Insiders: The TV Podcast
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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- Harry and Meghan’s new (watered down) Netflix deal, the streamers’ continued push into sports rights, and memories of Biddy Baxter. 15.08.2025
- 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? 08.08.2025
- 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. 01.08.2025
- Cancelling Colbert, the shifting balance of power in the world of the chat show, and (another) week of difficult headlines for the BBC. 25.07.2025
- 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. 18.07.2025
- 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. 11.07.2025
- 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. 04.07.2025
- 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”. 27.06.2025
- Royal Special: TV and the monarchy 20.06.2025
- 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? 13.06.2025
- The future of soaps in the era of streaming, the joys of SXSW London, and the murky world of BBC nations and regions commissioning. 06.06.2025
- Channel 4’s controversial plans for in-house production, word clouds with Ant and Dec, and the comedy of Ken Dodd’s tax affairs. 30.05.2025
- Special Episode: Remembering Alan Yentob 27.05.2025
- 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. 23.05.2025
- Dispatches from the BAFTAs, controversy at Question Time, and a podcast sponsorship deal in the offing? 16.05.2025
- The Father Ted musical, Trump’s baffling film tariffs, and the Downton video game spin off that never was. 09.05.2025
- 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? 02.05.2025
- The fate of the linear schedule, Jimmy’s offer to buy BBC3, and a Downton lunch with Julian Fellowes. 25.04.2025
- SNL comes to the UK, taxing the streamers, and some truly terrible Roger Moore impressions. 18.04.2025
- HIGNFY goes to America, Father Ted (but without the Catholic priests), and Volcano Live on the BBC 11.04.2025
