Radio Times Podcast

Radio Times TV guru Caroline Frost chats to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the most entertaining festive telly treats, the best things coming up on the box, plus some surprise small screen Frost Fancies you might not have spotted Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For our last episode of 2023, we look back on a terrific year of television. We’ve seen a procession of belting dramas, docs and comedies – so many that there are bound to be classics you never got round to watching. David Butcher and Kelly-Anne Taylor pick their highlights, including brilliant box sets on catch-up services – so you won’t need a subscription. If you’re at a loose end over the holidays and want to curl up with something classy, we’ll point the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this bonus Christmas special, Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by Mr Christmas himself – the Elf star and renowned comedy actor Will Ferrell, and his co-star in Apple TV’s latest Christmas film Spirited, the Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer. The stars talk about their festive traditions, the worst Christmas presents they’ve ever received and the difficulties of taking on an all singing… all dancing musical. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this Christmas bonus episode of View From My Sofa, Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by a self-confessed Christmas Scrooge – Miriam Margolyes. Known for speaking her own mind as much as her long and celebrated acting career – Miriam talks to Kelly-Anne about loathing Christmas, never reading a Harry Potter book despite playing the Head of Hufflepuff in the film franchise and why she refuses to slow down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kelly-Anne Taylor and David Butcher gather around the Christmas tree to discuss their TV highlights for the holidays. They run through some classy dramas, heart-warming comedies and a festive helping of David Attenborough. Plus, as always, they pick one show you can safely avoid. For more, pick up a copy of our Radio Times Christmas double-issue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s guests, Dick and Angel Strawbridge, join Kelly-Anne Taylor from their French Chateau to talk all things Christmas. The couple have achieved cult status with their C4 series, which followed their renovation of a derelict 19th century chateau. Dick and Angel talk to Kelly-Anne Taylor about the importance of tradition, how a rom-com kickstarted their dream to uproot their lives and relocate to France and why this is the last series of their Chateau adventure… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radio Times journalist Kelly-Anne Taylor guides you through the week of telly ahead - covering everything from the latest royal documentary to a festive cooking special to a steamy Netflix film that must be at the top of your To Watch list. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s guest really needs no introduction – it’s the chef, restauranteur and cookbook author, Jamie Oliver. In our first festive episode, Jamie talks to Kelly-Anne Taylor about Christmas day in the Oliver household, how giving his wife Jools a foot massage is his sure-fire way to secure control of the remote and how landing his first TV show was all down to pot luck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There’s plenty of good TV out there…So what’s new this week that’s worth getting into? Radio Times associate editor David Butcher picks his upcoming highlights, including a powerful new drama starring Kate Winslet alongside her real-life daughter, two classy spy thrillers, a new Sheridan Smith sitcom, and a fantasy adventure that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Plus, as always, one show you can safely avoid. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s guest is Letitia Wright – who went from Holby City to Hollywood after landing a leading role in the Black Panther franchise. The south London star’s TV credits also include Top Boy Small Axe and Black Mirror, but it was after breaking into the Marvel franchise that Wright established herself in the top tier on both sides of the Atlantic. In this episode, Letitia joins me from LA and talks about the importance of equality on-screen, her new film The Silent Twins, and why she had to ditch her back-up plan… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radio Times associate editor David Butcher picks out TV treats for the week ahead plus, as always, a show to avoid. He highlights not one but two sci-fi comedies – both seriously funny – as well as sharp new series from Lucy Worsley and Simon Schama. Also in the mix are Claudia Winkleman, Jimi Hendrix, and yet another string to the bow of the busiest man on TV, Romesh Ranganathan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s guest is the reality TV star turned documentary maker, Zara McDermott. First appearing on our screens in 2018 as a “bombshell” on Love Island – she has since appeared on E4’s Made In Chelsea and hosted her own dating show Love In The Flesh. Zara released a documentary for the BBC on Revenge Porn which unflinchingly investigated the impact of the unauthorised sharing of explicit images and helped change the law in the UK. Since, then she’s made a documentary on Rape Culture and most recently, Disordered Eating. In this episode, Zara talks to Kelly-Anne Taylor about how working in government gave her the confidence to speak her mind, how she handles unpacking her own trauma and her love of Gossip Girl. