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Max and Michael have been stringently following lockdown and rules and, fearful of transmitting the 'rona through the radio waves, have been silent for all that time. They have braved disease and ridicule now though to bring you their review of 2020's TV, including all new special categories as well as the traditional top 10 of the year.

It's a new year and it's all change at WIGWIONAWS HQ. This episode marks the first in a new format for Max and Michael. From now on we'll be releasing podcasts on a more regular basis (every 2-4 weeks). Those podcasts will also alternate between completely spoiler free episodes where we talk about things we have just started watching or are part way through and spoiler-filled episodes where we discuss things we have finished. This episode is the first of the spoiler free episodes and there's a lot to cover, see the running order below. Please note: we did not record this podcast in person so the sound quality is a bit iffy due to to Skype recording. We'll try and work on improving that as we go along but apologies in advance for this. 00:00 - Intro 03:49 - Cobra (Sky One) 07:21 - The Outsider (HBO/Sky Atlantic) 11:36 - Avenue 5 (HBO/Sky Comedy) 15:12 - Locke & Key (Netflix) 20:54 - Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO/Sky Comedy) 28:04 - The Righteous Gemstones (HBO/Sky Comedy) 32:15 - Portrait Artist of the Year (Sky Arts) 36:27 - Star Trek: Picard (CBS/Amazon) 42:40 - The Stranger (Netflix) 46:59 - What Does The Future Hold? (Last Week Tonight, Better Call Saul, Hunters, Altered Carbon) 52:13 - Fin

It's time to go out in style (for 2019) as Max and Michael finish their countdown from three to one. Having utterly failed to agree on anything so far will there be any shared appreciation for 2019's TV at the bitter end? Listen in to find out. Discussion is all spoiler-free. On a separate note, the boys would like to apologise for the extended absence in the latter half of 2019. Normal practice is expected to resume in 2020 with some format shifts that should be to the benfit of all concerned. Look out for news on that in the early part of next year. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and all! 00:00 - Intro and Michael #3 03:34 - Max #3 06:47 - Michael #2 12:44 - Max #2 15:59 - Max & Michael #1

Buckle in because it's time for part 2 of Max and Michael's 2019 TV review. Marvel as the two just about manage to get enough words out to explain their choices from #7 to #4. As with part 1, the discussion is spoiler-free. 00:00 - Intro & In Memoriam 11:48 - Michael #7 16:36 - Max #7 19:50 - Michael #6 23:49 - Max #6 28:13 - Michael #5 31:50 - Max #5 33:54 - Michael #4 40:08 - Max #4

Max and Michael have been away for nearly six months but, contrary to a lot of rumours floating around the interwebs, they are not dead! To prove it, here they are with the first part of their end of 2019 review. Discussion is spoiler-free so eat your heart out. 00:00 - Intro 03:00 - Honourable Mentions 08:19 - #10 Michael 12:26 - #10 Max 15:03 - #9 Michael 19:59 - #9 Max 23:37 - #8 Michael 25:07 - #8 Max

Max and Michael have hurdled technological obstacles and braved the strong winds of audio editing to bring you the 24th episode of WIGWIONAWS. You didn't miss anything in episode 23 unless you're a big fan of listening to us wax lyrical about Line of Duty. This month What We Do In The Shadows, Good Omens and Season 3 of the Expanse (complete with spoilers) are put under the microscope but the big question is whether Chernobyl really is the greatest TV show of all time. Listen in to find out. 00:00 - Intro 03:18 - Quick Cuts (How To Sell Drugs Online (Fast) (Netflix), Wild Bill (ITV), Black Monday (Sky Atlantic/Now TV)) 15:54 - What We Do In The Shadows (BBC 2 (iPlayer)/FX) 25:14 - Good Omens (Amazon) 37:37 - Chernobyl (Sky Atlantic/Now TV) 56:44 - The Expanse s3 (Amazon) - SPOILERS 73:12 - What Does The Future Hold?

