Insiders: The TV Podcast
By Expectation / Hat Trick
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Episodes: 29
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May 19, 2025
Description
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 producer
Peter 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.
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A “very upset" Paddington Bear, Euan Blair and last week’s HIGNFY, and the BBC’s renewed call for big family sitcoms
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Guilty viewing, shows we wish we’d made, and what the overnights do (and don’t) tell you about success.
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Trump vs Kimmel, ITV turns 70, and all the news from RTS Cambridge (without the boring bits)
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Andy Harries on The Crown, the genius of Caroline Aherne, and his much maligned talking dog detective show.
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Piers Morgan heads to 5, life at Fox after Rupert Murdoch, and Tim Davie’s plan for an ever-ready BBC presenter subs bench.
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Crime Special: From the verdant cosiness of Midsomer Murders, to the gritty dramas of Jed Mercurio.
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Netflix and the row over TV tourism, ITV’s efforts to poach Michael McIntyre, and Peter’s fond (ish) memories of the ill-fated Daybreak.
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Trump vs South Park, C5 revive Play for Today, and explaining comedy to the Germans.
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Harry and Meghan’s new (watered down) Netflix deal, the streamers’ continued push into sports rights, and memories of Biddy Baxter.
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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The renaissance of the old fashioned audience sitcom on Netflix, the secret of a good TV title, and is taking a show to the Edinburgh Fringe still worth the cost and bother?
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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The rise and rise of YouTube, a mixed bag of results from ITV, and some good (and very bad) advice on how to a pitch a show.
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Cancelling Colbert, the shifting balance of power in the world of the chat show, and (another) week of difficult headlines for the BBC.
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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The state of the audience sitcom, the best (and worst) ways to cancel a show, and the difference, such as there is, between selling and lying.
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Spitting Image returns (but this time on YouTube), the F1 movie and the debt it owes to television, and the biggest Apple TV series you’ve never heard of.
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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The BBC and the controversy at Glastonbury, the return of Blind Date on Disney, and the surprising part Wayne Rooney played in the story of HIGNFY.
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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The challenges ahead for Kate Phillips as the BBC’s new content chief, the parlous state of the TV freelance landscape, and Peter Fincham: "Oxbridge-y c**t”.
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Royal Special: TV and the monarchy
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Attenborough and the alchemy of on screen talent, Netflix’s push into the world of unscripted, and why we keeping sending comedians to do travelogues?
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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The future of soaps in the era of streaming, the joys of SXSW London, and the murky world of BBC nations and regions commissioning.
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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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.
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May 29, 2025 |
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Special Episode: Remembering Alan Yentob
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May 26, 2025 |
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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.
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May 22, 2025 |
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Dispatches from the BAFTAs, controversy at Question Time, and a podcast sponsorship deal in the offing?
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May 15, 2025 |
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The Father Ted musical, Trump’s baffling film tariffs, and the Downton video game spin off that never was.
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May 08, 2025 |
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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?
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May 01, 2025 |
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The fate of the linear schedule, Jimmy’s offer to buy BBC3, and a Downton lunch with Julian Fellowes.
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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SNL comes to the UK, taxing the streamers, and some truly terrible Roger Moore impressions.
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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HIGNFY goes to America, Father Ted (but without the Catholic priests), and Volcano Live on the BBC
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Insiders: The TV Podcast
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Apr 10, 2025 |