Luke - thecustardtv.com
@lukecustardtv.bsky.social
Editor of www.thecustardtv.com. reviewer, podcaster.
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For our latest opinion piece, new contributor @oliveoil77.bsky.social looks back at the legacy of @margaretatwood.bsky.social's #TheHandmaidsTale and how the series feels as worryingly relevant now as it did in went it began. www.thecustardtv.com/the-impact-o...
The impact of The Handmaid's Tale: Written in 1985, arrived on television in 2018, but worryingly relavant in 2025 - The Custard TV
Years ago, my friends spent months urging me to watch a new show on Channel 4 called The Handmaid’s Tale. I resisted with complete confidence. I won’t like it, I insisted. Not only that, but I was une...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
For our latest opinion piece, new contributor @oliveoil77.bsky.social looks back at the legacy of @margaretatwood.bsky.social's #TheHandmaidsTale and how the series feels as worryingly relevant now as it did in went it began. www.thecustardtv.com/the-impact-o...
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Our latest podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social are joined by Doctor Who superfan Tyler to review Matt Smith's new Sky drama, The Beast in Me, on Netflix. 5's Play for Today & more www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-499-...
Podcast - # 499: The Death of Bunny Munro, A Play for Today, Wild Cherry, The Beast in Me - The Custard TV
Matt and Dawn are joined by TV fan Tyler to review four brand new shows available this week. Matt Smith stars in Sky’s new drama The Death of Bunny Munro which really surprises the team. Claire Danes...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Our latest podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social are joined by Doctor Who superfan Tyler to review Matt Smith's new Sky drama, The Beast in Me, on Netflix. 5's Play for Today & more www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-499-...
Our latest podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social are joined by Doctor Who superfan Tyler to review Matt Smith's new Sky drama, The Beast in Me, on Netflix. 5's Play for Today & more www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-499-...
Podcast - # 499: The Death of Bunny Munro, A Play for Today, Wild Cherry, The Beast in Me - The Custard TV
Matt and Dawn are joined by TV fan Tyler to review four brand new shows available this week. Matt Smith stars in Sky’s new drama The Death of Bunny Munro which really surprises the team. Claire Danes...
www.thecustardtv.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Our latest podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social are joined by Doctor Who superfan Tyler to review Matt Smith's new Sky drama, The Beast in Me, on Netflix. 5's Play for Today & more www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-499-...
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New on the site, our review of Sky and Peacock's thriller #AllHerFault, which could be a predictable thriller, but instead, has a lot to say about parenting and how society views working mothers www.thecustardtv.com/all-her-faul...
All Her Fault: This surprising thriller has a lot to say about modern parenting. - The Custard TV
Upon first glance of All Her Fault, you’d be forgiven for feeling a sense of déjà vu. The nightmare begins when Marissa (Sarah Snook) goes to collect her six-year-old son Milo (Duke McCloud) from a pl...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
New on the site, our review of Sky and Peacock's thriller #AllHerFault, which could be a predictable thriller, but instead, has a lot to say about parenting and how society views working mothers www.thecustardtv.com/all-her-faul...
For our latest opinion piece, new contributor @oliveoil77.bsky.social looks back at the legacy of @margaretatwood.bsky.social's #TheHandmaidsTale and how the series feels as worryingly relevant now as it did in went it began. www.thecustardtv.com/the-impact-o...
The impact of The Handmaid's Tale: Written in 1985, arrived on television in 2018, but worryingly relavant in 2025 - The Custard TV
Years ago, my friends spent months urging me to watch a new show on Channel 4 called The Handmaid’s Tale. I resisted with complete confidence. I won’t like it, I insisted. Not only that, but I was une...
www.thecustardtv.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
For our latest opinion piece, new contributor @oliveoil77.bsky.social looks back at the legacy of @margaretatwood.bsky.social's #TheHandmaidsTale and how the series feels as worryingly relevant now as it did in went it began. www.thecustardtv.com/the-impact-o...
New on the site, our review of Sky and Peacock's thriller #AllHerFault, which could be a predictable thriller, but instead, has a lot to say about parenting and how society views working mothers www.thecustardtv.com/all-her-faul...
All Her Fault: This surprising thriller has a lot to say about modern parenting. - The Custard TV
Upon first glance of All Her Fault, you’d be forgiven for feeling a sense of déjà vu. The nightmare begins when Marissa (Sarah Snook) goes to collect her six-year-old son Milo (Duke McCloud) from a pl...
www.thecustardtv.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
New on the site, our review of Sky and Peacock's thriller #AllHerFault, which could be a predictable thriller, but instead, has a lot to say about parenting and how society views working mothers www.thecustardtv.com/all-her-faul...