It's technological mayhem here at WIGWIONAWS HQ, hence why this special addendum episode to episode 23 is out before the actual episode itself! Max and Michael take some time to discuss the end of Game of Thrones, the final season and the story overall as we try to work out what to do with the rest of our lives now. Obviously, massive spoilers as if you couldn't guess. Apologies for the poor sound quality (even by our standards) of this episode. We will be back to our usual methods for the next full episode (episode 24).

It is Easter and lo, Max and Michael are returned to you with another serving of TV chit-chat. This month it's time to go deep on Line of Duty (spoiler-free) and the OA (very not spoiler-free) with a sideways glance at a few other ships in the night. Big ol' spoilers for seasons 1 and 2 of the OA are contained within that particular segment but you will be forewarned in plenty of time to switch off or skip ahead. Line of Duty is spoiler-free, we'll discuss the events of season 5 on next month's show. 00:00 - Intro 07:29 - Quick Cuts (The Widow (ITV), Broad City (Now TV), Grand Designs: The Street (Channel 4), Corporate (Now TV)) 18:56 - Line of Duty (BBC) 32:48 - This Time (BBC) 42:40 - The OA s2 (Netflix) - SPOILERS 61:18 - What Does The Future Hold? 73:06 - Outro

Spring is in the air which can only mean it's time to do the same thing we do every time we record a podcast, talk TV! Max and Michael discuss many different things in this month's episode but the big debate is what is art and what is science? If you have any thoughts please send them through to wigwionaws@gmail.com or tweet @wigwionaws Spoilers in this episode for season 1 of the Punisher in our discussion of season 2. There are no spoilers for season 2. 00:00 - Intro 04:20 - Quick Cuts (Fleabag s2, American Gods s2, MotherFatherSon, Derry Girls s2) 23:37 - Escape At Dannemora (Sky Boxsets maybe) 29:26 - Turn Up Charlie (Netflix) 33:40 - The Umbrella Academy (Netflix) 41:31 - The Punisher s2 (Netflix) 49:55 - What Does The Future Hold? 59:50 - Outro

It's been a while but Max and Michael return for 2019 with some views on what they've been watching in the first part of the year as well as some wildly out-of-date chat about new TV shows that are coming up (blame the editor). 00:00 - Intro 03:46 - Quick Cuts 13:36 - Rebellion 20:16 - Requiem 26:31 - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Post-Finale Overview 33:51 - Les Miserables 48:57 - What Does The Future Hold? 56:56 - Outro

It's that special time of year once more and Max and Michael return to tell you what their highlights (and lowlights) of 2018 are, in TV terms at least. As is traditional (once is enough for a tradition right?) this podcast is split into 4 parts to take you right up to Christmas. Today is Christmas Eve and that can only mean that you lucky people have received the most anticipated present of the year, part 4 of Max and Michael's end of 2018 TV review! In this episode the boys finish their countdown of the top tv of the year from 3 to 1.

It's that special time of year once more and Max and Michael return to tell you what their highlights (and lowlights) of 2018 are, in TV terms at least. As is traditional (once is enough for a tradition right?) this podcast is split into 4 parts to take you right up to Christmas. It's time for part 3 and Max and Michael draw ever closer to crowning their top TV show of 2018. In this episode they examine their number 4, 5 and 6 choices.

It's that special time of year once more and Max and Michael return to tell you what their highlights (and lowlights) of 2018 are, in TV terms at least. As is traditional (once is enough for a tradition right?) this podcast is split into 4 parts to take you right up to Christmas. In part 2, Max and Michael examine numbers 7, 8 and 9 in their end of year top 10s.

It's that special time of year once more and Max and Michael return to tell you what their highlights (and lowlights) of 2018 are, in TV terms at least. As is traditional (once is enough for a tradition right?) this podcast is split into 4 parts to take you right up to Christmas. In part 1 of this mammoth end of year special it's time to look at our TV Disappointment of the Year, Median TV Show Watched, TV Honourable Mentions and crack into our top 10s of the year with both of our number 10 shows.

