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Pilot TV

Empire Magazine

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From the creators of The Empire Film Podcast, Pilot TV is your essential guide to every TV show that matters, providing a weekly rundown of all the new must-see TV shows dropping across streaming, terrestrial, satellite, cable, and beyond. Join Empire's James Dyer, Heat's Boyd Hilton, Steph Seelan, and Kay Ribeiro as they bring you breaking TV news, reviews of the week's major shows, and interviews with some of the biggest names in TV.

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Pilot TV is here to make sure every minute you spend in front of the box is a minute worth spending. Served with a heavy helping of insider knowledge, irreverence and humour, Pilot TV won't just keep you informed, amused and entertained, but is guaranteed to save countless hours of your life. Because you can’t watch *everything*.

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  1. Dark Winds, Percy Jackson & The Olympians, and Irish Blood

    · 1 h 12 min · S1 E387 · Explicit

    On this week’s podcast you’ll be devastated to hear that we are unable to review Taylor Swift: The End Of An Era, however don’t switch off, because we do manage to rustle up some alternatives. Dark Winds makes its…

  2. Stranger Things, The War Between The Land And The Sea, and Spartacus: House of Ashur

    · 1 h 35 min · S1 E386 · Explicit

    The wait is over! Well, sort of, because Stranger Things returns to Netflix this week for the first part of its final season to whet our collective appetites for the final assault on the Upside Down at the end of the…

  3. Prisoner 951, Watson, and Changing End

    · 1 h 21 min · S1 E385 · Explicit

    There are chocolates in the studio this week — albeit ones that were initially destined for our editor Darren, but let’s gloss over that, shall we? In addition to raising our blood sugar levels while doing this week’s…

  4. Malice, Summerwater, and The Death Of Bunny Munro. With guests Vince Gilligan, Rhea Seehorn and Karolina Wydra

    · 1 h 44 min · S1 E384 · Explicit

    Pluribus showrunner Vince Gilligan along with stars Rhea Seehorn and Karolina Wydra all piled into the Pilot TV studio this week to talk all about Apple’s excellent new sci-fi series (0:00-30:12). Then, James, Kay and…

  5. Pluribus, All Her Fault, and Wild Cherry. With guest Jack Whitehall

    · 1 h 24 min · S1 E383 · Explicit

    We get nothing from Malice from guest Jack Whitehall this week, who chats with Boyd about his new show. Malice (20:57-35:20). But on the rest of the pod, we’re all sweetness and light, mainly as we not only have a new…

  6. Down Cemetery Road, I Love LA, and Robin Hood. With guest Ruth Wilson

    · 1 h 35 min · S1 E382 · Explicit

    Ruth Wilson in uncovering a conspiracy this week, both in Down Cemetery Road on Apple TV (1:02:18), and on this very podcast, for she is this week’s guest (33:12-48:43). Plus we’re back among the branches of Sherwood…

  7. It: Welcome To Derry, Trigger Point, and Art Detectives. With guest Stephen Merchant

    · 1 h 35 min · S1 E381 · Explicit

    Stephen Merchant joins us on the show this week, not only chatting to James about his recent zombie apocalypse debut in The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, but ruminating on comedy, rhyming slang, the legacy of The Office…

  8. Leonard And Hungry Paul, The Forsytes, and The Ridge. With guests Harlan Coben and Bill Nighy

    · 1 h 29 min · S1 E380 · Explicit

    We have a Lazarus double bill this week as both showrunner Harlan Coben and Star Bill Nighy drop by for separate (but thematically connected) chats about the new Prime Video thriller (which is embargoed, so we’ll be…

  9. Riot Women, The Iris Affair, and Monster: The Ed Gein Story. With guests Sally Wainwright, Adjani Salmon & Ali Hughes

    · 1 h 57 min · S1 E379 · Explicit

    Kay rapidly wishes she’d never returned from holiday after coming back to this week’s show as she discovers that Boyd hasn’t saved her a copy of his book. But that’s at least partially made up for by the fact that she…

  10. Film Club, Dreaming Whilst Black, and Murder Before Evensong. With Guests Aimee Lou Wood & Suranne Jones, and Jodie Whittaker

    · 1 h 59 min · S1 E378 · Explicit

    We’re legitimately chatting all things movies on the (TV) podcast this week as Aimee Lou Wood and Suranne Jones join us to chat Film Club on BBC3 (37:11-53:10), Plus Jodie Whittaker (sans Suranne) pops by to talk all…

  11. Chad Powers, Frauds, and How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge). With Guests Jessica Chastain & Nnamdi Asomugha and Tom Blyth

    · 2 h 04 min · S1 E377 · Explicit

    Jessica Chastain and Nnamdi Asomugha are our guests on this week’s show, chatting The Savant on Apple TV+ (47:34-57:53) — a show that unfortunately you can’t watch, the reasons for which we get into in some detail…