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radio Times writer David Butcher picks out the best new TV for the week ahead. If you’re looking for something to watch other than the FIFA World Cup, he has alternatives, including a smart new chapter in the Addams Family saga, a Tokyo-set crime thriller and the US remake of a beloved British sitcom. Plus three fascinating documentaries – and one show to miss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s guest is the face of Channel 4 news, journalist Krishnan Guru-Murphy. In this episode Krishnan talks to Kelly-Anne about how watching Sky’s This England took him back to the anxieties of Covid and when his 86-year-old father caught the virus, how his gig on Newsround shaped the journalist he is today - and how he almost starred in a film with Twiggy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radio Times writer David Butcher runs through the week’s TV highlights, avoiding any that involve MPs and soap stars around a campfire. There’s a sharp comedy-drama with James Corden, a feature-length history tale from David Olusoga, a comedy romp in the woods courtesy of David Mitchell and – with the FIFA World Cup imminent – enough football documentaries to keep a small stadium happy. All this, plus as always, one show to miss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s guest on the Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast has been a household name for over two decades and he’s only 33. Daniel Radcliffe found overnight global fame on the big screen as the world’s favourite young wizard, Harry Potter – but, contrary to all fears and expectations, he has never looked back. Since discarding his wand and cloak, Daniel has consistently surprised fans and critics with success in low-budget indie films, TV dramas and comedies – most recently starring in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. In this episode, Daniel talks to Radio Times Journalist Kelly-Anne Taylor about handling fame, learning the ropes from the greatest British cast of all time and deciding to play the accordion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radio Times TV critic David Butcher picks the programmes to look out for this week – plus a couple to avoid. He celebrates BBC2’s blazing new western The English. He trumpets the return of The Crown with Dominic West and Elizabeth Debicki as the Prince and Princess of Wales in the 1990s. He enjoys a stirring football doc called How to Win the World Cup and a film about Manchester’s famous Hacienda club. And sadly, he can’t entirely ignore a certain jungle reality show… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s guest is the novelist and screenwriter Helen Fielding – most celebrated as the creator of Bridget Jones. 27 years ago, Fielding wrote an anonymous column in The Independent which followed the daily triumphs and tribulations of a thirty-something singleton who smoked too much, drank too much and obsessed endlessly over unavailable men and her calorie intake. Bridget Jones has become a global sensation – with the column becoming four bestselling books and three hit films. In this episode, Fielding talks to me about growing up in the Industrial North, her early days as a TV journalist, how wanting a swimming pool fuelled her ambitions to become a writer – and reveals that she’s hard at work on the next Bridget film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radio Times associate editor David Butcher picks out the best TV for the week ahead, including three very different dramas. On BBC1 there’s the origin story of the SAS done Peaky Blinders style. On Amazon Prime there’s a nightmarish thriller with Jessica Raine. And on Sky there’s the return of saucy satire The White Lotus with a new cast and a gorgeous new setting. All this plus documentaries about jazz and high fashion – and as always, one show to miss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s guest is Louis Theroux – the godfather of the immersive documentary. Over 24 years of programme making, Louis’ trademark style has remained the same – charming, bookish and, always, direct. In this episode, he talks to Kelly-Anne Taylor about how he wanted to be a sit-com writer, his guilty-secret of watching his own documentaries and why lockdown, and spending more time with his family, has changed his outlook on life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radio Times expert David Butcher runs through the TV highlights of the week ahead. They include a new series from Louis Theroux, big-budget sci-fi drama The Peripheral, a raft of programmes