Episode 24 - Films, Musicals and Revivals, Oh My!
The Televigion Podcast: Pilot Season
Release Date: 02/05/2016
Pilot Season on Hiatus
The Televigion Podcast: Pilot Season
Televigion has returned! In a new more focused format and with a new name, Pilot Season.
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Pilot Season Episode 22: Homecoming
The Televigion Podcast: Pilot Season
This episode we're watching Homecoming on Amazon Video, a psychological thriller series about a facility to reintegrate soldiers back into civilian life starring Julia Roberts, based on a podcast from Gimlet Media.
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Pilot Season Episode 21: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
The Televigion Podcast: Pilot Season
This episode we're watching The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix, a new outing for the Archie Comics character of Sabrina Spellman, a half-witch, half-mortal teenager growing up in Greendale.
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Pilot Season Episode 20: The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell
The Televigion Podcast: Pilot Season
This episode we're watching The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell on Netflix, a spooky cooking show with puppets and plot, created by Henson Alternative and hosted by Christine McConnell, who became famous through Instagram for her wonderfully weird photography, art and baking.
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Pilot Season Episode 19: The Haunting of Hill House
The Televigion Podcast: Pilot Season
This episode we're watching The Haunting of Hill House on Netflix (with The Televigion Mum), a new adaptation of the influential and highly regarded 1959 novel by Shirley Jackson. It has been adapted by Mike Flanagan of Oculus, Hush and Gerald's Game fame and stars Carla Gugino, Michiel Huisman and Timothy Hutton.
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Pilot Season Episode 18: Doctor Who 'Rose'
The Televigion Podcast: Pilot Season
This episode we have longtime podcast supporter and contributor Suky Khakh as our special guest and we're all watching the first episode of Doctor Who's triumphant return in 2005, Rose on the BBC iPlayer inspired by the latest return of Doctor Who with Jodie Whittaker taking over as The Doctor.
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Pilot Season Episode 17: The Good Cop
The Televigion Podcast: Pilot Season
This episode we watched The Good Cop on Netflix, a police procedural comedy-drama starring Josh Groban and Tony Danza as strait-laced son and corrupt-cop father, adapted from an Israeli show of the same name.
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Pilot Season Episode 16: Killing Eve
The Televigion Podcast: Pilot Season
This episode we watched Killing Eve on BBC1/iPlayer, a spy thriller creating a lot of online excitement, adapted by Phoebe Waller-Bridge starring Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer as MI5 agent and international assassin, each obsessed with the other.
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Pilot Season Episode 15: Future Man
The Televigion Podcast: Pilot Season
This episode we have returning special guest James Walker, who joined us for Future Man on Now TV/Syfy, a new science fiction comedy from Howard Overman of Misfits fame (amongst other things) starring Josh Hutcherson, Eliza Coupe and a whole bunch of recognisable faces.
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Pilot Season Episode 14: Jack Ryan
The Televigion Podcast: Pilot Season
This episode we're watching Jack Ryan on Amazon Prime, the latest version of Tom Clancy's CIA analyst character who has spawned many film adaptations. Here he is played by erstwhile Jim from The Office, John Krasinski.
info_outlineThis week, we're moving away from television but still in Televigion. Rachel and James have been watching films - specifically Rush and Man Up (both on Amazon Prime)
NB The film Rachel referred to is The Break-Up
Correspondence :-
- A Neat Guy on Twitter joined in with Televigion Commentary
- Interesting article sent by James Anderson - Sky’s gazumping is killing popular drama imports – TV with no viewers isn’t TV at all
- From the Televigion Mum: Will & Grace Cast Also "Reuniting"
- Gauntletgirl inspires the theme for episode 25 - Revivals! Partly thanks to this article on Dad's Army. And also this article on musicals on TV (with reference to Grease: Live, Galavant and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)
Recommendations:-
- Sad news - Silicon Valley is not on demand anywhere...
- But Victorian Bakers (BBC2) and Shetland (BBC1) are both hits with us!
Lucky Dip:-
- The random number 254 led us to half an episode of Nightmare Next Door (ID+ 1)
Current TV:-
- A very warry War and Peace
"On Demand"s My Attention:-
- Supergirl (Sky 1)
- Limmy's Show S2 (DVD)
- Horace and Pete (Louis C.K.'s site)
Gold Star (used to be Top of the Pile):-
- Victorian Bakers (BBC2)
- Limmy's Show S2 (DVD)
Disappointment:-
- Nope!
Top of the Pile:-
- Anything Disney
- Hannibal
For episode 25 the theme is Revivals, so get in touch with anything you think should return, anything ruined by a reboot or any successful reinventions!
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