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BBC Radio 5 Live

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Scott Bryan, Hayley Campbell and Naga Munchetty take you through the best (and worst) new TV and streaming shows.

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Must Watch review of the year

Naga Munchetty Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell look back at the best TV 2025 had to offer. They share their top 5 TV picks each which stood out to them this year as a must watch. Finally, they look ahead to some of the most exciting TV coming in 2026 for you to keep your eye out for. Remember you can always email mustwatch@bbc.co.uk to have your say.

50 min
12/22/2025

Must Watch Christmas Special with stars Russell Tovey and Danielle Galligan

Scott and Hayley count down their top 5 TV shows each to watch over the festive period. From 'The Lowdown' on Disney +, to 'The Night Manager' on BBC One and 'The Great Festive Bake Off' on Channel 4, they guide you through the series worth binging and those to avoid! They also talk to Russell Tovey, the star of the BBC Doctor Who spin-off The War Between the Land and the Sea about his Christmas traditions. The trio also talk to Danielle Galligan who plays the headstrong wife of Arthur Guinness, Lady Olivia Hedges-White, in Netflix's House Of Guinness. Remember you can always email mustwatch@bbc.co.uk to have your say.

1h 10m
12/15/2025

Amadeus | The War Between the Land and the Sea | The Revenge Club

Scott Bryan, Hayley Campbell and Naga Munchetty review the week’s biggest new TV and streaming releases. This week the trio looked at Sky and Now TV's 'Amadeus', a retelling of the life of renowned compser Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his rivalry with fellow compser Antonio Salieri in 18th-century Vienna. Next 'The War Between the Land and the Sea', a five-part Doctor Who spin-off on BBC One, about the conflict between humanity and an ancient species which emerges from the ocean. Finally 'The Revenge Club' on the streaming service Paramount +, Based on the hugely successful book by The Othello Club J.D. Pennington, the series follows a group of strangers who decide to team up and seek revenge on their exes. You can Email mustwatch@bbc.co.uk to have your say.

48 min
12/08/2025

The Abandons | Sean Combs: The Reckoning | The New Yorker at 100

Ali Plumb sits in for Scott Bryan today to review the week’s biggest new TV and streaming releases with Naga Munchetty and Hayley Campbell. This week the trio looked at Netflix’s modern western drama, ‘The Abandons’, which stars Lena Headey and Gillian Anderson. They play two mothers locked in a bloody feud over land in 1850’s Washington. They also reviewed Sean Combs: The Reckoning, a new Netflix Documentary produced by Curtis Jackson aka “50 Cent” following the lead up to the arrest of Sean Combs known as Diddy. Finally ‘The New Yorker at 100’ on Netflix, a deep dive documentary into the hundred years of the legendary magazine. You can Email mustwatch@bbc.co.uk to have your say.

44 min
12/01/2025

Robin Hood | What's the Monarchy For? | Landman S2

Ali Plumb sits in for Scott Bryan today to review the week’s biggest new TV and streaming releases with Naga Munchetty and Hayley Campbell. This week the trio looked at MGM's Robin Hood, an action-packed reimagining of the outlaw's origin story. 'What's the Monarchy For?' a new BBC Documentary with David Dimbleby where he explores the relevance of the Monarchy in the modern world. Finally season two of Landman, a modern western about the gritty world of the west Texas oil fields based on the podcast Boomtown. You can Email mustwatch@bbc.co.uk to have your say.

40 min
11/24/2025

Pluribus | Malice | All Her Fault

Scott and Hayley join Naga to review the week’s biggest new TV and streaming releases. This week, the new release from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan – post-apocalyptic science fiction drama 'Pluribus' on Apple TV+. 'All Her Fault' from Sky Atlantic, starring Sarah Snook - who fans of Succession will recognise. And 'Malice' on Amazon Prime, starring Jack Whitehall and David Duchovny. Email mustwatch@bbc.co.uk to have your say.

46 min
11/17/2025

Wild Cherry | The Death of Bunny Munro | The Beast in Me

Scott and Hayley join Naga Munchetty to review the new BBC thriller ‘Wild Cherry’, which follows two girls at the heart of a school scandal. The trio also take a look at The Death of Bunny Munroe, Sky Atlantic’s adaptation of Nick Cave's novel about a door-to-door beauty salesman who takes his nine-year-old son on a life changing road trip across the south of England following the death of his wife. Finally, they discuss Netflix's The Beast in Me, an eight-part thriller which follows struggling author Aggie Wiggs whose luck changes when she agrees to write her neighbours biography after he was accused of murdering his wife, but she soon gets more than she bargained for.

45 min
11/10/2025

Kingdom | All’s Fair | Trespasses

Emma Vardy sits in for Naga Munchetty in today’s episode of Must Watch, as she joins Scott and Hayley to review the latest BBC nature documentary with David Attenborough called Kingdom. This six series follows four different animal families as they battle to survive in a Zambian river valley. The trio also take a look at All’s Fair a new legal drama on Disney+ featuring a star studded line up of Kim Kardashian, Naomi Watts, Sarah Paulson and Glenn Close who work within an all-female legal firm. Finally they discuss Channel 4’s Trespasses, a four-part drama based on Louise Kennedy’s debut novel about a love story unfolding within the height of the troubles in Ireland.

33 min

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Love!

11/12/2024

NaomiBurton

Especially glimpses into their own lives
A very enjoyable, informative podcast about British TV

01/01/2019

captainbobbinofthebigbluesea

I love this podcast. Every week, the three presenters go through the best of British tv, and discuss the latest shows. It comes across as listening to a group of knowledgeable friends, which is my favourite style of podcast, and they all really seem to enjoy each other's company. I laugh about something with every episode. A must if you are looking for something new to watch.
Just do the podcast

10/08/2024

EscatefromNY

and stop telling us what it is. Talk about what to watch, a tangent about a particular actor (that provides more recommendations) is fine, but stop prattling on about what time you’re broadcasting, unrelated tangents about your own lives and extensive revisiting of past recommendations. Be tighter ….
You don’t need Naga

09/18/2024

illegalmonsterauction

She’s a brave and powerful woman in misogynistic business. I commend Naga for making it where she has. But she has no business on Must Watch. And I don’t even want her replaced. Just stick to Scott and Hayley. They’re perfectly capable of piloting this craft with Naga causing waves. Naga’s antagonistic and combative qualities may work well in exposing the truth in journalism, but on Must Watch she seems determined to tell Scott and Hayley why they’re wrong, she gets personally offended when they disagree with her, and she relishes her role of telling them what to do. Where has Nahal wasted time with jokes, Naga insists on petty remarks and putting people in place. Why was she selected? Again, she deserves a role more fitting to her talents. I wish her the best, truly. But on Must Watch, I have to put up with her in order to enjoy Scott and Hayley. Such a shame.