Radio Times Podcast

Happy New Year! Welcome to the first episode of The Radio Times Podcast in 2024! Joining host Kelly-Anne Taylor, this week, is the comedian – Ed Gamble! He first ventured into comedy whilst studying at the University of Durham and quickly made a name for himself on the London comedy scene – juggling part-time jobs with late-night gigs. A regular on panel shows, Ed Gamble has also found success talking about food – he is a judge on the BBC’s Great British Menu and host of the chart-topping food podcast, Off Menu – alongside James Acaster. In this episode, he talks about how losing 7 stone in his early 20s impacted how people treated him and why, as a type 1 diabetic, he hates dieting brands using medication intended for diabetics to promote weight-loss. Plus, he talks about the return of The Traitors and unpicks why everyone is obsessed with the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their soicial media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: New Year’s Eve Celebrations, BBC / ITV The Tourist, BBC1 Mr Bates vs The Post Office, ITV1 The Traitors, BBC1 FILMS: Paddington 2, BBC1 No Time to Die, ITV1 FAVOURITE SHOWS OF 2023: The Last of Us, Now Heartstopper, Netflix The Bear, Disney+ Happy Valley, BBC Succession, Now The Newsreader, BBC . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their soicial media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Doctor Who, BBC1 The Hills Are Alive with the Kanneh-Masons, BBC2 Carol’s From Kings, BBC1 Royal Carols: Together at Christmas, ITV1 The King’s Christmas Broadcast, BBC1/ITV1 Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty, BBC2 Ghosts, BBC1 Michael McIntyre’s Christmas Wheel, BBC1 Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy, BBC2 FILMS: Maestro, Netflix Rye Lane, Disney+ Barbie, Amazon Prime Die Hard, C4 The Grinch, ITV1 Home Alone, C4 The Lion King, BBC1 . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For our Radio Times Podcast Christmas special, host Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by the comedian, actor and screenwriter, Mae Martin. Their first foray into stand-up came aged 13 – and by 15 Mae had dropped out of school to pursue comedy full-time. They relocated to London in their early 20s and made a name for themselves on the British comedy circuit. With two Netflix comedy specials under their belt, they’ve also conquered the world of television with the Netflix series Feel Good – which Mae stars in alongside Charlotte Richie. In this festive episode, Mae talks about how they spend the big day, what the best part of a Christmas dinner is, what part to avoid – and the worst Christmas present they have ever received. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their soicial media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Vanishing Act, ITV1 Imagine: Russell T Davies, BBC1 Strictly Final, BBC1 Nigella’s Amsterdam Christmas, BBC1 The Hairy Bikers: Coming Home For Christmas, BBC2 RADIO: Desert Island Discs, Sunday, 11.15am, Radio 4 FILM: Cyrano, BBC2 THE ARCHIVE: The Sixth Commandment, BBCiPlayer Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week’s episode, host Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by TV chefs, Si King and Dave Myers – aka The Hairy Bikers. Dave was born and raised in Barrow-in-Furness, and Si in Kibblesworth County Durham and both brought up in working-class families. They met on the TV set on Catherine Cookson’s The Gambling Man – Si was the second assistant director and Dave, head of make-up. It was their united love of motorbikes and good grub that helped launch The Hairy Bikers – but it’s not always been an easy ride. In this episode, they discuss low-ratings and the Christmas special that was supposed to be their swan-song, Dave’s on-going battle with cancer and why Christmas means so much to them this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their soicial media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Vigil S2, BBC1 The Crown, Netflix Jamie's Christmas Shortcuts, C4 The Dog House at Christmas, C4 FILM: Wonka, in cinemas from 8 December Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two, ITV THE ARCHIVE: The Crown, Netflix Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s guest is the LBC radio host, James O’Brien. James grew up in Kidderminster in the 70s and 80s with his adoptive parents Joan and Jim O’Brien. He attended Ampleforth College, the famous Catholic public school