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Nihal Arthanayake, Hayley Campbell and Scott Bryan review the biggest new TV and streaming shows.

Nihal Arthanayake, Hayley Campbell and Scott Bryan review the biggest new TV and streaming shows. Plus, they speak to Keith Lemon and Anna Richardson.

Nihal Arthanayake, Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell review the biggest new TV and streaming shows. They speak to Rafe Spall about starring in Trying on Apple TV + and Eddie Marsan about ITV's lockdown drama Isolation Stories.

Nihal Arthanayake, Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell review the biggest new TV and streaming shows. They speak to star of BBC Three’s Normal People, Sarah Greene and hear from Ricky Gervais about After Life and Daniel Mays on Code 404.

Nihal Arthanayake, Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell review the biggest new TV and streaming shows including Gangs of London on Sky Atlantic, Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins on Channel 4 and The Great British Sewing Bee on BBC One. They also hear from Celebrity SAS recruits Lauren Steadman and Tony Bellew. Plus, Gangs of London creator Gareth Evans.

Nihal Arthanayake, Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell review the biggest new TV and streaming shows including season 3 of Killing Eve on BBC iplayer and Quiz on ITV. They also speak to actors Owen McDonnell (Niko in Killing Eve) and Charlotte Ritchie from Channel 4’s Feel Good.

Scott, Hayley and Nihal are joined by TV insiders Jon Plowman and James Cary, and 5 live listeners, to argue over the most uplifting TV shows of all time.

LONG: Nihal Arthanayake, Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell review the biggest new TV and streaming shows including Dynamo: Beyond Belief on Sky One, Tales from the Loop on Amazon Prime and Home before Dark on Apple TV +. The team are also joined by Tony Close from the media regulator Ofcom about how TV audiences’ complaints are changing.

Nihal, Scott and Hayley review the week's big new TV and streaming shows. Netflix head into the world of medieval fantasy in family friendly drama The Letter to the King, Sky release the follow up to their critically acclaimed kidnap thriller Save Me, and Gordon Ramsey, Gino D'Acampo and Fred Sirieix do something none of us will be doing for months in ITV's American Road Trip.Plus why Coronavirus has led to a substantial outbreak of Mr Motivator appearances, the best and worst homes to broadcast from during quarantine and recommended boxsets to binge with 10-13 year old children.

Scott Bryan talks in depth with Martin Compston about starring in BBC One's new drama The Nest. The show co-stars Sophie Rundle - and is written by BAFTA winner Nicole Taylor.Plus they discuss the next season of Line of Duty, switching accents and why it's a bad idea to give fictional names to performing dogs.

Nihal, Scott and Hayley review the week's big new TV.It's the UK launch of Disney+, but does the new streaming service offer value for money?Star Wars fans rejoice - the Mandalorian is finally available in the UK - but is the flagship Disney+ show any good?Amy Poehler stars in Channel 4's new animated comedy Duncanville, but does the Parks and Recreation star convince as a teenage boy?Martin Compston joins Scott to talk about starring in BBC One drama The Nest (and chat a bit about Line of Duty), plus Black Widow star O-T Fagbenle tells us about his brand new E4 comedy Maxxx.

Nihal Arthanayake, Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell are joined by special guests to review the biggest new TV and streaming shows. Andy Hamilton speaks about his new café-set sitcom, Kate & Koji on ITV. Scott meets Edward Holcroft and Kevin Guthrie who star in The English Game on Netflix. Plus the Must Watch crew discuss the return of Westworld on Sky Atlantic and Now TV.

Rick Edwards, Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell are joined by special guests to review the biggest new TV and streaming shows. Philip Glenister drops by to talk about starring in ITV's new Sunday night costume drama, Belgravia.Hayley meets Chris Addison and Simon Blackwell to talk about their new Sky One comedy Breeders.Plus the Must Watch crew discuss TV dating shows, including Netflix's Love is Blind and Channel 4's new series Five Guys a Week.

