Smart TV: A Long Awaited Return and Clint Eastwood Night
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week.
You can get in touch with our hosts 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 Last Anniversary, BBC1
Walking with Dinosaurs, BBC1
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story, BBC2
FROST BITE:
Why are there so many Jane Austen adaptations?
THE ARCHIVE:
Clint Eastwood Night, BBC4
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Smart TV: Eurovision Preview and Clarkson's Farm Returns
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week.
You can get in touch with our hosts 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:
Code of Silence, ITV1
Clarkson's Farm, Amazon Prime
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg, Sky Arts
OUR READERS SAY...
The best of this week’s RT readers’ postbag
FROST BITE:
Eurovision Preview
THE ARCHIVE:
Classic Movies: The Story of Scott of the Antarctic, Sky Arts
Scott of the Antarctic, Amazon Prime
Ice Cold in Alex, BBC4
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23:22
Smart TV: BAFTA TV Awards Special
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week.
You can get in touch with our hosts 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:
BAFTA TV Awards, BBC1
Inside Our ADHD Minds, BBC2
The Game, C5
OUR READERS SAY...
The best of this week’s RT readers’ postbag
FROST BITE:
Do we need therapy on reality TV?
THE ARCHIVE:
The War Lords, BBC4
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Smart TV: Malpractice Season 2 and Is Not Laughing Funny?
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week.
You can get in touch with our hosts 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:
Malpractice, ITV1
Long Way Home, Apple TV+
Dead Man Walking: Dan Walker on Death Row, C5
OUR READERS SAY...
The best of this week’s RT readers’ postbag
FROST BITE:
What is humour on TV without the sound of laughter?
THE ARCHIVE:
Gods of Snooker, BBC iPlayer
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Smart TV: Non-Fiction and the American Dream
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week.
You can get in touch with our hosts 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:
Louis Theroux and the Settlers, BBC2
The Assembly, ITV1
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes, Disney+
OUR READERS SAY...
David says, Great British Railway Journeys can't be reached by train...
Bernice says, Quit the jazz hands on the news...
FROST BITE:
TV and the American dream - fiction offers us solace that wealth brings only sorrow
THE ARCHIVE:
VE Day 80, We Were There, BBC2
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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.
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