  12. Slow Horses, Wayward, and The Hack. With guests Ruth Bradley and Christopher Chung

    · 1 h 54 min · S1 E376 · Explicit

    It’s a Slow Horses special (kind of) this week as not only do we review the show’s fifth series but both Christopher Chung (Roddy Ho) and Ruth Bradley (Emma Flyte) are guests, with Ruth dropping into the studio…

  13. Black Rabbit, Gen V, and Juice. With guests Andrew Lincoln and David Ireland

    · 1 h 20 min · S1 E375 · Explicit

    We’re in Coldwater this week as Andrew Lincoln and writer David Ireland discuss the new ITV thriller (23:55-44:34). Plus Kay asks the question as to whether we take TV (or film, or book) recommendations from other…

  14. Task, The Girlfriend, and Only Murders In The Building. With guests Robin Wright and Olivia Cooke

    · 1 h 24 min · S1 E374 · Explicit

    We are nominally back to normal this week, meaning we’re all in the studio and the YouTube cameras are back on. And a good thing too as we take on HBO crime thriller Task (55:00), the fifth season of Only Murders In…

  15. The Guest, I Fought The Law, and The Runarounds. With Guest Domhnall Gleeson

    · 1 h 12 min · S1 E373 · Explicit

    We’re back to a semblance of normality this week, except for James being in Florida and having to dial in remotely, but that doesn’t stop us taking on the police with Sheridan Smith in I Fought The Law on ITV1,…

  16. Atomic, King & Conqueror, and Invasion. With guests Suranne Jones and Matt Charman, Alfie Allen and Shazad Latif

    · 1 h 40 min · S1 E372 · Explicit

    It’s a bumper, star-studded week for guests with two glorious duos discussing their shows - Hostage and Atomic, while we’re still missing our leader James so it’s another “Dot and Ethel” two hander with Boyd, live from…

  17. Peacemaker, The Twisted Tale Of Amanda Knox, and Mudtown. With guest Alex Lawther

    · 1 h 41 min · S1 E371 · Explicit

    The excellent Alex Lawther is our guest this week. You’ll know him from The End Of The F****ing World among other fine shows, and now he is one of the shining lights in the ensemble cast of Alien: Earth. Lazy James is…

  18. LIVE: Alien: Earth, In Flight, and Butterfly. With special guest co-host Russell T. Davies

    · 2 h 25 min · S1 E370 · Explicit

    Our Live 350th episode turned out to be a live 349th episode (because maths) but that didn’t stop it from being a storming night at Kings Place in London. Why? Because on this episode our trio became a quartet and we…

  19. Outlander: Blood Of My Blood, Platonic, and Ridley. With Guests Adrian Dunbar and Paul Wesley

    · 1 h 56 min · S1 E369 · Explicit

    We have a double whammy of guests this week as Adrian Dunbar joins us to chat Ridley on ITV. Plus Paul Wesley chats to us about returning to the bridge as Kirk in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Meanwhile, Scottish…

  20. The Assassin, The Count Of Monte Cristo, The Gone, and The Mayfair Witches

    · 1 h 15 min · S1 E368 · Explicit

    There’s a returning series bonanza this week as we take our pick from The Gone and The Mayfair Witches, both returning to the Beeb. But that’s okay as we also have two big ticket originals making their TV debut this…

  21. Mix Tape, The Narrow Road To The Deep North, and Washington Black. With guest Mark Gatiss

    · 1 h 46 min · S1 E367 · Explicit

    Bookish goes Poddish this week as Mark Gatiss joins us on the show to talk about post-war crime solving on U&Alibi (30:01-51:57). Plus we review a trio of time-hopping dramas this week from Aussie/Northern ‘80s drama…

  22. Too Much, The Institute, Bookish, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. With guests Jeffrey Dean Morgan & Scott Gimple, Emer Kenny & Lauren Lyle

    · 1 h 50 min · S1 E366 · Explicit

    Too Much is very much the phrase of the week on this episode as not only do we have four guests — specifically Karen Pirie’s Lauren Lyle and Emer Kenny (50:50-1:04:40) and The Walking Dead: Dead City’s Jeffrey Dean…

  23. Foundation, Ballard, and Shifting Gears. With guest Jared Harris

    · 1 h 39 min · S1 E365 · Explicit

    It’s the episode you’ve all been waiting for… James talking about Foundation for a truly heroic amount of time as not only does the team review (1:00:25) the show’s third season (for which James provides Kay with a…