Nihal Arthanayake, Hayley Campbell and Scott Bryan review the biggest new TV and streaming shows. The team checks out Noughts + Crosses on BBC One, Race Across the World on BBC Two and Sky One’s The Trip to Greece.

Nihal speaks to Elise Loehnen, Chief Content Officer at Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle brand Goop. The company has been accused of spreading “misinformation” about the health benefits of the products it sells as part of a documentary series it’s created in partnership with Netflix. But is the series as dangerous as some medical experts suggest, or is it offering an alternative view on how to help with women with chronic conditions? Subscribe to Must Watch to hear the latest TV reviews and previews every Monday, plus special episodes like this with the big names behind the big shows.To contact the Must Watch team email [email protected] or tweet @bbc5live using #5LiveMustWatch.

Nihal Arthanayake (@therealnihal), Scott Bryan (@scottygb) and Hayley Campbell (@hayleycampbell) are joined by Sky's Zai Bennett to talk about the future of TV. In the first of a series of conversations with some of the biggest figures in the UK television industry, they discuss the possibility of losing content to digital rivals, why channels need to spend billions on new programmes and whether there are simply too many shows.Plus the team review I Am Not Okay With This - the new Netflix show from the makers of Stranger Things, the latest reboot of Twilight Zone on SyFy with Jordan Peele and Get Even, a BBC iPlayer exclusive aimed at teens.To contact the Must Watch team email [email protected] or tweet @bbc5live using the hashtag #5LiveMustWatch.

Nihal Arthanayake, Hayley Campbell and Scott Bryan review the biggest new TV and streaming shows. The team checks out Intelligence on Sky. Plus, E4's Man with a Plan and Hunters on Amazon Prime. They also speak to Nicola Roberts after she won The Masked Singer.

As we enter Valentine’s season Must Watch regulars Scott Bryan (@ScottyGB), Hayley Campbell (@HayleyCampbell) and Nihal Arthanayake (@TheRealNihal) pick their way through some of the greatest screen romances of all time.From Marge and Homer Simpson to Zammo and Jacqui from Grange Hill, who will make Nihal’s final list?They’re joined by extra special guest Jane Espenson (@JaneEspenson) who has worked as a producer and writer on some of the biggest shows on TV, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Game of Thrones and Gilmore Girls.Nihal gets a bit arbitrary with the rules, which means some much-loved favourites miss the cut and there’s an... ahem… somewhat shocking conclusion.You can email the team at [email protected] or tweet @bbc5live using the hashtag #5livemustwatch.

Nihal Arthanayake, Hayley Campbell and Scott Bryan review the biggest new TV and streaming shows. The team checks out Locke & Key on Netflix. Plus, BBC One’s the Pale Horse and Visible: Out on Television on Apple TV +. They also speak to Denise Van Outen after her exit from The Masked Singer.You can email the team at [email protected] or tweet @bbc5live using the hashtag #5livemustwatch.

Nihal Arthanayake, Hayley Campbell and Scott Bryan review the biggest new TV and streaming shows. The team checks out The Stranger on Netflix. Plus, Justin Bieber's YouTube documentary 'Seasons' and Channel 4's crime thriller 'Baghdad Central.' They also speak to Skin from Skunk Anansie after her exit from The Masked Singer.You can email the team at [email protected] or tweet @bbc5live using the hashtag #5livemustwatch.

Nihal Arthanayake, Hayley Campbell and Scott Bryan review the biggest new TV and streaming shows. The team checks out The Windermere Children on BBC 2. Plus, Amazon’s new Star Trek series Picard and they speak to Joey Essex about Celebrity Ex on the Beach and The Stranger stars Richard Armitage and Hannah John-Kamen.

