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Scott and Hayley join Naga Munchetty to review the week's biggest shows. This week, that features ‘Lynley’ the latest crime thriller to reach BBC iPlayer, which follows aristocratic DI Thomas Lynley and his reluctant partner DS Barbara Havers as they’re brought in to solve murders. BBC Sitcom ‘Can You Keep a Secret’ starring Dawn French, Mark Heap and Craig Roberts, all about a retired couple - played by Dawn and Mark – who commit insurance fraud, after one of them is mistakenly claimed dead. And finally, we discuss Netflix’s ‘Heated Rivalry’ about two ice hockey players whose animosity in the...

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Jun 22, 2026

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The Stranger | Baghdad Central | Justin Bieber: Seasons (with Skin) 03.02.2020

Nihal Arthanayake, Hayley Campbell and Scott Bryan review the biggest new TV and streaming shows. The team checks out The Stranger on Netflix. Plus, Justin Bieber's YouTube documentary 'Seasons' and Channel 4's crime thriller 'Baghdad Central.' They also speak to Skin from Skunk Anansie after her exit from The Masked Singer. You can email the team at mustwatch@bbc.co.uk or tweet @bbc5live using th...

Star Trek: Picard | Celebrity Ex on the Beach (with Richard Armitage, Hannah John-Kamen & Joey Essex) 27.01.2020

Nihal Arthanayake, Hayley Campbell and Scott Bryan review the biggest new TV and streaming shows. The team checks out The Windermere Children on BBC 2. Plus, Amazon’s new Star Trek series Picard and they speak to Joey Essex about Celebrity Ex on the Beach and The Stranger stars Richard Armitage and Hannah John-Kamen.

The Righteous Gemstones Special (With Danny McBride & Edi Patterson) 21.01.2020

Nihal Arthanayake meets the stars of Sky Comedy’s brand new US series The Righteous Gemstones. Danny McBride (Eastbound and Down) and Edi Patterson (Vice-Principals) tell him why they decided to create a show centred on a dysfunctional family of crooked televangelists, and why not everything you read about Edi online is true.

Crazy Delicious | Avenue 5 | Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People & Counting (with Teddy Sheringham & Jayde Adams) 20.01.2020

Nihal Arthanayake, Hayley Campbell and Scott Bryan review the biggest new TV and streaming shows. The team checks out Crazy Delicious on Channel 4 which features an edible set. Plus Sky One’s new space sitcom Avenue 5 and Chris Packham’s BBC 2 documentary 7.7 Billion People and Counting which explores the threat of an increasing population. If that’s not enough, they’re joined by the celebrity rev...

Sex Education Season 2 Special 14.01.2020

Nihal Arthanayake chats to Sex Education’s Patricia Allison, Connor Swindells and Kedar Williams-Stirling as the comedy returns to Netflix for Season 2.

Deadwater Fell | Sex Education | Cobra | Love Island (with Justin Hawkins) 13.01.2020

Nihal Arthanayake, Hayley Campbell and guest critic Lauren O’Neill review the biggest new TV and streaming shows. This week the team checks out Deadwater Fell on Channel 4, a David Tennant-starring thriller with a faint whiff of Broadchurch about it. Plus they ask whether Sky One’s political drama Cobra is the UK’s answer to Designated Survivor and check out the second season of Netflix’s hit come...

The Choir: Aylesbury Prison (with Gareth Malone) 08.01.2020

Documentary of the week: Nihal speaks to Gareth about his two part BBC documentary, that charts his attempts to transform the lives of young prisoners by starting a choir.

The Masked Singer | The Witcher | White House Farm (with Alan Johnson) 06.01.2020

Nihal, Hayley and Scott review the week's big TV, including ITV's new celebrity singing show, and Netflix's adaptation of the Witcher. With special guest, former Home Secretary, Alan Johnson.

New Year, New TV | Dracula, Bake Off PLUS Best of the Decade 26.12.2019

The Must Watch team, Scott Bryan, Hayley Campbell and Nihal Arthanayake look at the best TV of the New Year, plus best shows of the year AND the decade. Hear from Mark Gatiss on Dracula and let us know if you agree or disagree on what they choose – has your favourite made the cut? Email: mustwatch@bbc.co.uk

Christmas TV Special: Gavin & Stacey |Tiger Who Came to Tea | With Mackenzie Crook 20.12.2019

The Must Watch team, Scott Bryan, Hayley Campbell and Nihal Arthanayake look at the best Christmas TV. In this episode – The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Gavin and Stacey Christmas special and Worzel Gummidge.

Responsible Child | Sticks and Stones | The Cure 16.12.2019

Nihal Arthanayake, Hayley Cambpell and Scott Bryan pick their way through the week’s big new TV and streaming releases, including ITV thriller Sticks and Stones, BBC factual drama Responsible Child and Channel 4’s The Cure. Plus Scott dissects the main channel’s election coverage, including Channel 4’s “interesting” alternative election programme.