Episode 18 of WIGWIONAWS finds the boys attempting to really just punch out a quick podcast and finding they are incapable of talking for less than an hour. Hearken to Max being rendered speechless by the injustice of Prime's shunning of Patriot and Michael attempting to claim that BBC's Informer is not a documentary about mainstream and quickly-forgotten mid-90s UK rap. The podcast contains spoilers for season 2 of the Sinner and minor spoilers for season 1 of Patriot. 00:00 - Intro 03:40 - Quick Cuts (House of Cards, Sally4Ever, Little Drummer Girl, Louis Theroux's Altered States) 15:33 - Informer (BBC) 21:23 - Homecoming (Prime Video) 29:26 - The Sinner s2 (Netflix) 38:10 - Patriot s2 (Prime Video) 45:27 - Maniac (Netflix) 56:56 - What Does The Future Hold? (Watership Down, Kidding, The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel, Vic and Bob's Big Night Out) 63:49 - Fin

In the October offering of WIGWIONAWS (yes, I know it's November), Max and Michael finally get to the heart of what everyone wants to hear and talk Grand Designs. There's some other stuff in there too, mostly about Max's Disney-Marvel conspiracy theories, how Max and Michael format the spreadsheets they record their viewing habits in and failing to correctly guess how long the podcast would be. There are spoilers for Star Trek Discovery and small spoilers for Daredevil. 00:00 - Intro 02:01 - Quick Cuts (Black Earth Rising, The Good Place, Grand Designs, Forever) 18:53 - Making a Murderer s2 (Netflix) 31:40 - Daredevil s3 (Netflix) Spoilers 43:19 - Trust (BBC iPlayer) 53:16 - Killing Eve (BBC iPlayer) 58:19 - Star Trek: Discovery (Netflix) Spoilers 62:09 - What Does The Future Hold? (House of Cards, Patriot, The Romanoffs, Little Drummer Girl)

In this episode Michael and Max are overwhelmed by the sheer volume of TV that is piling up and throw structure to the wind in favour of just trying to talk about as much TV as possible. All content is spoiler-free except for the discussion of Legion s2 which as far from spoiler-free as it is possible to be. 00:00 - Intro 05:24 - Quick Cuts (The Bodyguard (BBC), The Vietnam War (Netflix)) 11:38 - Succession (Sky Atlantic/Now TV) 18:04 - Happy! (Netflix) 24:15 - Sharp Objects (Sky Atlantic/Now TV) 30:36 - Jack Ryan (Amazon TV) 38:09 - Search Party (All4) 46:41 - The Staircase (Netflix) 51:24 - Legion s2 (FX/Now TV) 67:02 - What Does The Future Hold?

Max and Michael return with an extra long episode because they don't know how to edit themselves. This month they take a look at season 2 of the Handmaid's Tale (complete with spoilers), season 2 of Atlanta, season 2 of Luke Cage (with very mild spoilers for season 1) and all of Community (one part without spoilers, one part with). Lucky people, you get to hear the spoiler jingle twice! 00:00 - Intro 03:52 - Quick Cuts (Final Space (Netflix), Picnic at Hanging Rock (BBC)) 13:48 - The Handmaid's Tale s2 [Spoilers] (All4) 24:22 - Luke Cage s2 [Mild Spoilers for s1] (Netflix) 35:54 - Atlanta s2 (Nowhere really) 48:54 - Community [Spoiler-Free] (All4) 58:43 - Community [Spoilers] (All4) 71:52 - Outro

It's July and everybody's got World Cup fever! To celebrate, Michael and Max discuss the weather that's been happening while the World Cup is on before quickly moving on to more traditional fare. There are no spoilers about anything in this episode unless you didn't know that somebody gets murdered in The Bridge or that GLOW is about wrestling. If you didn't know that I just ruined it for you anyway so you may as well listen. Before anyone slams the terrible editing in this episode, yes, the Barry theme song really finishes like that, it's not a mistake. 00:00 - Intro 04:11 - Quick Cuts (Atlanta s2, Cloak and Dagger, Mortimer and Whitehouse Gone Fishing, Sense8 Series Finale) 19:41 - Mike Likes... The Bridge 31:27 - Max Likes... G.L.O.W. 39:57 - Everybody Likes... Barry 50:09 - What Does The Future Hold (Sharp Objects (Sky Atlantic, Now), Orange is the New Black (Netflix, 27th July), Unforgotten (ITV, 15th July), Community (All4, 23rd July)) 57:13 - Outro

