Synopsis
Join our intrepid team as they explore the wild lands of television.With a full complement of snacks and spare batteries for their remote controls, we set out every fortnight to discover what's On The Box.
Episodes
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On The Box 18 - It's Got A Widget
02/05/2017 Duration: 01h03minReturning for yet more TV goodness, on this episode we discuss the possibility of an emoji game show, New York lawyers and trial-by-combat, the new reality TV series "Hunted", The Stig's new driving series and more. This week we've been watching Friends, Sons of Anarchy, Taskmaster and The Great British Bake-Off. #Friends #SonsofAnarchy #Taskmaster #TheGreatBritishBakeOff #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts
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On The Box 17 - One Pharoah And His Sheep-Dragon
02/05/2017 Duration: 01h10minThe reprobates return for more shenanigans, and in between we discuss the addition of Max Von Sydow and Ian McShane to the "Game of Thrones" roster, "Lip-Sinc Battle's" transition to the U.K., the possible return of "Married With Children", The Great British Bake-off: The Professionals and more. This week we've been watching Dragon's Den, Flockstars and Tut. #Dragons_Den #Flockstars #Tut #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts
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On The Box 16 - You Won't Like Me When I'm Pouty
02/05/2017 Duration: 01h06minThe usual gaggle of miscreants converge to discuss the latest television news including the termination of Hulk Hogan's WWE contract, Season 5 of Arrested Development, the winner of Celebrity Masterchef 2015 and more. We also suggest a few celebrity reality TV shows that we'd like to see. This week we've been watching Dead Set, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Casualty and Ripper Street. #DeadSet #WhoseLineIsItAnyway #Casualty #RipperStreet #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts
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On The Box Episode 15 - Now With Added Godzilla
01/05/2017 Duration: 57minAndy tries to distract us this week by silently gyrating in the corner. In other news, the Government thinks Strictly Come Dancing is better value for money than The Voice, MTV announce a new addition to the "Shore" franchise, the final series of Peep Show is announced and more. This week we've been watching Agent Carter and Empire. #Agent_Carter #Empire #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts
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On The Box 14 - The Following Program May Cause Brain-rot
01/05/2017 Duration: 01h30minThe gang's all here so join us as we discuss the TV announcements from San Diego Comic-Con on this slightly extended episode. In other news. BBC News 24 could go online only, the government's review of the BBC's output could lead to The Voice being axed, the return of The Brittas Empire and more. This week we've been watching Scream: The TV Series, The Walking Dead, the German version of Judge Judy (we're not sure what it's called either), Celebrity Masterchef and Dark Matter. #ScreamTheTVSeries #TheWalkingDead #CelebrityMasterchef #Dark_Matter #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts
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On The Box 13 - World Cups and Waterloos
01/05/2017 Duration: 53minWe've got a lot of things to discuss on this episode including Donald Trump's lawsuit against NBC, the cancellation of AD: The Bible Continues, the introduction of a new famous literary character in Penny Dreadful and more. This week we've been watching Sean Bean on Waterloo and the Women's Football World Cup. #Waterloo #WomensFootballWorld_Cup #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts
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On The Box 12 - Strange Old Men With Magic Elephants
01/05/2017 Duration: 54minWe kick off this week's show with the sad news that Parick Macnee - who most famously played the role of John Steed in the British TV series The Avengers - passed away at the age of 93. In other news, Donald Trump gets fired by NBC, Peep show gets U.S. remake, the BBC loses the Olympic Games from 2022, consider hundreds of job cuts and are told by the Trust to forget about a +1 service. Other stuff happened as well. This week we've been watching the last episode of Top Gear featuring Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond, and the finale of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. #TopGear #JonathanStrange&Mr_Norrell #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts
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On The Box 11 - Channel Hopping In A Bastard Trench
01/05/2017 Duration: 01h01minOn this episode we discuss the "return" of The Crystal Maze, the "10-year" future of the TV license, Alan Titchmarsh's trench demonstration and all sorts of other shenanigans. This week we've been watching Person of Interest, Channel 4's Humans and the BBC documentary series Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands. #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts #PersonofInterest #Humans #JapanEarthsEnchanted_Islands
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On The Box 10 - Denim Onesies and Bags of Popcorn
