The Honeymoon Period

We countdown our favourite TV shows of 2022. Enjoy the part where Mark forgets to include one of his most loved shows in his list!  Elaine’s Top 10 list was featured in The Custard TV’s Best of 2022 feature. You can also read her picks and The Custard TV crew’s lists here: https://www.thecustardtv.com/best-of-2022-our-picks . And you can follow The Custard TV @thecustardpod on twitter and @itsthec...

We countdown our favourite movies from last year - with some unusual picks from Mark and a last minute change to Elaine’s No 1!    How to support the show  Follow us on: Twitter - Instagram - Letterboxd We’d love it if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify . AND, if you like what we do, and fancy buying us a coffee, you can do so here . Thanks so much. 

Welcome back! This week, we discuss Mark’s availability to play Santa, some great telly, some questionable Christmas films, and, oh yes, that really unknown film Avatar: The Way of Water.  In TV, Elaine’s very happy to see the return of Tom Burke’s troubled private detective Strike (6:10) whilst Mark is charmed by The Flatshare (15:27).  In film, Mark’s been on a Christmas extravaganza, taking in...

The episode where Elaine yells the sacred words, “You do not know Allo Allo!” and apologises for going ‘too dark’ with her analysis. Enjoy! How to support the show  Follow us on: Twitter - Instagram - Letterboxd We’d love it if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify . AND, if you like what we do, and fancy buying us a coffee, you can do so here . Thanks so much. 

In TV, Elaine has, of course, been watching two documentaries about sex cults, The Vow (Season 2) and Orgasm, Inc: The Story of OneTaste (5:55). Mark praises US comedy-drama series The Bear (21:00). And we finish with a spoiler free discussion of the latest Star Wars show Andor (27:00).  In our Movies section, Elaine’s been to see Florence Pugh in The Wonder (37:07). Mark’s been to see Dwayne ‘The...

Elaine, once again, doesn't pick Bram Stoker's Dracula for her Halloween movie. Warning: Spoilers throughout.   How to support the show  Follow us on:  Twitter  -  Instagram  -  Letterboxd We’d love it if you could  leave us a review on Apple Podcasts  or a star rating on  Spotify . AND, if you like what we do, and fancy buying us a coffee, you can do so  here . Thanks so much. 

We return for a spooky special. But remember: no ghosts.  Spoilers from 24:35.   How to support the show  Follow us on: Twitter - Instagram - Letterboxd We’d love it if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify . AND, if you like what we do, and fancy buying us a coffee, you can do so here . Thanks so much. 

We’re back! After a month away, we return with a jumbo episode of tv and film reviews. In TV, we’ve enjoyed The Rehearsal (6:55) and Bad Sisters (12:34), but have a difference of opinion when it comes to The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power / Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon (20:32). Plus, we discuss our favourite Strictly celebrity dancers from this year's crop (47:30).   In film, Mark h...

Your sleep deprived podcasters return with our latest telly and movie reviews. In TV, Elaine’s been enjoying true crime mini-series Under the Banner of Heaven (6:07) and we’ve both taken in the first episode of BBC1’s new observational drama Marriage (9:53). In the film section, we cover Bullet Train (21:12), Not Okay (25:32) and Prey (28:37). All spoiler free. We finish with our review of Jordan...

We start the episode with wrestling news! Yes, Mark finally gets to wax lyrical about WWE on the pod. He shares his thoughts on the ‘retirement’ of Vince McMahon, and he also has a big wrestling related reveal… But don’t worry, we do get round to our usual TV and film reviews eventually – and it’s a bumper episode! In TV, Mark reflects on Season 6 of Better Call Saul (12:10), we both revisit Westw...

It's Mark's birthday! Well, not today. Well, OK, if you're listening to this some time in the future, then it actually might be. In TV, Mark wants Elaine to sell the Beeb’s crime drama Sherwood (2:22) to him. We discuss the new MCU Disney+ show Ms Marvel  (8:55), as well as Westworld's return for season 4 (15:53). It might help to imagine Elaine staring wistfully at a picture of Westworld S1, wond...

WELCOME TO…. erm…. Jurassic… well…. Yeah, we don’t know either. In this spoiler-heavy discussion, we cover our relationship with the JP/JW franchise before jumping into our thoughts on the film. Hold on to your butts for the arguments about star ratings at the end. Enjoy! We've spared no expense.  You can follow us on: Twitter - Instagram - Letterboxd We’d love it if you could leave us a review on...

