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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 Kelly-Anne Taylor and Caroline Frost 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 Kelly-Anne Taylor and Caroline Frost 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 listen to The Radio Times Podcast which sees Kelly-Anne Taylor sit down with a celebrity guests to talk about their lives through the prism of TV.

Location:

United States

Description:

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 Kelly-Anne Taylor and Caroline Frost 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 Kelly-Anne Taylor and Caroline Frost 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 listen to The Radio Times Podcast which sees Kelly-Anne Taylor sit down with a celebrity guests to talk about their lives through the prism of TV.

Language:

English


Episodes
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Smart TV: Bridgerton's Steamy Return and Dalgleish Revives

6/7/2024
Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Bridgerton Series 3, Part 2 – Netflix Dalgliesh Series 2 - Friday 9pm C5 On Thin Ice: Putin vs Greenpeace - Sunday 9pm BBC2 The Fall: Skydive Murder Plot - Tues-Thursday 9pm C4 Buying London Series 1 - Netflix FILM: Skyfall Saturday - 8pm ITV1 THE ARCHIVE: The Parisien Agency - 2 seasons, Netflix . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:15:21

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Smart TV: Novel Dramas and Scandalous Ashley Madison Doc

5/31/2024
Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Geek Girl, Netflix Queenie, C4 Lost Boys and Fairies, BBC1 Ashley Madison Sex, Lies and Scandal, Netflix FILM: Four Weddings and a Funeral, BBC1 and iPlayer THE ARCHIVE: The X Files, First series - Channel4.com . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:15:28

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Smart TV: D Day at 80 and Outlaws S3

5/27/2024
SHOW NOTES: TV: D-Day at 80, BBC4 and C4 D-Day: the Last Voices, Radio 4 The Outlaws, BBC1 Springwatch, BBC2 Fiennes: Return to the Wild, National Geographic FILM: Tenet, BBC2 THE ARCHIVE: Morecambe & Wise: Fools Rush In, BBC iPlayer . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:18:02

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Smart TV: Suits arrives on BBC and Rebus Returns

5/17/2024
Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Rebus, BBC1 Suits, BBC iPlayer Insomnia, Paramount+ Trying, Apple TV+ Rob and Rylan’s Grand Tour, BBC iPlayer FILM: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, E4 THE ARCHIVE: Endeavour, ITVX . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:19:02

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Smart TV: Bridgerton and BAFTAs

5/10/2024
Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Eurovision Song Contest - Grand Final, BBC1 BAFTA TV Awards, BBC1 Bridgerton S3, Netflix from Thursday Let It Be, Disney Plus FILM: The Idea of You, Amazon Prime THE ARCHIVE: The Buccaneers, Apple TV . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:16:50

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Smart TV: Ncuti Gatwa's Full Doctor Who Debut and Eurovision

5/3/2024
You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Doctor Who, BBCiPlayer Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Finals, BBC1 Salman Rushdie: Through a a Glass Darkly, BBC2 FILM: Senna, Channel 4 THE ARCHIVE: The Avengers, Great TV (Channel 50 on Freeview) Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Great TV The Persuaders, Great TV The New Avengers, Great TV . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:18:20

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Smart TV: Clarkson's Farm and Baby Reindeer

4/26/2024
Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Baby Reindeer, Netflix The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Sky Atlantic / Now The Piano, C4 Clarkson’s Farm, Amazon Prime FILM: Catch Me If You Can, Film4 THE ARCHIVE: Gods of Snooker, iPlayer . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:13:34

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Smart TV: BBC Two Turns 60 and Britains Got Talent Returns

4/18/2024
Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Beyond Paradise Finale, BBC1 Walter Presents: Morten, Channel 4.com Britains Got Talent, ITV1 BBCTWO turns 60!, BBCTWO RADIO: Romesh Ranganathan, BBC Radio Two FILM: Dune Part 2, multiple streaming services to buy/rent THE ARCHIVE: Borgen, Netflix . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:14:36

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SPECIAL EPISODE - Chris Packham and Megan Mccubbin take over for Earth Day!

4/16/2024
For this special episode of the Radio Times Podcast, Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by the conservationists Chris Packham and Megan Mccubbin. Packham was born in Southampton in 1961 and spent much of his childhood exploring the nature he found at his doorstep. As a teenager with autism, he was picked on at school – his solace was the outside world. After studying Zoology at the University of Southampton, Packham found himself in the world of television and film, taking still photographs – but it was his audition for The Really Wild Show which kickstarted his career. Today, he is recognised as one of Britain’s most prominent wildlife TV presenters. He joins the podcast, alongside his step-daughter the conservationist and TV presenter, Megan McCubbin. In this episode, we discuss the perils of activism, the everyday changes everyone can make to fight climate change – and, the beauty of watching telly together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:41:48

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Smart TV: Amy Winehouse Film and Blue Lights Returns

4/12/2024
Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Feud: Capote vs The Swans, Disney+ Changing Ends, ITV1 Blue Lights, BBC ONE Stacey Solomon’s Renovation Rescue, C4 FILM: Back to Black, Cinemas Anatomy of a Fall, Prime Video THE ARCHIVE: Hollywood, Netflix . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:15:56

