TV Gold: Best of 2025 List

In the annual Best of the Year podcast, Andrew Mercado and James Manning list their highlights. Just three shows made the list of both hosts: Adolescence - Netflix Outrageous - Britbox Reckless - SBS Shows that also featured on either one of the Best of the Year were: Aussie Drama Top End Bub -…

Jay Kelly, The Abandons, Amadeus

The penultimate episode of the TV Gold podcast this week features reviews and previews of: • Jay Kelly (Netflix movie) George Clooney plays Jay Kelly, a famous movie star who, along with his manager Ron (Adam Sandler), travels through Europe and is forced to confront his life choices, work and fam…

Wild Cherry, Trains Dreams, Heated Rivalry, The Diplomat S3

In this episode of TV Gold, James Manning and Andrew Mercado review four new shows: Wild Cherry and Heated Rivalry both on HBO Max, plus Train Dreams and The Diplomat (S3) both on Netflix. • Wild Cherry starts strong but soon reveals its trashy nature. Standout performance from Eve Best and it pro…

The Death of Bunny Munro, The Iris Affair, Malice

This week on TV Gold a father and son relationship goes right off the rails in The Death of Bunny Munro. A chase around Italy is related to cracking the code for top secret tech in The Iris Affair, and David Duchovny is a very rich man whose perfect life is threatened by someone seeking revenge in …

Reckless, The Beast in Me, The Forsytes, Frankenstein

This week the TV Gold podcast with Andrew Mercado and James Manning  reviews three series and a Netflix movie. Listen to the podcast: https://pod.link/1106441089 Reckless (SBS, 4 episodes) Two feuding siblings are forced to work together to get away with an accidental hit and run murder that spir…

Pluribus, Happiness, Ghosts Australia, All’s Fair

Do we have a new contender for worst TV show ever made this week? This week on the TV Gold podcast the creator of Breaking Bad is back with a new sci-fi series, Pluribus, on AppleTV. Andrew and James also review two sitcoms – a musical on HBO Max, Happiness, and an Australian version of the succes…

All Her Fault, Down Cemetery Road, I Love LA, Son of a Donkey, One More Shot

All Her Fault (Binge, 8 episodes) Sarah Snook stars in this thriller about a mother who is distraught after learning her son has disappeared from a supposed play date. Down Cemetery Road (AppleTV, 8 episodes) All the elements are here – Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson star in a story from the writer…

Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy, Film Club, A House of Dynamite, It: Welcome to Derry

This week on the TV Gold podcast four programs – three about different sorts of horror, and the other a romcom series. • Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (Foxtel/Binge, 8 episodes) A horror story about America’s most notorious serial killer. But a TV series made without exploiting the actual cr…

Mr Scorsese, Boots, Chad Powers, Watching You + Springsteen & Hollyoaks 30

Audio update: The original episode upload had missing audio near the end of the podcast. A new complete version of the episode replaced the first upload late on Friday evening. This week’s podcast features reviews of: Mr Scorsese (Apple TV, 5 episodes) Chad Powers (Disney+, 6 episodes) Boots (Netf…

King and Conqueror, The Woman in Cabin 10, Victoria Beckham, The Chair Company

This week on the TV Gold podcast with Andrew Mercado and James Manning there are reviews of: King and Conqueror (SBS) The Chair Company (HBO Max) The Woman in Cabin 10 (Netflix movie) Victoria Beckham (Netflix) King and Conqueror (SBS On Demand, 8 episodes, two on launch and then weekly) King & Co…