celebrating 100 years of the BBC, the return of The Handmaid’s Tale, and a magical documentary about Lionel Messi. Plus, as always – one show to avoid… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s guest is the actor, screenwriter, scriptwriter, playwright, author, raconteur, and the latest legend to be inducted into the Radio Times Hall of Fame, the one and only Stephen Fry. In this episode, Stephen tells Kelly-Anne Taylor about his life-long love affair with TV, why – of all the programmes he has made in more than 40 years in television – his BBC documentary exploring bipolar disorder is the show he’s most proud of, how he wishes shows like Heartstopper and It’s a Sin were around when he was younger – and how meeting Hugh Laurie was love at first sight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radio Times critic David Butcher picks the best TV for the week ahead – shiny new programmes, great returning series and one show to miss. He previews a poignant coming-of-age drama on Channel 4, the return of the most violent saga on television and new ventures from comedians Sue Perkins and Judi Love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s guest is the king of the TV conspiracy thriller Jed Mercurio – the brains behind Line of Duty, Bodyguard and most recently, Bloodlands starring James Nesbitt. In this episode, Jed tells Kelly-Anne Taylor about the TV he watched as a young boy growing up in a working-class family in 1970s Staffordshire, why he felt more comfortable flying a plane for the RAF than writing his first script and how his years as a junior doctor gave him his big TV break. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Endlessly flicking through the channels or scrolling through streaming websites? In this episode, Radio Times journalist Kelly-Anne Taylor marks your cards for the week ahead – so you can wade through less content and get stuck into the best shows on the box. Whether you’re looking for a moving documentary, gritty drama or family-friendly film – we’ve got a recommendation for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our first guest, on this brand new podcast brought to you by Radio Times, is the one and only James May. Once the Captain Slow of BBC’s Top Gear – James and his two amigos, Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond, now famously travel the globe for Amazon Prime’s The Grand Tour. In this episode, James tells Kelly-Anne Taylor about the TV he watched as a child, the shows that made him the man he is today and how he uses the pause button on his remote to support his local pub. Plus, he gives us the real story of life on the road with Hammond and Clarkson – and he reveals how his uncharacteristically reckless driving in the current series of A Grand Tour landed him in a Scandinavian A&E Department. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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What’s worth watching this week? Radio Times critic David Butcher runs through his TV highlights with a bunch of shows to look out for…and one to miss. There’s a haunting real-life drama with Stephen Graham, an action thriller with Jeff Bridges, a weird and wonderful spoof of children’s TV, and Jeremy Paxman as you’ve never seen him before. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radio Times critic David Butcher runs through the TV highlights of the week ahead – plus one show to miss. With several big series postponed from last week’s schedules, there’s plenty to talk about, including a high-class thriller starring David Tennant and Stanley Tucci; ITV’s latest (brilliant) female detective; a new comedy from Daisy May Cooper; and Kenneth Branagh’s take on Boris Johnson. Not forgetting – Strictly is back! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radio Times critic David Butcher picks TV highlights for the week ahead. With the Queen’s funeral dominating the schedules, it’s an historic week for broadcasting. But for those who want an alternative, there’s a powerful Keeley Hawes drama on BBC1, a wild road trip for Clarkson, May and Hammond on Amazon Prime and American stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney continue their football education on Disney Plus with Welcome to Wrexham. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radio Times critic David Butcher highlights the best TV to seek out this week – and what to skip. He previews a new historical drama about Catherine de Medici, a slick Israeli thriller and a powerful new wildlife series from David Attenborough. But all eyes will be on a certain tent of dreams – is the new series of Bake Off creamy or crumby? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What’s worth watching this week? Radio Times critic David Butcher rattles through his TV highlights with a bunch of shows to seek out…and one to miss. The big news is Amazon’s new fantasy epic based on The Lord of the Rings. It’s the world’s most expensive TV drama – but is it any good? Alongside that, there’s edgy stand-up comedy, politics, classic literature and a trip to Brazil. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the August Bank Holiday there’s a bunch of great new shows, including a compelling comeback role for Aidan Turner and a high-tech thriller that messes with your mind Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radio Times TV critic David Butcher picks the top programmes to look out for this week. Game of Thrones follow-up House of the Dragon is the big news but there is also a slick new Sharon Horgan drama, an epic documentary about lions, and terrific series about art, food and lifeboats. Plus as always, one show to avoid… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radio Times critic David Butcher picks his TV highlights for the week ahead. Top of the list is a haunting new drama about marriage starring Nicola Walker and Sean Bean. Then there’s an edgy comedy-drama about a confused Muslim, a revealing series about America’s attempts to pull out of Afghanistan and some classy new films to stream. Plus, as always, one show to miss… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radio Times TV critic David Butcher picks the best programmes to look out for this week – and one to avoid. He highlights some new and returning shows, from scenic crime dramas to Masterchef to Amazon’s latest look behind the scenes of top-flight football. And if you need something to take on holiday, he suggests five brilliant recent series that fit the bill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s a fantastic week of telly to look forward to this week, and staff writer Kelly-Anne Taylor will be helping you select the TV gems you should not miss! There’s an Amazon Prime film which she claims is the “most brilliant thing” she has seen of late, a gripping Apple+ TV drama and two very different – but very excellent – Channel 4 documentaries which should be high on your viewing list! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Summer is often branded a drought for good TV dramas - but this week, staff writer Kelly-Anne Taylor, comes bearing gifts. She'll be reviewing everything from Channel 4's political satire The Great, to Apple TV's absorbing true crime drama Under the Banner of Heaven and a beguiling BBC3 documentary following influencer Caroline Calloway. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radio Times’s TV Previews Editor Frances Taylor brings you some of the week’s televisual highlights, including reviews of two big new ITV dramas, an eye-opening documentary about one of the biggest global scandals of the past 40 years, a profile of one of the country’s most successful comedians and a preview of an upcoming BBC thriller that, she says, simply doesn’t live up to the hype… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radio Times Staff Writer Kelly-Anne Taylor marks your cards for the week ahead. She previews a fast-paced series that follows coppers working night shifts in Brighton, talks about Taron Egerton’s plotty Apple TV drama Black Bird and helps navigate the best box-sets you may have missed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Radio Times Podcast, hosted by Jane Garvey with TV expert Rhianna Dhillon, is the place for your trusted TV recommendations each week. Persuasion, Snowflake Mountain, The Undeclared War and Don’t Make Me Go. This episode: Rhianna reviews Persuasion, Snowflake Mountain, The Undeclared War and Don’t Make Me Go You can find the programmes mentioned as follows: Persuasion Netflix, 8th July Snowflake Mountain Netflix The Undeclared War Channel 4, 9pm Thursdays or on All4. Don’t Make Me Go Amazon Prime 15th July We’d love to hear from you. You can send us an email anytime to [email protected] or find us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @Radiotimes The Radio Times Podcast is produced by Somethin' Else for Immediate Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radio Times TV critic David Butcher picks the best programmes to look out for this week – and one to avoid. He previews the return of a Bafta-winning food show, an inspiring series about teenagers learning to play cricket and a new season of the world’s weirdest comedy-drama. And in a monster weekend for sport he gives a quickfire tour of where to find what – and when. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Radio Times Podcast, hosted by Jane Garvey with TV expert Rhianna Dhillon, is the place for your trusted TV recommendations each week. This episode: Rhianna reviews My Life as a Rolling Stone, Big Zuu’s Big Eats, The Baby and Loot. You can find the programmes mentioned as follows: My Life as a Rolling Stone BBC2 on Saturday 2nd July at 9.30pm (four-part series also released as a boxset on iPlayer) Big Zuu’s Big Eats Dave on Monday 4th July at 10pm The Baby Sky Atlantic, on Thursday 7th July with a double bill at 9pm and 9.40pm Loot Available now on Apple TV+ We’d love to hear from you. You can send us an email anytime to [email protected] or find us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @Radiotimes The Radio Times Podcast is produced by Somethin' Else for Immediate Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week’s bonus episode of the Radio Times podcast, David Butcher runs through the next seven days on screen with a quickfire look at his TV highlights. It’s the great British summer so Glastonbury and Wimbledon loom large but there’s also a batch of new streaming treats, Swedish chills on a North Sea oil rig and a dark drama about cyber war. Plus, the return of an endangered species: the comedy sketch show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Radio Times Podcast, hosted by Jane Garvey with TV expert Rhianna Dhillon, is the place for your trusted TV recommendations each week. This episode: Jane and Rhianna chat to Jack Saunders about Glastonbury. They also review Glastonbury 50 years and Counting, Murder in the Alps, Man Versus Bee and Top Gear. You can find the programmes mentioned as follows: Glastonbury 50 years and Counting BBC1, Sun 19th June 9pm Murder in the Alps Channel 4, Sun 26th June. Boxset after that on All4/channel4.com Man Versus Bee Netflix, Friday 24th June Top Gear BBC2, Sunday 26th June at 8pm. This will be ep4 of the current series We’d love to hear from you. You can send us an email anytime to [email protected] or find us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @Radiotimes The Radio Times Podcast is produced by Somethin' Else for Immediate Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radio Times TV critic David Butcher picks the best programmes to look out for this week – and one to avoid. He highlights a special, one-off episode of everyone’s favourite panel show, a Brian Cox documentary about exploring Mars, and two crime dramas featuring chalk-and-cheese cops. Also on the podcast, what does new streaming service Paramount+ have to offer? Answer: it’s good news if you’re a Star Trek fan… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Radio Times Podcast, hosted by Jane Garvey with TV expert Rhianna Dhillon, is the place for your trusted TV recommendations each week. This episode: Jane talks to James Nesbitt about Suspect and Rhianna reviews Lenny Henry’s Caribbean Britain, Sherwood and Love Island. You can find the programmes mentioned as follows: Suspect Sun 19th to Weds 22nd, two eps a night at 9pm and 9.30pm on Channel 4. Lenny Henry’s Caribbean Britain Weds 22nd June, 9pm BBC2 (second part the following week) Love Island Started on Mon 6th June on ITV2, runs daily at 9pm apart from Saturdays when they show Love Island: Unseen Bits at 9pm. All seasons available on ITV Hub. Sherwood - starts Mon 14th June, 9pm BBC1 followed by the second ep on Tues 15th June, 9pm BBC1 (this will be the pattern for three weeks) We’d love to hear from you. You can send us an email anytime to [email protected] or find us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @Radiotimes The Radio Times Podcast is produced by Somethin' Else for Immediate Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

David Butcher hacks a path through the TV jungle. Which programmes this week are worth your time and which are best avoided? David offers tips ranging from a US drama about the space race to a stirring story from playwright James Graham about the long shadow of the miners’ strike. There’s a standout episode of Who Do You Think You Are, a moving documentary on the Falklands, and a slick time-travel saga (yes, another one...) Plus, as always, one show to miss. It’s all delivered with critical spin and zero PR hype – your briefing on the TV week ahead in double-quick time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Radio Times Podcast, hosted by Jane Garvey with TV expert Rhianna Dhillon, is the place for your trusted TV recommendations each week. This episode: Jane and Rhianna review season 2 of The Outlaws, Dolly Alderton’s new series Everything I Know About Love, behind the scenes show - Backstage with Katherine Ryan, Reel Britania – a look at the making of British film, and interview one of the stars of The Outlaws – Gamba Cole. You can find the programmes mentioned as follows: • Backstage with Katherine Ryan Amazon Prime on Thursday 9th June • Everything I know about Love BBC1 on Tuesdays at 10.40pm. Also released as a boxset • The Outlaws Season 2 BBC iPlayer • Reel Britannia, Britbox on Thursday 9th June - weekly episodes We’d love to hear from you. You can send us an email anytime to [email protected] or find us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @Radiotimes The Radio Times Podcast is produced by Somethin' Else for Immediate Media. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radio Times critic David Butcher picks his TV highlights for the week ahead. They don’t include the Platinum Jubilee (too many programmes, not enough time…) but they are all royally worth watching. There’s a comedy involving large snakes, a sort-of-sequel to The Wire, a memorable episode of Top Gear, and documentaries about football and orchestras that have more in common than you’d expect. He also suggests good films on free-to-air TV and, as always, one show to avoid. All parcelled and previewed in less time than it takes to troop a colour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices