On The Box | The Tv Podcast

While Netflix are firmly on the superhero train with a new trailer for Luke Cage, Kryten from Red Dwarf seems to be having face problems ... This week we’ve been watching things you aren't supposed to put into your mouth in Bizarre Foods America, The IT Crowd and the ever-wonderful Gogglesprogs. #BizarreFoodsAmerica #TheITCrowd #Gogglesprogs #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

Not much is happening is TV land so we take the opportunity to discuss the sixth season of Game of Thrones. This week we’ve been watching the second season of Scream, popular French mystery The Disappearance and Euro 2016. #Scream #TheDisappearance #Euro2016 #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

While Disney unveil a new Latina princess and Fox decide to release superhero TV series Legion worldwide, strange things are going on with UEFA's official mascot for Euro 2016. This week we’ve been watching The UK's Best Part-Time Band, Would I Lie To You and Preacher. #TheUKsBestPartTimeBand #WouldILieTo_You #Preacher #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

Television is slowly becoming more diverse with the return of a sci-fi classic, 12 new series aimed at the Japanese market, and Peter Andre wanting to do the male version of Loose Women again. This week we’ve been watching Very British Problems, Peaky Blinders series 3 and the new BBC adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. #VeryBritishProblems #PeakyBlinders #AMidsummerNightsDream #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

After a storm of trailers arrive we pick through the wreckage like good TV scavengers to discuss the interesting stuff. This week we’ve been watching Camp WWE, Hell’s Kitchen and The Further Adventures of the Musketeers. #CampWWE #HellsKitchen #TheFurtherAdventuresofthe_Musketeers #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

In a week filled with animated Blues Brothers, Seth MacFarlane sci-fi comedies, shows about feuds and more, we decided to take a look at the nominations for the TV BAFTAs. This week we’ve been watching Have I Got News For You, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Gareth Malone’s Invictus Choir. #HaveIGotNewsForYou #TheUnbreakableKimmySchmidt #GarethMalone #InvictusChoir #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

On this episode the couch potatoes discuss a Daredevil spinoff series for The Punisher, a remake of Watership Down, Sylvester Stallone’s first television role and the top ten kids TV shows. This week we’ve been watching Follow the Money, Married With Children and Star Trek: The Next Generation. #FollowtheMoney #MarriedWithChildren #StarTrek #TheNext_Generation #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

It’s a mixed bag of news this week with Michelle Obama set to appear in NCIS, the deal for the Superman prequel series Krypton nearing completion, and the first colour showing of David Attenborough’s debut wildlife documentary Zooquest. This week we’ve been watching the Star Wars: Rebels Season 2 Finale and the classic British sitcom spinoff Grace & Favour. #StarWarsRebels #Grace&Favour #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

It’s a time of reboots with the return of “Tales from the Crypt”, the TV remake of Stephen King’s “The Mist” and Noddy’s new hipster stylings. This week we’ve been watching Inside Obama’s White House, Bake Off: Crème de la Crème and the second season of Agent Carter. #InsideObamasWhiteHouse #BakeOff #CrèmedelaCrème #AgentCarter #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

Strange things are afoot in TV Land so we grab our pipes and don our deerstalkers to investigate the weird shows at Cannes, Adam Carolla's carpentry skills and the return of Murray Walker to F1. This week we've been watching The Return of The Flying Scotsman, Line of Duty, Natural Born Winners and James May: The Re-assembler. #TheReturnofTheFlyingScotsman #LineofDuty #NaturalBornWinners #JamesMay #The_Re-assembler #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

This week we remember comedy legend Ronnie Corbett who passed away, and pick our favourite sketches from his career. We also discuss the return of the beloved claymation character Morph, Netflix’s first official series from Spain and more. This week we’ve been watching Bordertown, Mythbusters and Daredevil season 2. #Bordertown #Mythbusters #Daredevil #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

It’s getting political in TV land as the U.S. state of Georgia coming under fire from some of the big guns in the entertainment industry. In other news, Dirk Gently gets an American remake, Mr. Ripley gets a TV series and The Hoff wants to return to Knight Rider. This week we’ve been watching the first season of Icelandic drama Trapped and DIY SOS: The Big Build. #Trapped #DIYSOS #TheBig_Build #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

Television is a strange place, and making it stranger is Sky’s announcement that they’re hoping to add virtual reality. In other news, Xena will be openly gay in the reboot and we were extremely sad to learn that magician and TV present Paul Daniels had passed away. This week we’ve been watching River Monsters, Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Legends of Tomorrow. #RiverMonsters #Penn&Teller #FoolUs #LegendsofTomorrow #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

In a week where the death of the legendary Beatles producer George Martin managed to scare the pants off the fans of Game of Thrones, we take a look at trailer for the sixth season of the TV series. In other news, Kiefer Sutherland takes up folk music, you don't get a crystal for winning the Crystal Maze Experience, and we take a look at some very real show descriptions. This week we've been watching Bear Grylls: Mission Survive, NHK World and Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle. #BearGrylls #MissionSurvive #NHKWorld #StewartLee #Comedy_Vehicle #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

It’s TV time again, so join us as we discuss Apple’s entry into on-demand streaming, the absence of Netflix from Sky Q, the new name for not-in-Demand 5, dancing with Bez and more. This week we’ve been watching The Great British Comic Relief Bake Off, Better Call Saul, The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse and The Night Manager. #TheGreatBritishComicReliefBakeOff #BetterCallSaul #TheSecretLifeofBobMonkhouse #TheNight_Manager #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

We’re back for another dip into the television pool with a “live” episode of The Simpson, a TV reboot for the Angelina Jolie movie “Salt”, Norman Reedus’ new show and more. We also discuss the passing of BBC 3 as a terrestrial channel and the legacy it has left. This week we’ve been watching Frozen Planet, The People Versus O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, Lipsync Battle UK and Deutschland ’83. #FrozenPlanet #ThePeopleVersusOJSimpson #AmericanCrimeStory #LipsyncBattle #Deutschland_83 #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

We dive right in this week with the news that Top Gear will have seven presenters, Star Trek gets a new TV series, Battlestar Galactica gets a movie reboot and more. This week we’ve been watching Master Of None, Call The Midwife, Cold Case and Grand Designs. #MasterofNone #CalltheMidwife #ColdCase #GrandDesigns #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

We kick things off this week with the announcement that Dara O’Briain and Angela Scanlon will present the new series of Robot Wars – along with the welcome return of Jonathan Pearce as commentator. We also discuss Matt le Blanc joining Top Gear, One Million Mums versus Lucifer and more. This week we’ve been watching War & Peace, Star Wars Rebels, Grease Live and George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. #War&Peace #StarWars #Rebels #Grease #George Clarke #AmazingSpaces #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

Things get weird this week as we find out more about the return of Stretch Armstrong, the price of Sky Q, Sky Arts’ controversial new road trip comedy and more. We also discuss the good and bad of TV reboots. This week we’ve been watching Virtually Famous, Lucifer, The Great Train Robbery: A Robber’s Tale and A Copper’s Tale and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. #VirtuallyFamous #Lucifer #TheGreatTrainRobbery #ARobbersTale #ACoppersTale #Marvel #AgentsofSHIELD #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

This week we discuss Idriss Elba’s visit to Parliament, the return of both Prison Break and 24 to TV screens, Philomena Cunk’s documentary about Shakespeare and more. We also run through the winners of the National Television Awards. This week we’ve been watching Citizen Khan, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Death In Paradise and Top Coppers. #CitizenKhan #StarWars #TheCloneWars #DeathInParadise #Top_Coppers #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts