Podcast
Radio Times Podcast
We’ve all been there – sat in front of the television, flicking through channels, getting increasingly frustrated – there’s so much on, but nothing to watch. TV critics Caroline Frost and Shem Law have you covered. Each Friday, they serve up short, sharp television recommendations to mark your cards for the week ahead. They’ll tell you what to watch – and what to avoid. They watch it all, so you don’t have to.
No more asking: what’s on TV tonight? What to watch? Or, what should I watch? Instead, listen to Smart TV for your weekly round-up of TV programmes and film reviews. You’ll find out about the latest series dropping that week, what to binge and what television show will become the next watercooler moment.
Radio Times’ journalists Caroline Frost and Shem Law will cover all things terrestrial as well as what’s on the streaming sites – they’ll cover what’s broadcast on the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky to NOW, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Netflix and Apple TV.
Whether you like Entertainment, Current Affairs, Documentaries, Dramas, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Thrillers, Sports or Radio – they’ll have you covered.
If you enjoy our weekly round-up of television reviews, do search for the View From My Sofa podcast which sees Kelly-Anne Taylor sit down with a celebrity guests to talk about their lives through the prism of TV.
- Episodes
- 359
- Releases
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 25 min
- On air since
- 2021
- Latest episode
- 4 days ago
Episodes
359 episodes, newest first
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25 min
Smart TV: Blue Planet 3
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Black Doves, Netflix
Blue Planet 3, BBC1
The Gilded Age, Sky Atlantic/Now
FROST BITE:
Why not just gardeners will miss Monty Don
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22 min
Smart TV: Adultery and Luke Littler Challenge
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Adultery, ITV1
Beat Luke Littler, Netflix
The Future with Hannah Fry, BBC2
FROST BITE:
Robson Green and Steven Knight taking TV home
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28 min
Smart TV: New LOL and Caroline fixes Strictly
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Last One Laughing Halloween, Prime
John Le Carre: a New Life, SkyArts
Only Fools and Horses: the Lost Archive, U&Gold
FROST BITE:
How can Strictly be saved? And why it matters!
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26 min
Smart TV: The Diplomat Returns and The Party Starts
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
The Party, ITV1
John Simpson: 60 Years at the BBC, BBC2
The Diplomat, Netflix
FROST BITE:
How hard is it to be the BBC’s D-G?
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22 min
Smart TV: New Legal Dramas and Oasis Doc
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
War, Sky/NOW
Pierre, C4
The Reluctant Vampire, BBC1
FROST BITE:
Why Oasis’s reunion is about more than the music
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23 min
Smart TV: Celeb Traitors and Bake Off Return
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Blue Lights, BBC1
Celebrity Traitors, BBC1
Bake Off, C4
Marble Hall Murders, BBC1
FROST BITE:
Why Michael Palin is the OG of travel journalists
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24 min
Smart TV: The Wargame and The Split Up
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
The Split Up, BBC1
The Wargame, Sky1
The Blame, ITV1
FROST BITE: Why Newsnight still offers the best of the BBC
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28 min
Smart TV: Slow Horses and 70 Up
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
70 Up, ITV1
Slow Horses, Apple TV+
All Creatures Great and Small, C5
FROST BITE: Ted Lasso proves the reality of women’s sport
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26 min
Smart TV: Casualty turns 40 and Call My Agent movie
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Call My Agent!, Netflix
Casualty, BBC1
The Paper, Sky1
FROST BITE: Why Aussie comedies are proving such global favourites
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25 min
Smart TV: The Grand Tour Reboot
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Wham! in China, BBC2
Vigil, BBC1
The Grand Tour, Amazon
FROST BITE: The climate of weather broadcasting is changing
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22 min
Smart TV: Bookish Returns and 9/11 Doc
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Bookish, U&Alibi
9/11 Reunited, Disney+
My Brilliant Career, Netflix
FROST BITE: The NTAs shortlist shows the industry moving in the right direction
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24 min
Smart TV: Ludwig and Celebrity Masterchef
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Ludwig, BBC1
Celebrity Masterchef, BBC1
The Great ADHD Myth, C4
FROST BITE: Why don’t more people like Novak Djokovic?
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26 min
Smart TV: Ted Lasso and A House Through Time
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Ted Lasso, Apple
A House Through Time, BBC2
Hit Point U&Drama
FROST BITE: Can a woman host a TV chat show?
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26 min
Smart TV: Van der Valk returns!
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to David Brown about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Van der Valk, ITV1
Possession, Sky Atlantic
Joe and David’s Magical Sitcom Tour, U&Gold
FROST BITE: The wonder of Ann Droid
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25 min
Smart TV: Cosy Crime Week
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
The Rapture, BBC1
Benidorm is Dead, C5
The Staircase, ITVX
FROST BITE: Why cosy crime is so much harder than it looks
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23 min
Smart TV: Boris Johnson on Ukraine and Returning Dramas
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to David Brown about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
The Undeclared War, C4
Granite Harbour, BBC1
FROST BITE: Boris Johnson eschews the gags for an effective portrait of war
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24 min
Smart TV: Chris Packham Doc and Will Ferrell Golf Comedy
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Ann Droid, BBC1
Evolution, BBC2
The Hawk, Netflix
FROST BITE: Katie Price and the changing nature of celebrity
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25 min
Smart TV: Gary Stevenson and The Office Reunion
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to David Brown about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
How To Get Filthy Rich with Gary Stevenson, C4
Little House on The Prairie, Netflix
Mackenzie Crook and Martin Freeman Remember... The Office, BBC2
FROST BITE: Clarkson leads crusade into new era of masculine vulnerability
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25 min
Smart TV: Wimbledon and Dave Allen Night
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Wimbledon, BBC
40 Years of Glasto Gems, BBC2
Dave Allen Night, BBC4
FROST BITE: Goddesses of tennis past
(Chris and Martina: The Final Set, Netflix)
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23 min
Smart TV: The Bear and other alternatives to football
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
The Bear, Disney+
Jon Snow: A Last Big Story, C4
The American Experiment, Netflix
FROST BITE: Why we take the BBC for granted, at our peril
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