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Smart TV: Joyful TV and Mary Beard’s new Roman Emperor documentary

4/5/2024
Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: ABBA Night, BBC2 Eurovision Night, BBC4 Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard, BBC2 Race Across the World, BBC1 The Kominsky Method, Netflix Franklin, AppleTV+ Film of the Week: Molly’s Game, BBC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:15:35

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Smart TV: The Scoop, Easy A and Andrew Scott’s drama

3/29/2024
Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV This Town, BBC1 Ripley, Netflix Pilgrimage, BBC A Small Light, Disney+ FILM Easy A, BBC3 FROM THE ARCHIVE Peaky Blinders, Netflix Sherlock, BBC iPlayer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:17:09

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Adam Buxton talks TV, making podcasts and being friends with Louis Theroux

3/26/2024
For the season finale of the podcast, Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by Adam Buxton. The actor, comedian and podcaster attended Westminster School – where he befriended future-documentary-maker Louis Theroux, and Joe Cornish, who he would later star alongside in Channel 4’s The Adam and Joe Show. His podcast, The Adam Buxton Podcast, has been a hit – featuring conversations with everyone from Zadie Smith to Robbie Williams to Paul McCartney. In this episode, Buxton discusses the sacrifices his parents made to send him to public school, how he felt when Louis Theroux decided to launch a podcast and which interviews have been his best… and worst. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:12:28

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Smart TV: Pilgrimage Returns and Engrossing Crime-Dramas

3/22/2024
Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Passenger, ITV1 The Gone, BBC4/iPlayer Pilgrimage, BBC2/iPlayer Jury: Murder Trial, Channel 4 FILM: All of Us Strangers, Disney+ THE ARCHIVE: Top of the Lake, UKTV Play . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:19:00

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Bryony Gordon on writing, mental health and Mad Women

3/19/2024
Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by the journalist, best-selling author and mental-health advocate, Bryony Gordon. Gordon grew up in London in a family of journalists. Her mother is the former gossip-columnist Jane Gordon, and it was thanks to her address book that Gordon landed her first journalism gig. Since then, she has carved a successful career – known for her trademark honesty. In this episode she talks about the ups and downs of life, sobriety and being mates with Prince Harry. Plus, they discuss Gordon’s eighth book, Mad Woman, in which she writes about her experiences with binge-eating disorder, the menopause and OCD. Please note that this episode includes conversations surrounding eating disorders that some listeners might find triggering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:42:28

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Smart TV: A Casualty on Casualty?

3/15/2024
You can get in touch with our hosts via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Manhunt, Apple TV+ Beyond Paradise, BBC1 The Dropout, BBC1 A Life in Ten Pictures, BBC2 Palm Royale, Apple TV+ Casualty, BBC1 ARCHIVE: Oppenheimer (1980), BBC iPlayer . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:19:18

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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver on fame, rock-bottom and the perils of being opinionated women

3/12/2024
Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by the popstar-turned-actor Lily Allen and the TV presenter Miquita Oliver. They grew up in Ladbroke Grove, West London, in creative households, spending much of their youth roaming Portobello market and flunking school. Allen’s mother is the film producer, Alison Owen, and her father is the actor, Keith Allen. Oliver was raised by her mother, the broadcaster and chef, Andi Oliver. Both Oliver and Allen made their name at a young age – Oliver as a TV presenter on Channel 4’s music show Popworld and Allen for her debut-smash-hit Smile. In this episode they talk about the perils of fame, their new podcast called 'Miss Me?' and how they handle trolls. Plus, they reminisce about the hedonism of the 00s and reveal why they never listened to the advice imparted by their famous family members. Show notes Miss Me? with Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver on BBC Sounds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:53:59

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Smart TV: Comic Relief and Taylor Swift

3/8/2024
Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: The Oscars, ITV1 Darren McGarvey: The State We're In, BBC Two Comic Relief, BBC1 Taylor Swift: the Eras Tour, Disney+ FILMS: Dune Part 2, Cinemas (Part 1 on Netflix) Gigli, Netflix . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:19:47

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Theo James on The Gentlemen, Hollywood and Divergent

3/5/2024
This week Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by the actor, Theo James. He grew up in Buckinghamshire, the youngest of five siblings, and dreamed of a career as a musician. After reading Philosophy at the University of Nottingham, he segued into acting, enrolling as a student at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre. He catapulted to fame when he landed the leading role of Four in the YA Hollywood hit-series, Divergent. Since then, he has starred in The White Lotus, Sanditon, The Time Traveller’s Wife – and, most recently, Guy Ritchie’s The Gentleman. In this episode, he talks about the harsh realities of overnight fame, how the Me Too movement has shaped films sets and how his latest role exposes Britain’s class system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:36:08

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Smart TV: Drive to Survive and the Return of Scandi Drama

3/1/2024
Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Prisoner, BBC iPlayer The Gentleman, Netflix Drive to Survive Series 6, Netflix Sarah Everard: the Search for Justice, BBC1 Navalny, BBC iPlayer FILMS: Ferrari, Now Cinema Rush, Netflix . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:18:19