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Radio Times Podcast

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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.

Episodes

Series 6 trailer - you're not going to want to miss this...

The Radio Times Podcast is back for a sixth series! Starting Tuesday 18th June, join host Kelly-Anne Taylor each week on the Radio Times sofa where she'll be interviewing the biggest names in the TV and film industry, talking about their lives and careers. If you’re new here, welcome to the club, do scroll back and enjoy our rich archive - there’s interviews with Stephen Fry, Dame Emma Thompson, Louis Theroux, Romesh Ranganathan, Daniel Radcliffe, Will Ferrell, Andi Oliver, Lily Allen - and many...

Jun 14, 20242 min

Smart TV: House of the Dragon and Euros Kick Off

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Fellow Travellers, Paramount + House of the Dragon, Now/Sky Federer: Twelve Final Days, Amazon Prime Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud, ITV1 Euro 2024 FILM: Maradona (2019), NowTV (ca...

Jun 14, 202414 min

Smart TV: Bridgerton's Steamy Return and Dalgleish Revives

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Bridgerton Series 3, Part 2 – Netflix Dalgliesh Series 2 - Friday 9pm C5 On Thin Ice: Putin vs Greenpeace - Sunday 9pm BBC2 The Fall: Skydive Murder Plot - Tues-Thursday 9pm C4 Buying...

Jun 07, 202415 min

Smart TV: Novel Dramas and Scandalous Ashley Madison Doc

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Geek Girl, Netflix Queenie, C4 Lost Boys and Fairies, BBC1 Ashley Madison Sex, Lies and Scandal, Netflix FILM: Four Weddings and a Funeral, BBC1 and iPlayer THE ARCHIVE: The X Files, ...

May 31, 202415 min

Smart TV: D Day at 80 and Outlaws S3

SHOW NOTES: TV: D-Day at 80, BBC4 and C4 D-Day: the Last Voices, Radio 4 The Outlaws, BBC1 Springwatch, BBC2 Fiennes: Return to the Wild, National Geographic FILM: Tenet, BBC2 THE ARCHIVE: Morecambe & Wise: Fools Rush In, BBC iPlayer . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 27, 202418 min

Smart TV: Suits arrives on BBC and Rebus Returns

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Rebus, BBC1 Suits, BBC iPlayer Insomnia, Paramount+ Trying, Apple TV+ Rob and Rylan’s Grand Tour, BBC iPlayer FILM: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, E4 THE ARCHIVE: Endeavour, ITVX . . ....

May 17, 202419 min

Smart TV: Bridgerton and BAFTAs

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Eurovision Song Contest - Grand Final, BBC1 BAFTA TV Awards, BBC1 Bridgerton S3, Netflix from Thursday Let It Be, Disney Plus FILM: The Idea of You, Amazon Prime THE ARCHIVE: The Bucc...

May 10, 202417 min

Smart TV: Ncuti Gatwa's Full Doctor Who Debut and Eurovision

You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Doctor Who, BBCiPlayer Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Finals, BBC1 Salman Rushdie: Through a a Glass Darkly, BBC2 FILM: Senna, Channel 4 THE ARCHIVE: The Avengers, Great TV (Channel 50 on Freeview) Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Great TV The Persuaders, Great TV The New Avengers, Great TV . ....

May 03, 202418 min

Smart TV: Clarkson's Farm and Baby Reindeer

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Baby Reindeer, Netflix The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Sky Atlantic / Now The Piano, C4 Clarkson’s Farm, Amazon Prime FILM: Catch Me If You Can, Film4 THE ARCHIVE: Gods of Snooker, iPlaye...

Apr 26, 202414 min

Smart TV: BBC Two Turns 60 and Britains Got Talent Returns

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Beyond Paradise Finale, BBC1 Walter Presents: Morten, Channel 4.com Britains Got Talent, ITV1 BBCTWO turns 60!, BBCTWO RADIO: Romesh Ranganathan, BBC Radio Two FILM: Dune Part 2, mult...

Apr 18, 202415 min

SPECIAL EPISODE - Chris Packham and Megan Mccubbin take over for Earth Day!

