Radio Times Podcast
No more asking: what’s on TV tonight? What to watch? Instead, listen to the Radio Times podcast for your weekly round-up of TV programmes and film reviews. We'll watch it all, so you don’t have to.
Radio Times · Ben Youatt
Show overview
Radio Times Podcast has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 355 episodes, alongside 10 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 170 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 18 min and 40 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language TV & Film show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 40 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2023, with 86 episodes published. Published by Ben Youatt.
From the publisher
We’ve all been there – sat in front of the television, flicking through channels, getting increasingly frustrated – there’s so much on, but nothing to watch. TV critics Caroline Frost and Shem Law have you covered. Each Friday, they serve up short, sharp television recommendations to mark your cards for the week ahead. They’ll tell you what to watch – and what to avoid. They watch it all, so you don’t have to. No more asking: what’s on TV tonight? What to watch? Or, what should I watch? Instead, listen to Smart TV for your weekly round-up of TV programmes and film reviews. You’ll find out about the latest series dropping that week, what to binge and what television show will become the next watercooler moment. Radio Times’ journalists Caroline Frost and Shem Law will cover all things terrestrial as well as what’s on the streaming sites – they’ll cover what’s broadcast on the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky to NOW, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Netflix and Apple TV. Whether you like Entertainment, Current Affairs, Documentaries, Dramas, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Thrillers, Sports or Radio – they’ll have you covered. If you enjoy our weekly round-up of television reviews, do search for the View From My Sofa podcast which sees Kelly-Anne Taylor sit down with a celebrity guests to talk about their lives through the prism of TV.