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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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_outlineNearly two months since our last recording and there's a lot to cover! Starting with the best moustaches on TV, exciting grapes and a few puns we catch up on eight weeks of Televigion.
Some old news about Amazon pilots
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Details this week
Correspondence and Recommendations:-
- The Televigion Mum gave us our only vote on numbering and recommended
- James Walker sent us some new recommendations
- Black Mirror Season 3, Netflix
- The Earliest Show, Funny or Die
- People of Earth pilot (YouTube), TBS
- Douglas Shearer enjoyed my recommendation of BoJack Horseman!
- Very Special Correspondence from Gauntletgirl
- 18 Books, Movies, And TV Shows That Should Definitely Exist from BuzzFeed
- US TV star salaries show pay gap between white and minority actors, NewsWeek
- Recommendation for The Missing on BBC One
- Sarah & Duck has kidnapped my heart from The Guardian
- Good Girls Revolt: the antidote to your Mad Men withdrawal shakes from The Guardian
- Humans review, The Guardian
Current TV
- Humans, Channel 4, Sundays 9pm
- National Treasure, All4
- The Great British Bake-Off BBC1, Wednesdays, 8pm
- Strictly Come Dancing Series 14, BBC One, Saturdays and Sundays
- Westworld, Sky Atlantic/Now TV
- Taskmaster, Dave
- Go 8-Bit, Dave
- QI with Sandi Toksvig, BBC Two, Fridays, 10pm
"On Demand"s My Attention:-
- Nashville S4, Now TV and Sky Living
- Continuum, Netflix
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend S2, Netflix
- Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, Now TV
Gold Star:-
- James -
- Taskmaster, Dave
Top of the Pile
- Westworld, Sky Atlantic/Now TV
The Future
- The future is up to you!
- Tell us the best and worst moustaches on TV!
- Next time, we debate Crazy Ex-Girlfriend for Televigion 101!
Thanks for listening!