Elizabeth is Missing | The Case of Sally Challen | with Rick Edwards 09.12.2019

Scott, Hayley and Nihal review Elizabeth is Missing (BBC One) and The Case of Sally Challen (BBC Two). Plus we chat to Rick Edwards about The Edge of Science. Also today – how The Grand Tour has adapted because of the way we watch it. What does this mean for the future of TV – are shows going to be ‘made by numbers’? Scott reveals he’s going to Iceland for Christmas and Nihal gets confused. The Go...

Traces | Ladhood | Featuring Molly Windsor & Liam Williams 02.12.2019

TV critics Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell join Nihal Arthanayake and special guests BAFTA-winner Molly Windsor and BAFTA-nominee Liam Williams to talk about the week's biggest new TV and streaming shows. This week the gang discuss Traces, a new female-led police procedural debuting on Alibi, BBC Three comedy Ladhood and the latest documentary from the master of the slowly-moving photograph, Ken B...

Servant | The Sinner | Upright 25.11.2019

TV critics Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell join 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake share their TV reviews. Today we’re reviewing Servant (Apple TV Plus, The Sinner (BBC Four) and Upright (Sky Atlantic/ Now TV). Plus, what do you hate to watch but can’t get enough?

What Makes a Murderer | War of the Worlds | I’m a Celeb 18.11.2019

TV Critics Hayley Campbell and Scott Bryan join Nihal to review this week’s biggest new shows including War of the Worlds and I’m a Celeb. Callan and Michael share their thoughts on Caitlyn Jenner’s appearance in the jungle and the reuniting of Ant and Dec. Plus, What Makes a Murderer isn’t as big a hit with Hayley as you might expect. And Scott sounds like a farmer from Dorset. And loves Junior B...

The Crown | Ant & Dec | Grime Gran 11.11.2019

Scott, Hayley & Nihal check out Olivia Colman’s debut as HRH Queen Elizabeth in Netflix’s The Crown. Plus Grime Gran comes of the E4, via YouTube, and it’s thirty years since Ant and Dec began their campaign to appear on every TV show 24 hours a day. Or something like that.

Guilt | End of the F** World | House Share 04.11.2019

Scott Bryan and Lauren O’Neill join Nihal Arthanayake with TV reviews – plus Ruth Bradley who stars in Guilt. We’re full of dark comedy drama fun for you this week with reviews of Guilt, End of the F** World and House Share. Lauren O’Neill from Vice news steps in, because – rumour has it – Hayley has been inspired by Scott and is spending time on a nudist beach. Plus Nihal has a new favourite TV s...

The Morning Show | His Dark Materials | Great British Bake Off 28.10.2019

TV critics Scott Bryan, Hayley Campbell and 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake share their TV reviews. Plus Apple TV Plus launches; and do we care about Bake Off anymore? The chapatti don’t stop until Nihal walks in; Hayley finds another ‘crime against humanity’; there’s a disconcerting amount of agreement in the studio; the Kathmandu massive gets a mention and Live from the Apollo is a horror show. We re...

Watchmen | British Tribe Next Door | The Accident 21.10.2019

TV legends Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell, kind of, join 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake to share their TV reviews of Watchmen, British Tribe Next Door and The Accident.

The Capture Special (with Holliday Grainger, Callum Turner and Ben Chanan) 15.10.2019

In a crossover episode with the BBC’s Obsessed With… podcast, Must Watch’s Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell speak to The Capture stars Callum Turner and Holliday Grainger, and to writer Ben Chanan.

Giri/Haji | Living With Yourself | Dublin Murders 14.10.2019

Scott, Hayley and Nihal review the week's biggest new TV and streaming shows. Nihal Arthanayake plus TV critics Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell review the biggest new TV and streaming shows. Also, Scott reveals why he spent TWENTY POUNDS on mouthwash.

RuPaul’s Drag Race | World on Fire | Snackmasters 30.09.2019

Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell and 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake share their TV reviews. Scott loves The Circle because who wouldn’t love Richard Madeley on a reality show? Hayley loves The Capture which is properly gripping. Plus, find out what she describes as “trying to outrun your own dying enthusiasm”. Nihal loves a German hip hop show on Netflix – so we inevitably have to talk about how rubbis...

The Politician | Emmys Mop-up | Peaky Blinders | Zomboat 23.09.2019

TV critics Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell join Nihal Arthanayake to talk to The Politician star Ben Platt, look back at the Emmys and preview a sitcom about a zombie apocolypse.

Must Watch Crime Special: Crime & Punishment | Criminal | Defending The Guilty 16.09.2019

TV critics Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell join 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake look at the biggest new crime shows that are arriving this week – a documentary, a sitcom and a drama. Prasanna Puwanarajah and Gwyneth Keyworth stop by to tell us all about Defending The Guilty on BBC Two – a sitcom about hapless barristers. We’re chatting about Criminal which is on Netflix, and Crime and Punishment on Cha...

Top Boy | State of the Union | Suicidal: In Our Own Words | The Loudest Voice 09.09.2019

Must Watch legends Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell are joined by 5 Live’s Chris Warburton to talk about this week’s biggest TV shows. This week, we’re talking about the return of Top Boy, which stars Ashley Walters and was loved so much by Drake he decided to fund its return. Standard. Also today, ten minutes of comedy – which is right up Hayley’s street – in State of the Union. Scott introduces u...

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