Geektown Radio - Tv News, Interviews & Uk Tv Air Dates

We are back with a new episode of the Geektown Radio podcast, packed with lots of news from the world of entertainment, and I'm joined by Darryl from Hollywood North News in the co-host chair to chat through and review the week on UK TV and film, alongside the usual TV news and UK TV air dates.Darryl as been, once again, rooting around the streaming services, and begins with new Prime Video series 'The Power', teenage girls in the world develop the power to electrocute people! He also reviews 'John Wick 4', and a Korean series called 'Payback', also on Prime Video. Meanwhile, I have been over on Netflix watching Charlie Cox in the spy drama 'Treason', and also on Prime Video for the final outing of 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel', which returned for Season 5 this week.In the news section, we run through all the renewals, cancellations and pick-ups, discussing the surprising number of shows this week which have the same names as other shows, such as 'A League Of Their Own'. We talk about a teen wizard coming to hi

We return with a new episode of the Geektown Radio podcast, packed with lots of news from the world of entertainment, and I'm joined by our film reviewer Gray in the co-host chair to chat through and review the week on UK TV and film, alongside the usual TV news and UK TV air dates.With Gray back on the show, he brings with him an honest review of 'Shazam! Fury Of The Gods', having (somehow) managed to avoid all other reviews and form his own unbias opinion of the film. We also discuss the new Apple TV+ series 'The Big Door Prize', and the new Netflix series 'Beef'. Meanwhile, I talk through visiting Insomnia 70 Gaming Festival, along with chatting about Channel 4's new show 'Late Night Lycett', and finishing season one of the Paramount+ animated series 'Star Trek Prodigy'.In the news section, we run through all the renewals, cancellations and pick-ups, discussing ‘The Resident’ finally getting the axe, and some obvious renewals for the BBC and ITV1. We also go through all the news announced at 'Star Wars Cel

We are back with a new episode of the Geektown Radio podcast, and I'm joined by our Matt From Entertainment Talk in the co-host chair to chat through and review the week on UK TV, film and gaming, alongside the usual TV news and UK TV air dates.With Matt back on the show, things inevitably turn to Disney, and this week is no exception, as he chats about returning for a retrospective of Pixar's ‘The Incredibles 2’. He also talks through 'Hogwart's Legacy' now we have both completed the game, and he updates his thoughts on Apple TV+ show 'Hello Tomorrow!' Meanwhile, I chat through a couple of new Netflix series. Conspiracy drama 'The Night Agent' which has just been renewed for Season 2, and the Rob and John Owen Lowe comedy 'Unstable' which was released last week. I also chat about my progress with the video game 'Gotham Knights', along with the new Tropical Pack DLC for Planet Zoo, and the Feathered Pack DLC for Jurrasic World Evolution 2.In the news section, we run through all the renewals, cancellations and

We are back with a new episode of the Geektown Behind The Scenes podcast. For this episode, we've teamed up with Matt from Entertainment Talk, and my 'World Of The Last Of Us' podcast co-host, as we're chatting with John Paino, the production designer on HBO’s fantastic adaptation of the Naughty Dog video game 'The Last of Us'.The Last of Us’ takes place 20 years after modern civilization’s destruction. Joel (Pedro Pascal – ‘The Mandalorian’), a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie (Bella Ramsey – ‘Game Of Thrones’), a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal and heartbreaking journey as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.John Paino is a highly experienced production designer, having previously worked on tv shows such as 'The Leftovers', 'Sharp Objects', 'Big Little Lies', 'The Morning Show', and 'The Shrink Nextdoor', along with films such as 'Dallas Buyers Club' and 'Margin Call'. However, 'The Last O

We are back with a new episode of the Geektown Radio podcast, and I'm joined by our Robert From Entertainment Talk in the co-host chair to chat through and review the week on UK TV, film and gaming, alongside the usual TV news and UK TV air dates.As Robert is on this week, we are a bit more gaming heavy than usual, so we have lots of reviews from this year's wallet-draining Spring Steam Sale. Robert chats about picking up the post-apocalyptic base-building game 'Surviving The Aftermath', along with 'Days Gone'. He also discusses the tv shows 'Gold Rush' and 'Curse Of Oak Island'. Meanwhile, I picked up 'Hogwarts Legacy', and 'Gotham Knights', so review both of those. I also review the new Kiefer Sutherland drama 'Rabbit Hole' which is on Paramount+, and chat about changes coming to 'Stranded: Alien Dawn', and 'Satisfactory'.In the news section, we run through all the renewals, cancellations and pick-ups, discussing 'Top Gear' being on hold, the renewal of 'Grey's Anatomy', and the return of the 'Power Rangers