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Our latest podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. I joined @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social to review Apple's new genre-bending series #Pluribus Sky's thriller #AllHerFault and another series Celeb Race Across the World. www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-498-...
Podcast - #498: Pluribus, All Her Fault, Tresspasses, Celebrity Race Across The World - The Custard TV
Luke, Dawn and Matt are back to review four shows available this week. Beginning with Vince Gilligan’s sci-fi genre-bending new series Pluribus, which is now available on Apple TV. After a long time i...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Our latest podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. I joined @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social to review Apple's new genre-bending series #Pluribus Sky's thriller #AllHerFault and another series Celeb Race Across the World. www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-498-...
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I've reviewed the first two episodes of Apple's truly exciting new series #Pluribus from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan. HOWEVER, don't read the review until you've seen the episodes. The show is best experienced blind. www.thecustardtv.com/pluribus-a-t... It is a work of genius, though.
Pluribus: A truly original idea from one of the best in the buisness. - The Custard TV
Vince Gilligan, showrunner and mastermind behind the new Apple TV series Pluribus, has spent a long time in Albuquerque. He set his masterpiece Breaking Bad in the New Mexico city and used its barren ...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I've reviewed the first two episodes of Apple's truly exciting new series #Pluribus from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan. HOWEVER, don't read the review until you've seen the episodes. The show is best experienced blind. www.thecustardtv.com/pluribus-a-t... It is a work of genius, though.
Our latest podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. I joined @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social to review Apple's new genre-bending series #Pluribus Sky's thriller #AllHerFault and another series Celeb Race Across the World. www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-498-...
Podcast - #498: Pluribus, All Her Fault, Tresspasses, Celebrity Race Across The World - The Custard TV
Luke, Dawn and Matt are back to review four shows available this week. Beginning with Vince Gilligan’s sci-fi genre-bending new series Pluribus, which is now available on Apple TV. After a long time i...
www.thecustardtv.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Our latest podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. I joined @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social to review Apple's new genre-bending series #Pluribus Sky's thriller #AllHerFault and another series Celeb Race Across the World. www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-498-...
I've reviewed the first two episodes of Apple's truly exciting new series #Pluribus from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan. HOWEVER, don't read the review until you've seen the episodes. The show is best experienced blind. www.thecustardtv.com/pluribus-a-t... It is a work of genius, though.
Pluribus: A truly original idea from one of the best in the buisness. - The Custard TV
Vince Gilligan, showrunner and mastermind behind the new Apple TV series Pluribus, has spent a long time in Albuquerque. He set his masterpiece Breaking Bad in the New Mexico city and used its barren ...
www.thecustardtv.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I've reviewed the first two episodes of Apple's truly exciting new series #Pluribus from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan. HOWEVER, don't read the review until you've seen the episodes. The show is best experienced blind. www.thecustardtv.com/pluribus-a-t... It is a work of genius, though.
Available on BBC iPlayer, I was completely hooked by #GirlbandsForever, which serves as both a look at the perils of fame at a young age, but also a look back at what Britain was like in the not-so-decent past. My review www.thecustardtv.com/girlbands-fo...
Girlbands Forever: A fun but stark look at the way we treated young girls hungry for fame. - The Custard TV
In October 1995, British girl group Eternal found themselves at a bit of a crossroads. They’d been delivering hit after hit since their debut single “Stay” reached number 4 in 1993, but their manageme...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Available on BBC iPlayer, I was completely hooked by #GirlbandsForever, which serves as both a look at the perils of fame at a young age, but also a look back at what Britain was like in the not-so-decent past. My review www.thecustardtv.com/girlbands-fo...
Our latest podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social are joined by Mo Walker to review Apple's new Slow Horses type show, Down Cemetery Road, as well as Harlan Coben adaptation, Lazarus on Prime Video www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-497-...
Podcast - # 497: Down Cemetery Road, Lazarus, The Ridge, The Chair Company - The Custard TV
Fellow podcaster Mo Walker joins Matt and Dawn to review four new shows available this week. Slow Horses is a massive hit for Apple TV, so now the streamer is banking on another series of novels from ...
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October 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Our latest podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social are joined by Mo Walker to review Apple's new Slow Horses type show, Down Cemetery Road, as well as Harlan Coben adaptation, Lazarus on Prime Video www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-497-...