in Yorkshire. He describes his school years as rebellious – but reflects that the ‘weird burning sense of injustice’ he felt was ‘pretty well placed’. Following in his father’s footsteps – James pursued a career in journalism – and got his foot in the door thanks to a chance encounter with John Major. Although he started out in print, he later segued into broadcast – starting his LBC show in 2004. In this episode he discusses with host Kelly-Anne Taylor the impossibility of impartiality, receiving hate on social media, imposter syndrome, his new book 'How They Broke Britain' and what he gets up to on Christmas Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their soicial media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Hidden Assets, BBC4 Seeds of Deceit: The Sperm Donor Doctor, BBC4 Greg Lamond, Sky Documentaries Smothered, Sky Comedy FILM: Chicken Run, Dawn of the Nugget RADIO: Radio Drama: Turning Point: Mae West, Radio 4 Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s guest is the British adventurer, Bear Grylls. Born in Northern Ireland, and raised on the Isle of Wight, Bear – a nickname he was gifted by his older sister – developed a taste for adventure whilst on excursions with his father. He started at Eton aged 8 – and found solace in a regimented world by making rafts, climbing buildings and exploring the sewers at night by torch. Later, he was accepted as part of the SAS. A horrific parachuting accident which left him with a broken back turned Bear’s life upside down. While lying in a hospital bed, with a poster in front of him of Everest, he vowed to get better and one day climb that mountain – which he did, becoming the youngest Briton at the time to do so. Since then, he’s brought a number of successful television shows to our screens – and cemented himself as Briton’s favourite adventurer. In this episode, he talks to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the invaluable life lessons his parents instilled in him, the joys of watching telly in bed and what one soldier said to him in the SAS recruitment process. Bear is an ambassador for the conservation charity Tusk. He will be hosting an evening with Tusk at London's Royal Geographical Society. December 8th. Tickets at Tusk.org Plus, walk on the wild side with Bear Grylls next April, as the iconic adventurer heads out on a UK tour to discuss endurance, hardships, and the true meaning of Never Give Up. Tickets available now. https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/artist/1599144?irgwc=1&utm_source=1236178-Immediate%20Media%20Company%20Limited&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=1236178&awtrc=&clickId=SuewP6y7IxyPT7fzlvSZkx8MUkFVT1zZh3zO3M0&camefrom=CFC_BUYAT_1236178&ircid=7559 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their soical media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. For the best Black Friday deals, check out RadioTimes.com/BlackFriday . . . SHOW NOTES: TV: Doctor Who, BBC1 Slow Horses, Apple TV+ The Couple Next Door, C4 Being Kae Tempest, BBC2 Ronnie O’Sullivan: The Edge of Everything, Amazon Prime FILM: The Imitation Game, BBC2 THE ARCHIVE: Doctor Foster, BBCiPlayer . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s guest on the Radio Times Podcast is Romesh Ranganathan. Born and raised in Crawley, in West Sussex – Romesh’s childhood was a tale of two halves. Life started in a two-up, two-down house and he attended private school – but after his father was imprisoned, life as he knew it was upended. Years later, he left his job as a Maths Teacher to pursue comedy full-time – and although, he doesn’t shy away from how tough it was at first to make ends meet – what has ensued is a glittering career which has established him as one of Britain’s leading comics. In this episode, he talks to Kelly-Anne Taylor about diversity in comedy and what he thinks of people who brand women ‘un-funny’. Plus, they talk about why he wouldn’t send his kids to private school, how his three young boys keep him humble and why, if his career ended tomorrow, you’d still find him with a mic hooked up to a lamppost in the park. Tickets to his live tour can be purchased here: https://www.romeshranganathan.co.uk/tour/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their soical media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. . . . SHOW NOTES: TV: Archie, ITVX Dr Who Night, BBC4 Boat Story, BBC1 David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived, Sky Documentaries I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here, ITV1 Fisk, Netflix THE ARCHIVE: Hollywood Women, BBCiPlayer . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week’s episode of the Radio Times Podcast is the dancer and head judge on BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing, it is Shirley Ballas. Born and raised in Merseyside, she grew up with her mother and brother on a council estate – and found dance at the age of 7 when a tune caught her ear. She worked her way to the top of the dancing world – and has plenty of stories to tell of her journey. In this episode she talks to Kelly-Anne Taylor about everything from the phone call that changed her life but ended her engagement to Nigel Tiffany to how she was almost bullied out of the dance industry – but instead, landed the Strictly gig. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their soical media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. . . . SHOW NOTES: TV: The Crown, Netflix Squid Game: The Challenge, Netflix Return to Lockerbie with Lorraine Kelly, ITV1 Will’s Book: Shakespeare’s First Folio, Sky Arts FILM: Little Women, Channel 4 THE ARCHIVE: The 1981 Royal Wedding: A TV Event, ITVX . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week’s episode of the Radio Times Podcast is the comedian, Jo Brand. Raised in Kent, she was a student at Tunbridge Wells Girls Grammar School and on a sure-fire path to Oxbridge. However, when her parents attempted to uproot her and move to Hastings, she revolted and left home as a teenager. She got her life back on track after accidentally setting the bed-sit she was living in on fire and trained as a psychiatric nurse – a career she pursued until she made a name for herself in the alternative comedy scene of the 1980s. The rest is history – she’s a BAFTA award-winning actress and a national treasure. In this episode she sits down with Kelly-Anne Taylor to discuss how her nursing days primed her for a career in comedy, how she never had a life-plan and why she never watches herself on panel shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their soical media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. . . . SHOW NOTES: TV: The Newsreader, BBC2 The Buccaneers, Apple TV+ Beatles Night, BBC2 Louis Theroux Interviews Anthony Joshua, BBC2 Judi Dench This Cultural Life: Shakespeare Special, BBC4 The Secret Genius of Modern Life, BBC2 FILM: Passages, Mubi . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To launch series five of the Radio Times Podcast, host Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by the double-Bafta winning TV chef Big Zuu. Born Zuhair Hassan to a mother from Sierra Leone and a dad from Lebanon, he grew up on the Mozart Estate in West London. He started cooking aged nine to, as he says, ‘help around the house’ when his mother fell pregnant with his younger brother. It was whilst he was studying to become a social worker at University, that he decided to drop out in pursuit of a full-time music career. After making a name for himself as a Grime MC/Rapper, he turned the heads of TV commissioners when he started posting videos of himself on social media cooking. That landed him his Dave show Big Zuu, Big Eats. In this episode, Big Zuu talks about his love of Strictly, why his mum thought he was possessed by the devil and learning Latin with Boris Johnson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their soical media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. . . . SHOW NOTES: TV: Shetland, BBC1 Time, BBC1 Rhod Gilbert: a Pain the Neck for Stand Up 2 Cancer, C4 Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story, Disney All The Light We Cannot See, Netflix Survivor, BBC1 FILM: Fingernails, Apple TV THE ARCHIVE: One of Us, BBCiPlayer . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join us on the Radio Times Sofa every Tuesday, where we’ll be sitting down with celebrity guests to talk all things telly. What’s the view from their sofa? What do they watch? And who do they watch with? Kicking off our series we have the double-Bafta winning TV chef Big Zuu – which will be available on the 31st Oct. Don’t forget to follow so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their soical media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. . . . SHOW NOTES: TV: Three LIittle Birds, ITV1 Planet Earth III, BBC1 The Pideon Tunnel, AppleTV+ Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream!, ITV1 FILMS: Killers of the Flower Moon, in cinemas now Spencer, Netflix THE ARCHIVE: Small Axe, BBC iPlayer . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their soical media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: The Ex-Wife, C5 Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Christie, Disney+ Bangers: Mad for Cars, Channel 4 Pride of Britain: a Windrush Special, ITV1 FILM: Fair Play, Netflix HAPPY TV: Detectorists, BBC iPlayer Gogglebox, Channel 4 Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week SHOW NOTES: TV: The Reckoning, BBC One Payback, ITV Lessons in Chemistry, Apple TV+ Big Brother, ITV Big Little Journeys, BBC2 FILM: Licorice Pizza, BBC2 FROM THE ARCHIVE: Gosford Park, Amazon Freevee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week SHOW NOTES: TV: Partygate, Channel 4 Portrait Artist of the Decade, Sky Arts Beckham, Netflix The Deepest Breath, Netflix RADIO: Young Again – Kirsty Young, Radio 4 FILM: Ali and Ava, BBC2 FROM THE ARCHIVE: The West Wing, Channel4.com The Thick of It, BBC iPlayer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week SHOW NOTES: TV: Long Shadow, ITV Delhi Crime, Netflix Black Snow, BBC4 and Amazon Prime Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons, Netflix Who Killed Jill Dando, Netflix FILM: Woman King, Now Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For our series finale Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by the restaurant critic and MasterChef regular, Grace Dent. Grace is the host of the chart-topping podcast Comfort Eating – in which she invites celebrity guests to talk about their lives through the prism of food. Now, she gifts us a book – Comfort Eating: What We Eat When Nobody’s Watching – which as well as talking about everyone’s favourite foods – delves into Grace’s own life. In this episode she speaks about how writing the book – after the passing of her mother – wasn’t cathartic, but like picking a wound. Plus, they discuss the pressures placed on women to look a certain way, why Grace has ditched the booze and how coronation street has informed her perception of glamorous women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to David Brown about the best things coming up on the box this week SHOW NOTES: TV Strictly, BBC Neighbours, Amazon Freevee It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Netflix Chris Packham: is it Time to Break the Law?, C4 The Super Models, Apple TV+ FROM THE ARCHIVE Frasier, C4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s guest is one of the QI Elves behind the hit podcast, No Such Thing As A Fish – it is Dan Schreiber! In this episode Dan sits down with Kelly-Anne Taylor to discuss how he broke into the TV industry and why he moved to London at 19 after receiving a letter from Richard Curtis. Plus, they speak about being starstruck, encouraging your inner weirdo and why it’s good to be in the wrong place at the right time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to David Brown about the best things coming up on the box this week SHOW NOTES: TV Wilderness, Amazon Prime Living Next Door to Putin, BBC1 Celebrity Race across the World, BBC1 Your Mum, My Dad, ITV1 The Royle Family: Down the Back of the Sofa, Gold FROM THE ARCHIVE The X-Files, Disney + Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joining Kelly-Anne Taylor in the studio this week, is the author and journalist, Caroline O’Donoghue. In 2018, Caroline launched the podcast Sentimental Garbage – with the tagline, Justice for dumb women. What started out as a chick-lit podcast – grew into a podcast that celebrated guilty pleasures – deep-diving, unpicking, examining everything from Gilmore Girls to Little Women to Taylor Swift. In this episode, Caroline discusses how she’s got a lot of mileage out of her comfort TV Sex in the City and how she reacted when she had the rug pulled out from under her feet. Plus, we talk about her latest novel, The Rachel Incident. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to David Brown about the best things coming up on the box this week. SHOW NOTES: TV Love & Death, ITVX Top Boy, Netflix Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, BBC Two Martin Clunes and Mel Giedroyc Explore Britain by the Book, ITV RADIO The Reunion, Radio 4 FROM THE ARCHIVE Thunderbirds, Talking Pictures TV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s guest is Capital Breakfast’s radio host, Roman Kemp. Breaking intro broadcast aged 21, he has forged an intimate relationship with listeners – often thanks to his oversharing and unfiltered conversation! In this episode, he discusses growing up as the ‘famous kid’ (his dad is Spandau Ballet singer Martin Kemp and his mother is Shirlie Holliman) and what his upbringing taught him about the world of celebrity. Plus, he talks to Kelly-Anne Taylor about his campaign work surrounding male suicide – and how bearing all and investigating a topic so close to home can be a burden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week. Show notes: David Hockney: A Celebration, Sky Arts Starstruck, BBC3, The Woman in the Wall, BBC1 Midsomer Murders, ITV1 Madonna Night, BBC2 Film of the week: She Said, Now Radio Recommendation: This Cultural Life, Radio 4 From the archive: Parkinson at 50, BBC iPlayer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s guest is the comedian, Rose Matafeo. Having made a name for herself on the UK comedy scene, she has successfully turned her hand to television. She writes and stars in the BBC rom-com series Starstruck which follows a young woman named Jessie who has a one-night stand with a celebrity. In this episode she talks to Kelly-Anne Taylor about gender parity in comedy, how she managed to break into the industry at the age of 12 and why she has a more mature outlook on love in her thirties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week Show notes: Women’s World Cup Final, BBC1 The Reunion, ITVX Star Wars: Ahsoka, Disney+ Tommy Jessop Goes To Hollywood, BBC1 London Bridge: Facing Terror, C4 Film of the Week: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Paramount+ and Channel 4 Streaming Service From the Archive: Hornblower, ITVX The Last of Us, Now Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by Sky’s special correspondent, Alex Crawford. They discuss Alex’s 30-year broadcast career – over the course of which, she has reported from Myanmar’s Rakhine State and was the first journalist in Tripoli after rebel forces took over the Libyan Capital. Plus, how growing up in Zimbabwe primed Alex for a career in foreign correspondence, why certain stories aren’t covered by our news cycle and the future of news as we know it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week Show notes: Sandition, ITVX The Ipcress File, ITV1 Oppenheimer (Documentary), BBC4 Henpocalypse!, BBC2 Archive on 4: Growing up with Madonna, Radio 4 Film of the Week: Ammonite, BBC2 From the Archive: Hullraisers, Channel 4 Catch-Up Middlemarch, BBCiPlayer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s guest is a hallmark of British TV – it’s national treasure, David Tennant. He sits down with Kelly-Anne Taylor to talk about his first TV memory – watching Doctor Who, and witnessing Jon Pertwee turn into Tom Baker – and how he can’t wrap his head around how things ultimately panned out. Plus, we talk about Good Omens, Christianity and why Michael Sheen isn’t the ying to David’s yang. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week Show notes: Annika, Alibi This Cultural Life: Sally Wainwright, BBC4 Alone, C4 Only Murders in the Building, Disney+ Drops of God, Apple TV Radio Recommendation: Stirring It Up Podcast Film of the Week: The Worst Person in the World, C4 From the Archive: Silent Witness, BBC iPlayer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s guests are the mother-daughter duo dominating the broadcast world, Andi and Miquita Oliver. We discuss their broadcast careers, why both of them needed to take a step away from the industry, why if your dreams don’t scare you they are not big enough – and how despite having a challenging relationship with food in the past, it has become the backbone of their success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week Show notes: Sixth Commandment, BBC iPlayer Wolf, BBC One Heartstopper, Netflix The Kitchen Cabinet, Radio Four Our Guy in Colombia (Guy Martin), C4 Blur Night, BBC Two A Bit of Fry and Laurie, BBC Two Film of the Week: The Silent Twins, NOW From the Archive: Appropriate Adult, ITVX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, joining Kelly-Anne Taylor, on the Radio Times sofa, is the comedian who has been a staple on our televisions for almost two decades – Jack Whitehall. He broke into telly, aged 19, while presenting E4’s Big Brother’s Big Mouth – but he soon became a household name as a panellist on the likes of Would I Lie To You, 8 Out of 10 Cats