We are back with new episode of the Geektown Behind The Scenes podcast. This week I’m chatting with Art Codron, the VFX supervisor for FuseFX on the third season of Netflix’s 'Outer Banks'.Art Codron is a three-time Emmy Award winner, who has worked on shows such as ‘Ozark’, ‘Prison Break’, and ’The Morning Show’, along with his other current show, ‘The Rookie’. Whilst these days he tends to lean more into shows with more “invisible effects”, he began his VFX career working on the ’Star Trek’ franchise, beginning on ‘The Next Generation’ and ‘Deep Space Nine’, then becoming a VFX supervisor on ‘Voyager’ and ‘Enterprise’.‘Outer Banks’ is a wonderfully fun action-adventure series which follows teen John B (Chase Stokes), who enlists his three best friends to hunt for a legendary treasure linked to his father's disappearance. The series also stars Madelyn Cline (Sarah Cameron), Madison Bailey (Kiara), Jonathan Daviss (Pope), Rudy Pankow (JJ), Austin North (Topper), Drew Starkey (Rafe), Carlacia Grant (Cleo) and

We are back with a new episode of the Geektown Radio podcast, and I'm joined by our "film reviewer" Gray in the co-host chair to chat through and review the week on UK TV, film and gaming, alongside the usual TV news and UK TV air dates.Gray has, of course, has not managed to watch any films yet this month, but has been spending time on ITVX, bringing us a couple of tv reviews. First we talk about ‘You & Me’ a three-part romantic dramedy starring Harry Lawtey, Jessica Barden, and Sophia Brown. He also gives us his thoughts on Season 5 of 'Unforgotten' and new co-lead Sinéad Keenan. Meanwhile, I too a rare dive into reality tv with the return of ‘Challenge Anneka' to our screens after 15yrs, and also, rather late to the party, discuss Season 5 of 'The Crown'.In the news section, we run through all the renewals, cancellations and pick-ups, discussing the fate of Disney+ series 'Willow', the return of 'Bel-Air', and a monster renewal for ‘Taskmaster’. We also talk casting for 'The Penguin' series, an interes

We are back with another episode of the Geektown Radio podcast, and I'm joined by Twitch streamer, presenter, and power-washing enthusiast Bex From TristaBytes in the co-host chair to chat through and review the week on UK TV, film and gaming, alongside the usual TV news and UK TV air dates.Bex is currently trying to kick an addiction... to power-washing dinosaurs. She has been playing the 'Tomb Raider' DLC for 'PowerWash Simulator', which allows you to clean Croft Manor (including her dinosaur trophy), so we chat a little about that. We also discuss the merits of the utterly brilliant 'Unpacking'. On the TV side, she has recently completed a rewatch run-through of the highly acclaimed 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine', and gives us her thoughts on how it stands up today. Meanwhile, I review new Netflix release 'Luther: The Fallen Son', and we discuss the major winner of the Oscars this year, 'Everything Everywhere, All At Once'.In the news section, we run through all the renewals, cancellations and pick-ups, and

We are back with a new episode of the Geektown Radio podcast, and Matt From Entertainment Talk joins me in the co-host chair to chat through and review the week on UK TV, film and gaming, alongside the usual TV news and UK TV air dates.Matt has, of course, been back on Apple TV+ and catching up with 'Hello Tomorrow!', so give his thoughts on that, along with praising some of the acting in 'Servant', which is hurtling towards its conclusion. On the gaming side, he reviews the latest blockbuster release, 'Hogwarts Legacy', and talks about his initial experience with the action RPG. Meanwhile, I chat through Alibi's new series 'The Diplomat', along with the third season of 'Outer Banks', and we both discuss the return of 'The Mandalorian' to Disney+.In the news section, we run through all the renewals, cancellations and pick-ups such as 'Star Trek: Discovery', 'The Resident' and 'La Brea'. We also chat about what might be next for 'Star Trek', Damian Lewis' returning to 'Billions', a few interesting new Apple TV

We are back with a new episode of the Geektown Radio podcast, and Darryl From Hollywood North News joins me in the co-host chair to chat through and review the week on UK TV, film and gaming, alongside the usual TV news and UK TV air dates.Darryl begins by talking us through the latest season of the wonderfully bonkers 'La Brea', which you can currently find on Paramount+ in the UK. He also gives us his thoughts on ‘Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania’, which is out now in cinemas, along with chatting about 'NCIS: Hawai'i'. Meanwhile, I have been diving into Netflix, as I watched the first season of 'Lockwood & Co', along with season three of 'Outer Banks'. I also took a trip onto Paramount+ myself and began watching animated series 'Star Trek: Prodigy', so give my thoughts on that.In the news section, we run through all the renewals, cancellations and pick-ups such as 'The Goldbergs', 'Succession’, 'The Traitors', and a bunch of CBS renewals. We also chat about Stephen Fry's new gig, and 'Dead Boy Detect

