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Luke - thecustardtv.com

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · 2d

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-...

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 ...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · 2d

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-...

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...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · 9d

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-...

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...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · 9d

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...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · 9d

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...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · 9d

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-...

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...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · 11d

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...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · 11d

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...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · 14d

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...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · 14d

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...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · 16d

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-...

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...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · 16d

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...

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...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · 16d

#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. ...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · 16d

#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. ...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · 16d

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...

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...

www.thecustardtv.com

Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · 16d

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-...

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...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · 18d

#Task delivers one of the best episodes of the year. You'll need a lie down after this one. Do not read the review until you've seen the episode. It's fantastic. thecustardtv.com/task-deliver...

Task delivers one of the best episodes of the year. - The Custard TV

Last week, Tom Brandis (Mark Ruffalo) gave Robbie (Tom Pelphrey) his last chance to walk away from all this mess. In an emotional and honest car ride to Bushkill, the two lead actors finally shared a ...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · 18d

#Task delivers one of the best episodes of the year. You'll need a lie down after this one. Do not read the review until you've seen the episode. It's fantastic. thecustardtv.com/task-deliver...

Task delivers one of the best episodes of the year. - The Custard TV

Last week, Tom Brandis (Mark Ruffalo) gave Robbie (Tom Pelphrey) his last chance to walk away from all this mess. In an emotional and honest car ride to Bushkill, the two lead actors finally shared a ...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · 23d

Our latest podcast is available as @itssophiedavies.bsky.social joins @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social to review the return of #alanpartridge Aimee Lou Wood's sweet comedy Film Club and ITV's Frauds. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or here www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-495-...

Podcast - # 495: How You? It's Alan Partridge, Wayward, Film Club & Frauds - The Custard TV

Sophie Davies joins Matt and Dawn to review four new shows available this week—first, Mae Martin’s mysterious new Netflix series Wayward. Next, Suranne Jones and Jodie Whitaker play a pair of conwomen...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · 23d

The new episode of #SlowHorses is available now, and so is our review from @dawnglen.bsky.social is here. As Slough House is locked down, The Park has to tolerate Roddy Ho!
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Sir Gary Oldman shows how to be silent and deadly in Slow Horses 5x03 - The Custard TV

If someone hadn’t watched this week’s episode of Slow Horses, it would be hard to convince them that an episode whose pivotal movements include exploding penguins and a silent but deadly fart, could b...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · 23d

The new episode of #SlowHorses is available now, and so is our review from @dawnglen.bsky.social is here. As Slough House is locked down, The Park has to tolerate Roddy Ho!
www.thecustardtv.com/sir-gary-old...

Sir Gary Oldman shows how to be silent and deadly in Slow Horses 5x03 - The Custard TV

If someone hadn’t watched this week’s episode of Slow Horses, it would be hard to convince them that an episode whose pivotal movements include exploding penguins and a silent but deadly fart, could b...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · 23d

Our latest podcast is available as @itssophiedavies.bsky.social joins @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social to review the return of #alanpartridge Aimee Lou Wood's sweet comedy Film Club and ITV's Frauds. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or here www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-495-...

Podcast - # 495: How You? It's Alan Partridge, Wayward, Film Club & Frauds - The Custard TV

Sophie Davies joins Matt and Dawn to review four new shows available this week—first, Mae Martin’s mysterious new Netflix series Wayward. Next, Suranne Jones and Jodie Whitaker play a pair of conwomen...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · Oct 1

Episode 2 of #SlowHorses is available now, which means so is our review from Dawn. Read here www.thecustardtv.com/politics-tak...

Politics takes a swerve in Slow Horses' new episode Incommunicado - The Custard TV

There is nothing better in the world of Slow Horses than when Head Horse Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) has his proteges around him, is 12 steps ahead of them, and is – as the young folk say – reading the...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · Oct 1

Episode 2 of #SlowHorses is available now, which means so is our review from Dawn. Read here www.thecustardtv.com/politics-tak...

Politics takes a swerve in Slow Horses' new episode Incommunicado - The Custard TV

There is nothing better in the world of Slow Horses than when Head Horse Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) has his proteges around him, is 12 steps ahead of them, and is – as the young folk say – reading the...

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Luke - thecustardtv.com @lukecustardtv.bsky.social · Sep 29

The Walls are closing in, and no one is safe. My breakdown of the fourth episode of #Task, which raises the stakes considerably. www.thecustardtv.com/task-episode...

Task episode 4: The walls are closing in. - The Custard TV

In episode 3 of Task, we were treated to a flashback to the day Tom (Mark Ruffalo), his wife, and their young daughter, Sara (Phoebe Fox), welcomed their new adopted children, Emily (Silvia Dionicio) ...

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