

Radio Times Podcast
Radio Times
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.
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.
Episodes
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Mar 27, 2026 • 21min
Smart TV: Race Across the World and Babies
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Babies, BBC1
Race Across the World, BBC1
Harry Clark Goes To Rome, BBC1
FROST BITE:
“Oh it’s him!” All the actors we know so well, we just don’t know their names.
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Mar 20, 2026 • 23min
Smart TV: The Pitt and SNL UK
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
The Pitt, HBO Max
Saturday Night Live (UK), Sky One
Beyond Paradise, BBC1
FROST BITE:
In 2026, what does the word “celebrity” even mean?
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Mar 13, 2026 • 26min
Smart TV: Peaky Blinders and LOL Season 2
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
The Other Bennet Sister, BBC1
Last One Laughing, Amazon Prime
Peaky Blinders, Netflix
FROST BITE:
You know you’re getting on when… the heroes (and heroines) of your youth return
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Mar 6, 2026 • 24min
Smart TV: The Capture Returns and A Woman of Substance Remake
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
A Woman of Substance, C4
The Capture, BBC1
Scarpetta, Amazon Prime
FROST BITE:
30 years after Our Friends in the North - where’s this kind of TV now?
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Feb 27, 2026 • 23min
Smart TV: Young Sherlock and the new Post Office?
Caroline Frost chats to Gareth McLean about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Young Sherlock, Amazon Prime
Dirty Business, C4
Man on the Run, Amazon Prime
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Feb 20, 2026 • 24min
Smart TV: Bridgerton Part 2 and Small Prophets
TV:
Bridgerton, Netflix
Small Prophets, BBC2
Vanished, Amazon
FROST BITE:
For a drama about Sarah Ferguson’s former dresser, it’s all in the timing
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Feb 13, 2026 • 24min
Smart TV: Documentary Deep Dive
TV:
The Walsh Sisters, BBC1
Fukushima: Days That Shocked the World, C4
Being Gordon Ramsay, Netflix
FROST BITE:
Why self-serving puff-pieces don’t deserve to be called documentaries (Melania and The Tony Blair Story)
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Feb 6, 2026 • 21min
Smart TV: Betrayal and Lord of the Flies
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Betrayal, ITV1
Lord of the Flies, BBC1
How to get to Heaven from Belfast, Netflix
FROST BITE:
The dilemma at the heart of royals making documentaries
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Jan 30, 2026 • 23min
Smart TV: Bridgerton and Silent Witness
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Bridgerton, Netflix
Bangers and Cash, U&Yesterday
Silent Witness, BBC1
FROST BITE:
Does it work when real-life friends become screen co-stars?
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Jan 23, 2026 • 24min
Smart TV: Take That Doc and Death In Paradise
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Take That, Netflix
Death In Paradise, BBC1
Mission to Space with Francis Bourgeois, C4
FROST BITE:
Here come the Geeks...
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