Radio Times Podcast

by Radio Times

NewSmart TV: Adultery and Luke Littler ChallengeOctober 23, 2026 · 22 min

Episodes: 358
Released: weekly
Latest episode: Oct 23, 2026

About the podcast

We’ve all been there – sat in front of the television, flicking through channels, getting increasingly frustrated – there’s so much on, but nothing to watch. TV critics Caroline Frost and Shem Law have you covered. Each Friday, they serve up short, sharp television recommendations to mark your cards for the week ahead. They’ll tell you what to watch – and what to avoid. They watch it all, so you don’t have to. No more asking: what’s on TV tonight? What to watch? Or, what should I watch? Instead, listen to Smart TV for your weekly round-up of TV programmes and film reviews. You’ll find out about the latest series dropping that week, what to binge and what television show will become the next watercooler moment. Radio Times’ journalists Caroline Frost and Shem Law will cover all things terrestrial as well as what’s on the streaming sites – they’ll cover what’s broadcast on the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky to NOW, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Netflix and Apple TV. Whether you like Entertainment, Current Affairs, Documentaries, Dramas, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Thrillers, Sports or Radio – they’ll have you covered. If you enjoy our weekly round-up of television reviews, do search for the View From My Sofa podcast which sees Kelly-Anne Taylor sit down with a celebrity guests to talk about their lives through the prism of TV.

Episodes 358

Smart TV: Adultery and Luke Littler Challenge
October 23, 202622 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Adultery, ITV1 Beat Luke Littler, Netflix The Future with Hannah Fry, BBC2 FROST BITE: Robson Green and Steven Knight …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Adultery, ITV1
Beat Luke Littler, Netflix
The Future with Hannah Fry, BBC2

FROST BITE:
Robson Green and Steven Knight taking TV home
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Smart TV: New LOL and Caroline fixes Strictly
October 16, 202628 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Last One Laughing Halloween, Prime John Le Carre: a New Life, SkyArts Only Fools and Horses: the Lost Archive, U&Gold …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Last One Laughing Halloween, Prime
John Le Carre: a New Life, SkyArts
Only Fools and Horses: the Lost Archive, U&Gold

FROST BITE:
How can Strictly be saved? And why it matters!
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Smart TV: The Diplomat Returns and The Party Starts
October 9, 202626 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: The Party, ITV1 John Simpson: 60 Years at the BBC, BBC2 The Diplomat, Netflix FROST BITE: How hard is it to be the BBC’s …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
The Party, ITV1
John Simpson: 60 Years at the BBC, BBC2
The Diplomat, Netflix

FROST BITE:
How hard is it to be the BBC’s D-G?
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Smart TV: New Legal Dramas and Oasis Doc
October 2, 202622 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: War, Sky/NOW Pierre, C4 The Reluctant Vampire, BBC1 FROST BITE: Why Oasis’s reunion is about more than the music Learn …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
War, Sky/NOW
Pierre, C4
The Reluctant Vampire, BBC1

FROST BITE:
Why Oasis’s reunion is about more than the music
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Smart TV: Celeb Traitors and Bake Off Return
September 25, 202623 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Blue Lights, BBC1 Celebrity Traitors, BBC1 Bake Off, C4 Marble Hall Murders, BBC1 FROST BITE: Why Michael Palin is the …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Blue Lights, BBC1
Celebrity Traitors, BBC1
Bake Off, C4
Marble Hall Murders, BBC1

FROST BITE:
Why Michael Palin is the OG of travel journalists
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Smart TV: The Wargame and The Split Up
September 18, 202624 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: The Split Up, BBC1 The Wargame, Sky1 The Blame, ITV1 FROST BITE: Why Newsnight still offers the best of the BBC Learn …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
The Split Up, BBC1
The Wargame, Sky1
The Blame, ITV1

FROST BITE: Why Newsnight still offers the best of the BBC
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Smart TV: Slow Horses and 70 Up
September 11, 202628 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: 70 Up, ITV1 Slow Horses, Apple TV+ All Creatures Great and Small, C5 FROST BITE: Ted Lasso proves the reality of women’s …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
70 Up, ITV1
Slow Horses, Apple TV+
All Creatures Great and Small, C5

FROST BITE: Ted Lasso proves the reality of women’s sport
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Smart TV: Casualty turns 40 and Call My Agent movie
September 4, 202626 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Call My Agent!, Netflix Casualty, BBC1 The Paper, Sky1 FROST BITE: Why Aussie comedies are proving such global …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Call My Agent!, Netflix
Casualty, BBC1
The Paper, Sky1