Nihal Arthanayake meets the stars of Sky Comedy’s brand new US series The Righteous Gemstones. Danny McBride (Eastbound and Down) and Edi Patterson (Vice-Principals) tell him why they decided to create a show centred on a dysfunctional family of crooked televangelists, and why not everything you read about Edi online is true.

Nihal Arthanayake, Hayley Campbell and Scott Bryan review the biggest new TV and streaming shows. The team checks out Crazy Delicious on Channel 4 which features an edible set. Plus Sky One’s new space sitcom Avenue 5 and Chris Packham’s BBC 2 documentary 7.7 Billion People and Counting which explores the threat of an increasing population. If that’s not enough, they’re joined by the celebrity revealed as ‘Tree’ on ITV’s The Masked Singer, Teddy Sheringham and the host of C4’s Crazy Delicious, Jayde Adams.

Nihal Arthanayake chats to Sex Education’s Patricia Allison, Connor Swindells and Kedar Williams-Stirling as the comedy returns to Netflix for Season 2.

Nihal Arthanayake, Hayley Campbell and guest critic Lauren O’Neill review the biggest new TV and streaming shows. This week the team checks out Deadwater Fell on Channel 4, a David Tennant-starring thriller with a faint whiff of Broadchurch about it. Plus they ask whether Sky One’s political drama Cobra is the UK’s answer to Designated Survivor and check out the second season of Netflix’s hit comedy Sex Education. If that’s not enough, they also take a look at the first ever Winter Love Island and they’re joined by Justin Hawkins, the latest celebrity to have their secret identity revealed on ITV’s The Masked Singer.

Documentary of the week: Nihal speaks to Gareth about his two part BBC documentary, that charts his attempts to transform the lives of young prisoners by starting a choir.

Nihal, Hayley and Scott review the week's big TV, including ITV's new celebrity singing show, and Netflix's adaptation of the Witcher. With special guest, former Home Secretary, Alan Johnson.

The Must Watch team, Scott Bryan, Hayley Campbell and Nihal Arthanayake look at the best TV of the New Year, plus best shows of the year AND the decade. Hear from Mark Gatiss on Dracula and let us know if you agree or disagree on what they choose – has your favourite made the cut? Email: [email protected]

The Must Watch team, Scott Bryan, Hayley Campbell and Nihal Arthanayake look at the best Christmas TV. In this episode – The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Gavin and Stacey Christmas special and Worzel Gummidge.

Nihal Arthanayake, Hayley Cambpell and Scott Bryan pick their way through the week’s big new TV and streaming releases, including ITV thriller Sticks and Stones, BBC factual drama Responsible Child and Channel 4’s The Cure. Plus Scott dissects the main channel’s election coverage, including Channel 4’s “interesting” alternative election programme.

Scott, Hayley and Nihal review Elizabeth is Missing (BBC One) and The Case of Sally Challen (BBC Two). Plus we chat to Rick Edwards about The Edge of Science.Also today – how The Grand Tour has adapted because of the way we watch it. What does this mean for the future of TV – are shows going to be ‘made by numbers’?Scott reveals he’s going to Iceland for Christmas and Nihal gets confused. The Golden Globe nominations are out and it seems Scott’s campaign for The Morning Show to get recognised for being amazing but terrible. And universally appreciated Succession is also in there. Game of Thrones is not.Hayley gets annoyed because Scott made her watch a Christmas show that she really doesn’t like – and then we run out of time to review it. Don’t worry, we’ll do it next week.

TV critics Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell join Nihal Arthanayake and special guests BAFTA-winner Molly Windsor and BAFTA-nominee Liam Williams to talk about the week's biggest new TV and streaming shows.This week the gang discuss Traces, a new female-led police procedural debuting on Alibi, BBC Three comedy Ladhood and the latest documentary from the master of the slowly-moving photograph, Ken Burns.Plus Nihal is forced to explain what happened when he made an idiot of himself on Soccer AM.

