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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

Smart TV: Shetland Returns and Until I Kill You

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: Until I Kill You, ITV X Shetland, BBC1 US Election Coverage (multiple broadcasters including BBC, C4 and SKY) READER RECOMMENDATION: David Gower back on Sky Sports Cricket coverage FROST BITE: BBC HARDtalk is being cancelled (old episodes available on BBC iPlayer) THE ARCHIVE: As Time Goes By, BBC4 . . . Happy Viewing! Lear...

Nov 01, 202419 min

Smart TV: Ellis and The Royal Family on Screen

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: Ellis, C5 Hammer: Heros, Legends and Monsters, Sky Arts The Diplomat, Netflix READER RECOMMENDATION: Barbie's Dirty Secrets, C4 FROST BITE: Prince William: We Can End Homelessness, ITV1 THE ARCHIVE: The Longest Feud: Chappell V Botham, Amazon Prime . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices....

Oct 25, 202420 min

Smart TV: Ludwig and Kelly-Anne's Last Show

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: Ludwig, BBC iPlayer Bad Sisters, Apple TV+ Michael Mosley: Just One Thing, BBC iPlayer FILM OF THE WEEK: Lonely Planet, Netflix Hidden Figures, Disney Plus Bob Marley: One Love, Now T...

Oct 18, 202422 min

Smart TV: The Aussie Office and Some Listener Reviews

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: Rivals, Disney Nobody Wants This, Netflix The Office, Amazon Prime FILM OF THE WEEK: Uglies, Netflix THE ARCHIVE: Downton Abbey, Netflix . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad ...

Oct 11, 202418 min

Smart TV: Adeel Akhtar Appreciation Society

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 Hardacres, C5 Showtrial, BBC1 Big Brother: Live Launch, ITV2 FILM OF THE WEEK: Ali and Ava, BBC iPlayer THE ARCHIVE: Anatomy of a Scandal, Netflix Sweet Tooth, Netflix . . . Happy...

Oct 04, 202416 min

Heartstopper Special Part Two: Kit Connor and Joe Locke

In the first part of this episode, I’ll be talking to Kit, who plays the heartthrob rugby-playing, Nick Nelson, about introducing sex to series 3 of Heartstopper, how he is actually an introvert – and what’s next for his career. Afterwards, you’ll hear me in conversation with Joe Locke – in which we talk about the impact playing Charlie has had on his life, handling fame and entering the Marvel Universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 03, 202437 min

Heartstopper Special Part One: Alice Oseman

Joining me, in this special episode is the creator, writer and brains behind it all, Alice Oseman. We talk about Charlie and Nick’s origin story, the explosion of her webcomic, and how it has changed their life. It’s a remarkable episode – Alice is a delight to be in conversation with. Please do set a reminder on your phones, on the 3rd of October, this Thursday, part two will be released – and you can tune in to listen to my episode with Kit Connor and Joe Locke. Learn more about your ad choice...

Oct 01, 202436 min

Smart TV: Heartstopper NEWS and Industry Intrigues

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 Industry, BBC Apples Never Fall, BBC Heartstopper S3, Netflix Joan, ITV1 In My Own Words: Jilly Cooper, BBC1 The Battle for Black Music: Paid in Full, BBC2 FILM OF THE WEEK The Outrun,...

Sep 27, 202423 min

Smart TV: Emmy Winners and The Dog House

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 Ludwig, BBC Sunny, Apple TV The Dog House, C4 Will and Harper, Netflix FILM OF THE WEEK: Speak No Evil, In Cinemas THE ARCHIVE: A Very English (and British one)...

Sep 20, 202419 min

Smart TV: The Last Ever Grand Tour

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: Nightsleeper, BBC1 A Very Royal Scandal, Amazon Prime Strictly Come Dancing, BBC1 The Grand Tour, Amazon Prime My Mum, Your Dad, ITV1 FILM OF THE WEEK: Easy A, BBC3 THE ARCHIVE: The I...

