This week's edition of the Pilot TV podcast is taking a step back in time with friend of the pod — and TV royalty — Christina Hendricks, who is back on the show and talking to Jordan King about scones, Anne Of Green Gables, and the return of bodice-ripping period drama The Buccaneers on Apple TV+. [28:58 — 50:14 approx.] And speaking of Apple, the new show from Dennis Lehane, Smoke, goes under the Pilot TV microscope this week as we follow Taron Egerton and Jurnee Smollett in tracking down a serial arsonist. Plus we join Jordan Gray and Nick Frost in ITV’s supermarket comedy Transaction, and go undercover with Jensen Ackles in Countdown on Prime Video.
Elsewhere, James Dyer, Boyd Hilton, and Kay Ribeiro convene for another fun show in which the team answer a hastily found listener question on under-the-radar streaming gems; get stuck into the week's telly news — including a Reacher update, confirmation that The Trip with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon is returning, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' renewal/ending announcement; and indulge in an impromptu chat about teeth-clenchingly awkward interview experiences (James' Nicole Kidman encounter will take some beating.) All that, plus all the banter, back-and-forth, and series-based segues you know and love. What more could you want, eh?
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