TV critics Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell join 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake share their TV reviews. Today we’re reviewing Servant (Apple TV Plus, The Sinner (BBC Four) and Upright (Sky Atlantic/ Now TV). Plus, what do you hate to watch but can’t get enough?

TV Critics Hayley Campbell and Scott Bryan join Nihal to review this week’s biggest new shows including War of the Worlds and I’m a Celeb. Callan and Michael share their thoughts on Caitlyn Jenner’s appearance in the jungle and the reuniting of Ant and Dec. Plus, What Makes a Murderer isn’t as big a hit with Hayley as you might expect.And Scott sounds like a farmer from Dorset. And loves Junior Bake Off. Are either of those things surprising? Probably not.Want to have your say? Tell us on the Must Watch blog or email [email protected].

Scott, Hayley & Nihal check out Olivia Colman’s debut as HRH Queen Elizabeth in Netflix’s The Crown. Plus Grime Gran comes of the E4, via YouTube, and it’s thirty years since Ant and Dec began their campaign to appear on every TV show 24 hours a day. Or something like that.

Scott Bryan and Lauren O’Neill join Nihal Arthanayake with TV reviews – plus Ruth Bradley who stars in Guilt.We’re full of dark comedy drama fun for you this week with reviews of Guilt, End of the F** World and House Share.Lauren O’Neill from Vice news steps in, because – rumour has it – Hayley has been inspired by Scott and is spending time on a nudist beach.Plus Nihal has a new favourite TV show – a rare occurrence, but one we value on our podcast which reviews TV.

TV critics Scott Bryan, Hayley Campbell and 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake share their TV reviews. Plus Apple TV Plus launches; and do we care about Bake Off anymore?The chapatti don’t stop until Nihal walks in; Hayley finds another ‘crime against humanity’; there’s a disconcerting amount of agreement in the studio; the Kathmandu massive gets a mention and Live from the Apollo is a horror show.We review The Morning Show and His Dark Materials.Want to have your say? Tell us on the Must Watch blog or email [email protected].

TV legends Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell, kind of, join 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake to share their TV reviews of Watchmen, British Tribe Next Door and The Accident.

In a crossover episode with the BBC’s Obsessed With… podcast, Must Watch’s Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell speak to The Capture stars Callum Turner and Holliday Grainger, and to writer Ben Chanan.

Scott, Hayley and Nihal review the week's biggest new TV and streaming shows.Nihal Arthanayake plus TV critics Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell review the biggest new TV and streaming shows. Also, Scott reveals why he spent TWENTY POUNDS on mouthwash.

Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell and 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake share their TV reviews. Scott loves The Circle because who wouldn’t love Richard Madeley on a reality show?Hayley loves The Capture which is properly gripping. Plus, find out what she describes as “trying to outrun your own dying enthusiasm”.Nihal loves a German hip hop show on Netflix – so we inevitably have to talk about how rubbish watching a show that’s “dubbed” into English truly is.Plus reviews of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Catherine the Great, World on Fire and Snackmasters – what could be better than watching two professional chefs try to recreate some of our favourite snacks?Press subscribe and tell your friends.Want to have your say? Tell us on the Must Watch blog or email [email protected].

TV critics Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell join Nihal Arthanayake to talk to The Politician star Ben Platt, look back at the Emmys and preview a sitcom about a zombie apocolypse.

TV critics Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell join 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake look at the biggest new crime shows that are arriving this week – a documentary, a sitcom and a drama.Prasanna Puwanarajah and Gwyneth Keyworth stop by to tell us all about Defending The Guilty on BBC Two – a sitcom about hapless barristers. We’re chatting about Criminal which is on Netflix, and Crime and Punishment on Channel 4 – a new documentary series looking at every aspect of the criminal justice system.We’ve got 2/3 Must Watches for you today…strong recommendations…plus our Download recommendations for things you can binge on right now, on demand.Plus, The Guardian published its list of the top 100 shows of the 21st century. Naturally, there’s a bit of disagreement about whether their critics are right or not…Want to have your say? Tell us on the Must Watch blog or email [email protected].

