Backstage - TV & Film

It’s a festive special starting with one of the big films out this week – Katie has seen Cats and is being a lot kinder than many of the critics. There’s a wealth of Christmas TV reviews – find out whether you should be watching new adaptations of A Christmas Carol and Worzel Gummidge, a sequel of sorts to Cinderella or the long-awaited return of Gavin and Stacey. Plus hear from some of the stars...

Stevie and Claire have both seen 1917 and are raving about it as much as the critics are. The team talk about Ed Norton's passion project Motherless Brooklyn and we hear from the actor - who wrote and directed the film as well as starring in it. Stevie is still recovering after getting to interview the stars of The Marvellous Mrs Maisel ahead of the third series. There's a discussion about what el...

Stevie and Claire talk about the latest series of I'm A Celebrity while Katie hangs out with some millionaires - find out if Nadine's ex-bandmate Kimberley is backing her to be named Queen of the jungle. The team review Upright, the new show from Tim Minchin, they dissect the Grammy nominations and discuss the rumours around Glastonbury. Plus Stevie has been getting the latest on the upcoming Bond...

It's a packed week as Katie, Stevie and Claire talk about Dolly Parton's new anthology series Heartstrings, the creepy new Apple Plus show Servant and Knives Out - the upcoming whodunnit from Star Wars director Rian Johnson. The film-maker reveals to Claire what Daniel Craig was like on set, while star Don Johnson admits to Stevie that his character was based on people he knows. Hollywood has arri...

Katie, Stevie and Claire are fresh from the seeing the Frozen sequel, but as always they aren't in agreement about how good it is. They also discuss and review the new BBC adaptation of the War of the Worlds and season three of The Crown - which sees Olivia Colman taking over as Queen Elizabeth. Claire's been chatting to Simon Cowell on the red carpet as he rushes to put out his new show X Factor:...

The team discuss the new adaptation of His Dark Materials and the return of both cult series The End of the F***ing World and mad historical drama Britannia. Claire's been chatting to Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne about their new film Aeronauts (which leads Katie to make a surprising phobia admission) and find out whether The Irishman is worth 3 and a half hours of your time.

It's an Apple TV launch special as Katie, Stevie and Claire review The Morning Show, See and Dickinson. Hear how Jason Momoa feels about comparisons between his new series and Game of Thrones (spoiler: not great!) and hear from Jillian Bell, star of new film Brittany Runs a Marathon. Plus the team look ahead to what we're all going to be listening to this Christmas and find out why Stevie is chann...

Love is all around as Katie, Stevie and Claire discuss new TV Show Modern Love and hear about Stevie's encounters with stars Andrew Scott (aka Fleabag's Hot Priest) and Anne Hathaway. The team discuss whether celebrities can save the X Factor, if two Paul Rudds are better than one and if Watchmen is going to satisfy comic book fans. Plus get Stevie's top tip for Facebook Watch and the team's musin...

It’s a jam-packed episode featuring interviews with Renee Zellweger, Ben Platt and the director of new true-crime doc I Love You, Now Die. Plus Katie, Stevie and Claire discuss Renee’s Oscar-worthy turn in Judy, all the controversy surrounding Joker, and Netflix’s new show The Politician. They also review the new series of Motherland, and round up all the biggest stories from The Emmys.

Katie, Stevie and Claire discuss Amazon’s trippy and expensive new show Undone, a new twist on a police drama with Netflix’s Criminal, and the BBC’s comedy about barristers Defending The Guilty. Plus get all the gossip from the pink carpet at the launch of Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK, and find out what should and shouldn’t have made it in to The Guardian’s list of the top 100 TV shows of the 21st centu...

Katie's on holiday so it's left to Stevie and Claire to discuss the new series of Top Boy, Sky's doctor drama Temple and Jesy Nelson's forthcoming documentary. Stevie also gives us his top picks from TIFF so far and Claire's been chatting to the cast of Downton Abbey. Plus there's the drama from the TV Choice Awards and hear from a Love Islander.

We pick out highlights from Toronto and London Film Festivals so you know what everyone will be talking about come awards season. Stevie's chat with Jessica Chastain is horrifying enough but for fans of scary movies there's also an interview with It Chapter 2 director Andy Muschietti.

