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Hannah Fernando & Ian MacEwan
Bingewatch is your essential TV guide with journalists Ian MacEwan and Hannah Fernando featuring the latest releases on UK streaming platforms including Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, Paramount+ and more.
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Whether you're looking for your next weekend binge, a quick weeknight watch, or want to stay up to date with the latest bingable releases, Bingewatch delivers the insights you need to make the most of your streaming subscriptions.
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Whether you're looking for your next weekend binge, a quick weeknight watch, or want to stay up to date with the latest bingable releases, Bingewatch delivers the insights you need to make the most of your streaming subscriptions.
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Feb 2, 2024 • 23min
Domino Day | Black Cake | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Fantasy Football League
Ian MacEwan and Hannah Fernando review the biggest new shows and movies to hit UK streaming platforms beginning Friday 2nd Feb 2024, including:Donald Glover and Maya Erskine take the lead roles in Amazon Prime Video's adaptation of spy drama Mr. & Mrs. Smith.Alisha Bailey is a powerful young witch who is haunted by her need to feed on the energy of others, in Domino Day on BBC iPlayer.Two sporting legends ... comedian Elis James and actor Matt Lucas ... come together for the return of Fantasy Football League on Sky Sports and Now TV.Decades after Bride Covey disappears in the ocean under mysterious circumstances, a flash drive will change Eleanor Bennett's life forever in Disney Plus drama Black Cake.Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more.Remember to leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser and Goodpods AND you can now show your support and leave a tip for Ian and Hannah.You can also stay in touch with the team via Twitter AND if you like Bingewatch but you're looking for a specific review, check out BITESIZE BINGEWATCH, our sister show making it easier to get the bits you want!For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email liam@mercurypodcasts.com now!

Jan 26, 2024 • 23min
Masters of the Air | Sexy Beast | Griselda | The Miners’ Strike 1984: The Battle For Britain
Austin Butler stars in Apple TV's Masters of the Air, a World War II series. Ray Winstone, Sarah Greene, James McArdle, and Tamsin Greig discuss the origin story of Sexy Beast. Griselda Blanco, the empowering female character in the drug trafficking world, is the focus of a new crime drama. The Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain explores the divisive strike through firsthand accounts. Listen to Bingewatch for more binge-worthy recommendations.

Jan 24, 2024 • 25min
Bingewatch+ with The Traitors' Fay Greaves
Welcome to Bingewatch+ where we bring you some extra special bonus content alongside your usual weekly roundups.On this episode, Hannah is joined by Douze Points' Steven Perkins and Fay Greaves, one of the stars of The Traitors in its first series.They discuss what the experience was like, who would be a good replacement for Claudia Winkleman (though we know she's irreplaceable), and what Fay really thinks of this year's batch of traitors and faithfuls.Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more.Remember to leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser and Goodpods AND you can now show your support and leave a tip for Ian and Hannah.You can also stay in touch with the team via Twitter AND if you like Bingewatch but you're looking for a specific review, check out BITESIZE BINGEWATCH, our sister show making it easier to get the bits you want!For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email liam@mercurypodcasts.com now!

Jan 19, 2024 • 23min
The Artful Dodger | LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland | The Kitchen | Wilderness with Simon Reeve
Ian MacEwan and Hannah Fernando review the some of the biggest new shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 19th January 2024.In 1850s Australia, 15 years after the events of Oliver Twist, Jack Dawkins' past returns to haunt him, as he moves back to the world of crime after leaving behind pick-pocketing to become a surgeon in The Artful Dodger on Disney Plus.Ten of Ireland's most sought-after comedy stars are brought together to make each other laugh, using every tool in the box, without cracking a smile themselves. Hosted by Graham Norton, this is LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland on Prime Video.In a dystopian future London where all social housing has been eliminated, Izi and Benji fight to navigate the world as residents of The Kitchen, a community that refuses to abandon their home, and it's on Netflix.Explorer Simon Reeve is back from his round the world trip, and now the BBC are plonking him into the Wilderness. See what he gets up to in Wilderness with Simon Reeve on BBC Iplayer.Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more.Remember to leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser and Goodpods AND you can now show your support and leave a tip for Ian and Hannah.You can also stay in touch with the team via Twitter AND if you like Bingewatch but you're looking for a specific review, check out BITESIZE BINGEWATCH, our sister show making it easier to get the bits you want!For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email liam@mercurypodcasts.com now!

Jan 12, 2024 • 22min
Echo | Role Play | Criminal Record | After the Flood
Murder. Mayhem. Mops (and plenty of them). This week has it all! Ian and Hannah review some of the biggest new shows across UK streaming platforms for the week beginning Friday 12th January 2024, including...Maya Lopez's ruthless behavior in New York City catches up with her in her hometown, and now she must face her past, reconnect with her Native American roots and embrace the meaning of family and community in Marvel spin-off series Echo on Disney Plus.A young married couple's life turns upside down after secrets are revealed about each other's past in Prime Video thriller Role Play.An anonymous phone call draws two brilliant detectives into a confrontation over an old murder case; one, Cush Jumbo, is a young woman in the early stages of her career, and the other, Peter Capaldi, is a well-connected man determined to protect his legacy in Apple TV+ thriller Criminal Record.When an unidentified man was found dead in an underground car park after a devastating flood, PC Joanna Marshall is commissioned to investigate the truth of the man's death in ITV police drama After the Flood.Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more.Remember to leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser and Goodpods AND you can now show your support and leave a tip for Ian and Hannah.You can also stay in touch with the team via Twitter AND if you like Bingewatch but you're looking for a specific review, check out BITESIZE BINGEWATCH, our sister show making it easier to get the bits you want!For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email liam@mercurypodcasts.com now!

