Rivals, Believe Me, Gary, and Off Campus. With guest Steve Coogan

About this episode

The episode features discussions on various TV shows and an interview with Steve Coogan.

Yes, we’re back in Rutshire this week as the team (well, one of us) gets to dive back into the world of Jilly Cooper’s bucolic shagathon for Rivals series 2 (1:32:54), speaking of which, we also explore the other sexy ice hockey drama with Off Campus on Prime (1:43:52), get surprised by an unexpected new episode of The Bear (1:39:58), and look into the police mishandling of a notorious serial sex offender in Believe Me on ITV (1:17:59). Plus Steve Coogan sits down in the Pilot TV studio to chat Netflix’s Legends (47:39-1:06:22), the team mull over a selection of particularly ill-conceived character arcs, and there’s even more bee chat than last week as our apian allies drop by to make their feelings about the podcast known first-hand. Note: time stamps are approximate as the ads throw them out, so are only meant as a guide. If you want to avoid this and would like the podcast entirely ad-free (as well as 17 hours early, with a second weekly show and spoiler specials) then sign up to Pilot+!

People in this episode

Host: Pilot TV

Guest: Steve Coogan

Topics covered

• TV reviews
• Film discussions
• Character arcs
• Interviews
• Drama series
• Comedy

Keywords

• Rivals
• Off Campus
• The Bear
• Believe Me
• Legends
• Steve Coogan
• TV reviews
• Pilot TV

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ITV, Prime

Books & works: Rivals, Off Campus, The Bear, Believe Me, Legends

Places: Rutshire

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