a second season, following the trials and tribulations of two backpackers in Australia, and it's on Now TV. (14:49) Something on Discovery+ for the WAG lovers out there, as Vardy vs Rooney: T...
Nov 24, 2022•20 min•Ep. 125
This week on Bingewatch ... (01:23) Bermuda Triangle period drama 1899 on Netflix (05:36) Sylvester Stallone stars in gangster drama Tulsa King on Paramount+ (10:20) Hurst: The First and Only biopics an English football legend on Now TV (13:29) Family feuds erupt in The People We All Hate at the Wedding on Prime Video Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more. Remember to leave a 5 star revi...
Nov 18, 2022•20 min•Ep. 124
This week on Bingewatch ... (01:24) James Corden returns to scripted comedy in Mammals on Prime Video (06:13) The highly anticipated fifth season of The Crown arrives on Netflix, helmed by Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II (10:19) Lionsgate+ (formerly Starz) gives Dangerous Liaisons the TV treatment in a new series (14:08) David Beckham meets Kitchen Nightmares in Save Our Squad , where the England football legend returns to his roots to help out a fledgling team. Follow Bingewatch on all ma...
Nov 10, 2022•20 min•Ep. 123
This week on Bingewatch: Harry Styles continues his rise up the Hollywood ladder in My Policeman , available on Amazon Prime Video. Millie Bobby Brown swaps Stranger Things for Sherlock, as she returns alongside Henry Cavill ( Superman , The Gentlemen ) for Netflix sequel Enola Holmes 2 . Daniel Radcliffe dons the afro to bring the story of Weird Al Yankovic to life in the aptly named Weird: The Al Yankovic Story on Roku. Alex Horne gets his very own spinoff from Taskmaster in the All 4 series T...
Nov 03, 2022•19 min•Ep. 122
This week on Bingewatch ... (01:35) Netflix's eight-part horror anthology series presented by Oscar winning director Guillermo del Toro, his Cabinet of Curiosities (05:05) Starring former Doctor Who Peter Capaldi, The Devil's Hour is a dark new series available on Amazon Prime Video. (10:15) It's the second series of drama series The Pact coming to BBC iPlayer (13:38) Johnny Vegas brings his comedy friends back for series two of Murder They Hope on UKTV Gold Follow Bingewatch on all major podcas...
Oct 27, 2022•19 min•Ep. 121
This week on Bingewatch ... (01:27) Chloe Grace-Moretz does sci-fi thriller in The Peripheral on Amazon Prime Video (04:57) Ethan Hawke and Ewan McGregor team up as Raymond and Ray on Apple TV (09:27) Gangs of London returns for its second series on NOW TV (13:46) Also returning is Richard Hammond's Workshop on Disocvery+ (16:49) Cate Blanchett brings some fantasy adventure to Netflix in The School for Good and Evil Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the be...
Oct 20, 2022•21 min•Ep. 120
This week on Bingewatch... (01:38) Brand new comedy series from the creators of Friday Night Dinner , I Hate You is available on All4 (06:06) Period drama Shantaram makes its debut on Apple TV (10:58) Something rather different in nautical comedy horror series Wreck, available on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer (14:21) The return of basketball drama Big Shot , as season two arrives on Disney Plus. Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows acr...
Oct 13, 2022•20 min•Ep. 119
This week on Bingewatch : (01:30) Paramount+ are reimagining modern classic Let the Right One In into a supernatural series (05:52) Girls creator Lena Dunham helps Amazon Prime Video adapt Catherine Called Birdy from the page to the screen (10:17) Comedy drama series The Bear arrives on Disney+ (14:27) Another Stephen King adaptation hits our screens, as Netflix adapt Mr. Harrigan's Phone into a feature film. Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best bing...
Oct 07, 2022•21 min•Ep. 118
This week on Bingewatch ... (01:39) Jeff Bridges plays an off-the-grid former CIA agent with enemies in The Old Man on Disney Plus (06:21) Zac Efron, Russell Crowe and Bill Murray team up for The Greatest Beer Run Ever - an original movie on Apple TV (12:40) Fantasy Football League returns to NOW TV (16:11) Oscar nominee Elsie Fisher heads to TV for retro horror comedy series My Best Friend's Exorcism on Amazon Prime Video. Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown o...
