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The impact of The Handmaid's Tale: Written in 1985, arrived on television in 2018, but worryingly relavant in 2025 - The Custard TV Years ago, my friends spent months urging me to watch a new show on Channel 4 called The Handmaid’s Tale. I resisted with complete confidence. I won’t like it, I insisted. Not only that, but I was une...

For our latest opinion piece, new contributor @oliveoil77.bsky.social looks back at the legacy of @margaretatwood.bsky.social's #TheHandmaidsTale and how the series feels as worryingly relevant now as it did in went it began. www.thecustardtv.com/the-impact-o...

Podcast - # 499: The Death of Bunny Munro, A Play for Today, Wild Cherry, The Beast in Me - The Custard TV Matt and Dawn are joined by TV fan Tyler to review four brand new shows available this week. Matt Smith stars in Sky’s new drama  The Death of Bunny Munro which really surprises the team. Claire Danes...

Our latest podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social are joined by Doctor Who superfan Tyler to review Matt Smith's new Sky drama, The Beast in Me, on Netflix. 5's Play for Today & more www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-499-...

Podcast - # 499: The Death of Bunny Munro, A Play for Today, Wild Cherry, The Beast in Me - The Custard TV Matt and Dawn are joined by TV fan Tyler to review four brand new shows available this week. Matt Smith stars in Sky’s new drama  The Death of Bunny Munro which really surprises the team. Claire Danes...

Our latest podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social are joined by Doctor Who superfan Tyler to review Matt Smith's new Sky drama, The Beast in Me, on Netflix. 5's Play for Today & more www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-499-...

All Her Fault: This surprising thriller has a lot to say about modern parenting. - The Custard TV Upon first glance of All Her Fault, you’d be forgiven for feeling a sense of déjà vu. The nightmare begins when Marissa (Sarah Snook) goes to collect her six-year-old son Milo (Duke McCloud) from a pl...

New on the site, our review of Sky and Peacock's thriller #AllHerFault, which could be a predictable thriller, but instead, has a lot to say about parenting and how society views working mothers www.thecustardtv.com/all-her-faul...

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The impact of The Handmaid's Tale: Written in 1985, arrived on television in 2018, but worryingly relavant in 2025 - The Custard TV Years ago, my friends spent months urging me to watch a new show on Channel 4 called The Handmaid’s Tale. I resisted with complete confidence. I won’t like it, I insisted. Not only that, but I was une...

For our latest opinion piece, new contributor @oliveoil77.bsky.social looks back at the legacy of @margaretatwood.bsky.social's #TheHandmaidsTale and how the series feels as worryingly relevant now as it did in went it began. www.thecustardtv.com/the-impact-o...

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All Her Fault: This surprising thriller has a lot to say about modern parenting. - The Custard TV Upon first glance of All Her Fault, you’d be forgiven for feeling a sense of déjà vu. The nightmare begins when Marissa (Sarah Snook) goes to collect her six-year-old son Milo (Duke McCloud) from a pl...

New on the site, our review of Sky and Peacock's thriller #AllHerFault, which could be a predictable thriller, but instead, has a lot to say about parenting and how society views working mothers www.thecustardtv.com/all-her-faul...

Podcast - #498: Pluribus, All Her Fault, Tresspasses, Celebrity Race Across The World - The Custard TV Luke, Dawn and Matt are back to review four shows available this week. Beginning with Vince Gilligan’s sci-fi genre-bending new series Pluribus, which is now available on Apple TV. After a long time i...

Our latest podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. I joined @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social to review Apple's new genre-bending series #Pluribus Sky's thriller #AllHerFault and another series Celeb Race Across the World. www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-498-...

Pluribus: A truly original idea from one of the best in the buisness. - The Custard TV Vince Gilligan, showrunner and mastermind behind the new Apple TV series Pluribus, has spent a long time in Albuquerque. He set his masterpiece Breaking Bad in the New Mexico city and used its barren ...

I've reviewed the first two episodes of Apple's truly exciting new series #Pluribus from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan. HOWEVER, don't read the review until you've seen the episodes. The show is best experienced blind. www.thecustardtv.com/pluribus-a-t... It is a work of genius, though.

Podcast - #498: Pluribus, All Her Fault, Tresspasses, Celebrity Race Across The World - The Custard TV Luke, Dawn and Matt are back to review four shows available this week. Beginning with Vince Gilligan’s sci-fi genre-bending new series Pluribus, which is now available on Apple TV. After a long time i...

