Pilot TV Podcast #314 ft. Billy Bob Thornton & Ali Larter, Plus Olivia Williams & Emily Watson

A quartet of brilliant guests await on this week's star-studded episode of the Pilot TV Podcast. First up, we sent Helen O'Hara to sit down with Billy Bob Thornton and Ali Larter for a good old chinwag about Taylor Sheridan’s new show, Landman, which has just had its two-episode premiere on Paramount+ [18:01 — 29:12 approx]. Then, for a double helping of O'Hara, we sent Helen O'Hara off once more, this time to get the skinny on Sky's new Dune: Prophecy series from Bene Gesserit sisters Olivia Williams and Emily Watson, who share the secrets of their off- and on-screen bond, as well as anecdotes involving the National Portrait Gallery, a Dune-obsessed WiFi installation guy, and a young Mark Strong [47:09 — 1:01:06 approx].

Either side of those interviews, back in the podbooth this week's listener not-really-a-question-but-more-of-a-comment invites James Dyer, Boyd Hilton, and Kay Ribeiro to check out Sky's Chimp Crazy, the latest doc from the team behind Tiger King. Then, over on the news front, the team dissect rumours of a new series of Line Of Duty, confirmation of a new sci-fi series from the creators of The Expanse, and Netflix's newly released images of Robert De Niro in Zero Day, the acting icon's first ever TV series. And as if that weren't all exciting enough, reviews abound also this week, folks! Yes, we head deep undercover with Michael Fassbender for star-studded espionage thriller The Agency on Paramount+, head up North for Middlesborough set sitcom Smoggie Queens on BBC3, and experience the bananas televisual trip that is Mrs Davis on ITVX (1:23:51), the lattermost of which is a show that almost entirely defies description. All of that, plus we attempt to dodge Kay’s lurgy as she spreads germs liberally around the studio. Such fun!

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