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From the creators of The Empire Film Podcast, The Pilot TV Podcast is your (spoiler free) guide to the essential new shows dropping each week across terrestrial, satellite, streaming and beyond. Bringing you the latest news and reviews, as well as interviews with the biggest names in TV, we're here to cut through the rubbish and 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, the Pilot TV Podcast 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*.

Pilot TV Podcast Empire Magazine

    • TV & Film
    • 4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

From the creators of The Empire Film Podcast, The Pilot TV Podcast is your (spoiler free) guide to the essential new shows dropping each week across terrestrial, satellite, streaming and beyond. Bringing you the latest news and reviews, as well as interviews with the biggest names in TV, we're here to cut through the rubbish and 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, the Pilot TV Podcast 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*.

    #278 Palm Royale, 3 Body Problem, and Twisted Metal. With guest Wunmi Mosaku

    #278 Palm Royale, 3 Body Problem, and Twisted Metal. With guest Wunmi Mosaku

    Loki, Luther and We Own This City star Wunmi Mosaku joins us this week to talk all things Passenger, a supernatural mystery show coming to ITV next week. Plus we finally get to talk about 3 Body Problem in full and reveal whether Netflix’s new show from the creators of Game Of Thrones could crack Kay’s anti sci-fi armour. Opinions divide quite spectacularly on the other shows this week, specifically Kristen Wiig-starring period piece Palme Royale on Apple TV+ and Anthony Mackie-starring apocalyptic road adventure Twisted Metal on Paramount+.

    • 1 hr 35 min
    #277 Manhunt, The Dry, and Love Rat. With guest Anthony Mackie

    #277 Manhunt, The Dry, and Love Rat. With guest Anthony Mackie

    Is there a Falcon in the house? Yes there is, in fact, because Anthony Mackie joins us on this week’s show to talk apocalypse survival, not listening to Taylor Swift, and of course Twisted Metal, which comes to Paramount+ next week. Elsewhere, James has a revelation about 3 Body Problem, Kay ponders the existential dilemma of slow-burn TV, and we get into this week’s slate, which includes the hunt for Lincoln’s killer in Manhunt on Apple TV+ and the return of ITVX’s The Dry. And then there’s Love Rat, a show on Channel 5 that might have been genetically engineered in a lab to give James a breakdown.

    • 1 hr 22 min
    #276 The Gentlemen, Extraordinary, and Mary And George. With guests Julianne Moore and Oliver Hermanus

    #276 The Gentlemen, Extraordinary, and Mary And George. With guests Julianne Moore and Oliver Hermanus

    Julianne Moore pays a visit to the Pilot TV pod studio this week, chatting seducing monarchs in Sky Atlantic’s Mary & George alongside director Oliver Hermanus/ Plus we climb into the brain of Guy Ritchie for his Netflix spinoff of The Gentlemen, and get to find out what’s going on with Jen and Jizzlord in series two of Disney+’s Extraordinary. And it that weren’t enough, there’s some egregious questioning of Kay’s Whovian enthusiasm, which does not go unanswered.

    • 1 hr 30 min
    FX's Shōgun: An Empire & Pilot TV Podcast Special, In Association With Disney+

    FX's Shōgun: An Empire & Pilot TV Podcast Special, In Association With Disney+

    There can be only one thing more exciting than James Clavell’s Shōgun getting a brand new TV adaptation on Disney+, and that’s a special Pilot TV/Empire crossover podcast recorded to mark the occasion! Join Chris Hewitt, James Dyer and Nick de Semlyen as they get together to talk all things Japanese, Nick’s epic read of Clavell’s 1300 page book, and the pros and cons of ninja-themed restaurants. What’s more, James sits down with showrunners Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks to talk about bringing Edo-period Japan to life and the art of banging subtitles, plus he chats with star Cosmo Jarvis about taking on the role of ‘The Anjin’. Enjoy!

    • 1 hr 3 min
    #275 Shōgun, Dead Hot, and Things You Should Have Done. With guest Jonathan Bailey

    #275 Shōgun, Dead Hot, and Things You Should Have Done. With guest Jonathan Bailey

    This episode is one for nerds and normies alike as we begin with an audit of the accessibility of sci-fi films and, unexpectedly, trainers. Bit that’s not all, because Fellow Travellers star Jonathan Bailey drops by to talk about that show with Boydy, and James finally gets the chance to hold forth on Shōgun, managing to explode Kay’s brain in the process (in English, not Portuguese). Plus we uncover a mystery in Prime Video’s Dead Hot and break James upon the wheel of BBC3 comedy with Things You Should Have Done.

    • 1 hr 37 min
    #274 Constellation, Breathtaking, and The Way. With guests Jodie Foster and Noomi Rapace

    #274 Constellation, Breathtaking, and The Way. With guests Jodie Foster and Noomi Rapace

    Jodie Foster joins us on the show this week, to talk about the grand finale of True Detective: Night Country. We get properly into all the twists and turns of that show but don’t worry if you’ve not had a chance to watch the final episode yet, because we’ve put the interview at the very end of the episode with clear spoiler markings (PSA: all six episodes of True Detective: Night Country are available to watch on Sky Atlantic and NOW, or you can download them to own on digital platforms).
    But she’s not the only guest on this week’s show, either, as Noomi Rapace also drops by to talk about Apple’s creepy space-set sci-fi Constellation as well — it begins with talk of whether anyone’s wearing trousers on the Zoom call and all spirals out of control from there. Elsewhere on this week’s show, we take a look at ITV’s Breathtaking, which recounts the front line struggles of NHS staff during the outbreak of Covid, and we also watch BBC1’s The Way, which sees civil unrest as steelworkers down tools in Port Talbot. Plus Kay has us lamenting those dearly departed shows that ended on cliffhangers that were sadly never resolved.

    • 1 hr 44 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
1.3K Ratings

1.3K Ratings

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Essential

Get’s me through a long commute. Essential guide on what to watch and what to avoid !

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Perfect Storm

After listening to this podcast since its inception it has now become essential listening (even before the empire spoiler podcast) and with the inclusion of the delightful Kay they have achieved a perfect storm of hosts who bounce off each other perfectly.

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Only Pilots in the Building

Move over, Martin, Steve and Selena! Our favourite podcasting trio are ready to take over as soon as your contracts expire.

Kay is our very own Selena, a perfect foil for her two male co-hosts. Undoubtedly the most in touch with the youthful world of unscripted TV, she has what we can only imagine is a fabulous autumnal wardrobe. With a wealth of experience in seeing through raging b*llendary, she is ready to swap pottery throwdown for criminal showdown.

Boyd, meanwhile, is Steve Martin. His apartment is by all accounts as lavish as any in the Arconia - and like Steve, there is no one in showbiz who doesn’t know his name. If you think he hasn’t noticed your criminal activities, beware! He has at least 70 inches of TV on which to scrutinise you - and he knows how to spot sneakers.

And James… Well, unlikely as this sounds, James is Martin Short. With a penchant for musical theatre (even if it is literally just Les Mis), one never quite knows what to expect from this man. He might be painting his ceiling, he might be risking it all for Taylor tickets. One thing is clear: this man is a maverick, unimpeded by inhibitions, willing to grind his suspects down with hot takes on elite sci-fi.

Pilot team, you’re the best.

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