All Episodes

Why Helena Bonham Carter left The White Lotus | Celebrity Traitors, AI & David Attenborough

Trump accuses the BBC of using AI on him (And the editing technique changing TV forever)

Who really controls what you watch? (And why TV sackings are always messy...)

Do TV Execs Think You’re Stupid? Hollywood A-listers fight back against Paramount and Big BBC Cuts

HBO Max launch frustrations, how Alan Sugar got the gig on The Apprentice, and the shows you couldn’t make today...

Greg Dyke on the BBC’s new DG, how to get your staff on side & the importance of public service broadcasting

Matt Brittin to be the next DG, SNL UK launches on Sky, and Bob Monkhouse’s famous joke books are back in the news

Amol Rajan on leaving the Today Programme, the BBC's future and leaping into the "Digital Narnia" of the creator economy

New BBC funding ideas, uncertainty over CNN's future and Meghan Markle’s jam making empire consciously uncouples from Netflix

The Banijay All3 Mega Merger, BBC Bafta Fallout and Paramount emerge victorious in the battle for Warners

Lisa McGee on creating How to Get to Heaven from Belfast & what the future holds for Derry Girls

Can TV Copy the Music Industry? Sky’s Ad/Subscription Paradox & Latest BBC Cuts

ITV’s picture-in-picture ads, day drinking with Claudia Winkleman and the Wild West era of 90s reality TV (with Gill Wilson)

Trump’s fury at the Grammys, the BBC’s latest funding conundrum & Channel 4’s Big Gamble

The Cup of Tea That Led to Ludwig, TV’s Algorithmic Future & Cancellation Nightmares w/ Kenton Allen

Has YouTube changed the BBC’s strategy? Why Amol Rajan went solo & will MediaWan buy North Road?

Banijay & All3Media Mega-Merge, Netflix's $83 billion play & The BBC standing firm against Trump

Why The Traitors Changed Format, will Disney buy Taylor Swift and can YouTube rule TV? (with Tim Hincks)

Trump sues the BBC for $10bn, the Gordian Knot of Charter renewal, and looking ahead to the world of TV in 2026.

A new Chief Exec at Channel 4, the bidding war for Warner Bros, and the unlikely link between "With Love, Meghan" and The Liz Truss Show

More pressure on BBC Chair Samir Shah, Gary Lineker’s big money Netflix deal, and a Q&A at Content London.

Andy Wilman on Top Gear, The Grand Tour, and Clarkson’s Farm.

The BBC’s legal stand off with Donald Trump, Sky’s bid for ITV, and Alex Mahon’s take on TV’s AI future.

A turbulent week of resignations at the BBC, the challenges facing the next DG, and the vibrant health of the indie sector in Northern Ireland.

Panorama's Trump edit and the BBC's latest own goal, Kim Kardashian’s zero-star Disney drama debut, and the $7bn Micro Drama boom.

Disney departs Doctor Who, Winkleman & Norton to become BBC chat show stablemates, and memories of Prunella Scales.

Claudia & Tess's departure from Strictly, Paddington's day in court, and memories of the fallout from Brass Eye's Paedogeddon.

Meghan Markle’s impressive efforts to spin her Netflix deal, the demise of the 9pm slot, and an “Oxbridge gang” running television?

A “very upset" Paddington Bear, Euan Blair and last week’s HIGNFY, and the BBC’s renewed call for big family sitcoms

Guilty viewing, shows we wish we’d made, and what the overnights do (and don’t) tell you about success.

Trump vs Kimmel, ITV turns 70, and all the news from RTS Cambridge (without the boring bits)

Andy Harries on The Crown, the genius of Caroline Aherne, and his much maligned talking dog detective show.

Piers Morgan heads to 5, life at Fox after Rupert Murdoch, and Tim Davie’s plan for an ever-ready BBC presenter subs bench.

Crime Special: From the verdant cosiness of Midsomer Murders, to the gritty dramas of Jed Mercurio.

Netflix and the row over TV tourism, ITV’s efforts to poach Michael McIntyre, and Peter’s fond (ish) memories of the ill-fated Daybreak.

Trump vs South Park, C5 revive Play for Today, and explaining comedy to the Germans.

Harry and Meghan’s new (watered down) Netflix deal, the streamers’ continued push into sports rights, and memories of Biddy Baxter.

The renaissance of the old fashioned audience sitcom on Netflix, the secret of a good TV title, and is taking a show to the Edinburgh Fringe still worth the cost and bother?

The rise and rise of YouTube, a mixed bag of results from ITV, and some good (and very bad) advice on how to a pitch a show.

Cancelling Colbert, the shifting balance of power in the world of the chat show, and (another) week of difficult headlines for the BBC.

The state of the audience sitcom, the best (and worst) ways to cancel a show, and the difference, such as there is, between selling and lying.

Spitting Image returns (but this time on YouTube), the F1 movie and the debt it owes to television, and the biggest Apple TV series you’ve never heard of.

The BBC and the controversy at Glastonbury, the return of Blind Date on Disney, and the surprising part Wayne Rooney played in the story of HIGNFY.

The challenges ahead for Kate Phillips as the BBC’s new content chief, the parlous state of the TV freelance landscape, and Peter Fincham: "Oxbridge-y c**t”.

Royal Special: TV and the monarchy

Attenborough and the alchemy of on screen talent, Netflix’s push into the world of unscripted, and why we keeping sending comedians to do travelogues?

The future of soaps in the era of streaming, the joys of SXSW London, and the murky world of BBC nations and regions commissioning.

Channel 4’s controversial plans for in-house production, word clouds with Ant and Dec, and the comedy of Ken Dodd’s tax affairs.

Special Episode: Remembering Alan Yentob

Gary Lineker’s departure from the BBC, the shakeup at ITV Daytime, and Peter does a turn (and gets us a plug) on the Today Programme.

Dispatches from the BAFTAs, controversy at Question Time, and a podcast sponsorship deal in the offing?

The Father Ted musical, Trump’s baffling film tariffs, and the Downton video game spin off that never was.

A new Chief Exec at Channel 4, why politicians all end up wanting to be on the telly, and is it time for the BBC to reboot Top Gear?

The fate of the linear schedule, Jimmy’s offer to buy BBC3, and a Downton lunch with Julian Fellowes.

SNL comes to the UK, taxing the streamers, and some truly terrible Roger Moore impressions.

HIGNFY goes to America, Father Ted (but without the Catholic priests), and Volcano Live on the BBC

Insiders: The TV Podcast