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Pilot TV
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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#187 Stranger Things, The Flight Attendant, and Big Boys. With guest Indira Varma
We may not have been able to see Obi-Wan Kenobi this week but that didn't stop us inviting Indira Varma onto the show to talk all about the latest addition to…
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#186 The Time Traveler's Wife, The Essex Serpent, and Night Sky. With guest Joe Locke
Heartstopper star Joe Locke joins us on the show this week to talk about that show's huge impact since its release. Plus the team not only get deep into the…
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#185 Tokyo Vice, Conversations With Friends, and The Lincoln Lawyer. With guests Titus Welliver, Glenn Close and Niv Sultan
The legendary Glenn Close joins us this week along with her Tehran co-star Niv Sultan to discuss the Apple show's second season, plus Bosch himself, Mr Titus…
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#184 The Staircase, Bosch: Legacy, and DI Ray. With guests Ella Purnell and Kate Mulgrew, plus Jack Davenport and John Morton
James gets to indulge his geek tendencies this week when Ella Purnell and Kate Mulgrew (Captain Janeway herself!) join the show to talk Star Trek Prodigy, and…
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#183 Shining Girls, Ten Percent, and Barry. With guests Elisabeth Moss and Bill Hader
Elisabeth Moss joins us on the show this week to discuss Apple's brilliant, reality-bending serial killer thriller, Shining Girls. Plus Bill Hader drops by to…
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#182 Life After Life, Chivalry, Heartstopper, Russian Doll, and Gaslit. With guests Sienna Miller, Rupert Friend and Sarah Solemani
We're awash with both guests and shows this week, with Sienna Miller and Rupert Friend joining us to talk all things Anatomy Of A Scandal, and Sarah Solemani…
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#181 Derry Girls, Roar, Hard Cell, and Why Didn't They Ask Evans? With guests Will Poulter and Saoirse-Monica Jackson
Not only do we have Will Poulter on this weeks show, talking Agatha Christie and Arsenal with Boyd, but Derry Girl Saoirse-Monica Jackson drops by as well to…
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#180 Moon Knight, Anatomy Of A Scandal, and Raised By Wolves. With guest Alison Brie
Alison Brie joins us on this week's show to talk about her upcoming show Roar, reminisce about Community with Beth and walk us through her favourite wrestling…
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#179 Slow Horses, Winning Time, and Hacks. With guests Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden
We're joined on this week's show by Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden, who drop by to talk Apple's new espionage drama, Slow Horses, and debate the merits of kitchen…
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#178 Peacemaker, Pachinko, and Bridgerton
James has lost his voice this week, which makes for a particularly absurd episode in which he goes full Baron Greenback and croaks his way through the entire…
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#177 WeCrashed, Top Boy, and Holding
Beth is struck down by the Cove this week, leaving James and Boyd to run amok. However, they're not alone for long because the boys enlist the help of a *very*…
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A Deep Dive Into The Dropout: A Pilot TV + Empire Podcast Special, In Association With Disney+
The first three episodes of The Dropout, the new series charting the rise and fall of tech entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, the company she founded…
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#176 The Last Days Of Ptolemy Grey, The Witchfinder, and Our House. With guest Martin Compston
Martin Compston joins us on this week's show, fielding Boyd's questions about his new ITV thriller Our House, bemoaning the state of modern football, and…
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#175 The Dropout, Killing Eve, and Shining Vale. With guest Joe Dempsie
This week's episode sees Joe Dempsie join us to talk all about his new show, Pieces Of Her on Netflix, as well as reflecting on sex scenes, intimacy and the…
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#174 Peaky Blinders, Vikings: Valhalla, and Wolf Like Me. With guest Steven Knight
We're a day late this week, by order of the Peaky Blinders (or more specifically the BBC's review embargo), but it's all good because Peaky creator Steven…
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#173 Severance, Bel-Air, and One Of Us Is Lying
It's a particularly anarchic show this week as chronology gets thrown entirely out of the window and sections collide, possibly as a result of too much…
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#172 This Is Going To Hurt, Suspicion, No Return, and Starstruck. With guest Adam Kay
Adam Kay, author of bestselling medical memoir This Is Going To Hurt, joins us on the show this week as we look at the BBC adaptation of his work, starring Ben…
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#171 Reacher, Pam & Tommy, and Chloe. With guests Tiffany Haddish and Mackenzie Davis
If this week got off to a bumpy start for you, there can be no better medication than a prescription of Beth's raucous interview with Tiffany Haddish on this…
