This week on the Pilot TV Podcast we’re crunching the numbers and looking over our shoulders. No, not because of events unfolding across the pond (that’s one piece of telly we just won’t quite get round to — shucks!), but rather because we’re chatting all things Apple TV+ mathematical thriller Prime Target with special guests Leo Woodall and Quintessa Swindell [37:06 — 46:20 approx.]
Back in the podbooth, usual suspects James Dyer, Kay Ribeiro, and Boyd Hilton gather for another rollicking record in which this week’s listener questions (yes, plural!) have the team considering cancelled shows that deserved more love and pondering the existential question of spending and commissioning cuts across the TV industry. Then, over on the news front James, Kay, and Boyd discuss arguably the bizarrest story we’ll see in 2025, Noel Fielding’s fleeing mid-shoot from Season 2 of Apple TV’s Dick Turpin comedy, as well as new trailers for Daredevil: Born Again and A Thousand Blows, and some TV-adjacent news regarding the next project from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong.
Elsewhere, in a somewhat sparse week for new shows — or at least new shows that aren’t embargoed up the wazoo at present — we nevertheless have a one-two hit of critical appraisals for your listening pleasure. First up, we’re back in procedural land for single mum-of-three crime drama High Potential, and then we’re turning back time to the ‘80s for a bit of satirical geopolitical wrangling with submarines in Swedish miniseries Whiskey On The Rocks. Both shows are streaming now on Disney+. All that, and Boyd reveals his unnatural love of the big light. What more could you possibly ask for?
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