Pilot TV
Empire Magazine
From the creators of The Empire Film Podcast, Pilot TV is your essential guide to every TV show that matters, providing a weekly rundown of all the new must-see TV shows dropping across streaming, terrestrial, satellite, cable, and beyond. Join Empire's James Dyer, Heat's Boyd Hilton, Steph Seelan, and Kay Ribeiro as they bring you breaking TV news, reviews of the week's major shows, and interviews with some of the biggest names in TV.Pilot TV is here to make sure every minute you spend in front of the box is a minute worth spending. Served with a heavy helping of insider knowledge, irreverence and humour, Pilot TV won't just keep you informed, amused and entertained, but is guaranteed to save countless hours of your life. Because you can’t watch *everything*.Enjoying the podcast? Sign up to Pilot+ for a bonus episode every Thursday, in-depth spoiler specials, and early, ad-free access to the regular show! Find out more at www.empireonline.com/pilottv
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Dec 16, 2019 • 1h
#66 - A Christmas Carol, Sticks And Stones, and In The Long Run Christmas Special
This week we’re tapping into that Big Dickens Energy with Steven Knight's take on A Christmas Carol, and continuing in the festive spirit with the Christmas special of Idris Elba’s In The Long Run. Plus, we debate the difference between a comedy and a psychological thriller in our review of ITV's Sticks And Stones. Terri's off on holiday this week but Beth Webb bravely attempts to fill her sweary shoes and keep both James and Boyd in line.
Dec 9, 2019 • 1h 32min
#65 - The Expanse, Traces, and Law & Order: SVU
Rupert Grint makes his Pilot TV Podcast debut this week, stopping by to talk all things Servant. Plus we *finally* get the chance to review The Expanse and you won't want to miss Terri's assessment of that one. As counter programming to that, we get into a protracted and somewhat heated argument, debating the merits of the new season of Law & Order: SVU. Plus Alibi's Traces gets a look in as well.
Dec 2, 2019 • 1h 9min
#64 - Truth Be Told, Vikings, and Elizabeth Is Missing
On the podcast this week we're heavy on the Norse as Terri and Boyd try (and fail) to make sense of Vikings Season 5, Apple's latest drops in the form of Octavia Spencer's podcast-themed Truth Be Told, and we enjoy a 90-minute one-off TV drama (not a film) in BBC1's Elizabeth Is Missing. Plus James prepares everyone for next week's return of The Expanse in *excruciating* detail (01:00:14 - 01:04:42).
Nov 25, 2019 • 1h 6min
#63 - Servant, 8 Days, and Upright
It's all creepy nannies with M. Night Shyamalan's Servant this week, then a Teutonic apocalypse in Sky's 8 Days and finally a road trip across Australia with Tim Minchin and a suerprisingly sweary 16 year-old in Upright. Plus Boyd shows off his newfound swearing powers, Terri teaches us some Northern slang and James finally gets to Banshee Utopia.
(Note: The Servant review takes place between 36:02 and 45:54 and is clearly signposted, just in case you want to watch that without knowing what it's about).
Nov 18, 2019 • 59min
#62 - Vienna Blood and Cold Call
After weeks of broken promises, Terri *finally* watches that long-awaited second episode of Farscape this week. And as if that weren't enough, we also sink our teeth into period procedural Vienna Blood, explore the perils of answering the phone in Channel 5's Cold Call, enthuse about the ongoing charms of Gold Digger, and talk all things Maclunkey. Plus you'll get to hear Terri's Nadine Coyle impression, which is not to be missed.
Nov 11, 2019 • 1h 14min
#61 - The Crown, The War Of The Worlds, Gold Digger, and The Man In The High Castle
It's Crown time again on the podcast this week as Olivia Colman joins Monarchy: The Next Generation. Plus we see how the Martians are faring in the Beebs new adaptation of The War Of The Worlds, strap in for the final season of The Man In The High Castle, and find out if we're on board with the BBC's new 'family noir', Gold Digger.
Nov 4, 2019 • 1h 12min
#60 - The End Of The F****** World, Britannia, and The Young Offenders. Featuring Jason Momoa and Alfre Woodard
Jason Momoa and Alfre Woodard join us this week (26:02-41:16) to talk about feeling their way through Apple's post-apocalyptic epic, See. Plus we get into a trio of sequels including Sky's Britannia and Channel 4's The End Of The F****** World. We also fall out completely over The Young Offenders and Empire's Chris Hewitt drops by for an impromptu Banshee about Blue Bloods.
Oct 28, 2019 • 1h 27min
#59 - His Dark Materials, Jack Ryan, and Apple TV+. Featuring Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld joins us this week, bringing some Big Dickinson Energy to the podcast as she tells us all about her new show on Apple TV+. Speaking of which, we attempt to review all of the shows dropping on the new streaming service this Friday (The Morning Show, See, Dickinson, For All Mankind), while still finding time to wax lyrical about His Dark Materials and Season 2 of Jack Ryan. Brace yourselves, this may take a while.
Oct 20, 2019 • 1h 17min
#58 - Watchmen, Pose, and The Accident
Damon Lindelof's Watchmen is the main course on this week's menu, with Jack Thorne's The Accident serving as a tasty (if slightly bitter) starter and Ryan Murphy's Pose perfectly capping it off as the fizzy dessert. All that and Terri finally watches an episode of 'Fire Escape', which goes about as well as you'd expect.
Oct 14, 2019 • 1h 26min
#57 - Living With Yourself, Dublin Murders, Modern Love, and Giri/Haji. Featuring Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea joins us on this week's podcast to talk about her new show with Paul Rudd, Living With Yourself, which we also review! Not only that but we delve into the mystery of Sarah Phelps' Dublin Murders, discover the meaning of romance in Amazon's Modern Love, and span continents with English/Japanese gangster drama Giri/Haji. All that and an utterly incoherent Banshee featuring nineties German porn game shows, plus some (blissfully short) Picard-splaining and the joy of Aisling Bea schooling James on why he doesn't understand comedy.