And just like that, another season/series of #SlowHorses draws to a thrilling conclusion. Our review is now available. Thank you @dawnglen.bsky.social for all your fantastic coverage. Roll on September 2026! www.thecustardtv.com/slow-horses-...
Slow Horses' 5th season finale sees River grasp at the gold ring of success - The Custard TV
All too quickly our time with Jasckon Lamb (Sir Gary Oldman) and his team of success-impaired agents comes to a close for another year, with the finale of season 5. For some, this season has underwhel...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
And just like that, another season/series of #SlowHorses draws to a thrilling conclusion. Our review is now available. Thank you @dawnglen.bsky.social for all your fantastic coverage. Roll on September 2026! www.thecustardtv.com/slow-horses-...
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Our latest podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social is joined by @sarahhamstera.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social to review #RiotWomen Leonard and Hungry Paul, plus farts and more with #CelebrityTraitors www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-496-...
Podcast - # 496: Riot Women, The Iris Affair, Leonard & Hungry Paul, Celebrity Traitors. - The Custard TV
Matt is joined by both Maids from Maid for TV in Sarah and Dawn. The trio reviews Sally Wainwright’s new drama Riot Women, which sees women of a certain age form a rock band, initially to enter a scho...
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October 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Our latest podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social is joined by @sarahhamstera.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social to review #RiotWomen Leonard and Hungry Paul, plus farts and more with #CelebrityTraitors www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-496-...
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The latest episode of #SlowHorses is available now. Our review from @dawnglen.bsky.social looks at where all the key players are as we head towards the final episode of the series. www.thecustardtv.com/slow-horsess...
Slow Horses's 5th episode slows down as they face going into the finale blind - The Custard TV
After some of Slow Horses best episodes, season 5 slows down for episode 5 “Circus”. It’s essentially an epilogue and prologue – dissecting the chaos of last week’s melee that led to the accidental de...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The latest episode of #SlowHorses is available now. Our review from @dawnglen.bsky.social looks at where all the key players are as we head towards the final episode of the series. www.thecustardtv.com/slow-horsess...
The latest episode of #SlowHorses is available now. Our review from @dawnglen.bsky.social looks at where all the key players are as we head towards the final episode of the series. www.thecustardtv.com/slow-horsess...
Slow Horses's 5th episode slows down as they face going into the finale blind - The Custard TV
After some of Slow Horses best episodes, season 5 slows down for episode 5 “Circus”. It’s essentially an epilogue and prologue – dissecting the chaos of last week’s melee that led to the accidental de...
www.thecustardtv.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The latest episode of #SlowHorses is available now. Our review from @dawnglen.bsky.social looks at where all the key players are as we head towards the final episode of the series. www.thecustardtv.com/slow-horsess...
Our latest podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social is joined by @sarahhamstera.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social to review #RiotWomen Leonard and Hungry Paul, plus farts and more with #CelebrityTraitors www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-496-...
Podcast - # 496: Riot Women, The Iris Affair, Leonard & Hungry Paul, Celebrity Traitors. - The Custard TV
Matt is joined by both Maids from Maid for TV in Sarah and Dawn. The trio reviews Sally Wainwright’s new drama Riot Women, which sees women of a certain age form a rock band, initially to enter a scho...
www.thecustardtv.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Our latest podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social is joined by @sarahhamstera.bsky.social & @dawnglen.bsky.social to review #RiotWomen Leonard and Hungry Paul, plus farts and more with #CelebrityTraitors www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-496-...
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Task delivers a cathartic finale that brings closure for people we care about. Though this might be it, I can't wait to see what creator Brad Ingeslby does next. My review - www.thecustardtv.com/task-deliver...
Task delivers a cathartic finale. - The Custard TV
There’s another version of Task that ends with Maeve (Emilia Jones) getting the bag of money from her uncle, and Tom (Mark Ruffalo) and Aleah (Thuso Mbedu) learning that their fellow Task force member...
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October 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Task delivers a cathartic finale that brings closure for people we care about. Though this might be it, I can't wait to see what creator Brad Ingeslby does next. My review - www.thecustardtv.com/task-deliver...
Task delivers a cathartic finale that brings closure for people we care about. Though this might be it, I can't wait to see what creator Brad Ingeslby does next. My review - www.thecustardtv.com/task-deliver...
