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Radio Times Podcast

Radio Timeswww.radiotimes.com
We’ve all been there – sat in front of the television, flicking through channels, getting increasingly frustrated – there’s so much on, but nothing to watch. TV critics Caroline Frost and Shem Law have you covered. Each Friday, they serve up short, sharp television recommendations to mark your cards for the week ahead. They’ll tell you what to watch – and what to avoid. They watch it all, so you don’t have to.   No more asking: what’s on TV tonight? What to watch? Or, what should I watch? Instead, listen to Smart TV for your weekly round-up of TV programmes and film reviews. You’ll find out about the latest series dropping that week, what to binge and what television show will become the next watercooler moment.   Radio Times’ journalists Caroline Frost and Shem Law will cover all things terrestrial as well as what’s on the streaming sites – they’ll cover what’s broadcast on the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky to NOW, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Netflix and Apple TV.   Whether you like Entertainment, Current Affairs, Documentaries, Dramas, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Thrillers, Sports or Radio – they’ll have you covered. If you enjoy our weekly round-up of television reviews, do search for the View From My Sofa podcast which sees Kelly-Anne Taylor sit down with a celebrity guests to talk about their lives through the prism of TV.
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Episodes

Smart TV: Take That Doc and Death In Paradise

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Take That, Netflix Death In Paradise, BBC1 Mission to Space with Francis Bourgeois, C4 FROST BITE: Here come the Geeks... . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 23, 202624 min

Smart TV: Gladiators and What Next for Strictly

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Gladiators, BBC1 Winterwatch, BBC2 Blackshore, BBC4 FROST BITE: What next for Strictly Come Dancing? . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 16, 202622 min

Smart TV: Industry and Agatha Christie

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Industry, BBC1 Call The Midwife, BBC1 Seven Dials Murder, Netflix FROST BITE: 10 years on from Entertainment’s own Annus Horribilis . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 09, 202624 min

Smart TV: 2025 Hidden Gems

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best hidden gems from 2025 Live Aid at 40, BBC iPlayer Richard Burton: Wild Genius, BBC iPlayer The Assembly, ITVX Chris McCausland: Seeing into the Future, BBC iPlayer Ride or Die, BBC iPlayer Noel Edmonds' Kiwi Adventure, ITVX . . . Happy Viewing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Jan 02, 202613 min

Smart TV: New Years Special

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box in the post Christmas period TV: The Night Manager, BBC1 The Traitors, BBC1 Run Away, Netflix Operation Mincemeat, BBC2 Judi Dench, Shakespeare, My Family and Me, C4 The Celebrity Apprentice, BBC1 . . . Happy New Years! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 26, 202520 min

Smart TV: Christmas Day Special

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box on Christmas Day TV: Amandaland, BBC1 The Scarecrows Wedding, BBC1 Shaun the Sheep: Fleece Navidad, BBC1 Strictly Come Dancing, BBC1 Call The Midwife, BBC1 Amadeus, Sky Atlantic Jaws, BBC2 . . . Happy Christmas! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 23, 202519 min

Smart TV: Amadeus and the best of Christmas Eve TV

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Amadeus, Sky Atlantic All Creatures Great and Small, C5 Secrets of the Conclave, BBC2 . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 19, 202516 min

Smart TV: SPOTY and Bad TV

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Steve Backshall's Royal Arctic Challenge, ITV1 Sports Personality of the Year, BBC1 Murder Before Evensong, Channel 5 FROST BITE: What is Bad TV? . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 12, 202520 min

Smart TV: New Knives Out Film and Embarrassing Moments

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Wake Up Dead Man: the New Knives Out Mystery, Netflix Apollo 1: Destination Moon, C4 David Dimbleby: What’s the Monarchy For?, BBC iPlayer FROST BITE: Why we all secretly love an embarrassing TV moment . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Dec 05, 202523 min

Smart TV: George Clooney Netflix Film and Mammoth Season 2

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Say Nothing, C4 Mammoth, BBC2 Jay Kelly, Netflix FROST BITE: How Northern Ireland is making powerful art out of its past . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 28, 202519 min

Smart TV: The Beatles and AI

Caroline Frost chats to Gareth McClean about the best things coming up on the box this week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 21, 202526 min

Smart TV: Trespasses and the Festival of Remembrance

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 07, 202522 min

Smart TV: Race Across The World and Alan Carr Appreciation

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 31, 202521 min

Smart TV: Arty Crime Drama

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 24, 202524 min

Smart TV: Lazarus, love triangles and a touch of Julia Roberts

Caroline Frost chats to guest host Garath McLean about the best things coming up on the box this week. TV: Lazarus, from Wednesday, Prime Video The Forsyte Saga, Monday 9pm, Channel 5 Leonard and Hungry Paul, Monday 10pm, BBC Two FROST BITE: Celebrity Traitors, BBC THE ARCHIVE: Moonlighting , STV Player . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Oct 16, 202529 min

Smart TV: Sally Wainwright’s comeback and Hamza’s wild adventure

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. TV: Celebrity Traitors , BBC1 Riot Women , BBC1 Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles , BBC1 The Iris Affair , Sky Atlantic FROST BITE: Familiar faces in The Diplomat bring serious West Wing nostalgia THE ARCHIVE: The Great ...