Our latest podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. I joined @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social to review Apple's new genre-bending series #Pluribus Sky's thriller #AllHerFault and another series Celeb Race Across the World. www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-498-...

Pluribus: A truly original idea from one of the best in the buisness. - The Custard TV Vince Gilligan, showrunner and mastermind behind the new Apple TV series Pluribus, has spent a long time in Albuquerque. He set his masterpiece Breaking Bad in the New Mexico city and used its barren ...

I've reviewed the first two episodes of Apple's truly exciting new series #Pluribus from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan. HOWEVER, don't read the review until you've seen the episodes. The show is best experienced blind. www.thecustardtv.com/pluribus-a-t... It is a work of genius, though.

Girlbands Forever: A fun but stark look at the way we treated young girls hungry for fame. - The Custard TV In October 1995, British girl group Eternal found themselves at a bit of a crossroads. They’d been delivering hit after hit since their debut single “Stay” reached number 4 in 1993, but their manageme...

Available on BBC iPlayer, I was completely hooked by #GirlbandsForever, which serves as both a look at the perils of fame at a young age, but also a look back at what Britain was like in the not-so-decent past. My review www.thecustardtv.com/girlbands-fo...

Podcast - # 497: Down Cemetery Road, Lazarus, The Ridge, The Chair Company - The Custard TV Fellow podcaster Mo Walker joins Matt and Dawn to review four new shows available this week. Slow Horses is a massive hit for Apple TV, so now the streamer is banking on another series of novels from ...

Our latest podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social are joined by Mo Walker to review Apple's new Slow Horses type show, Down Cemetery Road, as well as Harlan Coben adaptation, Lazarus on Prime Video www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-497-...

Slow Horses' 5th season finale sees River grasp at the gold ring of success - The Custard TV All too quickly our time with Jasckon Lamb (Sir Gary Oldman) and his team of success-impaired agents comes to a close for another year, with the finale of season 5. For some, this season has underwhel...

And just like that, another season/series of #SlowHorses draws to a thrilling conclusion. Our review is now available. Thank you @dawnglen.bsky.social for all your fantastic coverage. Roll on September 2026! www.thecustardtv.com/slow-horses-...

Podcast - # 496: Riot Women, The Iris Affair, Leonard & Hungry Paul, Celebrity Traitors. - The Custard TV Matt is joined by both Maids from Maid for TV in Sarah and Dawn. The trio reviews Sally Wainwright’s new drama Riot Women, which sees women of a certain age form a rock band, initially to enter a scho...

Our latest podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social is joined by @sarahhamstera.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social to review #RiotWomen Leonard and Hungry Paul, plus farts and more with #CelebrityTraitors www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-496-...

Slow Horses's 5th episode slows down as they face going into the finale blind - The Custard TV After some of Slow Horses best episodes, season 5 slows down for episode 5 “Circus”. It’s essentially an epilogue and prologue – dissecting the chaos of last week’s melee that led to the accidental de...

The latest episode of #SlowHorses is available now. Our review from @dawnglen.bsky.social looks at where all the key players are as we head towards the final episode of the series. www.thecustardtv.com/slow-horsess...

Slow Horses's 5th episode slows down as they face going into the finale blind - The Custard TV After some of Slow Horses best episodes, season 5 slows down for episode 5 “Circus”. It’s essentially an epilogue and prologue – dissecting the chaos of last week’s melee that led to the accidental de...

The latest episode of #SlowHorses is available now. Our review from @dawnglen.bsky.social looks at where all the key players are as we head towards the final episode of the series. www.thecustardtv.com/slow-horsess...

Podcast - # 496: Riot Women, The Iris Affair, Leonard & Hungry Paul, Celebrity Traitors. - The Custard TV Matt is joined by both Maids from Maid for TV in Sarah and Dawn. The trio reviews Sally Wainwright’s new drama Riot Women, which sees women of a certain age form a rock band, initially to enter a scho...

Our latest podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social is joined by @sarahhamstera.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social to review #RiotWomen Leonard and Hungry Paul, plus farts and more with #CelebrityTraitors www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-496-...

Task delivers a cathartic finale. - The Custard TV There’s another version of Task that ends with Maeve (Emilia Jones) getting the bag of money from her uncle, and Tom (Mark Ruffalo) and Aleah (Thuso Mbedu) learning that their fellow Task force member...

Task delivers a cathartic finale that brings closure for people we care about. Though this might be it, I can't wait to see what creator Brad Ingeslby does next. My review - www.thecustardtv.com/task-deliver...

Task delivers a cathartic finale. - The Custard TV There’s another version of Task that ends with Maeve (Emilia Jones) getting the bag of money from her uncle, and Tom (Mark Ruffalo) and Aleah (Thuso Mbedu) learning that their fellow Task force member...

Task delivers a cathartic finale that brings closure for people we care about. Though this might be it, I can't wait to see what creator Brad Ingeslby does next. My review - www.thecustardtv.com/task-deliver...

Blood, Sweat and Tears - Riot Women is Sally Wainwright's greatest gift to women - The Custard TV When menopausal, lonely, bereft school teacher Beth (Joanna Scanlan) decides to take her own life, she’s interrupted by a call from her brother. It’s a call that many women of a similar age will recog...

Life-affirming and hugely uplifting #RiotWomen is Sally Wainwright's greatest gift to women. Our review www.thecustardtv.com/blood-sweat-...

Blood, Sweat and Tears - Riot Women is Sally Wainwright's greatest gift to women - The Custard TV When menopausal, lonely, bereft school teacher Beth (Joanna Scanlan) decides to take her own life, she’s interrupted by a call from her brother. It’s a call that many women of a similar age will recog...

Life-affirming and hugely uplifting #RiotWomen is Sally Wainwright's greatest gift to women. Our review www.thecustardtv.com/blood-sweat-...

Blue Lights series 3: The Thrilling Cop Show with a Big Heart - The Custard TV It’s getting colder, darker, and I am dreading winter. Thank goodness for the return of Blue Lights. Whilst the squalid corridors of Blackthorn police station lack the sunshine I am craving, the BAFTA...

Our Ruthie Nugent says #BlueLights is the crime drama for a new era. Are you watching? Our review of series 3 can be found here www.thecustardtv.com/blue-lights-...

Podcast – TV Time Machine # 24 – October 2000 – Blackadder Back and Forth, Fat Friends, Without Motive, North Square - The Custard TV Luke and Matt are back aboard their TV Time Machine. This time, they are looking at four shows which aired in October 2000. Made for the Millennium Dome, Sky airs Blackadder: Back and Forth, which see...

Our latest trip aboard the TV Time Machine is available now wherever you get your podcasts. I joined @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social to look back on the TV of October 2000. Which includes Fat Friends on ITV and the return of #Blackadder on Sky!? Listen & share here www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-tv-t...

Slow Horses sets surprising cogs in motion as it heads towards the season climax - The Custard TV There is perhaps no drama on TV right now which more narratively echoes the idea of a Rube Goldberg machine – a contraption which relies on a chain of events to complete an action – than Slow Horses. ...

#SlowHorses continues to surprise, as the twists and turns continue as we race towards the final two episodes. Our review from @dawnglen.bsky.social is available now www.thecustardtv.com/slow-horses-...

Slow Horses sets surprising cogs in motion as it heads towards the season climax - The Custard TV There is perhaps no drama on TV right now which more narratively echoes the idea of a Rube Goldberg machine – a contraption which relies on a chain of events to complete an action – than Slow Horses. ...

#SlowHorses continues to surprise, as the twists and turns continue as we race towards the final two episodes. Our review from @dawnglen.bsky.social is available now www.thecustardtv.com/slow-horses-...

Podcast – TV Time Machine # 24 – October 2000 – Blackadder Back and Forth, Fat Friends, Without Motive, North Square - The Custard TV Luke and Matt are back aboard their TV Time Machine. This time, they are looking at four shows which aired in October 2000. Made for the Millennium Dome, Sky airs Blackadder: Back and Forth, which see...

Our latest trip aboard the TV Time Machine is available now wherever you get your podcasts. I joined @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social to look back on the TV of October 2000. Which includes Fat Friends on ITV and the return of #Blackadder on Sky!? Listen & share here www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-tv-t...

Blue Lights series 3: The Thrilling Cop Show with a Big Heart - The Custard TV It’s getting colder, darker, and I am dreading winter. Thank goodness for the return of Blue Lights. Whilst the squalid corridors of Blackthorn police station lack the sunshine I am craving, the BAFTA...

Our Ruthie Nugent says #BlueLights is the crime drama for a new era. Are you watching? Our review of series 3 can be found here www.thecustardtv.com/blue-lights-...