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We’ve got a bumper podcast for you this week, with two brilliant guests, and four brilling reviews. TV critics/ legends Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell join 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake to share their reviews of the week’s biggest TV. Plus, Timothy Granaderos talks about season 3 of 13 Reasons Why. Under the reviewing microscope today: The Capture – BBC One’s new 9pm drama…plus Billy Connolly’s Nort...

Cara Delevingne and Orlando Bloom join 5 live’s Nihal Arthanayake to talk about their brand new Amazon Prime series Carnival Row, why neither of them are put off by bad reviews, and whether Orlando is going to take some tattoo tips from Cara.

Critics Scott Bryan, Hayley Campbell and 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake share their TV reviews. This week we’re looking at the return of Great British Bake Off – which means Christmas has arrived in August for Scott…and the Christmas hangover has arrived in August for Hayley. The controversial 13 Reasons Why is back for season 3 on Netflix – Scott gives us the lowdown of how it’s addressing its critic...

Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell join 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake to review Peaky Blinders, Set Free, Brassic and Mindhunter. Want to have your say? Tell us on the Must Watch blog or email MustWatch@bbc.co.uk .

Critics and legends Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell join 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake to review Deep Water, Succession and Woodstock: Three Days That Defined A Generation Plus Scott has a Netflix update on The Crown Want to have your say? Tell us on the Must Watch blog or email MustWatch@bbc.co.uk .

Critics and legends Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell join 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake to review Euphoria, Dear White People and Jade: The Reality Star who Changed Britain.

Critics Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell join 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake with their TV reviews. Plus Indira Varma talks about her role in This Way Up, and Game of Thrones. Indira Varma talks about her least favourite series that she’s ever been in – and her love of Bananagrams when she’s on set. Hayley thinks most funny people are miserable and can’t imagine why Nihal would feel guilty for eating a...

TV reviewers Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell and 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake preview this week’s biggest new and returning shows. The team are unimpressed by Netflix documentary The Great Hack, about the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. New BBC Three comedy sketch Muzlamic gets the thumbs up and has “wide appeal”. Is Amazon Prime’s superhero series The Boys a superhero show too far? Hayley was a b...

TV reviewers Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell and 5 Live’s Laura Whitmore review this week’s biggest new and returning shows. Jack Farthing talks about playing Poldark’s George Warleggan and how he prepared to play such a complicated character. Scott and Hayley have immersed themselves in moon landing documentaries and present their pick of the bunch, including ITV’s The Day We Walked on the Moon....

It’s a Must Watch summer special - Scott, Hayley and Calum recommend some essential TV for you to binge on if you’re trying to avoid the sunshine. Plus, in an unexpected twist, executive producer of The Simpsons, Al Jean, is in town with his wife - Stephanie Gillis - to talk about their time writing for one of the longest running TV shows probably ever. Are they in hot pursuit of President Trump t...

TV critics Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell and Producer Calum share their TV reviews. Producer Calum waves Nihal goodbye on his holidays and steals the microphone to guide us through the shows you Must Watch this week. Thankfully, Scott and Hayley are still in town… Scott tells us about his literal costume change before recording the podcast… Hayley gives us yet more evidence of her “cold dead hea...

TV critics Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell and 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake share their TV reviews. Plus, Andy Riley, writer of Year of the Rabbit and Veep. Plus it’s Scott’s 30th birthday so we celebrate in understated style. And also test his knowledge of TV shows that started in the same year as him – 1989. Seinfeld anyone? Meanwhile, Hayley reveals some excellent intel on how to see a giant squi...

Critics Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell and 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake share their TV reviews. Plus Mobeen Azhar on his true crime documentary Hometown and Freddie Flintoff on Top Gear. Want to have your say? Tell us on the Must Watch blog or email MustWatch@bbc.co.uk .

Rob Lowe joins Nihal to talk about Lincolnshire cop drama, Wild Bill on ITV – and rumours of a reboot of The West Wing.

Critics Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell join 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake to share their reviews of Wild Bill – a cop drama set in Lincolnshire and starring Rob Lowe, which none of us can quite believe... plus 63 Up, the documentary series that returns to the same cast every seven years to catch up with them…and Tales of the City is back – though we weren’t aware it had actually gone anywhere. Plus,...

Critics Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell and 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake share their TV reviews as Killing Eve and Black Mirror return. What show does Hayley say has “all great ingredients” but made a “terrible cake”? Which series does Scott think should maybe not have returned? And as Love Island comes back – do we still care about the shenanigans in the villa? Want to have your say? Tell us on the...

Joe Dempsie joins Nihal to talk about the Game of Thrones finale, and joining Deep State on Fox.

Mat Horne – Gavin, from Gavin and Stacey - speaks exclusively to Must Watch's Nihal Arthanyake about the surprise return of the beloved show for a Christmas Special. How long has he been keeping the secret? What spoiler does he drop? Will he still fit into those polo shirts? You’ll have to listen to find out… Want to have your say? Tell us on the Must Watch blog or email MustWatch@bbc.co.uk .

Critics Scott Bryan, and Hayley Campbell join 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake share their TV reviews. Plus Alex Lanipekun talks Riviera, and Tom Cullen talks Knightfall We also talk bike insurance and contents insurance – yep – and it turns out Hayley once had to attend a police line up of bikes to retrieve her stolen cycle. Scott reaches peak BBC by cycling a fold-up bike into New Broadcasting House....

Critics Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell and 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake on the week’s biggest new TV and streaming shows. It’s an end of the era as the Game of Thrones juggernaut shudders to a halt, but does the finale live up to expectations (we’re spoiler free until 56:40, so if you don’t want to know what happens, make sure you don’t listen beyond that). Madonna performed at Eurovision and it’s...

Must Watch critics Scott Bryan, Hayley Campbell and guest-host Laura Whitmore share their TV reviews. Plus, Russell T Davies & Ruth Madeley talk about Years and Years. This week, we’re talking about The Society on Netflix, and Years and Years on BBC One. We clean up the BAFTAs after Scott’s late night of rubbing shoulders with all the celebs. Hayley reveals she’s the head of the Julia Davis fa...

Critics Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell and 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake review the week’s big new TV including the return of the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, In Sight of Home: The Iolaire, and one of the darkest (literally) episodes of Game of Thrones ever. Plus they’re joined by Superintendent Ted Hastings himself, Line of Duty’s Adrian Dunbar and Sabrina’s Chance Perdomo. Want to have your say...

This episode is a spoiler free zone. Must Watch’s Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell join 5 Live’s Colin Paterson to share their TV reviews. Plus Daisy Haggard is in the studio to talk about her role in Back to Life. Even though Winter is Coming, Nihal takes a well earned break and leaves Colin Paterson in the hot seat. We chat through Game of Thrones, and what episode 2 has to offer. Plus, Line of D...

Scott Bryan, Hayley Campbell and 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake have all watched episode 1 of Game of Thrones season 8. Gemma Whelan (Yara Greyjoy) and John Bradley (Samwell Tarly) join us to chat about the final few episodes. We also manage to remain relatively spoiler-free. Jamie East from Sky Atlantic’s Thronecast is also with us to not tell us anything he can’t. Meanwhile, Katy from our team is ne...

TV critics Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell and 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake share their TV reviews. Plus Alex Kingston talks about her role in The Widow. Nihal reveals he is the Jay-Z of confectionery…he thinks. We introduce a new category for our shows – we now have “not a must watch”, “a must watch” and “an okay watch”…strong content. Alex Kingston talks about her role in The Widow on ITV. She tel...