Oct 10, 202525 min

Smart TV: New Alan Partridge and Suranne Jones is everywhere

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge), BBC1 Celebrity Traitors, BBC1 Frauds, ITV1 Film Club, BBC3 FROST BITE: ‘Worlds Apart’ movingly brings contestants, and viewers, together THE ARCHIVE: Robert Redfo...

Oct 03, 202523 min

Smart TV: Slow Horses and Strictly Return

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: The Hack, ITV1 Slow Horses, Apple TV+ Strictly Come Dancing, BBC1 FROST BITE: Teen dramas - why are so many older viewer tuning in? THE ARCHIVE: Arena, BBC4 . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ...

Sep 19, 202523 min

Smart TV: Rob and Rylan Return and Twiggy Doc

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Rob and Rylan’s Passage to India, BBC2 Twiggy, BBC2 Michael Palin in Venezuela, Channel 5 FROST BITE: How the PSBs are fighting back against Netflix, and why it matters THE ARCHIVE: Fawlty Towers: The P...

Sep 12, 202523 min

Smart TV: Only Murders in the Building and Freddie Flintoff's Ultimate Test

Caroline Frost chats to Gareth McClean about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams: Ultimate Test, BBC1 Only Murders in the Building, Disney + The Newsreader, BBC2 FROST BITE: Partings are such sweet sorrow - how can a TV show end on a high? THE AR...

Sep 05, 202525 min

Smart TV: I Fought The Law and Educating Yorkshire Returns

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: I Fought The Law, ITV1 I Am Martin Parr, BBCFour Educating Yorkshire, Channel 4 FROST BITE: Why We All Need to Watch ‘The Apprentice’ Far More Carefully THE ARCHIVE: Arena - Peter Sellers, BBCFour . . . H...

Aug 29, 202520 min

Smart TV: Thursday Murder Club and 1066 Drama

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Thursday Murder Club, Netflix King and Conqueror, BBC1 The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, Disney+ FROST BITE: Real-life legal cases - who do they serve? THE ARCHIVE: King and Conqueror Night, BBC4 . . . Happy...

Aug 22, 202520 min

Smart TV: Life After Lineker for MoTD

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Hostage, Netflix Match of the Day, BBC1 Confessions of a Brain Surgeon, BBC2 FROST BITE: Why Americans still can’t get enough of us Brits, as long as it’s their version THE ARCHIVE: Jasper Carrott Night, BBC4...

Aug 15, 202524 min

Smart TV: Led Zeppelin Doc and Ridley

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Ridley, ITV1 Antiques Roadshow (VJ Day Special), BBC1 Becoming Led Zeppelin, Now FROST BITE: Why digging into the archives is something we won’t be able to do soon... THE ARCHIVE: Shooting the Past, BBC4 . . . ...

Aug 08, 202521 min

Smart TV: Wednesday and Annika

Caroline Frost chats to Gareth McClean about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Annika , BBC1 Wednesday, Netflix MasterChef, BBC1 FROST BITE: When a show moves from TV to YouTube, what we do win and lose? THE ARCHIVE: The Newsreader, BBC iPlayer . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more abou...

Aug 01, 202522 min

Smart TV: The Gone and Bonnie Blue Doc

Caroline Frost chats to Gareth McClean about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: The Gone, BBC2 Inside the Cult of the Jesus Army, BBC2 Bonnie Blue Doc, C4 FROST BITE: From Gregg Wallace to Christian Horner, when the mighty fall, what happens to the show? THE ARCHIVE: Star Trek: Enter...

Jul 25, 202521 min

Smart TV: Karen Pirie Series 2 and New Keeley Hawes Thriller

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Karen Pirie, ITV1 The Narrow Road to the Deep North, BBC1 The Assassin, Prime FROST BITE: From Miss Marple to Superman, how do we decide “the definitive version”? THE ARCHIVE: Helen Mirren Night, BBC4 . . . Happy...

Jul 18, 202520 min

Smart TV: Bookish and Shark Reality Show

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Bookish, U&Drama Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters, ITV1 The Couple Next Door, C4 FROST BITE: Bringing the magic of mix tapes to a new generation THE ARCHIVE: Miss Marple (again..), BBC iPlayer . . . Happy Viewi...

Jul 11, 202523 min
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