This month Max and Michael run the gamut from English political farce to US Teen Superheroes. Is that the full extent of a gamut? What's a gamut? Who knows. A Very English Scandal, Marvel's Runaways and Silicon Valley take the brunt of the love this week but see below for the full running order. Spoilers for season 5 of Silicon Valley lie within but only in the marked section which you will be given plenty of warning of in the show if you want to avoid. 00:00 - Intro 04:19 - Quick Cuts (Barry (Sky Atlantic/Now TV), Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix), Safe (Netflix)) 14:18 - A Very English Scandal (BBC iPlayer) 20:47 - Marvel's Runaways (SyFy/Now TV) 30:50 - Silicon Valley - Spoiler Free (Sky Atlantic/Now TV) 38:40 - Silicon Valley s5 - Spoilers 51:57 - What Does The Future Hold? 63:10 - Fin

Max and Michael return once again to take a look at Paranoid, Season 2 of Jessica Jones and a plethora of SyFy Original offerings. Everything is spoiler free bar the Jessica Jones segment, please look below for the timestamps if you wish to skip that. 00:00 - Intro 03:02 - Quick Cuts (The Good Fight (Channel 4), Braindead (Amazon Prime), Billions (Now TV/Sky Atlantic) 11:11 - Mike Hates... Paranoid (Netflix) 20:31 - Max Likes... SyFy Originals (Dark Matter, Killjoys and Van Helsing (all SyFy/Netflix) 34:25 - Both Like... Jessica Jones S2 (Netflix) - SPOILERS 52:32 - What Does The Future Hold (Just Loads of Stuff)

Apologies for the lateness of this episode, folks, it's been quite the whirlwind at WIGWIONAWS HQ recently. Michael and I recorded this a few weeks ago but I've only just been able to edit and upload it. Whilst this is obviously not great the good news is we're recording another one on Tuesday so you get a double shot in April! Anyway, onto the contents. This episode we look at Save Me, The Mortified Guide, Mosaic, Halt and Catch Fire and Altered Carbon. It's all spoiler free except for a ten minutes spoiler-filled discussion of the ending for the second half of the Altered Carbon review. I've tagged it out separately below so you know where to skip to if you want to avoid it (there is a spoiler-free discussion of it as well). 00:00 - Intro 06:52 - Save Me (BBC iPlayer) 11:38 - The Mortified Guide (Netflix) 15:45 - Mosaic (Sky & Now TV) 25:13 - Halt & Catch Fire (Amazon Prime) 31:49 - Altered Carbon: Spoiler-Free (Netflix) 40:55 - Altered Carbon: Spoiler-tastic 48:09 - What Does The Future Hold? 56:01 - Outro

January and the end of December were a touch crazy for new TV so Michael and Max have abandoned their normal format for this episode and are just trying to get through as much of the things they've been watching as they possibly can. The episode is spoiler-free (beyond the fact we may talk about events central to the premise of the show or that happen in the first episode) so no worries on that front. If you're looking for a new thing to try out or to catch up on some hidden gems from last year then this is probably a good place to start! 00:00 - Intro 03:45 - American Vandal (Netflix) 10:13 - Babylon Berlin (Sky/Now TV (UK), Netflix (US)) 14:19 - Hard Sun (BBC/iPlayer (UK), Hulu (US)) 20:35 - Dark (Netflix) 25:14 - Derry Girls (Channel 4/All 4 (UK)) 28:57 - McMafia (BBC/iPlayer (UK), AMC (US)) 35:40 - Kiri (Channel 4/All 4 (UK)) 38:43 - Black Mirror Season 4 (Netflix) 46:26 - Inside No. 9 (Season 4 iPlayer Season 1-2 Netflix (UK), Netflix (US)) 51:04 - League of Gentlemen (Season 4 iPlayer Season 1-3 Netflix (UK), Netflix (US)) 54:04 - Where can you watch all this stuff? Although if you're reading this you just read all of that information. 55:26 - What does the future hold? Altered Carbon, Black Lightning, The Tick, Dirty Money. 64:32 - Outro

In the final part of their 2017 review Max and Michael count down from 3 to 1 and we finally find out what their respective top picks for their year of TV are! Spoiler free.

