Insiders: The TV Podcast
Hosted by Jimmy Mulville and Peter Fincham · Expectation / Hat Trick
5.0from 1 ratings
- 77
- Episodes
- 51
- Transcribed
- 1
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
- 13K
- YouTube views
About Insiders: The TV Podcast
Every Friday, TV Insiders Peter Fincham and Jimmy Mulville take you behind the scenes of the world of television.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 producerPeter 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Expectation / Hat Trick
- Category
- tv & film
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 10 Apr 2025
- Latest episode
- 18 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
51 of 77 episodes have a transcript.
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Harry Potter Reboot: 5 Questions HBO Must Answer | BBC iPlayer 2.0 & Netflix’s New Dating Shows
11 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Tom Jones' Sacking Statement, Seven Up Ending and Channel 4’s Huge Cuts
4 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Our Top 10 Best British Sitcoms Ever (and the 'Rules' of Comedy)
Inside a recent episode
The Harry Potter Reboot: 5 Questions HBO Must Answer | BBC iPlayer 2.0 & Netflix’s New Dating Shows
Published 18 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] They say J.K. Rowling has a right to express her personal views. We will remain focused on the development of the new series, which will only benefit from her involvement. And interesting, you talked about, you know, diversity in the films or the lack thereof. is that in the TV version, of course, they have adopted the policy of colorblind casting. So Snape, Severus Snape, played brilliantly by the late and great Alan Rickman, is now being played by Papa Esedew from I May Destroy You. And he's been cast as Severus Snape. […]
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- Steph McGovern
- Ash Atalla
- Ben Powell-Jones
- Thom Gulseven
- Charlie Perkins
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 12,791
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 1 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 28 / 100
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- Quality
- 26
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 0
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Jimmy Mulville and Peter Fincham host the show. Published by Expectation / Hat Trick.
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