FROST BITE: Why Aussie comedies are proving such global favourites
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Smart TV: The Grand Tour Reboot
August 28, 202625 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Wham! in China, BBC2 Vigil, BBC1 The Grand Tour, Amazon FROST BITE: The climate of weather broadcasting is changing …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Wham! in China, BBC2
Vigil, BBC1
The Grand Tour, Amazon

FROST BITE: The climate of weather broadcasting is changing
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Smart TV: Bookish Returns and 9/11 Doc
August 21, 202622 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Bookish, U&Alibi 9/11 Reunited, Disney+ My Brilliant Career, Netflix FROST BITE: The NTAs shortlist shows the industry …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Bookish, U&Alibi
9/11 Reunited, Disney+
My Brilliant Career, Netflix

FROST BITE: The NTAs shortlist shows the industry moving in the right direction
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Smart TV: Ludwig and Celebrity Masterchef
August 14, 202624 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Ludwig, BBC1 Celebrity Masterchef, BBC1 The Great ADHD Myth, C4 FROST BITE: Why don’t more people like Novak Djokovic? …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Ludwig, BBC1
Celebrity Masterchef, BBC1
The Great ADHD Myth, C4

FROST BITE: Why don’t more people like Novak Djokovic?
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Smart TV: Ted Lasso and A House Through Time
August 7, 202626 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Ted Lasso, Apple A House Through Time, BBC2 Hit Point U&Drama FROST BITE: Can a woman host a TV chat show? . . . Happy …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Ted Lasso, Apple
A House Through Time, BBC2
Hit Point U&Drama

FROST BITE: Can a woman host a TV chat show?
. . . Happy Viewing!
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Smart TV: Van der Valk returns!
July 31, 202626 min
Caroline Frost chats to David Brown about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Van der Valk, ITV1 Possession, Sky Atlantic Joe and David’s Magical Sitcom Tour, U&Gold FROST BITE: The wonder of Ann …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to David Brown about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Van der Valk, ITV1
Possession, Sky Atlantic
Joe and David’s Magical Sitcom Tour, U&Gold

FROST BITE: The wonder of Ann Droid
. . . Happy Viewing!
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Smart TV: Cosy Crime Week
July 24, 202625 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: The Rapture, BBC1 Benidorm is Dead, C5 The Staircase, ITVX FROST BITE: Why cosy crime is so much harder than it looks …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
The Rapture, BBC1
Benidorm is Dead, C5
The Staircase, ITVX

FROST BITE: Why cosy crime is so much harder than it looks
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Smart TV: Boris Johnson on Ukraine and Returning Dramas
July 17, 202623 min
Caroline Frost chats to David Brown about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: The Undeclared War, C4 Granite Harbour, BBC1 FROST BITE: Boris Johnson eschews the gags for an effective portrait of …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to David Brown about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
The Undeclared War, C4
Granite Harbour, BBC1

FROST BITE: Boris Johnson eschews the gags for an effective portrait of war
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Smart TV: Chris Packham Doc and Will Ferrell Golf Comedy
July 10, 202624 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Ann Droid, BBC1 Evolution, BBC2 The Hawk, Netflix FROST BITE: Katie Price and the changing nature of celebrity …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Ann Droid, BBC1
Evolution, BBC2
The Hawk, Netflix
FROST BITE: Katie Price and the changing nature of celebrity
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Smart TV: Gary Stevenson and The Office Reunion
July 3, 202625 min
Caroline Frost chats to David Brown about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: How To Get Filthy Rich with Gary Stevenson, C4 Little House on The Prairie, Netflix Mackenzie Crook and Martin …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to David Brown about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
How To Get Filthy Rich with Gary Stevenson, C4
Little House on The Prairie, Netflix
Mackenzie Crook and Martin Freeman Remember... The Office, BBC2

FROST BITE: Clarkson leads crusade into new era of masculine vulnerability
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Smart TV: Wimbledon and Dave Allen Night
June 26, 202625 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Wimbledon, BBC 40 Years of Glasto Gems, BBC2 Dave Allen Night, BBC4 FROST BITE: Goddesses of tennis past (Chris and …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Wimbledon, BBC
40 Years of Glasto Gems, BBC2
Dave Allen Night, BBC4
FROST BITE: Goddesses of tennis past
(Chris and Martina: The Final Set, Netflix)
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Smart TV: The Bear and other alternatives to football
June 19, 202623 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: The Bear, Disney+ Jon Snow: A Last Big Story, C4 The American Experiment, Netflix FROST BITE: Why we take the BBC for …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
The Bear, Disney+
Jon Snow: A Last Big Story, C4
The American Experiment, Netflix

