Luke Knowles

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TV Critic, host of @custardtvPod Editor of https://t.co/m5ki4l3LS9 Email luke@ thecustardtv dot com General TV obsessive.

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Podcast - # 489: What It Feels Like for a Girl, Death Valley, Stick, Adults

3 weeks ago | thecustardtv.com | Luke Knowles

Original host of the podcast, Luke, joins Matt and Dawn to review four new shows available this week. Firstly, there’s Queer coming-of-age drama What It Feels Like a Girl from BBC Three—followed by cosy crime drama Death Valley starring Timothy Spall as a beloved TV detective who is coaxed out of his hermit lifestyle when a murder happens on his doorstep. Next, Apple TV+ continues their raft of ‘nice guy comedy’ with Owen Wilson golf comedy Stick.
Podcast - TV Time Machine # 19 May 2000: Coupling, Baddiel & Skinner Unplanned, Lock Stock

4 weeks ago | thecustardtv.com | Luke Knowles

Matt and Luke board the TV Time Machine to look at the TV landscape of May 2000. Steven Moffat’s relationship comedy Coupling begins on BBC Two. David Baddiel and Frank Skinner take to a sofa for their new format which sees them sit in front of an audience with no plans of what they’re going to discuss, Baddiel & Skinner Unplanned. Guy Ritchie rides the success of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels to bring Lock Stock… to the small screen with a less charismatic cast.
Podcast - #488: Poker Face, The Bombing of Pan Am 103, Murderbot and a brand new quiz!

1 month ago | thecustardtv.com | Luke Knowles

Matt is joined by regular contributors Dawn Glen and Mo Walker to review four new shows available this week. First, there’s the second season of Rian Johnson’s exquisite procedural Poker Face, which finally returns after a long wait. Next, the BBC has their take on the Lockerbie disaster in the calmly told The Bombing of Pan Am 103. On ITV, there’s new crime drama Code of Silence, whilst on Apple TV +, there’s an adaptation of the Murderbot book series.
Saturday 24th - Friday 30th May 2025

1 month ago | thecustardtv.com | Luke Knowles

PICKS OF THE WEEK The Bombing of Pan Am 103 Sunday 25th/Monday 26th May BBC One The Handmaid’s Tale Sunday 25th May Channel 4 The Last of Us Monday 26th May *Final Episode* Sky Atlantic Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Monday 26th May Sky Comedy Race Across The World Wednesday 28th May BBC One The Rehearsal Wednesday 28th May Sky Comedy Department Q Thursday 29th May Netflix Poker Face Thursday 29th Max Sky Max Hacks *Final Episode* Friday 30th MaySky Max Gogglebox Friday 30th May Channel 4...
Podcast - The year in TV So far

1 month ago | thecustardtv.com | Luke Knowles

In a change of pace, Matt is joined by Luke to assess how they are feeling about the TV we’ve had so far this year. Has it been a good year so far? Have there been many original hits? Have the returning favourites lived up to expectations? Can terrestrial television still be part of the conversation? Enjoy this free-flowing conversation between two TV lovers.
Podcast - # 487: Malpractice, The Four Seasons, Étoile

1 month ago | thecustardtv.com | Luke Knowles

Matt, Dawn and Mo are back to review the new shows available this week. On ITV, there’s a second series of medical thriller Malpractice. It’s an odd show to bring back, given that it wasn’t a big show or overly discussed but it would appear that ITV are hoping this will be a returning series featuring a team who are brought in to investigate medical malpractice. On Prime Video, Amy Sherman Paladino is back for ballet drama Étoile.
The Last of Us tackles with a world and a series without Joel at the centre.

2 months ago | thecustardtv.com | Luke Knowles

After last week’s brutally chaotic episode, episode 3 ofThe Last of Us is more interested in the quiet moments of grief and the long road ahead for Jackson’s survivors. Beginning with the aftermath of the infected onslaught that brought death and destruction and a greater sense of fear to Jackson; we see Tommy (Gabriel Luna) cleaning Joel (Pedro Pascal) up before his burial.
Podcast - #486 - The Last of Us, I Jack Wright, North of North

2 months ago | thecustardtv.com | Luke Knowles

Matt, Dawn, and Sarah review the new Sky Max travelogue Joe Lycett’s United States of Birmingham, which gives Sarah the opportunity to talk eloquently about the city she loves. Then, Unforgotten writer Chris Lang has a new mystery series on U&Alibi featuring a ton of familiar faces. There’s also a sweet hidden gem in the Canadian comedy North of North, which is now available on Netflix.
The Last of Us delivers its most brutal episode to date.

2 months ago | thecustardtv.com | Luke Knowles

Interestingly, both episodes of The Last of Us season 2 have opened with Abby (Kaitlyn Dever), much like I mentioned during my review of episode 1; we see the fallout of Joel’s actions and how they affect others. This time, we open with Abby’s nightmare: her younger self finding what remains of Joel’s rampage at the Firefly base in Salt Lake City after being warned by her current self not to go inside.
The Last of Season 2 finds Ellie and Joel in a very different place.

2 months ago | thecustardtv.com | Luke Knowles

The first fifteen minutes or so of The Last of Us season 2 are quite discombobulating, even for someone who enjoyed the first. The long gaps between seasons of television is making it increasingly harder to remember where you left things with these characters. It soon transpires that the confusion here is by design, as the story jumps forward five years in the future to find Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Joel’s (Pedro Pascal) once father-daughter-like bond, broken and seemingly beyond repair.