Yay! It's here, the Screen Babble Christmas TV and streaming preview. Kelly, Benji and Steven will take you through the best of film and TV that will be coming to the small and big screens in the coming weeks. First up Steven talks films including, The Heist Before Christmas (Sky Max, date tbc), It's a Wonderful Knife (Amazon Prime) and one of the most hotly anticipated films of the year, Wonka (cinemas from 8 December). Kelly gives us the low down on kids TV including the annual return of...

Need a recommendation for what to watch this weekend? Look no further. Every Friday Steven Ross, digital trends writer for National World will take you through the best of TV and streaming in the coming days.This week he tells us about Candy Cane Lane (Fri 1st Dec, Amazon Prime), Reyoncé (Fri 1st, cinemas), The Doll Factory (Fri 1st, Paramount+), Dr Who: Wild Blue Yonder (Sat 2nd, BBC1), Murdered Baby on the Beach (Sun 3rd, Channel 4) and Whale (Sun 3rd, Sky Nature). Hosted on Acast. See...

First up this week Steven takes us back to the early 2000s and The Smoking Room which only ran for two series. Benji has finally got around to watching Monarch: Legacy of Monsters and is loving it. Kelly has begrudgingly (along with Benji) continued with I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Herer and tells us about a major Irish TV event she enjoyed with her kids this weekend. On this week's 'deep dive' Steven tells us about the new Sky Nature documentary Whale, which is all about...yea. you guessed...

Need a recommendation for what to watch this weekend? Look no further. Every Friday Steven Ross, digital trends writer for National World will take you through the best of TV and streaming in the coming days.This week he tells us about Napolepn (Fri 24th, cinemas) A Nearly Normal Family (Fri 24th, Netflix), Dr Who 60th Anniversary Special (Saturday 25th, BBC1), Lockerbie (Sat 25th, Sky Documentaries), Farawy Downs (Sun 26th, Disney+), The Great British Bake Off Finale (Tuesday 28th, Channel...

Benji has been glued to 'Forged in Fire' a History channel programme that is quite niche - think sword-makers competing to make the best sword - I told you it was niche. Meanwhile Steven has been spending his viewing time very wisely and checking out some films he'd not see before. The classic war time film that is The Dirty Dozen and from a more recent era Blade Runner 2049 - hear all about what he thinks of them on the podcast. Kelly accidentally watched Boat Story this weekend and really...

Need a recommendation for what to watch this weekend? Look no further. Every Friday Steven Ross, digital trends writer for National World will take you through the best of TV and streaming in the coming days.This week he tells us about The Crown (Thurs 16th, Netflix), The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Friday 17th, cinemas), Big Brother Live Final (Fri 17th, ITV1), Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Fri 17th, Apple TV+), Strictly Come Dancing - Blackpool Special (Sat 18th, BBC1)...

Today we are 1 - 52 episodes of all killer and no filler content! We hope you've been enjoying Screen Babble and will stay with us into our toddler-hood!  As always we start this week with what we've been watching, Steven has been overdoing it with the 90s media/news satire with Brass Eye and The Day Today which saw the first outing of Alan Partridge.  Benji has been rewatching a lot of old Godzilla movies in anticipation of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters about to land on Apple TV+. Kelly never...

Need a recommendation for what to watch this weekend? Look no further. Every Friday Steven Ross, digital trends writer for National World will take you through the best of TV and streaming in the coming days.This week he tells us about 007: The Road to a MIllion (Fri 10th Nov, Amazon Prime), For All Mankind (Fri 10th Nov, Apple TV), The Killer (Fri 10th Nov, cinemas and Netflix), The Marvels (Fri 10th Nov, cinemas), The Curse (Sat 11th Nov, Paramount+) and Bill Bailey's Australian Adventure...

In fabulous news this week we can announce our new co-host - Benjamin Jackson. And although he has big boots to fill (we miss you Alex) we are delighted to have Benji on board and we know you enjoy his take on TV and film too. First up this week Steven tells us about not one, not two but three films he went to see in the cinema this week. He tells us all about Martin Scorcese's new flick 'Killers of the Flower Moon', which is 3 and a half hours long! Steven has mixed feelings about it, hear...

Need a recommendation for what to watch this weekend? Look no further. Every Friday Steven Ross, digital trends writer for National World will take you through the best of TV and streaming in the coming days.This week he tells us about Blue Eye Samurai (Fri 3rd, Netflix), Sly (Fri 3rd, Netflix), Selling Sunset (season 7) (Fri 3rd, Netflix), The Voice UK (Sat 4th ITV1 & ITVX), JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World (Sat 4th, Channel 4), Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia (Sat 4th, Channel 4)...

This week Steven has been rewatching some old Friends episodes following the passing of Matthew Perry. The team is sad to see him go for his work that impacted our lives but also for the way he helped other people in real life to deal with addiction issues.  Steven has also been watching Time, as has Kelly, and they both have enjoyed it immensely. The second series of Jimmy McGovern's prison drama contains many a criticism of the system and poses some difficult questions. There are some...

Need a recommendation for what to watch this weekend? Look no further. Every Friday Steven Ross, digital trends writer for National World will take you through the best of TV and streaming in the coming days.This week he tells us about Five Nights at Freddy's (Friday 27th Oct, cinemas), Sister Death (Fri 27th, Netflix), Pain Hustlers (Fri 27th, Netflix), Fellow Travellers (Sat 28th, Paramount+), Survivor (Sat 28th, BBC1), Britain's Human Zoos (Sat 28th, Channel 4), Time (Sunday 29th, BBC1)...