Claire's been chatting to Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne about their new show Carnival Row. Plus we discuss the Strictly and Dancing With The Stars lineups, and dissect the latest string of announcements from Disney.

There's big news about The Crown this week, and Claire's been chatting to Elbow's Guy Garvey. Plus the big new comedies we're loving, and we've finally found a festival for Stevie. Oh, and #DrunkTaylor was trending.

Claire's back on the podcast and has been to chat to Brad Pitt, Katie went to the Edinburgh Fringe, and Stevie joins from LA. And because we're not quite ready to let Bethany go, find out what she's been doing in the back of a van with Frank Skinner.

Katie, Stevie and Bethany dip into the dark side of social media and ask if it's okay to teach your dog to perform a Nazi salute (Spoiler alert: No it’s not) with two very different documentaries: Netflix’s The Great Hack and BBC Three’s The Nazi Pug: Joke or Hate? They look at the second season of hit Welsh drama Keeping Faith, see what went down at Comic Con and enjoy some memes trolling the Cat...

Katie, Stevie and Bethany dish the dirt on Ed Sheeran’s new album No.6 Collaborations Project, prep their PJs ready to spend A Night In With Bros and do some time with the final season of Orange Is The New Black. Plus they talk corrupt superheroes in The Boys, lost planes in Manifest and cute cubs in The Lion King. Bond and Big Little Lies squeeze in a mention too.

Stevie embraces his inner lion cub in preparation for the live-action remake of The Lion King. Stranger Things continues to offer mullet-based conundrums for Bethany, and Katie takes a look at Aziz Ansari as he makes his showbiz comeback - with a mixed reception from fans. Plus a new Extinction Rebellion documentary on BBC Three reveals the group behind the climate-crisis protest and Agatha Raisin...

Katie, Stevie and Bethany get nostalgic for the 1980s thanks to the third season of Stranger Things and vintage mullets in new Queer Eye. We talk moral dilemmas in hard hitting BBC drama Dark Money and Jessica Alba kicks some ass as she returns to our screens. Plus Miley Cyrus rocks a PVC catsuit while hanging out with her mum, Taylor Swift goes full mean girl and Netflix set up home at Shepperton...

Every week, Katie, Claire and Stevie get together to chat about the TV they've been watching, the celebs they've been interviewing and the showbiz news that has kept them busy.

Katie fangirls over Little Mix, Stevie scares himself silly with Midsommar and Bethany kills time while waiting for Naomi Campbell. Plus, we talk to the cast and crew of Beatles film Yesterday, get possessive over Pride, and revel in the Glastonbury line up.

Bethany Minelle chats to George Clooney and Christopher Abbott about new World War Two miniseries Catch-22. Listeners of this week’s regular Backstage recording will have already heard the unexpected way the interview kicked-off… In this full interview, George explains how meeting Amal completely changed his life, why he’s not a fan of Donald Trump and how the famous phrase could have been complet...

Katie shares the best of the Pinkpop festival, Stevie gets appropriately overexcited about Euphoria and Bethany has a beverage melt-down in the presence of George Clooney. Meanwhile, we wave goodbye to The Good Place, strike a pose for Pose and welcome in a new season of The Handmaid’s Tale. Plus, Frozen 2 gets gloomy and if that’s too grimdark for you, Murder Mystery offers some hopepunk relief....

Katie, Stevie and Bethany talk about all the must see TV hitting our screens including Miley Cyrus in Black Mirror, Meryl Streep in Big Little Lies and Ellen Page in Tales of the City. BTS come to London and we listen in to what they had to say before their Wembley gig. Plus Katy Perry drops a new tune, English vampires descend on New York and Patricia Arquette tells us she how she nearly became a...

Katie, Stevie and Bethany hang out at Sundance Film Festival London getting the lowdown on new films including Late Show starring Emma Thompson, The Farewell with Awkwafina and Corporate Animals headed up by Demi Moore. Plus all our usual showbiz chat as Love Island returns, Good Omens gets apocalyptic and Fleabag has a European makeover.