For this special episode of the Radio Times Podcast, Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by the conservationists Chris Packham and Megan Mccubbin. Packham was born in Southampton in 1961 and spent much of his childhood exploring the nature he found at his doorstep. As a teenager with autism, he was picked on at school – his solace was the outside world. After studying Zoology at the University of Southampton, Packham found himself in the world of television and film, taking still photographs – but it wa...

Apr 16, 202443 min

Smart TV: Amy Winehouse Film and Blue Lights Returns

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Feud: Capote vs The Swans, Disney+ Changing Ends, ITV1 Blue Lights, BBC ONE Stacey Solomon’s Renovation Rescue, C4 FILM: Back to Black, Cinemas Anatomy of a Fall, Prime Video THE ARCH...

Apr 12, 202416 min

Smart TV: Joyful TV and Mary Beard’s new Roman Emperor documentary

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: ABBA Night, BBC2 Eurovision Night, BBC4 Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard, BBC2 Race Across the World, BBC1 The Kominsky Method, Netflix Franklin, AppleTV+ Film of the Week: Molly’s ...

Apr 05, 202416 min

Smart TV: The Scoop, Easy A and Andrew Scott’s drama

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV This Town, BBC1 Ripley, Netflix Pilgrimage, BBC A Small Light, Disney+ FILM Easy A, BBC3 FROM THE ARCHIVE Peaky Blinders, Netflix Sherlock, BBC iPlayer Learn more about your ad choices...

Mar 29, 202417 min

Adam Buxton talks TV, making podcasts and being friends with Louis Theroux

For the season finale of the podcast, Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by Adam Buxton. The actor, comedian and podcaster attended Westminster School – where he befriended future-documentary-maker Louis Theroux, and Joe Cornish, who he would later star alongside in Channel 4’s The Adam and Joe Show. His podcast, The Adam Buxton Podcast, has been a hit – featuring conversations with everyone from Zadie Smith to Robbie Williams to Paul McCartney. In this episode, Buxton discusses the sacrifices his pare...

Mar 26, 20241 hr 12 min

Smart TV: Pilgrimage Returns and Engrossing Crime-Dramas

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Passenger, ITV1 The Gone, BBC4/iPlayer Pilgrimage, BBC2/iPlayer Jury: Murder Trial, Channel 4 FILM: All of Us Strangers, Disney+ THE ARCHIVE: Top of the Lake, UKTV Play . . . Happy Vi...

Mar 22, 202419 min

Bryony Gordon on writing, mental health and Mad Women

Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by the journalist, best-selling author and mental-health advocate, Bryony Gordon. Gordon grew up in London in a family of journalists. Her mother is the former gossip-columnist Jane Gordon, and it was thanks to her address book that Gordon landed her first journalism gig. Since then, she has carved a successful career – known for her trademark honesty. In this episode she talks about the ups and downs of life, sobriety and being mates with Prince Harry. Plus, they dis...

Mar 19, 202442 min

Smart TV: A Casualty on Casualty?

You can get in touch with our hosts via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Manhunt, Apple TV+ Beyond Paradise, BBC1 The Dropout, BBC1 A Life in Ten Pictures, BBC2 Palm Royale, Apple TV+ Casualty, BBC1 ARCHIVE: Oppenheimer (1980), BBC iPlayer . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 15, 202419 min

Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver on fame, rock-bottom and the perils of being opinionated women

Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by the popstar-turned-actor Lily Allen and the TV presenter Miquita Oliver. They grew up in Ladbroke Grove, West London, in creative households, spending much of their youth roaming Portobello market and flunking school. Allen’s mother is the film producer, Alison Owen, and her father is the actor, Keith Allen. Oliver was raised by her mother, the broadcaster and chef, Andi Oliver. Both Oliver and Allen made their name at a young age – Oliver as a TV presenter on Chan...

Mar 12, 202454 min

Smart TV: Comic Relief and Taylor Swift

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: The Oscars, ITV1 Darren McGarvey: The State We're In, BBC Two Comic Relief, BBC1 Taylor Swift: the Eras Tour, Disney+ FILMS: Dune Part 2, Cinemas (Part 1 on Netflix) Gigli, Netflix . ...