Christmas is almost upon us now and Max and Michael pick up where they left off, looking at numbers 4, 5 and 6 in their end of year TV rankings. Spoiler free.

Day 2 of the festive review and Max and Michael are looking at numbers 7-9 on their top TV of the year lists. Spoiler free.

In the first of four special episodes Max and Michael look back at 2017 and count down their top 11 shows of the year (yes, yes, top 11). Episode 1 finds our hosts looking at #11 and #10 as well as their biggest surprise and biggest disappointment of 2017. There are no spoilers for anything in this podcast. Except maybe your ears.

What could be more festive than Michael and I discussing Netflix around sporadic coughing fits? Follow the timestamps below to jump to a specific piece or enjoy the whole thing? Spoilers within for The Sinner (the start of the section is spoiler-free if you're just curious) but all else is clean. 00:00 - Intro 02:09 - Action Scene Debate 08:19 - Quick Cuts (Witnesses (BBC4), Broad City (Comedy Central & Sky)) 14:36 - The Sinner without Spoilers (Netflix & ABC) 19:33 - The Sinner with Spoilers 26:03 - The Punisher (Netflix) 39:19 - Alias Grace (Netflix) 50:15 - What The Future Holds (Dark, The League of Gentlemen, Manhunt - Unabomber) 56:35 - Sign-Off

Another month, another chat. This time out Max and Michael take a look at Mindhunter, Stranger Things 2 and Rick and Morty amongst other things. Full running order is below. SPOILER WARNING: We discuss Stranger Things 2 frankly and with no regard to spoilers. There are a couple of minor spoilers for Rick & Morty too but nothing to get too excited about. 00:00 - Intro 01:58 - Quick Cuts (Room 104 (HBO/Sky), The Deuce (HBO/Sky)) 12:15 - Mindhunter (Netflix) 31:13 - Stranger Things 2 (Netflix) - SPOILERS 46:21 - Rick & Morty (Netflix/Comedy Central) - MINOR SPOILERS 59:55 - Coming Soon (Alias Grace (Netflix - Now), Motherhood (BBC 2 - Now), The Punisher (Netflix - 17/11), Peaky Blinders (BBC Two - 15/11)) 69:48 - Outro

A small bonus episode in which Michael and Max have a spoiler-filled discussion of Twin Peaks - The Return. I'm not joking, it's chock-full of spoilers so if you haven't watched all of The Return then give this one a miss until you have. Unless you don't plan on watching it. In which case, why do you care? Go and do something else. The dog needs walking and the dishes need doing. Stop reading this and do that.

This week Michael and I can barely keep up with everything we're watching at the moment so you get initial thoughts on Time: The Kalief Bowder Story, Star Trek Discovery, Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams and House of Games. We also think back over TV series' we have just finished in Comrade Detective, Ozark and Twin Peaks: The Return. Spoilers Watch - The episode contains one spoiler for the end of season two of Twin Peaks (no spoiler for the Laura Palmer murder plot). Personally I don't think it's a huge one but if you're thinking of watching it or have started and want to remain pristine then avoid. 00:00 - Intro 02:48 - Quick Cuts (Time: The Kalief Bowder Story (Netflix), Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (Channel 4, Amazon), Star Trek Discovery (Netflix), House of Games (BBC Two)) 16:31 - Comrade Detective (Amazon) 27:45 - Ozark (Netflix) 38:29 - Twin Peaks: The Return (Sky Atlantic/Now TV, Showtime) 52:17 - Coming Soon (Mindhunter (Netflix), Stranger Things (Netflix), Snowfall (BBC Two, FX), Gunpowder (BBC One)) 61:07 - Listener Questions 65:29 - Sign-Off

