Insiders: The TV Podcast

By Expectation / Hat Trick

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Subscribers: 13
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Episodes: 10

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 May 19, 2025

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Old friends Peter Fincham and Jimmy Mulville are the ultimate TV insiders, and in their new podcast, they'll share their insights and analysis of the goings on in the world of television. In short, they're going to get together once a week to gossip!Jimmy is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Hat Trick Productions. His hit shows include Have I Got News For You (series 69 now airing), Father Ted, Derry Girls, Outnumbered, and Episodes. In the US Hat Trick launched Whose Line Is It Anyway in 1997 which ran on ABC for seven years and was the first British series to be recreated for American network television by a British producerPeter ran TalkBack where he executive produced many of their biggest shows including I’m Alan Partridge, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, and Da Ali G Show. He went on to be Controller of BBC1, then he was Director of Television at ITV, before returning to the independent sector as the co-CEO of Expectation, the company behind Clarkson's Farm and Alma's Not Normal.New episodes every Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Channel 4’s controversial plans for in-house production, word clouds with Ant and Dec, and the comedy of Ken Dodd’s tax affairs.
May 29, 2025
Special Episode: Remembering Alan Yentob
May 26, 2025
Gary Lineker’s departure from the BBC, the shakeup at ITV Daytime, and Peter does a turn (and gets us a plug) on the Today Programme.
May 22, 2025
Dispatches from the BAFTAs, controversy at Question Time, and a podcast sponsorship deal in the offing?
May 15, 2025
The Father Ted musical, Trump’s baffling film tariffs, and the Downton video game spin off that never was.
May 08, 2025
A new Chief Exec at Channel 4, why politicians all end up wanting to be on the telly, and is it time for the BBC to reboot Top Gear?
May 01, 2025
The fate of the linear schedule, Jimmy’s offer to buy BBC3, and a Downton lunch with Julian Fellowes.
Apr 24, 2025
SNL comes to the UK, taxing the streamers, and some truly terrible Roger Moore impressions.
Apr 17, 2025
HIGNFY goes to America, Father Ted (but without the Catholic priests), and Volcano Live on the BBC
Apr 10, 2025
Insiders: The TV Podcast
Apr 10, 2025