Sep 29, 2022•23 min•Ep. 117
This week on Bingewatch : Disney Plus release the highly-anticipated Andor - a prequel series to Rogue One as the Star Wars universe continues to expand. Just when you thought he was off our screens for good, Kenneth Branagh dons the blonde mop to play Boris Johnson in Covid drama This England . It's series four for paranormal comedy Ghosts arriving on BBC iPlayer. And The Great British Bake Off meets DIY in Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker on Channel 4 and All4. Follow Bingewatch on all majo...
Sep 22, 2022•20 min•Ep. 116
This week on Bingewatch we preview classy period drama The Serpent Queen, starring Samantha Morton as Catherine de Medici, on Starzplay. We also check out the latest movie spinoff from Paramount Plus, American Gigolo, starring Jon Bernthal and Rosie O'Donnell and based on the Richard Gere film. Grand Tour boys Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May hit the road in rally cars for a jeopardy-filled drive across Sweden and Finland in their latest offering, 'A Scandi Flick'. And This Country...
Sep 15, 2022•21 min•Ep. 115
This week on Bingewatch we feature two huge new releases on Disney Plus. Firstly the live-action remake of animated classic Pinocchio featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the voice of Jiminy Cricket and Oscar winner Tom Hanks as Geppetto. Secondly, biographical series Mike dramatising the life of one of boxing, and indeed sport's, most controversial figures - Iron Mike Tyson. Additionally, we cover the latest series of Brassic , another historical sport series in Munich Games and Hannah tells us wh...
Sep 08, 2022•20 min•Ep. 114
This week on Bingewatch sees the release of the most expensive television series ever made. Coming to Amazon Prime Video it's the highly anticipated prequel series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power . Also on the show, Netflix movie I Came By , UK comedy series Bloods and new Apple TV+ series Life by Ella . Skip to your favourite bit: (01:45) The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (06:30) I Came by (10:54) Bloods (13:40) Life by Ella Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for y...
Sep 02, 2022•19 min•Ep. 113
This week on Bingewatch : (01:40) The highly anticipated prequel series to Game of Thrones , House of the Dragon is now available on Now TV (07:07) The Oscar-nominated comedy drama Licorice Pizza is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video (11:12) Ben Stokes: Phoenix from the Ashes tells the story of an England cricket star's journey on and off the field, and it's also on Prime Video. (15:52) When Hollywood royalty Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElnenny announced their takeover of Wrexham AFC football club ...
Aug 25, 2022•21 min•Ep. 112
This week on Bingewatch : (01:15) Continuing Disney's expansion of the MCU, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law stars Tatiana Maslany and Mark Ruffalo who reprises his role as Bruce Banner. Think Ally McBeal meets The Incredible Hulk (05:03) Bad Sisters on Apple TV+ is a new comedy drama series from Sharon Horgan about siblings forced to bond after a death in the family (09:43) A new horror thriller series on BBC iPlayer, Red Rose is from the makers of Sex Education and stars Amelia Clarkson. (14:11) Myst...
Aug 19, 2022•20 min•Ep. 111
This week on Bingewatch ... (01:41) Prime Video bring us a new comedy drama called A League of Their Own telling the true story of an all-female professional baseball league shaking things up in WWII America (05:55) Five Days at Memorial on Apple TV tells the true story of a hospital struggling to cope with the fallout of Hurricane Katrina, starring Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (11:28) An Australian export in comedy drama road trip series Darby and Joan (14:38) Season 6 of true crime documentary s...
Aug 11, 2022•22 min•Ep. 110
This week on Bingewatch : (01:24) Oscar winning director Ron Howard is back with an all-star cast to tell the story of Thailand cave rescue in Thirteen Lives on Amazon Prime Video (04:14) Lost meets Jurassic Park in La Brea , a mysterious science fiction series on Paramount+ (08:37) The long-awaited adaptation of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman arrives on Netflix, and if the stellar mix of Hollywood royalty and rising stars is anything to go by, it's going to be a big one (13:34) The Predator franchis...
Aug 05, 2022•20 min•Ep. 109
This week on Bingewatch , we're previewing new releases beginning the week of Friday 29th July 2022, including: (01:28) Comic book adaptation Paper Girls on Amazon Prime Video (05:09) Andrew Garfield & Daisy Edgar-Jones star in Under the Banner of Heaven (09:05) New 8-part San Frncisco based drama Surface on Apple TV (13:19) Ghostface returns for a 5th time as horror sequel Scream premieres on Paramount+ Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge...
