Luke Knowles

The Custard TV Podcast

Tv EN ↓ 600 episodes

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

Author

Luke Knowles

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Tv

Podcast website

luke5n.podbean.com

Latest episode

Jun 23, 2026

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Episodes

#383: The Great, Under the Banner of Heaven, Surface, The Newsreader 26.07.2022

Matt and Luke are joined by Sophie Davies to review the return of The Great on Channel 4. True-life thriller Under the Banner of Heaven. Surface on Apple TV+ and Australian drama The Newsreader on BBC Two.

#382: The Control Room, Better Things, The Thing About Pam, I Love That For You 19.07.2022

Matt and Luke are joined by Mo Walker to review the new BBC One drama The Control Room and The Thing About Pam and I Love That For You from Paramount Plus. Plus, Matt and Luke run through the notable EMMY Awards as well as celebrate the return of Pamela Adlon's Better Things on BBC2.

#381: Black Bird, The Undeclared War, The Girl from Plainville, The Baby 12.07.2022

Matt is joined by  Dawn Glenn and Will Barber-Taylor to review Black Bird on Apple TV+, The Undeclared War from Channel 4. Also, The Girl Plainville from StarzPlay as well as The Baby on Sky Atlantic.

# 380: 2022: The mid-year report 06.07.2022

Luke joins Matt to look back at the first 6 months of 2022. They discuss the third season of Barry, As We See It, The Responder and more.

#379: Only Murders in the Building, SuperPumped, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Loot & Man Vs Bee. 28.06.2022

Matt is joined by Sarah Kennedy and Sophie Davies to review the return of Only Murders in The Building on Disney+. As Paramount Plus launches they look at new dramas SuperPumped and The Man Who Fell to Earth. New Maya Rudolph comedy Loot on AppleTV+ as well as comedy Man Vs Bee on Netflix.

#378: Suspect, The Lazarus Project and Blocco 181 21.06.2022

Matt and Sarah are joined by Si Hampton of the Coastal News Podcast to review new Channel 4 Crime Drama Suspect, sci-fi thriller The Lazarus Project on Sky Max, Sky Atlantic's Italian drama Blocco 181 and latest Netflix comedy God's Favourite Idiot.

#377: Sherwood, My Name is Leon, Avoidance, Abbott Elementary 15.06.2022

Matt is joined Gary and Dawn to review BBC One drama Sherwood, Single drama My Name is Leon. US comedy Abbott Elementary which is available on Disney+ and new BBC One comedy Avoidance from Romesh Ranganathan.

#376: We Own This City, Borgen: Power & Glory, Everything I Know About Love, Girls5eva 07.06.2022

Luke and Matt are joined by Sarah Kennedy to review David Simon's return to Baltimore for We Own This City on HBO and Sky Atlantic. The Danish political drama Borgen returns for an anticipated fourth season on Netflix. Dolly Alderton's memoir Everything I Know About Love comes to BBC1, BBC Three and Girls5eva quietly returns for its second season over on Peacock via Sky and NOW.

#375: Stranger Things, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Pistol and The Midwich Cuckoos 31.05.2022

Matt is joined by our old podcast pal Gary and sci-fi podcaster Suky Khakh to review the long-awaited return of Stranger Things on Netflix. Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+ as well as the Danny Boyle directed Pistols biopic Pistol on Disney+ and finally Sky's The Midwhich Cuckooks.

#374: Now & Then, Life & Beth, Spreadsheet and Big Boys 24.05.2022

Matt is joined by Mo Walker and Dawn Glenn to review Now and Then from Apple TV+, Life and Beth on Disney+ and Channel 4 comedies Spreadsheet and Big Boys. They also bid a fond farewell to Derry Girls.

#373: Conversations with Friends, The Time Traveller’s Wife, Floodlights, The Essex Serpent 18.05.2022

Matt is joined by Sarah and Michael to review Sally Rooney adaptation Conversations with Friends from BBC Three and HULU. HBO's The Time Traveller's Wife on Sky Atlantic. The Essex Serpent from Apple TV+ and single drama Floodlights on BBC Two.

#372: The Staircase, Clark, The Pentaverate, BAFTA Predictions 10.05.2022

Matt and Luke are joined by Dawn Glen to review The Staircase from HBO Max and Sky Atlantic, The Pentaverate and Clark on Netflix. On the eve of the BAFTA TV Awards, they offer their predictions for winners.

#371: Barry, Shining Girls, Ten Percent, Here We Go 03.05.2022

Luke and Matt are joined by Sophie Davies to review the return of Barry on Sky Comedy. Amazon's UK remake of Call my Agent Ten Percent, Shining Girls on Apple TV+ and new BBC One comedy Here We Go.