Sep 13, 202420 min

Smart TV: The Teacher and Funny Woman Return

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 Teacher Series 2, C5 Funny Woman, Now Taskmaster, C4 Grand Designs: 25 years and counting, C4 Mr Bates vs the Post Office: the Impact, ITV1 FILM OF THE WEEK: Gladiator, ITV1, Satu...

Sep 06, 202418 min

Smart TV: Slow Horses and The Perfect Couple

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: Slow Horses, Apple TV+ The Perfect Couple, Netflix The Zelensky Show, BBC2 Colin From Accounts, BBC2 FILM OF THE WEEK: Get Carter, BBC4 THE ARCHIVE: A Spy Among Friends, ITVX . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 30, 202420 min

Smart TV: Sherwood and a Few to Miss

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: Sherwood, BBC1 Kaos, Netflix Strictly Amy: Cancer and Me, BBC1 Adam Hills: Foot Fault, Sky Docs Misinvestigations of Romesh, BBC2 FILM OF THE WEEK: Captain Phillips, BBC1 THE ARCHIVE:...

Aug 23, 202423 min

Smart TV: Michael Mosley's final documentary and Premier League 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: Premier League 24/25 Season, Sky Sports and TNT Sports Michael Mosley: Wonders of the Human Body, C5 Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me, BBC2 Live Comedy from the Edinburgh Fr...

Aug 16, 202419 min

Smart TV: Olympics Closing Ceremony and Two Taylors

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: Olympics Closing Ceremony, BBC1 Emily in Paris, S4, Netflix Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes, Sky Docs Stags, Paramount+ Untold: The Rise and Rise of Taylor Swift, C4 FILM OF THE WEEK...

Aug 09, 202420 min

Matt Damon and Casey Affleck on growing up together, handling fame and The Instigators

For this very special, bonus episode of the Radio Times Podcast, I, Kelly-Anne Taylor am joined by Oscar-winning Hollywood A listers, Matt Damon and Casey Affleck. They both grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts and have been friends since childhood. Their teenage years were spent travelling to New York to auditions – and both eventually dropped out of university (Matt from Harvard, and Casey from Columbia) to pursue acting full-time. And – it paid off. Matt rose to fame, writing and starring in G...

Aug 06, 202434 min

Smart TV: House of the Dragon Finale

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: SCREEN TEST AWARD: Encourage to vote Voting closes Friday 16 August at 11.59pm Visit radiotimes.com/screentestawards TV: The Olympics, BBC House of the Dragon, Now Love is Blind, Netflix ...

Aug 02, 202420 min

Smart TV: Olympics Preview

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 Olympics, BBC Simone Biles Rising, Netflix The Apartheid Killer, BBC iPlayer A Storm Foretold, BBC4 FILM OF THE WEEK: Boyhood, Netflix THE ARCHIVE: Chariots of Fire, BBC iPlayer ....

Jul 26, 202420 min

OLYMPICS SPECIAL: Max Whitlock on Paris 2024, life as a gymnast and retirement

This week, for our series finale, I, Kelly-Anne Taylor, bring to you our Olympics special – it is an interview with the most successful British gymnast of all time – the six-time Olympic medallist, and the most successful pommel horse worker in the Games’ history – it’s Max Whitlock. In this episode, we reflect on his career – how he started gymnastics, his training regime during his teenage years (which hit highs of 35 hours a week – alongside school!) and competing in London in 2012. We also t...

Jul 23, 202442 min

Smart TV: Time Bandits and ITV 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: McDonald and Dodds, ITV1 Time Bandits, Apple TV Tabloids on Trial, ITV1 Brats, Disney+ FILM OF THE WEEK: Wicked Little Letters, Netflix The Impossible, BBC3 The Godfather, Film 4 THE ...

Jul 19, 202418 min

Emma Gannon on writing, the joys of slowing down and Ctrl-Alt-Delete

This week I, Kelly-Anne Taylor, am joined by the best-selling author, Emma Gannon. She began her career working in magazines – she’s written columns for The Telegraph and The Sunday Times and was the Social Media Editor at Glamour. She created the hit podcast, Ctrl, Alt, Delete which racked up over 13 million downloads and saw her sit down with the likes of Elizabeth Gilbert, Lena Dunham and Gillian Anderson to talk about their work, wellbeing and creativity. She is also the writer behind The Hy...

