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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.


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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.

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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: Missing You, Netflix 24 Hours in Police Custody: The Norfolk Narco Cartel, C4 The Traitors, BBC1 OUR READER SAYS: Christine from Swindon says... Toby Stephens the next James Bond? FROST BITE: Male presenters only have to behave - why can’t they?!   THE ARCHIVE: Rod Stewart: Can't Stop Me Now, BBCiPlayer . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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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: BEST OF 2024: Ludwig, BBC, iPlayer Baby Reindeer, Netflix Slow Horses, Apple TV+ Industry, BBC iPlayer Wolf Hall, BBC iPlayer Sven, Amazon Prime LOWLIGHTS: Password, ITV1 Buying London, Netflix VILLAIN(NESS) OF THE YEAR: Lazy Commissioning "Talent" HERO OF THE YEAR: Apple TV+ Chirs McCausland  . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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: NEW YEARS EVE TV: SAS Rogue Heroes, BBC1 Missing You, Netflix Vera, ITV1 Ruth Jones Remembers… Hattie, BBC4 LOOK AHEAD TO 2025: Miss Austen, BBC1 Brian and Margaret, C4 Towards Zero, BBC1 Bergerac, U&U Drama GARETH'S PICK OF 2024: Agatha All Long, Disney + . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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: CHRISTMAS TV: Wallace and Gromit, BBC1 Call the Midwife, BBC1 Doctor Who, BBC1 Gavin and Stacey, BBC1 EastEnders, BBC1 Coronation Street, ITV1 Hercule Poirot's Christmas, ITV3 Carry On Matron, ITV3  From Roger Moore with Love, BBC2 DAVID'S PICK OF 2024: Matlock, NOW . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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: Strike, BBC1 Sports Personality of the Year, BBC1 Wham: Last Christmas Unwrapped, BBC2 OUR READER SAYS: Connie from Brighton recommends... So Long Marianne, ITVX FROST BITE: Strictly Star: Chris McCausland   THE ARCHIVE: Victoria Wood with All The Trimmings, BBC4 and iPlayer . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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: Alan Bennett: 90 Years On, BBC2 Dalgliesh, C5 OUR READER SAYS: Adrian from Exeter says… When did the BBC become the American Broadcasting Company? FROST BITE: Should Masterchef be cancelled?   THE ARCHIVE: Dalgliesh (Previous versions) . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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: AFTER THE PARTY, C4 DOCTOR WHO XMAS PREVIEW, BBC1 LENA ZAVARONI: THE FORGOTTEN CHILD STAR, BBC2 OUR READER SAYS: Chris from Edgware is not a fan of THE TODAY PROGRAMME FROST BITE: Alan Bennett at 90 - Would he get commissioned now?   THE ARCHIVE: DERRY GIRLS, C4 . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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: The Making of 'Do They Know It’s Christmas?', BBC4 The World According to Kaleb, Amazon Prime Irresistible: Why We Can’t Stop Eating, BBC2  READER RECOMMENDATION:  ‘A light has gone out with the demise of Doctors’ (Doctors, BBC iPlayer) FROST BITE: Gary Lineker’s exit - Will Match of the Day survive? (Match of the Day, BBC1)   THE ARCHIVE: Jason King, Rewind TV . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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: MOONFLOWER MURDERS, BBC1 RETURN TO PARADISE, BBC1  READER RECOMMENDATION:  “Can the Strictly judges stop bickering and standing up!”  STRICTLY COME DANCING, BBC1 FROST BITE: Why we all need to watch a drama about a 400-hundred-year old King in 2024? WOLF HALL, BBC1   THE ARCHIVE: FOYLE’S WAR, ITVX COLLISION, ITVX . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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: HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, ITV1 WOLF HALL, BBC1 THE DIPLOMAT, NETFLIX  READER RECOMMENDATION:  ALMA'S NOT NORMAL, BBC iPLAYER FROST BITE: WHEN DID CHEATING BECOME ACCEPTABLE ON SCREEN CHEATERS, BBC iPLAYER   THE ARCHIVE: THE WESSEX TALES, BBC iPLAYER . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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: Until I Kill You, ITV X Shetland, BBC1 US Election Coverage (multiple broadcasters including BBC, C4 and SKY) READER RECOMMENDATION:  David Gower back on Sky Sports Cricket coverage FROST BITE: BBC HARDtalk is being cancelled (old episodes available on BBC iPlayer)   THE ARCHIVE: As Time Goes By, BBC4 . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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: Ellis, C5 Hammer: Heros, Legends and Monsters, Sky Arts The Diplomat, Netflix READER RECOMMENDATION:  Barbie's Dirty Secrets, C4 FROST BITE: Prince William: We Can End Homelessness, ITV1   THE ARCHIVE: The Longest Feud: Chappell V Botham, Amazon Prime . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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: Ludwig, BBC iPlayer Bad Sisters, Apple TV+ Michael Mosley: Just One Thing, BBC iPlayer   FILM OF THE WEEK: Lonely Planet, Netflix Hidden Figures, Disney Plus  Bob Marley: One Love, Now TV   THE ARCHIVE: Back, Channel4.com . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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: Rivals, Disney Nobody Wants This, Netflix The Office, Amazon Prime   FILM OF THE WEEK: Uglies, Netflix   THE ARCHIVE: Downton Abbey, Netflix . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 Hardacres, C5 Showtrial, BBC1 Big Brother: Live Launch, ITV2   FILM OF THE WEEK: Ali and Ava, BBC iPlayer   THE ARCHIVE: Anatomy of a Scandal, Netflix Sweet Tooth, Netflix . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In the first part of this episode, I’ll be talking to Kit, who plays the heartthrob rugby-playing, Nick Nelson, about introducing sex to series 3 of Heartstopper, how he is actually an introvert – and what’s next for his career. Afterwards, you’ll hear me in conversation with Joe Locke – in which we talk about the impact playing Charlie has had on his life, handling fame and entering the Marvel Universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Joining me, in this special episode is the creator, writer and brains behind it all, Alice Oseman. We talk about Charlie and Nick’s origin story, the explosion of her webcomic, and how it has changed their life. It’s a remarkable episode – Alice is a delight to be in conversation with. Please do set a reminder on your phones, on the 3rd of October, this Thursday, part two will be released – and you can tune in to listen to my episode with Kit Connor and Joe Locke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 Industry, BBC Apples Never Fall, BBC  Heartstopper S3, Netflix Joan, ITV1 In My Own Words: Jilly Cooper, BBC1  The Battle for Black Music: Paid in Full, BBC2   FILM OF THE WEEK The Outrun, Cinema   ONE FROM THE ARCHIVE Buying London, Netflix . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 Ludwig, BBC Sunny, Apple TV The Dog House, C4 Will and Harper, Netflix FILM OF THE WEEK: Speak No Evil, In Cinemas   THE ARCHIVE: A Very English (and British one) Scandal, BBC iPlayer . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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: Nightsleeper, BBC1 A Very Royal Scandal, Amazon Prime Strictly Come Dancing, BBC1 The Grand Tour, Amazon Prime My Mum, Your Dad, ITV1 FILM OF THE WEEK: Easy A, BBC3   THE ARCHIVE: The Ipcress File, ITVX . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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