Backstage - TV & Film

Welcome to Backstage, the film and TV podcast from Sky News. This week, Claire Gregory and Stevie Wong are joined by Sky News Correspondent Katie Spencer. Find out why everyone’s always shouting at Jeremy Clarkson as we chat to him ahead of his new show which sees him try his hand at farming. The trio also talk about the hot new series from Disney Plus: Loki, Part 2 of Lupin on Netflix and new gen...

Welcome to Backstage, the film and TV podcast from Sky News. This week Claire Gregory and Stevie Wong are joined by Sky News Arts and Entertainment Editor Amy Hitchcock. Together, they discuss the TV BAFTAs and revisit Mare of Easttown now the series has come to an end. We hear from Julianne Moore and J.J Abrams about their latest venture – the Stephen King adaptation of Lisey’s Story. They also t...

Welcome to Backstage, the film and TV podcast from Sky News. This week, Claire Gregory and Stevie Wong are joined by Sky News Arts and Entertainment correspondent Lucy Cotter. We review Cruella, new YA show Panic and documentary Liverpool Narcos. There’s a chat with Cynthia Erivo about playing her hero, plus we take a look at the spine-chilling new Conjuring film and Stevie has a haunted story of...

Welcome to Backstage, the film and TV podcast from Sky News. This week Claire Gregory, Stevie Wong and Katie Spencer get into two VERY different parenting shows - Breeders and Trying, and have a quick chat with Rafe Spall about parenting today. We also check out the new drama from Britbox - The Beast Must Die, and Stevie Wong speaks to Chris Rock about what it took to get Samuel L. Jackson involve...

Welcome to Backstage - the film and TV podcast from Sky News. This week Claire Gregory and Stevie Wong are joined by Sky News arts and entertainment editor Amy Hitchcock, and we have a jampacked show kicking off with a discussion about the BRIT Awards, as Claire and Amy have been to their first in-person live event this year. We also talk about the new series from Barry Jenkins: The Underground Ra...

Welcome to Backstage, the film and TV podcast from Sky News. This week, Claire Gregory and Stevie Wong, are joined by Sky News Arts and Entertainment Correspondent Lucy Cotter. The team dissect that Line of Duty series finale and discuss the new drama that’s replacing it on Sunday nights on BBC One, The Pursuit of Love. Plus they lose their breath with new Netflix film Oxygen. Not one to miss! Don...

Welcome to another week on Backstage - the film and TV podcast from Sky News. This week hosts Claire Gregory, Stevie Wong, and Katie Spencer have a full post-Oscars debrief, and discuss the carb-fest that was Katie’s Oscars viewing party menu – Mank-aroni cheese anyone? We chat about Intergalactic - Sky One’s new sci-fi, and talk about the new drama from the Theroux family on Apple TV Plus, Mosqui...

Welcome to Backstage, the film and TV podcast from Sky News. This week, Claire and Stevie are joined by Chris Robertson from the Sky News entertainment team. On today's agenda: We’ll tell you everything you need to know ahead of the Oscars – and give our predictions for some of the most exciting categories. We also talk about Kate Winslet’s return to TV, and her experience as a producer on Sky Atl...

Welcome to Backstage, the film and TV podcast from Sky News. Today Stevie Wong and Claire Gregory are joined by Sky News arts and entertainment editor Amy Hitchcock. This week is a big BAFTA episode with a look at what’s in the running and thoughts on who might win. The trio discus Riz Ahmed's critically acclaimed film, The Sound of Metal, as well as Carey Mulligan's Promising Young Woman. There’s...

Welcome to Backstage, the film and TV podcast from Sky News. This week, Claire and Stevie are joined by Katie Spencer to discuss a couple of the films attracting awards buzz this year. First up we have yet another update on what the Oscars will look like. We talk about the beautiful drama Minari and hear from The Mauritanian star Tahar Rahim. There's a New Zealand parody comedy called Wellington P...

Welcome to Backstage! This is the film and TV podcast from Sky News and this week Claire Gregory and Stevie Wong are joined by Amy Hitchcock - Sky News' Arts and Entertainment Editor to discuss what's going on in the world of showbusiness. There’s a discussion about changes to Disney’s release schedule, the very interesting letter to nominees regarding the Oscars and Orlando Bloom's baffling daily...

This week on Backstage - the film and TV podcast from Sky News - Claire Gregory and Stevie Wong are joined by Katie Spencer who’s been mourning the loss of Glastonbury this year by creating her own Pyramid stage. As awards season rumbles on we discuss the Grammys and the Oscar nominations, then take a look at what’s on at this year’s BFI Flare LGBTI festival and SXSW – where Demi Lovato’s new docu...