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#170 Station Eleven, The Gilded Age, The Responder, The Afterparty, and The Sinner. With guests Stanley Tucci and Carrie Coon
Stanley Tucci and Carrie Coon are our guests on this week's show, talking to us about La Fortuna (23:00-32:51) and The Gilded Age (53:06-1:02:37)…
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#169 Trigger Point, Queens, and La Fortuna. With guests Ricky Gervais, Tony Way, and Nell Tiger Free
Ricky Gervais joins us on this week's show to discuss the finer points of blowing belly raspberries with Tony Way in After Life, plus Nell Tiger Free stops by…
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#168 After Life, The Tourist, and Rules Of The Game. With guest Shazad Latif
Happy New Year! Can you hear us? We certainly hope so, because the first Pilot TV podcast of 2022 is brought to you by none other than Clem Fandango, Mr Shazad…
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Review Of The Year 2021. With guests Jodie Whitaker, Mandip Gill, Steven Strait, Dominique Tipper, Wes Chatham, and Nadine Nicole
We have a BUMPER year-end special for you this week. We're joined not only by The Doctor herself, Jodie Whitaker, and her companion Mandip Gill, but — in a…
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#167 - A Very British Scandal, Clarice, and Around The World In 80 Days. With Guest Sarah Phelps
Sarah Phelps joins us on this week's show (39:14-1:01:37) to discuss her new BBC miniseries, A Very British Scandal, which pits Claire Foy against Paul Bettany…
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#166 - The Witcher, The Girl Before, And Just Like That. With Guest Henry Cavill
Henry Cavill, Geralt of Rivia himself, joins us on this week's show, to talk a little bit about the The Witcher's second season and a lot more about fantasy…
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#165 - The Expanse, Landscapers, and Ragdoll. With Guests Olivia Colman and David Thewlis
National treasures Olivia Colman and David Thewlis take time out of their busy schedules to drop by the podcast this week (31:27-52:09), telling us all about…
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#164 - Hawkeye, Yellowjackets, Chucky, and You Don't Know Me
More Star Trek shenanigans abound this week as the team try to work out what in the name of the Prime Directive Pluto TV is. Elsewhere, we finally get to talk…
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#163 - The Wheel Of Time, American Rust, and Hellbound
I spy Aes Sedai on this week's show as we're finally able to talk about Amazon's The Wheel Of Time. Plus we explore the decaying carcass of small town…
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Dopesick: An Empire Podcast + Pilot TV Podcast Deep Dive, In Association With Disney+
To herald the arrival on Disney+ of Dopesick, Danny Strong’s drama chronicling the devastating impact of the opioid crisis on America, the Empire Podcast and…
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#162 - Cowboy Bebop, The Lost Symbol, and Crime. With guests Dougray Scott & Irvine Welsh
Dougray Scott and Irvine Welsh drop by the show this week to talk about their new thriller, Crime, on Britbox (37:51-54:31), plus we get our Dan Brown on with…
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#161 - Dexter: New Blood, Dopesick, The Shrink Next Door, and The Tower. With guest Gemma Whelan (along with almost everyone else from The Tower!)
If you're wondering why this week's runtime is so long, it's because we have a big old Q&A with Gemma Whelan, Jim Loach, Tahirah Sharif, Jimmy Akingbola, and…
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#160 - Showtrial, Dalgliesh, and The Premise
We're immersing ourselves in slick Sunday night drama this week with BBC1’s Showtrial, solving a PD James murder mystery with Bertie Carvel in Channel 5’s…
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#159 - Invasion, The Long Call, and The Outlaws
This week's show sees us disappear down the rabbit hole of the BBC’s recently published list of the 100 greatest TV shows of the 21st century, poring over both…
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Succession Special with guests Brian Cox, Matthew Macfadyen, Sarah Snook, Alan Ruck, and J. Smith-Cameron
After a two-year break, Succession is finally back on our screens this week and what better way to mark the occasion than with a dedicated Pilot TV Succession…
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#158 - Succession, Locke & Key, and Impeachment: American Crime Story. With guest Ben Aldridge
Ben Aldridge, joins us on the show this week (41:52-1:00:00) to talk about having one of the most excellent IMDb credits as Fleabag's 'Arsehole Guy', as well…
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#157 - Scenes From A Marriage, You, and Cobra: Cyberwar
There was no getting around it, we needed to talk about Ted this week, prompting a 15 minute discussion of the recent Ted Lasso finale and whether the Season 2…
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#156 - Angela Black, The Larkins, and Among The Stars
It's an ITV double bill this week as we bask in the golden glow of Sunday evening feels with The Larkins, before shifting tonal gears entirely for Joanne…
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#155 - Foundation, Hollington Drive, and Ridley Road. With guest Lee Pace and special guest host Sophie Petzal.
On this week's show we have a story that slowly unfolds over a thousand years... we also talk about Foundation. While the runtime for this week's episode is…
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#154 - Y: The Last Man, Midnight Mass, and The Morning Show. With Guests Eliza Clark and Ashley Romans
Y: The Last Man showrunner Eliza Clark and star Ashley Romans join us on this week's show as we enter a world without men in that apocalyptic drama on Star…
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#153 - Sex Education, Help, and Young Rock. With Guest Julianna Margulies
The wonderful Julianna Margulies joins the cast of The Morning Show for season 2, and Pilot TV for episode 159, dropping by this week's show to chat all things…
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#152 - The North Water, Wolfe, and American Horror Stories. With guest host Amanda Abbington
The entirely fabulous Amanda Abbington joins the team for this week's show as a special guest host, discussing everything from Sherlock and her new show Wolfe…
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#151 - Terri's Farewell Episode! Plus Stephen, Back To Life, and Only Murders In The Building
After 151 episodes, it was the end of an era for the Pilot TV podcast this week, as the third leg in our triumvirate of bellends, the legend that is Terri…
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The Walking Dead: A Preview Of The Final Season (ft. Angela Kang), In Association With STAR On Disney+
As a wise doctor once said, "we're in the endgame now." Particularly when it comes to The Walking Dead. The eleventh and final season of the iconic…
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#150 - Vigil, Kevin Can F*** Himself, The Walking Dead, and See
It's not only our one hundred and fiftieth episode this week but it's also Terri's *penultimate* show. Fitting, then, that she chose to mark the occasion by…
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#149 - The White Lotus, Nine Perfect Strangers, and Annika
It's quite the week for getaways as The White Lotus opens its opulent Hawaiian resort on Sky Atlantic and Nicole Kidman's wellness retreat receives visitors in…
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#148 - What If?, Deceit, and Heels
We're all about the hypotheticals this week as we explore alternate superhero realities in Disney's What If?. Plus, we enter the squared circle with…
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#147 - Cruel Summer, Mr. Corman, and I Am
It's a cruel (it's a cruel) Cruel Summer this week, leaving us here on our own. But don't worry if those Bananarama lyrics meant nothing to you - that just…
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#146 - Jerk, King Gary, and Law & Order: Organized Crime
Terri's over the moon on this week's show, which can mean only one thing: a new Law & Order. Taking her love of Benson and Stabler to all new heights, Terri…
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#145 - Ted Lasso, In Treatment, and Uprising
Assemble the Diamond Dogs because Ted Lasso is back on our screens this week, which gives James and Boyd a second chance to try and make Terri succumb to the…
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#144 - This Way Up, War Of The Worlds, and Schmigadoon! With guest host Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea joins us on this week's episode as a very special fourth host as we talk about the second series of her Channel 4 show, This Way Up, and chat…
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The Walking Dead: A Season By Season Deep Dive, In Association With STAR on Disney+
With the eleventh and final season of The Walking Dead just around the corner, we’re getting all kinds of excited to see how the groundbreaking, landmark AMC…
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#143 - Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, Monsters At Work, and High: Confessions Of An Ibiza Drug Mule
Due to the convergence of both football and tennis, new shows are a little thin on the ground this week but that can't stop us from bringing you another…
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#142 - Mayans M.C., Sophie: A Murder In West Cork, Limetown, and The Watch
True crime, fake crime and organised crime are the themes this week as we take a look at Netflix documentary Sophie: A Murder In West Cork; Alibi's Facebook…
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#141 - Bosch, Party Of Five, and Pride
We're all about the Bosch this week as Amazon's Michael Connelly adaptation arrives with its seventh (and final!) season and James gets a little... well, James…
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# 140 - Loki, Physical, and Together
We take an adventure with Marvel's god of mischief on this week's show, finally passing the embargo for Loki on Disney+. Then we find out whether Rose Byrne…
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#139 - Blindspotting, The Gloaming, and Intelligence
James is away but somehow still manages to dominate the conversation before Terri, Boyd and guest co-host Beth Webb turn their attention to the Mare Of…
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#138 - Lisey's Story, Anne Boleyn, Time, and Feel Good. Featuring Mae Martin and Charlotte Ritchie
Charlotte Ritchie and Mae Martin join us on this week's show to talk about the second (and final) series of Feel Good on Netflix. Plus the Pilot team dissect…
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#137 - Solos, Rebel, and Before We Die
James’ re-watch of Game Of Thrones comes to a triumphant conclusion this week, so brace yourselves for an extended monologue/re-evaluation of that show as he…
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#136 - The Nevers, Innocent, and We Are Lady Parts. Featuring Katherine Kelly
Katherine Kelly is our guest on the podcast this week, telling us all about her role in series 2 of ITV's Innocent. Plus The Nevers finally arrives on Sky —…
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#135 - The Underground Railroad, Jupiter’s Legacy, Domina, and Motherland. Featuring Rafe Spall and Esther Smith
Rafe Spall and Esther Smith drop by the show this week to talk to us about the second series of Trying. Plus we head back to imperial Rome for Domina on Sky…
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#134 - Mythic Quest, The Pursuit Of Love, and Bloods. Featuring Josh Duhamel
Josh Duhamel joins us on the show this week to talk about Netflix’s new superhero series, Jupiter’s Legacy. Plus we head back to the 1940s with Emily Mortimer…