Task delivers a cathartic finale. - The Custard TV
There’s another version of Task that ends with Maeve (Emilia Jones) getting the bag of money from her uncle, and Tom (Mark Ruffalo) and Aleah (Thuso Mbedu) learning that their fellow Task force member...
www.thecustardtv.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Task delivers a cathartic finale that brings closure for people we care about. Though this might be it, I can't wait to see what creator Brad Ingeslby does next. My review - www.thecustardtv.com/task-deliver...
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Life-affirming and hugely uplifting #RiotWomen is Sally Wainwright's greatest gift to women. Our review www.thecustardtv.com/blood-sweat-...
Blood, Sweat and Tears - Riot Women is Sally Wainwright's greatest gift to women - The Custard TV
When menopausal, lonely, bereft school teacher Beth (Joanna Scanlan) decides to take her own life, she’s interrupted by a call from her brother. It’s a call that many women of a similar age will recog...
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October 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Life-affirming and hugely uplifting #RiotWomen is Sally Wainwright's greatest gift to women. Our review www.thecustardtv.com/blood-sweat-...
Life-affirming and hugely uplifting #RiotWomen is Sally Wainwright's greatest gift to women. Our review www.thecustardtv.com/blood-sweat-...
Blood, Sweat and Tears - Riot Women is Sally Wainwright's greatest gift to women - The Custard TV
When menopausal, lonely, bereft school teacher Beth (Joanna Scanlan) decides to take her own life, she’s interrupted by a call from her brother. It’s a call that many women of a similar age will recog...
www.thecustardtv.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Life-affirming and hugely uplifting #RiotWomen is Sally Wainwright's greatest gift to women. Our review www.thecustardtv.com/blood-sweat-...
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Our Ruthie Nugent says #BlueLights is the crime drama for a new era. Are you watching? Our review of series 3 can be found here www.thecustardtv.com/blue-lights-...
Blue Lights series 3: The Thrilling Cop Show with a Big Heart - The Custard TV
It’s getting colder, darker, and I am dreading winter. Thank goodness for the return of Blue Lights. Whilst the squalid corridors of Blackthorn police station lack the sunshine I am craving, the BAFTA...
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October 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Our Ruthie Nugent says #BlueLights is the crime drama for a new era. Are you watching? Our review of series 3 can be found here www.thecustardtv.com/blue-lights-...
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Our latest trip aboard the TV Time Machine is available now wherever you get your podcasts. I joined @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social to look back on the TV of October 2000. Which includes Fat Friends on ITV and the return of #Blackadder on Sky!? Listen & share here www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-tv-t...
Podcast – TV Time Machine # 24 – October 2000 – Blackadder Back and Forth, Fat Friends, Without Motive, North Square - The Custard TV
Luke and Matt are back aboard their TV Time Machine. This time, they are looking at four shows which aired in October 2000. Made for the Millennium Dome, Sky airs Blackadder: Back and Forth, which see...
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October 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Our latest trip aboard the TV Time Machine is available now wherever you get your podcasts. I joined @mattdonnelly1.bsky.social to look back on the TV of October 2000. Which includes Fat Friends on ITV and the return of #Blackadder on Sky!? Listen & share here www.thecustardtv.com/podcast-tv-t...
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#SlowHorses continues to surprise, as the twists and turns continue as we race towards the final two episodes. Our review from @dawnglen.bsky.social is available now www.thecustardtv.com/slow-horses-...
Slow Horses sets surprising cogs in motion as it heads towards the season climax - The Custard TV
There is perhaps no drama on TV right now which more narratively echoes the idea of a Rube Goldberg machine – a contraption which relies on a chain of events to complete an action – than Slow Horses. ...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
#SlowHorses continues to surprise, as the twists and turns continue as we race towards the final two episodes. Our review from @dawnglen.bsky.social is available now www.thecustardtv.com/slow-horses-...
#SlowHorses continues to surprise, as the twists and turns continue as we race towards the final two episodes. Our review from @dawnglen.bsky.social is available now www.thecustardtv.com/slow-horses-...
Slow Horses sets surprising cogs in motion as it heads towards the season climax - The Custard TV
There is perhaps no drama on TV right now which more narratively echoes the idea of a Rube Goldberg machine – a contraption which relies on a chain of events to complete an action – than Slow Horses. ...
www.thecustardtv.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
#SlowHorses continues to surprise, as the twists and turns continue as we race towards the final two episodes. Our review from @dawnglen.bsky.social is available now www.thecustardtv.com/slow-horses-...