We return with another new episode of the Geektown Radio podcast, and our film reviewer Gray joins me in the co-host chair to chat through and review the week on UK TV, film and gaming, alongside the usual TV news and UK TV air dates.In an unusual but welcome move for our "film reviewer" Gray, he has actually managed to get out to the cinema and review a film this week, and it was, of course, 'Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania', so he gives us his opinion on Marvel's latest release. We also chat about his thoughts on 'The Last Of Us', which is way outside of his usual wheelhouse, along with chatting 'Happy Valley', and 'Our Flag Means Death'. Meanwhile, I review new Apple show 'Hello Tomorrow!', alongside 'Star Trek: Picard', which returned for its 3rd and final season this week.In the news section, we run through all the renewals, cancellations and pick-ups such as Disney taking the hatchet to a number of sports-based shows, and the massacre of entertainment formats on broadcast tv this week. We also chat

We return with a new episode of the Geektown Radio podcast, and Matt from Entertainment Talk joins me once again in the co-host chair to chat through and review the week on UK TV, film and gaming, alongside the usual TV news and UK TV air dates.Matt begins with a review of 'Atlanta', Donald Glover's critically acclaimed series which recently ended its four-season run. He also chats through Disney's rather casual announcement of a stack of new sequels to some of their biggest films. Meanwhile, I chat through the pilot of 'The Rookie: Feds', which began this week in the UK, along with 'Funny Woman', a new Sky Original series based on a Nick Hornby novel. We also both give our thoughts on the brand new trailer for DC's 'The Flash' movie which dropped this week.In the news section, we run through all the renewals, cancellations and pick-ups such as ‘Avenue 5’ and 'The Peripheral’. We also chat through even more spin-offs, with 'Bosch' not looking to get in on the act, along with what 'Daryl Dixon' might actually

We are back with a new episode of the Geektown Radio podcast, and Matt from Entertainment Talk returns to join me once again in the co-host chair to chat through and review the week on UK TV, film and gaming, alongside the usual TV news and UK TV air dates.Matt begins with a review of the recently released action RPG video game 'Forspoken', which he seems to like rather more than a lot of people on the internet, so he gives us his thoughts on that. We also chat about the wonderful Disney+ series 'Extraordinary', the final season of 'Servant', and new Apple TV+ series 'Shrinking'. Meanwhile, I finally have gotten around to watching 'Black Panter: Wakanda Forever', so we chat about that, along with reviewing ITVX's new Russell T. Davies series 'Nolly', the Netflix dramedy 'The Recruit', and talk through the finale of 'New Amsterdam'.In a packed news section, we run through all the renewals, cancellations and pick-ups such as ‘Pennyworth’, 'The Traitors’ and '1923'. We also chat through the spin-off and potentia

We are back with a new episode of the Geektown Radio podcast, and Bex from TristaBytes has finally emerged from her Winter hibernation to join me once again in the co-host chair to chat through and review the week on UK TV, film and gaming, alongside the usual TV news and UK TV air dates.It has been a while since Bex was on the show, but in her time away she was ill (because she wouldn't be Bex unless something wasn't working correctly!), however, that meant she had lots of time to catch up on tv! During her sabbatical, she has been rewatching the beloved ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’, along with 'iZombie', and 'Leverage', so gives us her thoughts on all of those. She also watched the eSports film '1UP' and gives us a review of that too. We also both now know way more about the UK market for "Mr. Blobby" costumes than either of us would like to... Meanwhile, I finally got around to watching 'Everything Everywhere All At Once', so give my thoughts on that, along with new Disney+ superpowered series 'Extraordina

We are back with a new episode of the Geektown Radio podcast, and I'm joined by Darryl from Hollywood North News in the co-host chair to chat through and review the week on UK TV, alongside the usual TV news and UK TV air dates.Darryl returns for his first show of 2023 and kicks things off with a sci-fi book review! You may or may not be aware of the prolific author Brandon Sanderson, who currently holds the record for the most successful Kickstarter in the history of the platform. During the lockdown, Sanderson crafted four books, known as "Surprise! Four Secret Novels", the first of which has just been released. As a huge fan of his work, Darryl reviews the first release of the four. He also chats about a couple of Korean Netflix releases - revenge thriller series 'The Glory (Part 1)', and sci-fi movie 'Jung-E'. Meanwhile, I chat through another Netflix show, the comedy sequel series 'That '90s Show', and Apple TV+ musical-comedy 'Schmigadoon!'In the news, we run through all the renewals, cancellations and

