African Couch Potato: The Mash-up

About African Couch Potato: The Mash-up

African Couch Potato is a South African perspective on all things film and television. Hosted by award-winning TV producer, Gino Shelile, it mashes up in-studio interviews with industry professionals, titles to check out each week, a current film or series review, and a look at old movies that are worth rewatching.

Publisher

Gino Shelile

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Jul 2023

Latest episode

10 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

164 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Aug 2026

   S3 Ep58 Season Finale: Disney Launches "The Shards", ACP over 3 Years, eVOD, Beauty in Black, Timmy The Kid, Spider-Man and The Odyssey

   Welcome to the Season 3 Finale of African Couch Potato, still the number 1 place for what's going down in the world of SA's TV and movies. We have also recently hit number 8 in Million Podcasts' Top 100 African Podcasts. So what has been happening? last week Gino got the invite to a VIP screening of The Shards, a new series on Disney+. 17-year-old Bret finds his whole world changing with the arrival at his prestigious L.A. prep school of enigmatic new classmate Robert Mallory, that just...

2. 

   3 Aug 2026

   S3 Ep57 Deborah Richards on “Shaken & Stirred"

   “A Bartender is the aristocrat of the working class.” So goes the line from Tom Cruise's Cocktail. The latest ACP is dialling in to Vegas to find out what went into the mix of Shaken & Stirred: The Story of Flair Bartending which is currently streaming on Apple TV. 4 x Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, and flair champion herself, Deborah Richards, directed this documentary with the help of Emmy-nominated producer and documentarian, Patrick Wirtz. Gino grabbed a Zoom call with the award-...

3. 

   27 Jul 2026

   S3 Ep56 MAFS 3, Mageza, Project Hail Mary, Finding Joy, Kaylee Hottle, Netflix Coming Soon

   The end of July and thoughts are already turning to spring and warmer temperatures. Hi and welcome to ACP, still your number one spot for what's happening in the world of film and TV. In this ep, Gino casts his eye across the latest in the dating world as season 3 of Married at First Sight hits DStv Stream, and, adding some local flavour, Mageza Wants A Wife - follows a taxi driver who spends time with 10 young singles in the hope of also finding a forever connection. So good to have somethin...

Who has been a guest on African Couch Potato: The Mash-up

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Bella Alexandras
• Roye Okupe
• Mpho Nkoana
• Lethabo Kekana

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

157

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 52 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

55

Social presence

0

YouTube

64

Engagement

60