Must Watch legends Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell are joined by 5 Live’s Chris Warburton to talk about this week’s biggest TV shows.This week, we’re talking about the return of Top Boy, which stars Ashley Walters and was loved so much by Drake he decided to fund its return. Standard.Also today, ten minutes of comedy – which is right up Hayley’s street – in State of the Union. Scott introduces us to his friend, Arthur-itis.Channel 5 have produced a documentary looking at the issue of male suicide in Suicidal: In Our Own Words. It’s a hard-hitting documentary following six young men who have attempted to take their own lives, and follows their recovery.Plus Russell Crowe stars in The Loudest Voice though Hayley reckons it’s Rupert Murdoch’s chin that deserves an Emmy for this show. And Supermarket Sweep is back this week with Rylan Clark-Neal as the store manager…it’s an hour long, which confounds Chris.Want to have your say? Tell us on the Must Watch blog or email [email protected]

We’ve got a bumper podcast for you this week, with two brilliant guests, and four brilling reviews.TV critics/ legends Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell join 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake to share their reviews of the week’s biggest TV. Plus, Timothy Granaderos talks about season 3 of 13 Reasons Why.Under the reviewing microscope today: The Capture – BBC One’s new 9pm drama…plus Billy Connolly’s North American Trail and The Feed.Scott reckons one of our shows this week is for you if you’re a Bodyguard fan – and let’s be honest, who isn’t.Producer Calum is pleased to announce that Timothy Granaderos is one of the nicest people ever – they discuss the controversy of 13 Reasons Why, in which Timothy plays Montgomery de la Cruz. Season 3 is streaming now on Netflix. Plus, who was the last person to message in the cast’s What’s App group…and can we trick Timothy into telling us what project he’s working on next?Nina Toussaint-White is in the studio to chat about The Feed on Virgin Media – she was also in Bodyguard in 2018. Also, she missed her honeymoon for The Feed. So what do we make of it?This week’s running order:Nina Toussaint-White interview TV Reviews - 29 mins in Timothy Granaderos - 49 mins inWant to have your say? Tell us on the Must Watch blog or email [email protected].

Cara Delevingne and Orlando Bloom join 5 live’s Nihal Arthanayake to talk about their brand new Amazon Prime series Carnival Row, why neither of them are put off by bad reviews, and whether Orlando is going to take some tattoo tips from Cara.

Critics Scott Bryan, Hayley Campbell and 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake share their TV reviews. This week we’re looking at the return of Great British Bake Off – which means Christmas has arrived in August for Scott…and the Christmas hangover has arrived in August for Hayley.The controversial 13 Reasons Why is back for season 3 on Netflix – Scott gives us the lowdown of how it’s addressing its critics.Carnival Row is new to Amazon Prime Video, starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne. And Barack and Michelle Obama have made their first film for Netflix, called “American Factory” – focusing on the stories of factory workers in Ohio.Plus Scott “popped out” onto a nudist beach in Barcelona – by ‘mistake’ apparently. Nihal may have been a chicken korma smuggler at some point. And Hayley has a general rule for life that is “if it involves tents, I’m not coming.”And, how good or bad are the accents in Peaky Blinders?Want to have your say? Tell us on the Must Watch blog or email [email protected].

Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell join 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake to review Peaky Blinders, Set Free, Brassic and Mindhunter. Want to have your say? Tell us on the Must Watch blog or email [email protected].

Critics and legends Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell join 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake to review Deep Water, Succession and Woodstock: Three Days That Defined A GenerationPlus Scott has a Netflix update on The Crown Want to have your say? Tell us on the Must Watch blog or email [email protected].

Critics and legends Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell join 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake to review Euphoria, Dear White People and Jade: The Reality Star who Changed Britain.