Jul 27, 2022•19 min•Ep. 108
This week on Bingewatch , new releases from Friday 22nd July 2022 ... Russell Crowe and Ray Winstone star in Prizefighter on Amazon Prime Video, a new comedy series on Paramount Plus about a fictional home shopping network in I Love That for You Rafe Spall is back with season 3 of adoption comedy drama Trying on Apple TV, and Masterchef's John Torode takes us on a cultural tour of Ireland in the aptly named John Torode's Ireland . Skip to your favourite bit: (02:10) Prizefighter: The Life of Jem...
Jul 20, 2022•19 min•Ep. 107
This week on Bingewatch , Resident Evil gets a Netflix makeover, James May heads to Italy for a travel series, British comedy Sneakerhead comes to Dave, Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard return for season 2 of Breeders , and Victoria's Secret: Angels and Demons tells the story of lingerie billionaire Les Wexman. (01:56) Resident Evil (06:12) James May: Our Man in Italy (09:41) Sneakerhead (12:55) Victoria's Secret: Angels and Demons (15:55) Breeders Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players ...
Jul 14, 2022•20 min•Ep. 106
This week on Bingewatch , new animated feature The Sea Beast from Netflix, horror comedy The Baby from HBO available on Now TV, Rose Byrne is back in season 2 of Physical on Apple TV+ and in timely fashion to celebrate Independence Day, the Michael B. Jordan narrated documentary America the Beautiful on Disney+ (01:38) The Sea Beast (05:44) The Baby (10:01) America the Beautiful (13:20) Physical Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows...
Jul 06, 2022•20 min•Ep. 105
This week on Bingewatch , Star-Lord Chris Pratt turns skeptical Navy SEAL in The Terminal List , classic British comedy Queer as Folk gets a reboot, Selena Gomez teams up with Steve Martin and Martin Short for season 2 of Only Murders in the Building , and reality stars from Essex to Acapulco assemble for All Star Shore on Paramount+ (01:32) The Terminal List (05:13) Queer as Folk (09:23) Only Murders in the Building (13:45) All Star Shore Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your ...
Jul 01, 2022•20 min•Ep. 104
This week on Bingewatch , reviews of three new Paramount+ series - sci-fi prequel series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , a look at the making of The Godfather in The Offer , and an adaptation of Walter Tevis' classic novel The Man Who Fell to Earth . Plus, Rowan Atkinson's return to TV in Netflix original series Man vs Bee . (02:15) Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (06:15) Man vs Bee (11:45) The Offer (16:15) The Man Who Fell to Earth Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly r...
Jun 23, 2022•23 min•Ep. 103
This week on Bingewatch , reviews of Now TV thriller The Lazarus Project , Amazon Prime Video's The Summer I Turned Pretty based on the book by Jenny Han, historical drama Becoming Elizabeth and Alibi's new period crime drama Miss Scarlet and the Duke starring Kate Phillips and Stuart Martin. (01:37) The Lazarus Project (06:37) The Summer I Turned Pretty (10:58) Becoming Elizabeth (14:42) Miss Scarlet and the Duke Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best...
Jun 15, 2022•21 min•Ep. 102
This week on Bingewatch , reviews of brand new Marvel & Disney Plus series Ms. Marvel starring Iman Vellani as the first Muslim Marvel superhero, BBC romantic drama Everything I Know About Love starring Emma Appleton and Bel Powley, BritBox documentary series Reel Brittania , and stand-up comedy series Backstage with Katherine Ryan . (01:27) Ms. Marvel (05:45) Everything I Know About Love (10:10) Reel Brittania (14:04) Backstage with Katherine Ryan Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast play...
Jun 08, 2022•20 min•Ep. 101
Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more. Remember to leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser and Goodpods AND you can now show your support and leave a tip for Ian and Hannah . You can also stay in touch with the team via Twitter AND if you like Bingewatch but you're looking for a specific review, check out BITESIZE BINGEWATCH , our sister show making it easier to get the bits y...
Jun 01, 2022•21 min•Ep. 100
Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more. Remember to leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser and Goodpods AND you can now show your support and leave a tip for Ian and Hannah . You can also stay in touch with the team via Twitter AND if you like Bingewatch but you're looking for a specific review, check out BITESIZE BINGEWATCH , our sister show making it easier to get the bits y...
May 25, 2022•20 min•Ep. 99