Jul 16, 202441 min

Smart TV: The Jetty and Glastonbury Sound Issues?

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 Jetty, BBC One Midsomer Murders, ITV Marcus in Mallorca, Food Network Daley: Olympic Superstar, BBC Two FILM OF THE WEEK: The Last Duel, Disney+ THE ARCHIVE: Clive Myrie’s Italian...

Jul 12, 202421 min

Diane von Furstenberg on the secret to her success, marrying royalty and turning down Bowie and Mick Jagger

Whilst I, Kelly-Anne Taylor, was away, reporting from the field at Glastonbury – RT had the incredible opportunity to interview Diane Von Furstenberg for the podcast. Despite my absence, I didn’t think it was fair – that our lovely listeners should miss out on an incredible episode with an incredible guest and so I recruited, my Smart TV co-host, the wonderful Caroline Frost, to take-over for this episode! Diane Von Furstenberg – you’ll know as the iconic fashion designer who created the wrap-dr...

Jul 09, 202431 min

Emma Myers on Wednesday, British accents and not going out

Joining me, Kelly-Anne Taylor, for this very special bonus episode of the Radio Times Podcast is the phenomenal actress, Emma Myers. Born and raised in Orlando in America, Emma had an eclectic childhood – she was one of four and was homeschooled, often spending her days roaming the Disney theme park local to her house. Dance was her initial passion – but, after her family moved to Atlanta, she began to pursue acting. Her life changed forever, when she was cast as Enid Sinclair in Tim Burton’s We...

Jul 04, 202423 min

Dolly Wells on ambition, the beauty of ageing and Emily Mortimer

Joining me, Kelly-Anne Taylor, this week is the writer, director and actor, Dolly Wells. She grew up off of Kensington High Street in London – the youngest of six children. Aged 18 – she discovered that her stepfather was actually her biological father – the great comic actor, John Wells. In her 20s, Dolly worked as an actress – but also as a photographer’s assistant, she had a stall in Portobello Market and wrote book reviews for the express. It was only when she had her daughter in her 30s tha...

Jul 02, 202459 min

Smart TV: A Good Girls Guide to Murder and The Bear 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: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, BBC iPlayer My Lady Jane, Amazon Prime The Bear, Disney+ Glastonbury, BBC TV & Radio Frosty's Stuff FILM OF THE WEEK: Moulin Rouge, BBC2 THE ARCHIVE: Ta...

Jun 28, 202416 min

Suranne Jones on Coronation Street, Gentleman Jack and why she's obsessed with witches

Joining me, Kelly-Anne Taylor, in the studio is the actress Suranne Jones. Born and raised in Greater Manchester, she first rose to prominence playing Karen McDonald in ITV’s Coronation Street. After leaving the soap, she has cemented herself as one of Britain’s finest actresses – winning a BAFTA for her performance as Gemma Foster in Doctor Foster, and critical acclaim for her role as Anne Lister in Gentleman Jack and Amy Silva in Vigil. In this episode we discuss the early days of her career –...

Jun 25, 202458 min

Smart TV: Douglas Is Cancelled and Docs for Days

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: Douglas is Cancelled, ITV1 James Blunt, Netflix Celine Dion, Amazon Prime Suranne Jones: Investigating Witch Trials, C4 Chinook Zulu Delta, BBC2 THE ARCHIVE: Middlemarch, BBCiPlayer ....

Jun 21, 202417 min

Karen Gillan on Doctor Who, the Marvel Universe and working with Steven Moffatt

Joining me, Kelly-Anne Taylor, for the first episode of this brand-new series of the Radio Times Podcast, is the Scottish actress who took Hollywood by storm, Karen Gillan. Born and raised in Inverness, she moved to London aged 18 to pursue acting – after two weeks at drama school, she dropped out and worked in a pub until she was cast in a role that would change her life – the brilliant Amy Pond in Dr Who. Since then, she’s conquered Hollywood with her role as Nebula in the Marvel film franchis...

Jun 18, 202439 min
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