This week on Backstage - the film and TV podcast from Sky News - Claire Gregory and Stevie Wong are joined by arts and entertainment reporter Bethany Minelle. On today's show we talk BAFTA nominations and look at what we can expect from the Grammys. We also hear from Jennifer Garner about her passion project 'Yes Day' – the new Netflix film about parents who can’t say no for 24 hours. Plus there a...

Welcome to Backstage, the film and TV podcast from Sky News with Claire Gregory, Stevie Wong and Bethany Minelle. This week we debrief following the Golden Globes and speak to Kingsley Ben-Adir about his Bafta Rising Star nomination. Eddie Murphy explains why he decided to make Coming 2 America - the sequel to the cult classic which has just come out on Amazon Prime Video. We review new Disney fil...

Welcome to Backstage, the film and TV podcast from Sky News. This week Claire and Stevie are joined by Sky News’ arts and entertainment editor Amy Hitchcock. We talk about the controversy of the Golden Globes, and have a review of the new Apple TV+ releases for 2021. We discuss Andra Day’s incredible performance in The United States vs Billie Holiday, and we delve into Billie Eilish's new document...

This week on Backstage - the film and TV podcast from Sky News - Claire, Stevie and Katie dive into the week's film and TV news, reviews and everything in between. This week, we talk about Bloodlands, the latest drama from Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio. We hear from Paloma Faith about Pennyworth, the show that she says has taught her everything she knows about acting. We discuss Rosamund Pike'...

Welcome to Backstage, the film and TV podcast from Sky News. This week we have a cracking show - Britney is back in the news again thanks to new documentary Framing Britney Spears. Find out how Devils star Patrick Dempsey reacted when Claire’s toddler crashed their interview. We’re are all squealing about the final in the To All The Boys trilogy, which Stevie can't get enough of. And Bethany liken...

Welcome to Backstage, the film and TV podcast from Sky News. This week, we have the lovely Claire Gregory, Stevie Wong and Katie Spencer dishing their showbiz opinions on the world of TV and film. We have a chat with the fabulous Salma Hayek, as we discuss her new movie with Owen Wilson, called Bliss. There's talk about whether Netflix’s lockdown drama Malcolm and Marie is... actually funny?! We’r...

Welcome to Backstage - the film and TV podcast from Sky News. This week we're talking about three huge new films and the bizarre new show from Richard Hammond. We are bouncing off the walls with Twist - a modern parkour take on a Charles Dickens classic, plus hear from star Rita Ora who spills the beans on a Sir Michael Caine secret. We go digging with Ralph Fiennes in new historical drama The Dig...

This week on Backstage - Bethany Minelle, Stevie Wong and Gemma Peplow get stuck into some seriously good new TV and film releases. In other news, we find out why 2021’s looking like a positive year for rapper Lil Wayne, but not so bright for any British musicians hoping to tour Europe in the near future. We also look at Russell T Davies’s latest drama It’s A Sin, and the truly different real crim...

This week on Backstage - Bethany Minelle, Stevie Wong and Amy Hitchcock unpack Netflix's ambitious new slate for programming in 2021. In other news, we celebrate the return of Sex And The City, but are they missing a cast member? We also look at the David Bowie biopic, Stardust, and get down and dirty with a new documentary on civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Rupert Grint tells us what i...

Welcome to the Backstage Podcast in 2021! Today we see in the New Year with four big shows. We start with Amazon Prime Video's season 3 of American Gods, then check out the return of A Discovery of Witches on Sky One and Now TV. Claire asks Amber Heard whether she was ready for the pandemic after filming the adaptation of Stephen King's novel The Stand – about a deadly flu, for STARZPLAY. And fina...

This week we welcome super special guest Katie Spencer to discuss the best things we’ve watched this year. Using a scoring system that’s so complex we don’t understand it ourselves we’ve come up with our ten favourite movies and television offerings of 2020. Find out what got the number one spot, and let us know if you agree by emailing backstage@sky.uk Happy New Year!

It's the Christmas Special and we’re joined again by Amy Hitchcock, Sky News Arts Editor, as we discuss festive offerings. This week’s film reviews are Soul on Disney+, Sky One's Roald and Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse, and Netflix’s The Midnight Sky – hear why star Felicity Jones caused a huge re-write of the script for that. Next up is a very modern period drama in Netflix's Bridgerton...

This week on Backstage as we edge closer to the end of year we have some Christmas treats for you. We’ll review the new Wonder Woman film – find out whether it’s worth all the fuss that’s been made about its release. We’ll talk about two Christmas specials: BBC One’s King Gary and All Creatures Great And Small on Channel 5. Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom comes up trumps as we look at Chadwick...