Vicky McClure joins us this week to talk about Amazon's Alex Rider, which we also review. Plus you get a (slightly belated) review of The First Team, our introduction to Canadian noir thriller Cardinal, and BBC2's mix-matched family comedy The

#79 - Save Me Too, Tales From The Loop, and Home Before Dark

Mar 29th, 2020 1h 12m

The magnificent Lennie James returns to our screens (in a bright yellow puffer jacket, naturally) having written a follow-up to 2018's brilliant Save Me. And that's not all, because this week we're also wrangling with the very fabric of existen

#75 - Noughts + Crosses, War Of The Worlds, Liar, and The Trip To Greece

Mar 2nd, 2020 1h 24m

This week's show sees us suiting up for yet another War Of The Worlds, this time in a more contemporary London with Gabriel Byrne on the run from Martian marauders. Plus we explore racial tensions in an alternate reality England with BBC1's Nou

#226 The Mandalorian, Abbott Elementary, and The Bay. With guest Neil Cross

Mar 6th, 2023 1h 49m

Luther is back this week (albeit in film form) and series creator Neil Cross drops by the show to talk all about the big man in the coat. Plus, in an unusually feisty instalment of the pod, we evaluate the return of The Mandalorian, explore the

#153 - Sex Education, Help, and Young Rock. With Guest Julianna Margulies

Sep 12th, 2021 1h 41m

The wonderful Julianna Margulies joins the cast of The Morning Show for season 2, and Pilot TV for episode 159, dropping by this week's show to chat all things TMS and how it feels to be reunited with Jennifer Aniston, with whom she exploded on

#142 - Mayans M.C., Sophie: A Murder In West Cork, Limetown, and The Watch

Jun 27th, 2021 1h 20m

True crime, fake crime and organised crime are the themes this week as we take a look at Netflix documentary Sophie: A Murder In West Cork; Alibi's Facebook acquisition, Limetown; the latest Season of Sons Of Anarchy spin-off Mayans M.C.; and i

#101 - Young Wallander, Away, and Two Weeks To Live

Aug 31st, 2020 1h 25m

Beth is back and mercifully audible this week as we dive into Netflix's Young Wallander, take a trip to Mars with Hillary Swank in Away, and see Maisie Williams turn into (another) pint-sized assassin in Sky's hitgirl comedy, Two Weeks To Live.

#91 - Perry Mason, Insecure, and Talking Heads. Featuring Natalie Dormer

Jun 21st, 2020 1h 42m

Natalie Dormer is our guest on this week's show, chatting about her new series, Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels, and reminiscing about Game Of Thrones. Meanwhile, we resurrect a courtroom legend in HBO's Perry Mason, jump into the fourth season

#90 - The Sinner, The Great, and The Luminaries

Jun 14th, 2020 1h 14m

This week's show is brought to you in association with the definite article as we catch up with Bill Pullman in season 3 of The Sinner, head off to 18th century Russia with Elle Fanning in The Great, and to 19th century New Zealand with Eva Gre

#87 - Snowpiercer, Space Force, and We Hunt Together. Featuring Will Arnett

May 25th, 2020 1h 48m

Will Arnett joins us on the podcast this week as we lace up and hit the pitch for The First Team: his new comedy from the creators of The Inbetweeners. We also get our tickets punched for the long delayed TV adaptation of Bong Joon-Ho's Snowpie

#86 - Little Fires Everywhere, Homecoming, and Pandora

May 17th, 2020 1h 14m

We didn't start the fire... but we're pretty sure we know who did in Amazon's Little Fires Everywhere. Plus we try desperately to figure out what in creation is going on in Season 2 of Homecoming (it helps if you've seen Season 1, trust us), an

#83 - Trying, Upload, Stumptown, Code 404, and Blood

Apr 26th, 2020 1h 38m

On this week's show, Empire's Chris Hewitt parachutes in to join Boyd in giving Better Call Saul some long overdue love. Plus we look at parenting with Rafe Spall and Esther Smith in Apple's Trying, sample a technological afterlife in Amazon’s

#82 - After Life, Gangs Of London, Normal People, and Defending Jacob. Featuring Ricky Gervais

Apr 19th, 2020 2h 12m

Ricky Gervais is our guest on this week's show in a truly mammoth interview with Boyd about series 2 of After Life. As well as reviewing that show, we also tackle the heroically violent Gangs Of London from the director of The Raid, Gareth Evan