Another month, another podcast and this time Michael and Max are switching their focus a bit more towards Amazon than Netflix with discussion of Bosch, Patriot and Preacher. Sky gets a little love with Game of Thrones chat and False Flag but, unfortunately, Netflix is out in the cold this month. Sorry, Netflix, we hardly knew ya. Spoilers Watch - No spoilers this month except for MASSIVE GAME OF THRONES SPOILERS! Seriously, our Thrones chat is just a discussion of the events of Season 7 so avoid if you haven't seen it. 00:00 - Intro 02:28 - Quick Cuts: False Flag (Now TV) 07:56 - Quick Cuts: Preacher (Amazon) 18:36 - Bosch (Amazon) 32:57 - Patriot (Amazon) 50:02 - Game of Thrones Season 7 (Sky Atlantic/Now TV) 68:51 - Coming Soon: Tin Star (Sky Atlantic/Now TV) 70:16 - Coming Soon: Star Trek Discovery (Netflix) 73:23 - Sign-Off

In another special bonus edition of the podcast (you lucky mothers) Max and Michael dig into the third and final season of the Leftovers, discussing why it was so effective and getting into some details of the stories. Obviously there are major spoilers for the show within so if you haven't seen season three (or any of it) yet then don't listen until you have. And, also, go and watch it, it's great. The Leftovers is available in the UK on Sky and Now TV as we speak.

This month Max and Michael struggle through a mild case of over-proteining to bandy words about Hulu's Handmaid's Tale, SyFy's The Expanse and Starz' American Gods as well as trivial chat about Nathan For You and Veep. There are some minor spoilers for The Expanse and American Gods. 00:00 - Intro 03:23 - Nathan For You 07:14 - Veep 09:39 - The Handmaid's Tale 19:15 - The Expanse 30:29 - American Gods 46:40 - The Defenders 50:00 - Wet Hot American Summer: 10 Years Later 55:42 - End

Max, Michael and special guests are back and in various states of inebriation in this special bonus episode of WIGWIONAWS, recorded live at CHUCKfest 2017. Unlike our usual shows this one will be focused around the films we watched at the festival as well as such diverse subjects as salad, Nottingham, Star Wars fan theories and the viability of shotguns as hunting weapons. Apologies should be given in advance for the poor recording quality (even by our low standards) and also for the proliferation of bad language. We'll be back next week with a new episode of WIGWIONAWS about what it's actually supposed to be about.

In their third podcast, Max and Michael eschew the long held traditional format and, instead, break down their favourite TV of 2017 so far in a Top 10 style. Spoilers for all the shows discussed today are very minimal but timestamps are below in case you want to check what we discuss and skip past certain things. 00:00 - Intro 03:25 - Fearless 07:18 - Twin Peaks 10:34 - Top Ten TV of 2017 11:34 - Catastrophe 15:08 - Homeland 18:28 - Big Little Lies 21:09 - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt 24:39 - Sense8 27:33 - The Keepers 31:50 - You're The Worst 35:10 - Broadchurch 36:30 - The Leftovers 37:46 - Billions 38:54 - It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia 43:40 - The Good Place 48:08 - Line of Duty 49:27 - American Gods 52:23 - Taboo 58:12 - Master of None 1:03:27 - Legion 1:05:30 - 13 Reasons Why 1:10:23 - Outro

In their second podcast Max and Michael take a look at the BBC's Broadchurch, Netflix's Sense8 and HBO's The Leftovers as well as American Gods and Genius. There are spoilers for seasons 1 and 2 of the Leftovers so if you want to avoid them please use the running order below to skip past those segments: 00:00 - Intro 03:02 - Genius 06:19 - American Gods 11:38 - Broadchurch 20:41 - Sense8 32:33 - The Leftovers 54:37 - Twin Peaks 63:59 - End Note: Re-uploaded on 27/07/2017

In the inaugural episode of What Is Good What Is On Netflix As We Speak your hosts Max and Michael discuss Billions, 13 Reasons Why and Legion with some level of ineptitude and touch lightly on The Strain, The Team, Ballers, Line of Duty, The Son, Guerrila, The Expanse and Rick and Morty. The episode is mostly free of spoilers although there are mild spoilers for episode 1 of 13 Reasons Why and Legion.