Radio Times Podcast

What’s worth watching this week? Radio Times critic David Butcher rattles through his TV highlights with a bunch of shows to seek out…and one to miss. The big news is Amazon’s new fantasy epic based on The Lord of the Rings. It’s the world’s most expensive TV drama – but is it any good? Alongside that, there’s edgy stand-up comedy, politics, classic literature and a trip to Brazil. Hosted on Acast...

With the August Bank Holiday there’s a bunch of great new shows, including a compelling comeback role for Aidan Turner and a high-tech thriller that messes with your mind Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radio Times TV critic David Butcher picks the top programmes to look out for this week. Game of Thrones follow-up House of the Dragon is the big news but there is also a slick new Sharon Horgan drama, an epic documentary about lions, and terrific series about art, food and lifeboats. Plus as always, one show to avoid… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about yo...

Radio Times critic David Butcher picks his TV highlights for the week ahead. Top of the list is a haunting new drama about marriage starring Nicola Walker and Sean Bean. Then there’s an edgy comedy-drama about a confused Muslim, a revealing series about America’s attempts to pull out of Afghanistan and some classy new films to stream. Plus, as always, one show to miss… Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

Radio Times TV critic David Butcher picks the best programmes to look out for this week – and one to avoid. He highlights some new and returning shows, from scenic crime dramas to Masterchef to Amazon’s latest look behind the scenes of top-flight football. And if you need something to take on holiday, he suggests five brilliant recent series that fit the bill.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

It’s a fantastic week of telly to look forward to this week, and staff writer Kelly-Anne Taylor will be helping you select the TV gems you should not miss! There’s an Amazon Prime film which she claims is the “most brilliant thing” she has seen of late, a gripping Apple+ TV drama and two very different – but very excellent – Channel 4 documentaries which should be high on your viewing list! Hosted...

Summer is often branded a drought for good TV dramas - but this week, staff writer Kelly-Anne Taylor, comes bearing gifts. She'll be reviewing everything from Channel 4's political satire The Great, to Apple TV's absorbing true crime drama Under the Banner of Heaven and a beguiling BBC3 documentary following influencer Caroline Calloway.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

Radio Times’s TV Previews Editor Frances Taylor brings you some of the week’s televisual highlights, including reviews of two big new ITV dramas, an eye-opening documentary about one of the biggest global scandals of the past 40 years, a profile of one of the country’s most successful comedians and a preview of an upcoming BBC thriller that, she says, simply doesn’t live up to the hype… Hosted on...

Radio Times Staff Writer Kelly-Anne Taylor marks your cards for the week ahead. She previews a fast-paced series that follows coppers working night shifts in Brighton, talks about Taron Egerton’s plotty Apple TV drama Black Bird and helps navigate the best box-sets you may have missed.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...

The Radio Times Podcast, hosted by Jane Garvey with TV expert Rhianna Dhillon, is the place for your trusted TV recommendations each week. Persuasion, Snowflake Mountain, The Undeclared War and Don’t Make Me Go. This episode: Rhianna reviews Persuasion, Snowflake Mountain, The Undeclared War and Don’t Make Me Go You can find the programmes mentioned as follows:  Persuasion Netflix, 8th July  Snowf...

Radio Times TV critic David Butcher picks the best programmes to look out for this week – and one to avoid. He previews the return of a Bafta-winning food show, an inspiring series about teenagers learning to play cricket and a new season of the world’s weirdest comedy-drama. And in a monster weekend for sport he gives a quickfire tour of where to find what – and when.    Hosted on Acast. See acas...

The Radio Times Podcast, hosted by Jane Garvey with TV expert Rhianna Dhillon, is the place for your trusted TV recommendations each week. This episode: Rhianna reviews My Life as a Rolling Stone, Big Zuu’s Big Eats, The Baby and Loot. You can find the programmes mentioned as follows: My Life as a Rolling Stone BBC2 on Saturday 2nd July at 9.30pm (four-part series also released as a boxset on iPla...

In this week’s bonus episode of the Radio Times podcast, David Butcher runs through the next seven days on screen with a quickfire look at his TV highlights. It’s the great British summer so Glastonbury and Wimbledon loom large but there’s also a batch of new streaming treats, Swedish chills on a North Sea oil rig and a dark drama about cyber war. Plus, the return of an endangered species: the com...