and Mock the Week. His stand-up career has been glistening – with multiple sell-out shows, and he’s also made his mark in the world of TV and film – starring in Fresh Meat, Bad Education and most recently, Apple TV’s The Afterparty. In this episode, we talk about the highs and lows of his career, what it’s really like making a TV show with a parent and working on his American accent… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week Show notes: The Power of Parker, BBC One Good Omens, Amazon Prime David Bowie Night, BBC Four A Year on Planet Earth, ITV1 Films of the Week: Oppenheimer, in cinemas Barbie, in cinemas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To launch this new series, we welcome the presenter and author, Katie Piper onto the Radio Times sofa. In 2008, Katie was the victim of an acid attack, which left her with life-changing injuries – her experience was documented in the BAFTA-nominated film, Katie: My Beautiful Face. Following its success, she signed an exclusivity deal with C4 that saw her go on to establish herself as one of our leading television presenters. In this episode, we discuss diversity within the media and how she has dealt with adversity. Plus, we talk about Katie Piper’s Jailhouse Mums, her powerful and poignant new documentary which sees Katie travel the USA meeting women who are pregnant or who have given birth behind bars. Stream for free all episodes of Katie Piper’s Jailhouse Mums on UKTV Play. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week Show notes: Women’s World Cup, BBC and ITV Bad Sisters, Apple TV World On Fire, BBC One Yellowstone, Channel 5/ Paramount Fifteen-Love, Amazon Prime Film of the Week: Rocketman, C4 From the archive: Foyle's War, ITVX SAS: Rogue Heros, BBC iPlayer The Camomile Lawn, C4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week Show notes: A Spy Amongst Friends, ITV The Afterparty, Apple TV+ Bill Bailey’s Master Crafters, Sky Arts Boris Becker: Game, Set and Match, ITVX Katie Piper’s Jailhouse Mums, W The Summer I Turned Pretty, Amazon Prime Film of the Week: Brooklyn, BBC1 From the archive: An Englishman Abroad, BBC Four/iPlayer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week: Show notes: Wimbledon, BBC Wham!, Netflix Ellie Simmonds: Finding My Secret Family, ITV1 Hijack, Apple TV+ And Just Like That, NOW/Sky Comedy Film of the Week: A Star is Born, BBC iPlayer From the archive: Portrait of an Artist: George Michael, Amazon Prime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week Show notes: Glastonbury (All weekend), BBC channels and online The Repair Shop: Michael Rosen, BBC1 Rose Ayling-Ellis: Signs for Change, BBC1 Sid James: Comedy Icon, Channel 5 Glenda Jackson: This Cultural Life, BBC iPlayer Film of the Week: Matilda, Netflix From the archive: Break Point, Netflix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the best things coming up on the box this week Show notes: Litvinenko, ITV There She Goes, BBC Two Staged, BBC One Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland, BBC iPlayer Windrush: Portraits of a Generation, BBC Two And Just Like That, Sky Comedy / NOW Film of the Week: Harry Potter Films, Netflix From the archive: The Secret She Keeps, BBC iPlayer The Escape Artist, Amazon Prime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Take part in the Screen Test and be a part of the most far-ranging and important viewer survey ever undertaken in the UK. The Screen Test is a project being led by a team of researchers at the Universities of Sussex and Brighton, in partnership with Radio Times, to explore the role of television and audio in our lives. With such a varied range of options as to how we watch, listen and stream media, we want to understand more about how people today are engaging with television and audio in all its different forms, what their experience is like, the reasons for the choices they make, their perceptions of the benefits and other consequences of consuming the content they choose. Equally, we want to know how a viewer’s or listener’s personality, values and background impact on their experience. The survey takes approximately 20 minutes to complete and you are free to withdraw from the study at any time. The results will be announced in September as part of Radio Times’ centenary celebrations at the BFI Southbank. Visit thescreentest.org to find out more. The survey closes on the 30th of June 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices