Skip Intro: The BINGE Podcast: Recent Episodes
Skip Intro: The BINGE Podcast
Welcome to Skip Intro, the official BINGE podcast. Each episode we discuss the biggest new shows on BINGE along with some hidden gems. Hosted by Alison Hurbert-Burns and John Beohm from the BINGE team.
This week on Skip Intro we discuss some of the new and returning shows coming to BINGE in 2024 including a few upcoming BINGE originals.
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Vigil returns for a new season, this time tackling the world of drone warfare and we check into The Royal Hotel - a brand new Australian film starring Julia Garner and Hugo Weaving.
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This week on Skip Intro we dive into the new BINGE original series Strife starring Asher Keddie and from the producers of Big Little Lies.
We also check out the sexy new UK drama The Couple Next Door starring Sam Heughan and Jessica De Gouw.
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This week on Skip Intro we chat about the brand new BBC series Boat Story and the brand new HBO series Bookie from the prolific creator Chuck Lorre.
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This week on Skip Intro we discuss Law & Order, one of the longest running shows in television history which is now on BINGE with brand new episodes along with the captivating and shocking story of the Love Has Won cult, explored in a new HBO docuseries.
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This week on Skip Intro we dive back into the world of Harry Potter for the new documentary David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived about Daniel Radcliffe's stunt double on the films and the accident that changed his life forever.
We also check out the new anime inspired take on the Man of Steel in the new series My Adventures with Superman.
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This week on Skip Intro we head into the kitchen for the new BBC drama Boiling Point, and explore the compelling new thriller Unwanted about a cruise liner that rescues a boat of refugees in the Mediterranean.
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This week on Skip Intro we check out Kim Kardashian's acting debut in the latest season of American Horror Story, along with the brand new HBO documentary feature The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring exploring the motivations of the celebrity obsessed teenager criminals at the centre of the 2008 scandal.
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This week on Skip Intro we discuss the compelling new BBC drama The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies and check out the new documentary Kim vs Kanye: The Divorce.
John and Ali trade also recommendations, but mainly just talk about the Roman Empire.
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This week on Skip Intro we have two brand new British series with the critically acclaimed crime drama The Sixth Commandment and the romcom The Lovers.
John and Ali trade recommendations with Taskmaster NZ and US sitcom Animal Control.
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This week on Skip Intro we check out the brand new critically acclaimed BBC sitcom Black Ops and the time travelling drama The Way Home starring Andie MacDowell.
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This week on Skip Intro we chat to Mitch McTaggart, the writer and presenter of BINGE original's The Back Side of Television and The Last Year of Television about all things Australian TV.
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This week on Skip Intro we discuss the BAFTA and Oscar nominated film Aftersun starring Paul Mescal and hit the road with the stars of Outlander for the new season of Men in Kilts.
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This week on Skip Intro we dive into the seedy world of Telemarketers with the brand new HBO documentary series before heading to the UK for the four part thriller The Catch.
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This week on Skip Intro we check out the new BBC documentary The Trouble with KanYe presented by Mobeen Azhar and the suburban thriller The House Across The Street.
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This week on Skip Intro we check out the brand new UK tennis drama Fifteen Love starring Aiden Turner and the docuseries Angel City about the Natalie Portman backed football club.
John and Ali trade some Barbenheimer inspired recommendations.
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This week on Skip Intro we check out the new Steven Soderbergh drama series Full Circle starring Claire Danes and Timothy Olyphant and the new HBO true crime documentary Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York.
John and Ali trade recommendations with Project Greenlight: A New Generation and discuss this year's Emmy nominations.
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This week on Skip Intro we travel the US in the new dating "rom doc" Swiping America and head to the UK for the new BBC drama Steeltown Murders.
John and Ali trade recommendations with Taskmaster New Zealand and talk all things Outlander and Men In Kilts.
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This week on Skip Intro we go on tour with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett for their Smartless: On The Road docuseries and head back to NYC for season two of the Sex and the City sequel And Just Like That.
John and Ali trade recommendations with the recently renewed (and Logie nominated) Aussie drama The Twelve, and the new John Early comedy special Now More Than Ever.
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This week on Skip Intro we head to the kitchen for The Great Australian Bake Off before diving into the world of eco-thriller The Swarm.
John and Ali trade recommendations with the new doco series 100 Years of Warner Bros and a look at our vast DC collection.
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This week on Skip Intro we discuss the much talked about new HBO series The Idol from the creators of Euphoria.
John and Ali also investigate the new Peacock comedy thriller Based on a True Story starring Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina.
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This week on Skip Intro we say a fond farewell to Succession and reflect on the final episode and the series as a whole.
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This week on Skip Intro we explore the dark side of sorority life at the University of Alabama in the brand new documentary Bama Rush.
John is joined by Mel from the BINGE marketing team to discuss Barry and the second to last ever episode of Succession "Church and State".
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This week on Skip Intro we dive into the BINGE library to recommend some hidden gems including Bad Education, Persona: The Dark Truth Behind Personality Tests, SWAT and more.