The Radio Times Podcast, hosted by Jane Garvey with TV expert Rhianna Dhillon, is the place for your trusted TV recommendations each week. This episode: Jane and Rhianna chat to Jack Saunders about Glastonbury. They also review Glastonbury 50 years and Counting, Murder in the Alps, Man Versus Bee and Top Gear. You can find the programmes mentioned as follows:  Glastonbury 50 years and Counting BBC...

Radio Times TV critic David Butcher picks the best programmes to look out for this week – and one to avoid. He highlights a special, one-off episode of everyone’s favourite panel show, a Brian Cox documentary about exploring Mars, and two crime dramas featuring chalk-and-cheese cops. Also on the podcast, what does new streaming service Paramount+ have to offer? Answer: it’s good news if you’re a S...

The Radio Times Podcast, hosted by Jane Garvey with TV expert Rhianna Dhillon, is the place for your trusted TV recommendations each week. This episode: Jane talks to James Nesbitt about Suspect and Rhianna reviews Lenny Henry’s Caribbean Britain, Sherwood and Love Island. You can find the programmes mentioned as follows:  Suspect Sun 19th to Weds 22nd, two eps a night at 9pm and 9.30pm on Channel...

David Butcher hacks a path through the TV jungle. Which programmes this week are worth your time and which are best avoided? David offers tips ranging from a US drama about the space race to a stirring story from playwright James Graham about the long shadow of the miners’ strike. There’s a standout episode of Who Do You Think You Are, a moving documentary on the Falklands, and a slick time-travel...

The Radio Times Podcast, hosted by Jane Garvey with TV expert Rhianna Dhillon, is the place for your trusted TV recommendations each week. This episode: Jane and Rhianna review season 2 of The Outlaws, Dolly Alderton’s new series Everything I Know About Love, behind the scenes show - Backstage with Katherine Ryan, Reel Britania – a look at the making of British film, and interview one of the stars...

Radio Times critic David Butcher picks his TV highlights for the week ahead. They don’t include the Platinum Jubilee (too many programmes, not enough time…) but they are all royally worth watching. There’s a comedy involving large snakes, a sort-of-sequel to The Wire, a memorable episode of Top Gear, and documentaries about football and orchestras that have more in common than you’d expect. He als...

The Radio Times Podcast, hosted by Jane Garvey with Kelly-Anne Taylor sitting in for Rhianna this week. It’s the place for your trusted TV recommendations each week. This episode: Jane talks to Dolly Alderton about the adaptation of Everything I know About Love and Kelly-Anne sits in to review Borgen, My Name is Leon, Avoidance and Somebody Feed Phil.  You can find the programmes mentioned as foll...

The Radio Times Television Festival took place at the British Film Institute on London’s Southbank, on the 20th, 21st and 22nd May. This very special bonus episode of the Radio Times Podcast is your official cut-out-and-keep souvenir edition of the 2022 Festival. Hosted by Jane Garvey and Kelly-Anne Taylor.  In this episode you’ll hear from some huge names from the world of TV including... Profess...

David Butcher picks the best TV shows to look out for this week – and one to miss. He previews a scarily good new version of The Midwich Cuckoos, a moving documentary from Hannah Fry about cancer, and the return of Stranger Things to Netflix. Plus big sporting drama and the repeat of a stone cold TV classic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choi...

The Radio Times Podcast, hosted by Jane Garvey with TV expert Rhianna Dhillon, is the place for your trusted TV recommendations each week. This episode: Jane and Rhianna are live at the BFI in front of an enthusiastic audience to review Five Dates a Week, Pistol, Emergency and talk to Kit Connor, star of the Netflix hit – Heartstopper.  You can find the programmes mentioned as follows:  Five Dates...

Radio Times TV critic David Butcher offers quickfire viewing tips for the week ahead. He highlights much-loved series that are back on air from Who Do You Think You Are to Hunted to evergreen forensics drama Silent Witness. He also previews a marriage breakup comedy and a pair of verydifferent history docs. Plus, as always, one show to miss… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

The Radio Times Podcast, hosted by Jane Garvey with TV expert Rhianna Dhillon, is the place for your trusted TV recommendations each week. This episode: Jane and Rhianna review the Netflix success ‘Selling Sunset’, new comedy ‘Big Boys’, David Attenborough’s ‘Prehistoric Planet’ and Apple TV+’s ‘The Essex Serpent’. Jane interviews The Essex Serpent’s director Clio Barnard.    You can find the prog...