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We’ve all been there – sat in front of the television, flicking through channels, getting increasingly frustrated – there’s so much on, but nothing to watch. TV critics Caroline Frost and Shem Law have you covered. Each Friday, they serve up short, sharp television recommendations to mark your cards for the week ahead. They’ll tell you what to watch – and what to avoid. They watch it all, so you don’t have to. No more asking: what’s on TV tonight? What to watch? Or, what should I watch? Instead, listen to Smart TV for your weekly round-up of TV programmes and film reviews. You’ll find out ab...

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Smart TV: Wednesday and Annika 01.08.2025 21:45

Caroline Frost chats to Gareth McClean about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Annika , BBC1 Wednesday, Netflix MasterChef, BBC1 FROST BITE: When a show moves from TV to YouTube, what...

Smart TV: The Gone and Bonnie Blue Doc 25.07.2025 20:53

Caroline Frost chats to Gareth McClean about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: The Gone, BBC2 Inside the Cult of the Jesus Army, BBC2 Bonnie Blue Doc, C4 FROST BITE: From Gregg Wallace t...

Smart TV: Karen Pirie Series 2 and New Keeley Hawes Thriller 18.07.2025 19:54

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Karen Pirie, ITV1 The Narrow Road to the Deep North, BBC1 The Assassin, Prime FROST BITE: From Miss Marple to Super...

Smart TV: Bookish and Shark Reality Show 11.07.2025 22:49

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Bookish, U&Drama Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters, ITV1 The Couple Next Door, C4 FROST BITE: Bringing the magic of mi...

Smart TV: Oasis and Live Aid at 40 04.07.2025 26:34

Caroline Frost chats to Frances Taylor and David Brown about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Live Aid at 40: When Rock n Roll Took On the World, BBC2 Too Much, Netflix Supersonic, Channel...

Smart TV: Glastonbury and Wimbledon 27.06.2025 23:43

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Glastonbury, BBC Wimbledon, BBC Hill, Sky Documentaries FROST BITE: Can we say we’re part of the TV nation if we don’t...

Smart TV: The Bear and Squid Game 20.06.2025 20:43

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Survivors, Netflix The Gilded Age, Amazon Prime Squid Game, Netflix The Bear, Disney+ FROST BITE: It’s hard being a beaut...

Smart TV: Outrageous and Noel Edmonds in New Zealand 13.06.2025 23:12

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Outrageous, U&Drama Amol Rajan Interviews: Martina Navratilova, BBC2 America’s Veterans: The War Within, ITV1 FROST BITE: N...

Smart TV: The Gold Season 2 and Jamie Oliver Dyslexia Doc 06.06.2025 21:49

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: The Gold, BBC1 Jamie’s Dyslexia Revolution, C4 Alan Yentob Night, BBC2 FROST BITE: ITV’s axe blow to its daytime schedule is...

Smart TV: Springsteen and Succession's Successor 30.05.2025 18:54

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Death Valley, BBC1 When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain, BBC2 Mountainhead, Sky Atlantic FROST BITE: 9 Perfect Strangers br...

Smart TV: A Long Awaited Return and Clint Eastwood Night 22.05.2025 24:36

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: The Last Anniversary, BBC1 Walking with Dinosaurs, BBC1 Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story, BBC2 FROST BITE: Why are...

Smart TV: Eurovision Preview and Clarkson's Farm Returns 16.05.2025 23:22

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (⁠⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠⁠) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Code of Silence, ITV1 Clarkson's Farm, Amazon Prime Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg, Sky Arts OUR READERS SAY... The...

Smart TV: BAFTA TV Awards Special 09.05.2025 25:47

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (⁠⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠⁠) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: BAFTA TV Awards, BBC1 Inside Our ADHD Minds, BBC2 The Game, C5 OUR READERS SAY... The best of this week’s RT readers’ postbag FROST...

Smart TV: Malpractice Season 2 and Is Not Laughing Funny? 02.05.2025 21:12

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (⁠podcast@radiotimes.com⁠) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Malpractice, ITV1 Long Way Home, Apple TV+ Dead Man Walking: Dan Walker on Death Row, C5 OUR READERS SAY... The best of this week’s R...

Smart TV: Non-Fiction and the American Dream 25.04.2025 23:36

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Louis Theroux and the Settlers, BBC2 The Assembly, ITV1 Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes, Disney+ OUR READERS SAY... Da...

Smart TV: You Final Series and Race Across the World Returns 18.04.2025 24:42

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: I, Jack Wright, Alibi Race Across The World, BBC1 You, Netflix OUR READERS SAY... Legend from Gladiators should watch what he says... F...

Smart TV: The Last of Us Returns and Legal Drama Unleashed 11.04.2025 26:19

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES TV: The Last of Us S2, Sky Atlantic Barristers: Fighting for Justice, Channel 4 Ride or Die, BBC iPlayer OUR READERS SAY... Clean wheels, Frenc...

Smart TV: Black Mirror and New Simon Schama Doc 04.04.2025 18:57

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Black Mirror, Netflix Simon Schama: The Holocaust, BBC2 Your Friends and Neighbours, AppleTV+ OUR READERS SAY... More Beyond Zero Talk...

Smart TV: Austin and Dying for [title censored] 28.03.2025 17:26

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Austin, BBC1 The Secret Genius of Modern Life, BBC2 Dying for Sex, Disney+ OUR READERS SAY... ...Any Answers isn't what it used to be...

Smart TV: Doctor Who Special 20.03.2025 23:28

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law and Huw Fullerton about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Beyond Paradise, BBC1 Great British Menu: The Finals, BBC2 Doctor Who, BBC1 OUR READERS SAY... Please stop ad banners...

Smart TV: Michael Sheen and Protection 13.03.2025 22:21

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week You can get in touch with our hosts via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Protection, ITV1 The Marlow Murder Club, U&Drama The Residence, Netflix OUR READERS SAY... When will the BBC realise they were wrong abo...

Smart TV: Adolescence and Is Meghan's New Show Any Good? 07.03.2025 23:52

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week You can get in touch with our hosts via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Adolescence, Netflix Ten Pound Poms, BBC1 The Au Pair, C5 OUR READERS SAY... Poor Service Eastenders Appreciation FROST BITE: All the s...

Smart TV: Oscars 2025 Special 28.02.2025 24:05

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law and Max Copeman about the Oscars and all the best things coming up on the box this week You can get in touch with our hosts via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: Oscars round up (Oscars Ceremony Live on ITV1) TV: Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero, BBC1 A Cruel Love: the...

Smart TV: A Thousand Blows and Should Netflix Leave Reality TV Alone? 21.02.2025 20:22

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week You can get in touch with our hosts via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: A Thousand Blows, Disney+ Bergerac, U&Drama David Frost Vs, Sky Atlantic OUR READERS SAY... Mushrooms aren't vegetables... FROST BITE: C...

Smart TV: EastEnders 40th and Paradise 14.02.2025 21:19

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week You can get in touch with our hosts via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Paradise, Disney+ The White Lotus, Sky Atlantic Luther: Never Too Much, NowTV OUR READERS SAY... It would be great to have the restorati...