In this episode, we share our thoughts on the first few episodes of Stranger Things Season 4 (3:44) and Star Wars spin-off Obi-Wan Kenobi (17:55). All spoiler-free. Plus a Jeremy Beadle reference for all you 80s fans. Then, for something completely different, we review Alex Garland’s latest film Men (29:49). Starring Jessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear, Men provides a commentary on masculinity, trauma...

Ride into the Danger Zone, choose your wingman, and be ready to play overly competitive sports on sun-drenched beaches. Top Gun is back! Spoilers from 17:38. Enjoy! You can follow us on: Twitter - Instagram - Letterboxd We’d love it if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and leave us a star rating on Spotify .

It’s high time we caught up on some tv and film, and  boy do we have a busy podcast for you! Elaine delves into HBO true crime mini-series The Staircase (6:40), Mark discusses Netflix documentary Our Father (18:00), and Elaine eventually finds out why Mark stopped watching Russian Doll Season 2 after just two episodes (23:38). We've tried to avoid spoilers where possible but if you don't want to k...

Mark’s turn to pick the Date Night film. And he’s chosen another Andy Samberg comedy (see our Hot Rod Date Night episode if you’re a fan!). A comedy for 9 year olds, with references to Silence of the Lambs, Terminator 2, and forced plastic surgery…  Ch-Ch-Ch-Chip and Dale!   You can follow us on: Twitter - Instagram - Letterboxd We’d love it if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and lea...

A little late to the party, we finally get round to discussing our thoughts on Steve Strange (not that one) and his multi-versey-timey-wimey movie. Rejoice in Mark’s totally random references (Mer-Man from the He-Man cartoon anyone?) and enjoy Elaine’s defence of the film’s baddie. Be warned: spoilers from 16:37. Enjoy! You can follow us on: Twitter - Instagram - Letterboxd We’d love it if you cou...

Forget the format! We're turning our back on TV for one week only, because we've just seen too many movies (although please let us know if you want a Moon Knight podcast... We're really enjoying it!) We start off talking about films we've seen that have recently hit UK streaming, with Elaine covering The Eyes of Tammy Faye (3:13), Mark dipping briefly into Drive My Car (8:05), and we both exchange...

Imagine, if you will, a time before Will Smith slapped Chris Rock, and 'The Flash Enters Speed Force' was declared the 'Best Moment in the History of All Time Ever'? Well back in those halcyon days we recorded the first half of a podcast about Peacemaker (9:24) and - the Netflix event that literally no-one is talking about - Charlie Brooker's Cat Burglar (2:27). Then life got in the way, and we ha...

It's Elaine's pick for Date Night.  And there's really only one question to ask. Can we shoe-horn a reference to 90s sitcom The Upper Hand into our review of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical drama? Yes, yes we can...  Enjoy!  You can follow us on: Twitter - Instagram - Letterboxd We’d love it if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and leave us a star rating on Spotify .  

Der-ner der-ner der-ner der-ner BATMAN! We start with our general thoughts, then at 15:25 head straight into Arkham Asylum with full spoilers. We cover the style, the content, the cast and... yes... the length. Enjoy!  You can follow us on: Twitter - Instagram - Letterboxd We’d love it if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and leave us a star rating on Spotify .

Mark is feeling overwhelmed with the amount of good telly he needs to catch up with. So we did the only obvious thing, and recorded a podcast to remind him how much he hasn’t seen. He was happy, however, to wax lyrical (again) about Ted Lasso (4:45). And we’ve watched the first two episodes of mystery-horror Yellowjackets (13:11). Finally, for TV, we reflect on Series 1 of The Book of Boba Fett (2...

All great men have moustaches, and all great Date Nights feature a film requested by our magnificent pod-chum Mr Rob Daniel from The Movie Robcast . Spoilers from pretty much straight after the trailer plays, so if you don’t want to know anything about Hot Rod best to leave us there, watch the film, and then come back… Enjoy! You can follow us on: Twitter - Instagram - Letterboxd We’d love it if y...

To butcher a phrase used by fairground ride operators up and down the country (as well as Geri Halliwell), Scream if you wanna go FIVEster. We've been to see Scream, the confusingly-titled fifth film in the Scream franchise. In this podcast we discuss our history with the franchise, then we deep dive into our review of this most meta of meta films out at the moment.    Would you like to play a gam...

Happy 100th episode to us. To celebrate this major milestone, we’re catching up with some of the TV shows and movies we’ve watched over the last few weeks.   In TV, we reflect on ITV true-crime drama Four Lives (7:46), get bowled over by Sky Documentary's The Man Who Bought Cricket (18:14),  put the lotion in the basket for Alibi’s Silence of the Lambs spin off Clarice (25:28), sing the Willy Fog...