Mar 08, 202420 min

Theo James on The Gentlemen, Hollywood and Divergent

This week Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by the actor, Theo James. He grew up in Buckinghamshire, the youngest of five siblings, and dreamed of a career as a musician. After reading Philosophy at the University of Nottingham, he segued into acting, enrolling as a student at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre. He catapulted to fame when he landed the leading role of Four in the YA Hollywood hit-series, Divergent. Since then, he has starred in The White Lotus, Sanditon, The Time Traveller’s Wife – and, most...

Mar 05, 202436 min

Smart TV: Drive to Survive and the Return of Scandi Drama

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Prisoner, BBC iPlayer The Gentleman, Netflix Drive to Survive Series 6, Netflix Sarah Everard: the Search for Justice, BBC1 Navalny, BBC iPlayer FILMS: Ferrari, Now Cinema Rush, Netfl...

Mar 01, 202418 min

Joanna Lumley on the secrets of a long marriage, the Swinging Sixties and beauty

This week joining Kelly-Anne Taylor, in the studio, is the British actress, presenter and author, Joanna Lumley. Born in India, in Kashmir, Srinagar – she was brought up in the Far East, coming to the UK, aged 8, to attend boarding school. She went on to work as a model and actress, living in London in the Swinging Sixties – and made her name starring as Purdy in The New Avengers. She boasts a successful career – spanning over 6 decades – she had audiences in hysterics as Patsy in hit sit-com Ab...

Feb 27, 202446 min

Smart TV: One Day and The New Look

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: One Day, Netflix The New Look, Apple TV+ Under the Banner of Heaven, ITVX Saturday Night Takeaway, ITV1 RADIO Conversations From a Long Marriage, Radio 4 FILM: Wicked Little Letters, ...

Feb 23, 202416 min

Martin Compston on Line of Duty, on-screen nudity and running with wolves

This week Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by the Scottish actor, Martin Compston. Born and raised in Greenock, Scotland – he first made his name starring in the Ken Roach film, Sweet Sixteen (which won the Best Screenplay Award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival). It was his role as Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott in Jed Mercurio's Line of Duty that made him a household name. In this episode, he talks about how that role changed his life, what it’s like living in Vegas – and why he’s doing less on-scr...

Feb 20, 202434 min

Smart TV: 2024 BAFTA Special

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: FILMS: Barbie Oppenheimer Saltburn, Amazon Prime Killers of the Flower Moon, Apple TV+ Maestro, Netflix Anatomy of a Fall Wham!, Netflix . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choi...

Feb 16, 202414 min

Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley on Barbie, equal pay and their worst auditions

On this week’s episode host Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley! From Broadchurch to The Crown to The Favourite, Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman has become a staple of British film and television. And Irish co-star Jessie Buckley boasts an impressive CV herself, starring across the big and small screen in projects like War & Peace, Chernobyl and Wild Rose. As a pair, Colman and Buckley previously worked together on Netflix movie The Lost Daughter – they played the...

Feb 13, 202434 min

Smart TV: Rom-Com Rebirth and Traitors Down Under

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: One Day, Netflix Alice and Jack, C4 Hacks, Amazon Prime The Traitors Australia, BBC iPlayer RADIO Young Again, Radio 4 FILM: Aftersun, BBC2 ARCHIVE: Normal People, BBC iPlayer . . . H...

Feb 09, 202416 min

Sophie Rundle on Peaky Blinders, Gentleman Jack and the #MeToo Movement

This week’s guest is the actress, Sophie Rundle. Her career began with a bang – when she landed the role of Ada Shelby in the hit-drama Peaky Blinders, straight out of drama school. Since then, she’s gone on to star in Sally Wainwright’s Gentleman Jack, Alibi’s The Diplomat and most recently ITV’s, After the Flood. In this episode, she talks to Kelly-Anne Taylor about how revolutionary Gentleman Jack was in depicting LGBTQ+ love stories and how it has been heralded for its portrayal of sex scene...

Feb 06, 202449 min

Smart TV: New Netflix Drama and Death in Paradise's 100th Episode

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: One Day, Netflix Death in Paradise, 100th episode, BBC1 Hot Mess Summer, Amazon Prime Boris Becker: The Rise and Fall, ITV1 The Hairy Bikers Go West, BBC2 The Greatest Night in Pop, N...

Feb 02, 202416 min
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