  24. Squid Game, The Bear, Such Brave Girls, and Scrublands. With guest Kat Sadler

    · 1 h 39 min · S1 E364 · Explicit

    Kay is still on her terribly important work assignment to Rimini this week, so beams into the studio on the airwaves as she, James and Boyd discuss everything from Boyd’s new foray into the world of video influencers…

  25. Smoke, Transaction, and Countdown. With guest Christina Hendricks

    · 1 h 34 min · S1 E363 · Explicit

    Christina Hendricks couldn’t stay away and is back on the podcast this week, talking this time about the return of The Buccaneers to Apple TV+ (28:59-50:14). And speaking of Apple, the new show from Dennis Lehane,…

  26. We Were Liars, Pushers, and Outrageous

    · 1 h 14 min · S1 E362 · Explicit

    We bounce from balls to benefits this week as we hang out with a lot of very rich people in YA adaptation We Were Liars on Prime (1:00:45), and Mitford sisters miniseries Outrageous on U&Drama (48:19), then explore the…

  27. Beth, The Consultant, and St Denis Medical. With guest Cynthia Nixon

    · 1 h 47 min · S1 E361 · Explicit

    Kay is still on holiday this week, but that’s okay because standing in for her is true crime maven Steph Seelan, plus Cynthia Nixon — although she’s less a Kay stand-in and more a guest, here to talk about the new…

  28. The Better Sister, Stick, and The Gold. With guest Matthew Goode

    · 1 h 33 min · S1 E360 · Explicit

    Matthew Goode is on this week, chatting all things Dept Q on Netflix (41:02-57:30). Plus, we take up our 9 irons for a spot of golf with Owen Wilson in Stick on Apple TV+ (1:09:52), explore the boundaries of sibling…

  29. Sirens, The Last Anniversary, and Death Valley

    · 1 h 19 min · S1 E359 · Explicit

    We’re all off to Scribbly Gum Island this week for BBC1’s adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s The Last Anniversary (58:20), solving crimes with Timothy Spall in Death Valley, also on the Beeb (1:07:31), and pushing the…

  30. Nine Perfect Strangers, Rematch, and The Bombing Of Pan Am 103. With Guest Rian Johnson

    · 1 h 39 min · S1 E358 · Explicit

    We’re back on the wellness beat with Nicole Kidman in Nine Perfect Strangers season 2 on Prime (1:16:15), Facing off against a machine with chess wizard Gary Kasparov in Rematch on Disney+ (1:26:03), and re-examining…

  31. Murderbot, The Game, and Hysteria! With guest Russell T. Davies

    · 1 h 32 min · S1 E357 · Explicit

    If you’ve been looking for an update on the marvel that is new Who then we have just the man for you because Russell T Davies is our guest on this week’s show, delivering the first part of a very in-depth chat with…

  32. The Four Seasons, Poker Face, and Malpractice

    · 1 h 14 min · S1 E356 · Explicit

    Alan Alda’s The Four Seasons gets a modern glow-up with Steve Carell, Tina Fey and Colman Domingo on Netflix this week (40:53), plus Rian Johnson’s Poker Face comes crashing back with its second season on Sky (51:04),…

  33. Andor, Étoile, and Carême. With guest Charlotte Ritchie

    · 1 h 46 min · S1 E355 · Explicit

    On program! Yes, Andor has returned and while we had to wait a week for James to get back from holiday before we were all allowed to discuss it, we review Season 2 in full this episode (58:12). Plus, following on from…

  34. I Jack Wright, Fake, and Doctor Who ‘Lux’ spoiler discussion. With guest David Oyelowo

    · 1 h 23 min · S1 E354 · Explicit

    With James away this week, it’s down to Boyd and Kay to take the helm and bang on about the week’s big TV but in a shock move, they admit James rewatching shows he’s seen thousands of times before is actually, dare we…

  35. The Last Of Us, The Stolen Girl, and Government Cheese. With guests Charlie Brooker and Jessica Rhodes

    · 1 h 50 min · S1 E353 · Explicit

    Yes, it’s time for James to bang on about The Last Of Us again (sorry) but that’s okay, because we have Charlie Brooker and Jessica Rhodes on the show to balance things out by talking Black Mirror Season 7 (37:05).…

  36. Your Friends & Neighbours, Reunion, and Hacks. With guest Jon Hamm

    · 1 h 41 min · S1 E352 · Explicit

    Our friend and neighbour Jon Hamm is this week’s guest (36:36)as we chat burglary and anti-heroes for Apple’s new comedy drama (1:06:10). Plus we take a look at the BBC’s Deaf-centric revenge drama Reunion (1:27:15),…

  37. Dying For Sex, Austin, and The Bondsman. With guests Tom Hardy and Kaitlin Olson

    · 1 h 40 min · S1 E351 · Explicit

    Tom Hardy is with us this week (18:08), going full gangster for MobLand, and Kaitlin Olson also stops by to chat High Potential and Hacks (59:37). Elsewhere, we accompany Michelle Williams on a voyage of sexual…