#370: Russian Doll, Inside No.9, Chivalry, The Lives of College Girls 26.04.2022

Matt is joined by Sophie Davies and Mo Walker to review the return of Russian Doll on Netflix. The return of Inside No.9 on BBC Two. New comedy from Steve Coogan and Sarah Solemani titled Chivalry on Channel 4 and HBO Max comedy The Lives of College Girls arrives on ITV2.

#369: The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe, Anatomy of a Scandal, Roar and Romeo and Duet 21.04.2022

On this week's podcast; Matt, Sarah and Gary celebrate someone's big birthday before reviewing ITV's The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe; Netflix's Anatomy of a Scandal, Apple TV's Roar and new Saturday night entertainment format Romeo and Duet.  Apologies for the delay in this week's upload which is due to unavoidable circumstances.

# 368: Julia, Derry Girls, Hullraisers, Single Drunk Female and Freeze the Fear with Wim Hoff. 12.04.2022

Matt is joined by Sophie Davies and Dawn Glenn to review Julia on HBO and Sky Atlantic, the welcome return of Derry Girls on Channel 4, new comedy Hullraisers on Channel 4, Single Drunk Female on Disney+ the BBC's latest entertainment format, Freeze The Fear with Wim Hoff on BBC One.

# 367: Slow Horses, Hacks, Gordon’s Future Food Stars and Deadline 06.04.2022

Matt and Sarah are joined by Gary who makes his triumphant return to review Slow Horses on Apple TV+, Hacks on Prime Video, Gordon Ramsay's Future Food Stars on BBC One and the latest Channel 5 drama Deadline.

# 366: Peacemaker, Winning Time, Pachinko and Newark Newark 27.03.2022

Matt is joined by Mo Walker and Nick Bartlett to talk about Sky’s Peacemaker and Winning Time: The Rise of the Laker Dynasty as well as epic Apple TV+ drama Pachinko and GOLD comedy Newark Newark.

# 365: Then Barbara Met Alan, WeCrashed, Cry Wolf, Bad Vegan 21.03.2022

Matt and Luke are joined by Coastal News Podcast's Si Hampton to review BBC Two's disability campaigning drama Then Barbara Met Alan. Apple TV+'s WeWork drama WeCrashed. Danish drama Cry Wolf from Walter Presents and Netflix documentary series Bad Vegan.

# 364: Holding, The Ipcress File, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, How I Met Your Father 14.03.2022

Matt is joined by site contributors Michael Lee and Dawn Glenn to cover ITV's Holding and The Ipcress File. They look at the first two episodes of Apple TV+'s The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey and How I Met Your Father which is available in the UK on Disney+

#363: Our House, The Dropout, Pieces of Her, Somebody Somewhere 07.03.2022

The trio of TV obsessives return to review another set of new shows. Luke, Matt and Sarah review ITV's latest thriller Our House. Explore the true-life story of Elizabeth Holmes in The Dropout on Disney+. Look into Netflix's new twisty thriller Pieces of Her and the brilliant comedy-drama Somebody Somewhere on Sky.

#362: Killing Eve, The Holiday, Starstruck, Mood 01.03.2022

Matt is joined by Mo Walker and Dawn Glenn to review the returns of Killing Eve and Starstruck. Along with new drama The Holiday, and BBC Three's Mood.

#361: Inventing Anna, Severance, The Marvellous Mrs Maisel and ITV’s Starstruck 21.02.2022

Matt is joined by site contributors Erin and first-timer Megan to review Inventing Anna on Netflix. Apple TV+'s genre-bending drama Severance and ITV's new shiny floor show for Saturday night Starstruck. He also welcomes back site contributor Mo Walker to discuss the return of Amazon's The Marvellous Mrs Masiel.

#360: Louis Theroux’s Forbidden America, Reacher, The Fear Index, Bel Air. 14.02.2022

Matt is joined by Sarah Kennedy and guest contributor Suki Khakh to review the first episode of Louis Theroux's Forbidden America entitled 'Angry & Online'. The first episode of 'Reacher' on Amazon Prime Video. Sky's The Fear Index and Peacock's Bel Air.

#359: This is Going to Hurt, Pam & Tommy, No Return, The Curse, Suspicion, Chole 07.02.2022

In a podcast first (we think) Luke, Matt and Sarah review six new shows. This is Going to Hurt on BBC One, Pam & Tommy on Disney+ & Hulu, No Return on ITV, Suspicion on Apple TV+, Chole on BBC One and comedy The Curse on Channel 4.

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