Jan 5, 2024 • 22min
The Traitors | James May: Our Man in India | Julia | Amanda & Alan's Italian Job
This week on Bingewatch, Ian MacEwan and Hannah Fernando review some of the biggest new releases of the week beginning Friday 4th January 2024, including:James May continues his travel adventures on Amazon Prime Video in Our Man in India.The hit reality game show in back, as Claudia Winkleman returns to front series two of The Traitors UK on BBC iPlayer.Sarah Lancashire returns to Now TV in the new series of culinary drama Julia.Amanda Holden and Alan Carr team up once again to flip houses in Tuscany, in BBC iPlayer's Amanda and Alan's Italian Job.Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more.Remember to leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser and Goodpods AND you can now show your support and leave a tip for Ian and Hannah.You can also stay in touch with the team via Twitter AND if you like Bingewatch but you're looking for a specific review, check out BITESIZE BINGEWATCH, our sister show making it easier to get the bits you want!For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email liam@mercurypodcasts.com now!

Dec 22, 2023 • 26min
The Heist Before Christmas | Mr. Bates vs The Post Office | The Castaways | Sister Boniface Mysteries: The Star of the Orient - UKTV Play
As we sign off the year and give you some festive highlights to binge in our absence, Ian, Hannah and the whole Bingewatch team want to wish you the happiest of holidays!This week's reviews include...If you like Bad Santa, you'll probably like Now TV's The Heist Before Christmas, except in this film, everyone hates Christmas.There's nothing like a good ol' Post Office scandal dramatisation to make you feel like a Brit at Christmastime, so just as well for Mr Bates vs The Post Office on ITVX.Sheridan Smith goes to a remote island in the Pacific and finds a way to use her credit card before mysteriously vanishing. We think the loan sharks got her ... *tumbleweed* ... but find out for yourself by watching The Castaways on Paramount Plus.Sister Boniface is back on UKTV Play, and this time with a new Christmas special, The Star of the Orient.Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more.Remember to leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser and Goodpods AND you can now show your support and leave a tip for Ian and Hannah.You can also stay in touch with the team via Twitter AND if you like Bingewatch but you're looking for a specific review, check out BITESIZE BINGEWATCH, our sister show making it easier to get the bits you want!For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email liam@mercurypodcasts.com now!See you in 2024!

Dec 15, 2023 • 17min
The Serial Killer's Wife | Bad Education: A Christmas Carol | Percy Jackson and the Olympians | Rob & Romesh vs Lapland
Get your jingle bells outs, because we're feeling festive at Bingewatch! Ian and Hannah review the biggest new shows on UK streaming platforms, including...Adapted from Alice Hunter's book of the same name, drama The Serial Killer's Wife stars Annabel Scholey, Jack Farthing and Angela Griffin and it's on Paramount Plus.Percy Jackson has been through a lot, and now he has to rescue Zeus' lightning bolt in the Disney Plus series Percy Jackson and the Olympians.The Bad Education has been given a Christmas special, aptly named Bad Education: A Christmas Carol, and it's coming to BBC Three and BBC iPlayer.It is the festive season, and Rob and Romesh are heading to magical Lapland, where the duo will care for reindeer, help write letters, and meet Father Christmas to learn what it takes to truly become an elf. Rob & Romesh vs Lapland is on Now TV.Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more.Remember to leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser and Goodpods AND you can now show your support and leave a tip for Ian and Hannah.You can also stay in touch with the team via Twitter AND if you like Bingewatch but you're looking for a specific review, check out BITESIZE BINGEWATCH, our sister show making it easier to get the bits you want!For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email liam@mercurypodcasts.com now!

Dec 8, 2023 • 19min
Platform 7 | Smothered | John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial | The Famous Five
This week on Bingewatch, Ian and Hannah review more big new releases on UK streaming services, including...Platform 7 is a British four-part psychological thriller based on the 2019 novel Platform Seven by Louise Doughty, and it's on ITVX.The trials and tribulations of modern dating play out in Now TV's new series Smothered.Narrated by Kiefer Sutherland, Apple TV's John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial features exclusive eye witness accounts and previously unseen crime footage.The Famous Five get a fresh new look on CBBC and BBC iPlayer, putting a modern take on Enid Blyton's classic stories.Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more.Remember to leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser and Goodpods AND you can now show your support and leave a tip for Ian and Hannah.You can also stay in touch with the team via Twitter AND if you like Bingewatch but you're looking for a specific review, check out BITESIZE BINGEWATCH, our sister show making it easier to get the bits you want!For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email liam@mercurypodcasts.com now!

Nov 30, 2023 • 22min
Candy Cane Lane | Thriller 40 | Mayfair Witches | The Doll Factory
This week on Bingewatch we have nostalgia, Christmas, witches and dolls, as Ian MacEwan and Hannah Fernando review the biggest new shows on UK streaming services this week.Eddie Murphy is the hapless neighbour whose deal with a magic elf brings the 12 days of Christmas to life in Prime Video's Candy Cane Lane.Based on Elisabeth MacNeal's novel, The Doll Factory is a Victorian period drama about a porclain doll painter who aspires to become an artist.A neurosurgeon discovers she's the heir to a family of witches. Classic. Maufair Witches is available on BBC iPlayer now.It's one of the most iconic albums of all time, so it's only right that on its 40th anniversary, Michael Jackson's thriller gets its own documentary. Thriller 40 is on Showtime and Paramount Plus.