#76 - Westworld, Breeders, and Mrs. Fletcher

Mar 9th, 2020 1h 45m

Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard are our guests this week, stopping by to talk about their parenting comedy Breeders, which features Freeman hurling obscenities at a toddler and calling an alarm clock a c***. We also tackle Sky’s Mrs Fletcher,

#74 - I'm Not Okay With This, Altered Carbon, and Flesh And Blood. Featuring guest host Rufus Jones

Feb 24th, 2020 1h 30m

The star and creator of Channel 4's Home, Rufus Jones joins us on the podcast this week, stepping in for James while he's on holiday. And speaking of body swaps, this week sees us review Season 2 of Netflix's now Joel Kinnaman-less sci-fi Alter

#73 - Hunters, Intelligence, and This Country

Feb 17th, 2020 1h 18m

We’re on the lookout for Nazis with Al Pacino this week with Amazon’s Hunters, plus studying the art of incompetent spycraft with David Schwimmer in Intelligence, and taking a break from the bustle of London for a tongue-in-cheek look at Cotswo

#283 The Red King, The Big Door Prize, and Baby Reindeer (take two). With guest Idris Elba

2 days ago 1h 23m

Big ‘Dris himself joins us on the show this week, talking to Kay about Sonic spin-off Knuckles, which comes to Paramount+. Elsewhere, we’re back on the Baby Reindeer beat again this week, seeing as we made such a shambolic show of reviewing it

#282 Red-Eye, Blue Lights, and Dinosaur. With guests Walton Goggins and Lesley Sharp

9 days ago 1h 51m

Walton Goggins and Lesley Sharp join us on this week’s show. Not together, of course, because the former is with us to chat Ghoul life in Prime Video’s Fallout and the latter is here in her capacity as head of MI5 in ITV’s Red-Eye. And speaking

#281 The Regime, The Cuckoo, and Baby Reindeer. With Guest Sonequa Martin-Green

16 days ago 1h 29m

Sometimes we at the Pilot TV podcast are the very embodiment of calm, dignified professionalism. This is not one of those times. An early recording prompts unfettered anarchy this week as the team go full Joanna Page, cover a postbag slot we’ve

#280 Sugar, This Town, Avoidance, and Star Trek: Discovery. With guests Benedict Wong and John Bradley

23 days ago 1h 26m

Not only do we have a 3 Body Problem Spoiler Special with the showrunners now available over on Pilot TV+, but stars John Bradley and Benedict Wong also drop by this week to chat about the show. Elsewhere, we’re raging over the unjust and unfor

#279 A Gentleman In Moscow, Big Mood, and Mandy. With guest Ewan McGregor

1 month ago 1h 30m

We’re all about the Bolsheviks this week, as Ewan McGregor returns to our screens for A Gentleman In Moscow on Paramount+ and drops by this podcast to tell us about his Muskovite adventures first hand. Plus, we explore the chaotic life of Nicol

#278 Palm Royale, 3 Body Problem, and Twisted Metal. With guest Wunmi Mosaku

Mar 18th, 2024 1h 35m

Loki, Luther and We Own This City star Wunmi Mosaku joins us this week to talk all things Passenger, a supernatural mystery show coming to ITV on Sunday at 9pm. Plus we finally get to talk about 3 Body Problem in full and reveal whether Netflix

#277 Manhunt, The Dry, and Love Rat. With guest Anthony Mackie

Mar 11th, 2024 1h 22m

Is there a Falcon in the house? Yes there is, in fact, because Anthony Mackie joins us on this week’s show to talk apocalypse survival, not listening to Taylor Swift, and of course Twisted Metal, which comes to Paramount+ next week. Elsewhere,

#276 The Gentlemen, Extraordinary, and Mary And George. With guests Julianne Moore and Oliver Hermanus

Mar 4th, 2024 1h 30m

Julianne Moore pays a visit to the Pilot TV pod studio this week, chatting seducing monarchs in Sky Atlantic’s Mary & George alongside director Oliver Hermanus/ Plus we climb into the brain of Guy Ritchie for his Netflix spinoff of The Gentleme

FX's Shōgun: An Empire & Pilot TV Podcast Special, In Association With Disney+

Feb 27th, 2024 1h 3m

There can be only one thing more exciting than James Clavell’s Shōgun getting a brand new TV adaptation on Disney+, and that’s a special Pilot TV/Empire crossover podcast recorded to mark the occasion! Join Chris Hewitt, James Dyer and Nick de