We are back with a new episode of the Geektown Radio podcast, and I'm joined by Gray in the co-host chair to chat through and review the week on UK TV, alongside the usual TV news and UK TV air dates.Gray returns for his first show of 2023 having been swamped at work, so has had limited tv watching time, however, does bring a review of Netflix's unique series 'Kaleidoscope' which is designed to be watched in any order. This also leads to a longer discussion about Netflix's current cancellation policy, and whether it will see a second season. We also chat about the excellent comedy 'Our Flag Means Death', and 'Ghosts US', both of which are available on BBC iPlayer. Meanwhile, I chat through 'Vikings Valhalla' which returned on Netflix for Season 2, alongside reviewing this week's big launch, 'The Last of Us', on Sky Atlantic and NOW.In the news, we run through all the renewals, cancellations and pick-ups such as Netflix killing three more shows, AMC ending 'Fear The Walking Dead', and WB's bizarre decision to

We are back with our first episode of the Geektown Radio podcast of 2023, and I'm joined by Matt from Entertainment Talk in the co-host chair to chat through and review the week on UK TV, film, and gaming, alongside the usual TV news and UK TV air dates. Plus we have the in-depth results of this year's Geektown Awards!We start things off with a review of the stuff we have been watching and playing whilst we've been off-air the last few weeks. Matt begins with a review of Tom Hanks film 'A Man Called Otto', along with chatting through the Apple series 'The Mosquito Coast' season two, and 'Mythic Quest' season three. Meanwhile, I discuss my holiday gaming obsession, the space base-building game, 'IXIOM', along with reviewing Prime Video series 'The Rig', and Netflix miniseries 'The Witcher: Blood Origin'.In the news, we run through all the renewals, cancellations and pick-ups such as Netflix killing more shows, AMC's bloodbath, and an upcoming new series starring Kiefer Sutherland. We also go "in-depth" on The

We are back our last episode of the Geektown Radio podcast of 2022, and I'm joined by Matt from Entertainment Talk in the co-host chair to chat through and review the week on UK TV, film, and gaming, alongside the usual TV news and UK TV air dates.Matt starts things off with a couple of Netflix shows. Firstly, the one everyone has been talking about, ‘Harry and Meghan’, followed by the other huge Netflix show, 'Wednesday'. He also reviews the recently released horror video game 'The Callisto Protocol', and discusses 'Harley Quinn', which recently ended its latest season on E4. Meanwhile, I have also been on Netflix, having finished off part one of the finale season of 'Manifest', so review that. We also chat about the 'Jurassic World Evolution 2: Dominion Malta Expansion', the latest update to 'Planet Zoo', 'Strike: Troubled Blood' on the BBC and 'Slow Horses' on Apple.In the news, we run through all the renewals, cancellations and pick-ups such as Netflix killing 'Blockbuster' (again), and a rare Apple cance

We are back with the latest episode of the Geektown Radio podcast, and Our film reviewer Gray The Geek returns to the co-host chair to chat through and review the week on UK TV, film, and gaming, alongside the usual TV news and UK TV air dates.Gray kicks things off with his latest obsession (and to be fair, the obsession of a lot of the UK population!) - 'The Traitors' - the BBC's brand new reality series which has had people talking across the country since its launch. He also gives his thoughts on 'Ghosts US' which you can find on BBC iPlayer, and 'American Horror Story: NYC' which is currently airing on Disney+ UK. Meanwhile, I actually watched a film this week, so I review 'Black Adam', alongside chatting about 'Staged' which returned for Season 3 on ITX Premium/Britbox, 'Slow Horses' Season 2 on Apple TV+, and 'Strike: Troubled Blood' which is also bingeable on iPlayer.In the news, we also run through all the renewals, cancellations and pick-ups such as ‘FBoy Island’, 'Minx' and ‘Legendary’. We also have

After an extended break, we are back with more episodes of the Geektown Radio podcast right up until Christmas, and Matt from Entertainment Talk returns to the co-host chair to chat through and review the last few weeks on UK TV, film, and gaming, alongside the usual TV news and UK TV air dates.As we have been "off air" for a few weeks we have lots to catch up on. Matt begins with a review of Apple TV+ series 'The Mosquito Coast' which returned for Season 2, and also discusses the new trailer for 'The Last Of Us' tv show, which he is extremely excited about. Meanwhile, I bring some spoiler-free thoughts on a couple of shows I caught whilst I was away - 'Our Flag Means Death', which has just been picked up by the BBC for the UK, and 'Titans' Season 4, which we're expecting in the new year on Netflix UK.In the news, we also run through some of the stories we missed whilst we were off. That includes all the renewals, cancellations and pick-ups such as ‘Staged’ Season 3, 'Neighbours', and the new 'Spider-man' adj