29/04/2017 Duration: 01h08minOn this week's episode there's another major death in Game of Thrones, the looming possibility of Fame returning to TV screens, the decline of television-based news and more. After that we discuss why TV networks continue to offer very little coverage (or completely ignore), events like E3, Comic-Con, CES and others - even though many of them have a much larger physical attendance and live-streaming audience than music festivals like Glastonbury. This week we've been watching Hannibal, Matt Berry Does ... Father's Day, Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment and Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda. #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV
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On The Box 09 - Meet The Decent Wachowski Project
29/04/2017 Duration: 01h01minOn this episode Ryan from Cinema Eclectica joins the gang to discuss Channel 4's new foreign language drama service, TFI Friday, another potential Top Gear presenter, ITV's Almost Impossible Game Show and more. This week we've been watching Strikeback: Legacy, Sense8 and Meet the Goldbergs. #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV
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On The Box 08 - What The Hell Is Gorm Anyway
29/04/2017 Duration: 01h02minOn this week's episode we discuss UKTV Gold comissioning three new comedies, a petition to cancel the BBC show "Britain's Hardest Grafter", Jason Manford's new topical clip show, the U.S. remake of Doc Martin and more. This week we've been watching It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Counting Cars and Man Finds Food. #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV
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On The Box 07 - A Chuckle-off With Sexy Mr Hyde
29/04/2017 Duration: 01h03minFirst, we apologise for the error in this episode. The Chuckle Brothers were featured on a song by Tinchy Strider, not Tiny Tempah. After some impressions of zombies the bad puns come thick and fast with the news that David Hasslehoff wants to replace Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear, the cancellation of Never Mind The Buzzcocks, ITV's new "sexy" take on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and more. We also discuss the contestants and coverage in this year's Eurovision Song Contest. This week we've been watching Homes Under The Hammer, Celebrity Squares, Penny Dreadful and Flog It! #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV
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On The Box 06 - The Fibre Channel Keeps You Regular
29/04/2017 Duration: 01h04minSo the former Top Gear presenters want to take their show on the road, BBC's Atlantis was deemed a failure, Neil Patrick Harris will host Best Night Ever - the U.S. version of Saturday Night Takeaway, The Daily Show leaves Comedy Central and other stuff. All sorts of things happened this week so join us as we provide our own rather odd perspective on comedy panel shows and recent events in Televisionland. This week we've been watching Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Shark - BBC's recent nature documentary series, and Gogglebox. #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV
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On The Box 05 - Lie Back And Think Of The Hoff
29/04/2017 Duration: 59minThis week we discuss The Hoff's new TV show "Hoff The Record", James Martin's new cooking show, Snoop Dogg's opinion of Game of Thrones, Australia taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest (we're still not sure how this works), the BAFTAs and more. This week we've been watching Ross Noble's Freewheeling, Murder in Successville and the mediocrity that was the General Election - which turned into a marathon of the old U.S. comedy series Titus. #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV
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On The Box 04 - Chairs and Viking Funerals
29/04/2017 Duration: 01h08minFollowing on from last week's look at British comedy, this week we travel across the pond to see what humour is like in America. In the news we find out more about Idriss Elba's new series, more Top Gear presenter rumours abound, there will be two new series of Red Dwarf and more. #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV
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On The Box 03 - You Fight Like Joe 90
29/04/2017 Duration: 01h03minOn this week's show we find time among the tangents to discuss the ongoing saga that is "who will present Top Gear", the death of Sky 3D, the new champion of Masterchef and more. We also dive into the world of British comedy to see if there's still anything good. #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV
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On the Box 02 - Hairy Ice Cream
29/04/2017 Duration: 01h05minThis week we have a hankering for ice cream - well, at least one of us does. In the news we discuss the possibility of a Galaxy Quest TV series, the growth of internet TV and more. #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV
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On the Box 01 - This Pilot Smells Funny
29/04/2017 Duration: 42minWelcome to On The Box - the TV discussion program from The Geek Show that is presented by a gang of semi-reprobates with far too much time on their hands. With news and discussions about TV shows new and old, join the guys as they discuss the strange moving images contained inside those magical boxes of entertainment. Oh, and we tangent HARD! You have been warned. #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV