Luke Knowles

The Custard TV Podcast

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Reviews and opinions from a trio of TV obsessives on a variety of the week’s biggest shows. Expect hot takes, bad jokes and people who have spent far too much time in front of the TV. Read more from the team on thecustardtv.com

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Luke Knowles

Episodes

#166: The A-Word, Follow the Money, Trapped, Murder 24.03.2016 47:06

Matt and Luke journey to the RTS Awards and catch up with celebs. Reviews of Trapped, Stag and the penultimate Fresh Meat as well as new BBC1 drama The A Word. We also review new Nordic drama Follow the Money and learn that Matt owns a high value boxset!

#165: Happy Valley, The Americans, US Vs UK Family Comedy 18.03.2016 49:47

We discuss the end of Happy Valley, the brilliance of Fresh Meat and why the UK can't seem to do a good pre-watershed comedy.

#164: Thirteen, Stag, The Aliens 10.03.2016 40:30

The TV obsessed trio return to discuss the wonderful Happy Valley, the fantastic Fresh Meat and the brilliant Stag. Plus BBC Three launches its first drama of its online era with Thirteen, E4 comedy drama The Aliens and Gary goes west to report on The Shanara Chronicles

#163: The Night Manager, Fresh Meat, Gogglebox 26.02.2016 40:00

We discuss how many times we've moved house, new BBC drama The Night Manager and continue our love affair with Happy Valley. It's also the welcome return of Fresh Meat and Gogglebox.

#162: Vinyl, Trapped, Life and Death Row 19.02.2016 51:16

This week - we discuss HBO's Vinyl, brilliant new Icelandic drama Trapped, BBC Three's move online - including a new series of Life and Death Row - and how Happy Valley is the best drama on TV.

#161: Happy Valley, The X-Files, The Good Wife 12.02.2016 30:16

We discuss the X Files revival, the end of The Good Wife and why we're so chuffed Happy Valley is back on our screens!

#160: American Crime Story - The People Vs OJ Simpson, The Good Wife, Call the Midwife 05.02.2016 30:28

On the podcast Matt and Luke go west to review the new American Crime Story and The Good Wife. Plus Gary continues to enjoy Call the Midwife and we argue about a vlogger documentary.

#159: Lucky Man, Endeavour, Murder Games 29.01.2016 36:54

We discuss the end of Endeavour, BBC3's new dramatised documentary and James Nesbitt in Sky drama Lucky Man. Plus ITV's new celeb experiment show Sugar Free Farm, the Sport Relief Bake-Off and reviews of Madam Secretary and Killjoys on Gary Goes West.

#158: Call the Midwife, Walking the Himalayas, Spin 22.01.2016 32:58

On the latest podcast, we discuss whether there's a show that's perfect from beginning to end and review the return of Call the Midwife and Walking The Himalayas

#157: Jericho The Voice UK, Lip Sync Battle UK 17.01.2016 36:08

Gary and Matt return to talk ITV drama Jericho, the final series of The Voice UK on BBC One and the UK version of Lip Sync Battle.

#156: Sherlock, Luther, Making a Murderer 07.01.2016 59:36

We discuss Christmas TV, disappointments in Detectorists, Luther and Sherlock. Love for And Then There were None and Silent Witness and discussion on new subtitled drama Deutschland 83. Also, Gary goes west to discuss the phenomenon that is Making a Murderer.

#155: The Best of 2015 30.12.2015 42:18

We count down our favourite shows of a lackluster year of television.

#154: 2015 Christmas Special 22.12.2015 35:03

Debs from www.insidemediatrack.com joins the podcast trio for a festive chat and look back at 2015 in TV.

#153: Prey, Nurse Jackie, Jessica Jones, The Apprentice 11.12.2015 37:28

In the final proper podcast we discuss the return of Prey and the final Apprentice task. Plus we go west to review the final Nurse Jackie and Netflix's Jessica Jones.

#152: The Bridge, The Murder Detectives, Capital 04.12.2015 52:19

Gary takes down his TV Diary we review, Capital, C4 documentary The Murder Detectives and stunning Nordic Noir The Bridge returns for a third series!

#151: I'm a Celebrity, London Spy, Toast of London 20.11.2015 45:40

In this podcast we welcome back I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here and Toast of London, review Espionage drama London Spy, the final episode of Unforgotten and begin new feature 'How far did Gary Get?'

#150: Peep Show, The Americans, I'm A Celeb 13.11.2015 48:22

In this podcast we look at the return of Peep Show, discover Gary hasn't seen all of Father Ted, and discover the joy of private browsing whilst talking the I'm A Celeb line-up Matt and Luke also go west to discuss the end of The Americans' third season.

#149: The Great Pottery Throwdown, The X-Factor Live Shows, The Affair 06.11.2015 32:33

Matt & Gary discuss The X Factor going live for the first time. The Great Pottery throwdown and ITV's arresting drama Unforgotten. Plus they go west to talk medical drama Code Black and the return of The Affair.

#148: Jekyll and Hyde, Cuffs, Catastrophe, Detectorists 30.10.2015 56:05

This week we look at ITV's controversial teatime horror drama Jekyll and Hyde, BBC One's pre-watershed cop show Cuffs and the returns of comedies Catastrophe and Detectorists. We also go west to review the latest episode of Fargo and the Supergirl reboot.

#147: The Apprentice, The Returned, Red Oaks, Mr Robot 23.10.2015 46:57

This week we welcome back The Apprentice and French drama The Returned. We also praise BBC Three sitcom Together and ITV's Unforgotten. Elsewhere, we go west to discuss Fargo, Red Oaks and Mr Robot

#146: River, Fargo, From Darkness, 17.10.2015 51:57

On this week's podcast - two underwhelming crime dramas in River and From Darkness; we go west to review Fargo and CSI: Cyber and there's praise for the final episode of Educating Cardiff. Plus we put our X-Factor knowledge to the test on this week's edition of the quiz.

#145: Unforgotten, From Darkness, Doctor Foster 09.10.2015 23:06

In a shorter podcast we look at two new crime dramas - ITV's Unforgotten and BBC One's From Darkness. Plus the final episodes of The Great British Bake-Off and Doctor Foster and The X-Factor six chair challenge.

#144: You, Me & The Apocalypse, X-Factor Boot Camp, Asian Provocateur 02.10.2015 47:49

We discuss Sky's new 'comedy' You, Me & The Apocalypse, the extra-long Boot Camp stage of the X-Factor and Romesh Ranganthan's new vehicle Asian Provocateur. Plus the Bake-Off semi-finals and more on Doctor Foster and This is England '90.

#143: Doctor Who, Gogglebox, An Inspector Calls 25.09.2015 56:13

The podcast trio returns to discuss the returns of Doctor Who and Gogglebox, the BBC's adaptation of An Inspector Calls and continued praise for Doctor Foster and The Catch. Plus Matt reviews the final entry of the This is England franchise.

#142: Doctor Foster, Hunted, Cradle to Grave, The Catch 13.09.2015 40:21

Gary and Matt discuss new BBC1 drama Doctor Foster, Channel 4's intriguing new format Hunted and Danny Baker's sitcom Cradle to Grave. Plus Channel fishing fixed-rig doc The Catch and the Strictly launch show. Plus Gary goes West to review Ballers and enters his work's Bake-Off contest.