  38. The Studio, Side Quest, and This City Is Ours. With guests Seth Rogen and Catherine O’Hara

    · 1 h 31 min · S1 E350 · Explicit

    We are blessed by Canadian comedy royalty this week as Seth Rogen and Catherine O’Hara join us on the podcast to talk all about The Studio on Apple TV+ (30:06), which we also review on this week’s show (54:27). Plus,…

  39. Happy Face, Gangs Of London, and Protection. With guest Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù

    · 1 h 43 min · S1 E349 · Explicit

    Gangs Of London star Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù is our guest on this week’s show (32:20) as we suit up for another instalment of bloody murder on the streets of the capital in Season 3 (1:20:55). Plus, we’re testing the boundaries…

  40. Dope Thief, Adolescence, and The Au Pair. With Guests Brian Tyree Henry and Faye Marsay

    · 2 h 02 min · S1 E348 · Explicit

    We’re giving out gnomes this week, specifically to Brian Tyree Henry, who joins us to chat all things rip and run with crime thriller Dope Thief (19:58) on Apple TV+. And while she didn’t get a gnome, the excellent…

  41. Toxic Town, Fear, and Get Millie Black

    · 1 h 22 min · S1 E347 · Explicit

    This week’s show sees us dealing with industrial pollution alongside Jodie Whittaker and Aimee Lou Wood in Toxic town on Netflix (46:06), being terrorised by Martin Compston and Anjli Mohindra’s neighbour from hell in…

  42. Small Town Big Story, Dope Girls, and 1923. With guests Christina Hendricks, Chris O’Dowd and Jason Isaacs

    · 1 h 52 min · S1 E346 · Explicit

    Chris O’Dowd and Christina Hendricks join us this week (25:10) to talk Small Town, Big Country on Sky and NOW (which we also review - 1:17:30), Plus Jason Isaacs drops by to chat The White Lotus (1:02:38). Elsewhere,…

  43. Disney+ original series A Thousand Blows: An Empire and Pilot TV Podcast Special

    · 55 min · S1 E345 · Explicit

    Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight heads to the mean streets of Victorian London for A Thousand Blows on Disney+ and what better way to celebrate than with a special Pilot TV/Empire crossover podcast? Chris Hewitt,…

  44. The White Lotus and A Thousand Blows. With guests Jesse Plemons, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Millie Brady

    · 1 h 44 min · S1 E344 · Explicit

    We have a gaggle of guests for you this week as Jesse Plemons joins us to talk Netflix’s Zero Day (51:21) and the three stars of Apple’s Surface — Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Millie Brady — also drop by…

  45. Apple Cider Vinegar, Funboys, and Virdee

    · 1 h 13 min · S1 E343 · Explicit

    Dodgy influencers are the order of the day on this week’s show as we take a look at Netflix’s wellness drama Apple Cider Vinegar (39:12). Plus, we join three hapless boys (and one plastic swan) in BBC comedy Funboys…

  46. Unforgotten, Big Boys, and Amandaland

    · 1 h 22 min · S1 E342 · Explicit

    We have a trio of brilliant British shows for you this week as Chris Lang’s Unforgotten reunites Sunny with his famous backpack for its sixth series on ITV (52:22), Jack Rooke’s Big Boys gets a last hurrah as its third…

  47. Paradise, Brian And Maggie, and Mythic Quest

    · 1 h 35 min · S1 E341 · Explicit

    This week, we’re on the hunt for the president’s killer with Sterling K. Brown in Paradise on Disney+ (1:04:01), heading back to the ‘80s to re-live one of the final interviews with Margaret Thatcher in Brian And…

  48. High Potential and Whiskey On The Rocks. With guests Leo Woodall and Quintessa Swindell

    · 1 h 17 min · S1 E340 · Explicit

    We’re chatting Prime Target with Leo Woodall and Quintessa Swindell this week (34:16), before hand-picking a single pair of shows to review this week — which has a lot more to do an array of embargoes than an indicator…

  49. Severance, Out There, and American Primeval. With guests James Norton and Niamh Algar

    · 1 h 30 min · S1 E339 · Explicit

    We’re back! it’s 2025 and to kick things off, James Norton and Niamh Algar join us to chat all things Playing Nice on ITV (26:05). But that’s not all, because ITV also brings us this week’s Wales-set drama Out There…

  50. Review Of The Year 2024

    · 1 h 56 min · S1 E338 · Explicit

    Merry Christmas! and welcome to Pilot TV’s festive round-up of the year that was. Over the course of two glorious hours, we break down the last 12 months in television, sifting through the good, the bad, and the ugly…

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