FROST BITE: Why we take the BBC for granted, at our peril
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Smart TV: Free Nelson Mandela Doc and Ken Burns' American Revolution
June 11, 202632 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Free Nelson Mandela, C4 The American Revolution, BBC4 Rivals: Messi vs. Ronaldo, BBC Michael Palin's Hemingway …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Free Nelson Mandela, C4
The American Revolution, BBC4
Rivals: Messi vs. Ronaldo, BBC
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure, BBC Four
FROST BITE: scammers who fake illness for money
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Smart TV: Brexit 10 Years On and Group Holidays Go Wrong
June 5, 202628 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Brexit: A Very British Civil War, BBC2 Alice and Steve, Disney+ Two Weeks in August, BBC1 FROST BITE: Thinking of going …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Brexit: A Very British Civil War, BBC2
Alice and Steve, Disney+
Two Weeks in August, BBC1

FROST BITE: Thinking of going on holiday in a group? Think again!
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Smart TV: Clarksons Farm Returns and New Russell T Davies Drama
May 29, 202621 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Tip Toe, C4 Clarkson's Farm, Amazon Prime The Vardys, ITV1 FROST BITE: Rebekah Vardy: A case study in modern celebrity …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Tip Toe, C4
Clarkson's Farm, Amazon Prime
The Vardys, ITV1

FROST BITE: Rebekah Vardy: A case study in modern celebrity
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Smart TV: Dear England and Tom Hanks WW2 Doc
May 22, 202623 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Dear England, BBC1 World War II with Tom Hanks, Sky History Channel FROST BITE: Are there any tennis icons left on the …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Dear England, BBC1
World War II with Tom Hanks, Sky History Channel

FROST BITE: Are there any tennis icons left on the court?
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Smart TV: New Jack Thorne and Duffer Brothers dramas
May 15, 202621 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Falling, C4 Death Valley, BBC1 The Boroughs, Netlfix FROST BITE: Stop overthinking Eurovision songs . . . Happy Viewing! …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Falling, C4
Death Valley, BBC1
The Boroughs, Netlfix

FROST BITE: Stop overthinking Eurovision songs
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Smart TV: Rivals Returns and News Readers in Dramas
May 8, 202625 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Rivals, Disney + The Children of the Blitz, BBC2 Believe Me, ITV1 FROST BITE: News readers in dramas... . . . Happy …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Rivals, Disney +
The Children of the Blitz, BBC2
Believe Me, ITV1

FROST BITE: News readers in dramas...
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Smart TV: Amandaland and Attenborough at 100
May 1, 202623 min
Caroline Frost chats to Sherna Noah about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Amandaland, BBC1 David Attenborough’s 100 Years on Planet Earth, BBC1 Berlusconi: Condemned to Win, BBC4 Frostbite …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Sherna Noah about the best things coming up on the box this week

TV:
Amandaland, BBC1
David Attenborough’s 100 Years on Planet Earth, BBC1
Berlusconi: Condemned to Win, BBC4

Frostbite:
Politicians who become presenters - does it work?
. . . Happy Viewing!
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Smart TV: Half Man and The Cage
April 24, 202622 min
Caroline Frost chats to Gareth McLean about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Half Man, BBC1 The Cage, BBC1 Secret Service, ITV1 Frostbite: Masculinity - is toxic the only kind on TV? …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Gareth McLean about the best things coming up on the box this week

TV:

Half Man, BBC1
The Cage, BBC1
Secret Service, ITV1

Frostbite:

Masculinity - is toxic the only kind on TV?
. . . Happy Viewing!
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Smart TV: The Queen at 100 and Hacks
April 17, 202623 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Mint, BBC The Queen at 100⁠, BBC1 Hacks, NOW FROST BITE: 2026 - what does it say about senior management? . . . Happy …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Mint, BBC
The Queen at 100⁠, BBC1
Hacks, NOW

FROST BITE: 2026 - what does it say about senior management?
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Smart TV: World Cup Comedy and Birding
April 10, 202622 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: Twenty Twenty Six, BBC2 ⁠Sam & Ade Go Birding⁠, C5 The Peace Particle, BBC4 FROST BITE: Miriam Margolyes - the wisdom of …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
Twenty Twenty Six, BBC2
⁠Sam & Ade Go Birding⁠, C5
The Peace Particle, BBC4

FROST BITE: Miriam Margolyes - the wisdom of the eternal child
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Smart TV: Easter Essentials and Michael Jackson Doc
April 3, 202624 min
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week TV: The Miniature Wife, Sky Atlantic Secret Garden, BBC1 Pilgrimage, BBC1 FROST BITE: Michael Jackson - too talented to be …
Show notes
Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week
TV:
The Miniature Wife, Sky Atlantic
Secret Garden, BBC1
Pilgrimage, BBC1

FROST BITE: Michael Jackson - too talented to be cancelled?
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