This week the regular crew of Kelly and Steven are joined by Jacob Pannons, Senior Reporter for Sussex World. On what we've been watching Kelly talks about Three Little Birds, which just started on ITV and is written by Lenny Henry who worked with Russell T Davies on the show. Kelly laughed and cried in the first episode as you might expect and is loving it thus far. Steven has been catching up on Welcome to Wrexham, the team enjoy a conversation about whether the investment and money...

Need a recommendation for what to watch this weekend? Look no further. Every Friday Steven Ross, digital trends writer for National World will take you through the best of TV and streaming in the coming days.This week he tells us about Bosch: Legacy (Friday 20th, Amazon Freevee), Upload (Friday 20th, Amazon Prime), Elite (Friday 20th, Netflix), Killers of the Flower Moon (Friday 20th, cinemas), Three Little Birds (Sunday 22nd, ITV1), MasterChef: The Professionals (Monday 23rd, BBC1) and Get...

We start this week's podcast as we always do - talking about what we're watching. Steven is blitzing Scrubs, which may or may not be affecting his work/life balance.  Craig has just finished Only Murders in the Building, all 3 seasons, he's also picked up Stargate (again) a comfort watch in his house. Kelly is just about persevering with Big Brother but enjoyed the culmination of a long-running story line on Coronation Street this week (bad guy Steven getting his comeuppance). The highlight...

Need a recommendation for what to watch this weekend? Look no further. Every Friday Steven Ross, digital trends writer for National World will take you through the best of TV and streaming in the coming days.This week he tells us about The Conference (Fri 13th, Netflix), Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Fri 13th, cinemas), Frasier (Fri 13th, Paramount+) Goosebumps (Fri 13th, Disney+) Rick and Morty season 7 (Mon 16th, E4) and The Devil on Trial (Tues 17th, Netflix). Hosted on Acast. See...

Screen Babble returns to normal this week and we kick off as ever with what we've been watching recently Steven checked out Partygate, the Channel 4 drama based on the misbehaviour in Downing Street during the pandemic. He's also checking out and enjoying Crime season 2. Benji has taken a chance on Loki and is pleased to report he believes this may just be the saviour of us all from superhero fatigue. He thinks it's more like a thriller/mystery than what you'd usually expect. He's also...

This week we have a slightly different set up. We are focusing on five things you should have in your TV diary for the coming autumn and winter months. Gen V, spin off of superhero series The Boys is up first. Set after season 3 of The Boys. Steven takes us through what to expect including a lot of violence. The first three episodes came out on Amazon Prime on 29th September with weekly episodes ongoing. Kelly looks forward to Boiling Point, a TV series based on the 2021 film starring Stephen...

This week host Kelly is joined by Benjamin Jackson, Digital Journalist at National World and resident anime expert. Craig Sinclair, Senior Video Editor also joins the team. Benji has been bingeing on wrestling and he tells us why it's a legitimate form of entertainment. Craig has been watching Yellowjackets and Kelly has been all over the place but gives two big recommendations for Netflix thriller (in German) Dear Child and About Time, a recent Channel 5 film. Benji takes on the 'deep dive'...

Need a recommendation for what to watch this weekend? Look no further. Every Friday Steven Ross, digital trends writer for National World will take you through the best of TV and streaming in the coming days.This week he tells us about Sex Education (Thurs 21 Sept, Netflix), Crime (Thurs 21 Sept, ITVX) The Continental (Fri 22nd, Amazon Prime), The Expendables 4 (Fri 22nd, cinemas), Love is Blind season 5 (Fri 22nd, Netflix), Song of the Bandits (Fri 22nd, Netflix) Still Up (Fri 22nd, Apple...

This week Kelly and Steven are joined by Mark Dunford, Editor of the Crawley Observer. The team have enjoyed a wide range of TV and film this week. Steven shares the dark and light. The light in the form of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Steven is enjoying the new season much more than the last and we debate whether it would be better to burn out than fade away. The dark is brought by Dispatches' documentary Russell Brand: In Plain Sight which Kelly watched too. The team discusses the...

Need a recommendation for what to watch this weekend? Look no further. Every Friday Steven Ross, digital trends writer for National World will take you through the best of TV and streaming in the coming days.This week he tells us about It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Fri 15th, Netflix), Love at First Sight (Fri 15th, Netflix), Coco Chanel Unbuttoned (Fri 15th, BBC2), Jimmy Doherty's New Zealand Escape (Mon 18th, Channel 4), Neighbours (Mon 18th, Amazon Freevee), The Truth About the Skinny...

This week on Screen Babble host Kelly is joined by resident TV Critic Steven Ross and National World reporter Hiyah Zaidi. We start with our usual chat around what we've been watching. Steven took Benji's recommendation from last week and has been catching up on Arrested Development and been surprised by Michael Cere's role in it. Hiyah has been catching up on Schitt's Creek and Annika as she enjoys a crime drama - this one, she says, has a slightly different format that goes into more...

Need a recommendation for what to watch this weekend? Look no further. Every Friday Steven Ross, digital trends writer for National World will take you through the best of TV and streaming in the coming days.This week he tells us about Top Boy (Thurs 7th Sept, Netflix), Virgin River (Thurs 7th, Netflix) Celebrity Masterchef Final (Fri 8th,BBC1) The Nun II (Fri 8th, cinemas), The Changeling (Fri 8th, Apple TV), Burning Body (Fri 8th, Netflix), The Last NIght of the Proms (Sat 9th, BBC2 &...

This week on Screen Babble Kelly and Steven are joined by Benjamin Jackson, Digital Journalist for National World. Steven has been watching Derry Girls, following its arrival on Netflix last month. Benji has been checking out One Piece and lots of classic anime. Kelly has started Screw and The Tower which she's enjoying but has thrown out hospital drama The Resident after only 2 episodes. She also watched The Founder which is the McDonald's story essentially - worth a watch for sure. On the...