We round out the pod with a discussion of this week's episode of Succession "America Decides".
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This week on Skip Intro we check out the new Pete Davidson series Bupkis along with the time bending comedy Slip.
John and Ali swap recommendations with The Other Two, Confess Fletch and Mr Inbetween, and we round out the pod with a discussion of this week's episode of Succession "Tailgate Party".
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This week on Skip Intro we check out the new crime drama Love & Death along with the latest take on the Watergate scandal with White House Plumbers.
John and Ali swap recommendations with The War: Australia's Bikie Killings and Milf Manor, and we round out the pod with a discussion of this week's episode of Succession "Living+".
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This week on Skip Intro we jump into the ambitious new drama Mrs Davis from creators Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof, along with the adult animation Fired on Mars.
John and Ali swap recommendations with Somebody Somewhere and The Truman Show and we round out the pod with a discussion of this week's episode of Succession "Kill List".
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This week on Skip Intro we debrief on the latest episodes of Succession (Connor's Wedding and Honeymoon States) and the the monumental plot turns that occur.
John and Ali also trade recommendations with the cult favourites Grimm and Barry.
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This week on a very special Skip Intro join BINGE's Ali Hurbert-Burns for an exclusive chat with Succession star Nicholas Braun during his recent visit to Sydney about his portrayal of fan favourite character Cousin Greg.
New episodes of Succession are released weekly on BINGE each Monday.
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This week on Skip Intro, the BINGE Original series Love Me returns for a second season and Lily Allen makes her TV debut in the new UK comedy series Dreamland.
We also discuss this week's episode of Succession s04e02 'Rehearsal' now streaming on BINGE.
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This week on Skip Intro we talk all things "Succession" with the premiere of season four now streaming on BINGE and we share some exciting news for fans of the UK series "Taskmaster".
Ali and John also check out the brand new documentary series "Rise of the Billionaires" about the founders of Amazon, Google, Tesla and Facebook.
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In a jam packed episode of Skip Intro this week we check out the brand new BBC thriller Better, the latest season of Top Chef and dive into the latest on The Last of Us, Vanderpump Rules, Oscar winners and Robert De Niro's turn as Bernie Madoff in The Wizard of Lies.
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This week on Skip Intro we discuss the critically acclaimed new BBC/HBO series Rain Dogs along with the long awaited return of Perry Mason.
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This week on Skip Intro we head back to the pub for the new season of Rockwiz, and follow DI Humphrey Goodman back to the UK in the Death in Paradise spin off Beyond Paradise.
John and Ali trade recommendations with US quiz show Jeopardy and true crime series Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty.
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This week on Skip Intro we discuss Marc Maron's deeply personal new stand up special and explore the lifestyles of the rich and the famous with the new reality series Serving The Hamptons.
John and Ali trade recommendations with True Detective and BINGE's pride collection.
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This week on Skip Intro we delve into new British thriller rom-com Romantic Getaway along with the beloved Rose Matafeo series Starstruck.
John and Ali trade recommendations with Difficult People and Happy Valley.
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This week on the first Skip Intro of 2023 we discuss the new UK mini-series Nolly starring Helena Bonham Carter and written by Russel T Davies along with the Oscar nominated feature documentary All The Breathes.
John and Ali trade recommendations with Everything Everywhere All At Once, and the nineties animated series The Critic.
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This week on Skip Intro we look ahead to 2023 and some of the exciting new series coming to BINGE including The Last of Us, The Idol, FBoy Island, Happy Valley and more!
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This week on Skip Intro we look back on the year as Ali and John talk through some of their favourite shows and hidden gems of 2022.
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BINGE's first original comedy series Colin From Accounts, created by and starring Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall is now streaming! John and Ali discuss how the show came to be, why you should watch it, and how it involves basically zero accounting.
We also chat about the new HBO docuseries Branson about Virgin founder Richard Branson.
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This week on Skip Intro we dive into two very different documentaries with the new true crime series Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty and the feature doco Santa Camp.
John and Ali trade recommendations with Letterkenny and all things Christmas!
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This week on Skip Intro we head back to uni for Mindy Kaling's comedy The Sex Lives of College Girls which returns for a second season this week, and discuss the brand new French/British period drama Marie Antoinette.
John and Ali trade recommendations with the Australian crime drama The Kettering Incident and feature doco Icahn: The Restless Billionaire.
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This week on Skip Intro we check out Steve Coogan and Sarah Solemani's new British comedy Chivalry, and hit the road for Tim Minchin and Milly Alcock's return with the second season of Upright.
John and Ali trade recommendations with The Vow and all things Julia Child.
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The most awarded show of last year is back and we couldn't be more excited to check back into The White Lotus.
John and Ali trade recommendations with Shrill, This England, Real Housewives and more.
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This week Ali is joined by producer Dan to discuss the final two episodes of House of the Dragon, along with a shout out to the criminally underrated two season comedy I’m Sorry.
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This week on Skip Intro we are joined by political reporter Sam Clench to discuss the latest episode of House of the Dragon, along with the new Armie Hammer documentary series House of Hammer and everyones favourite reality cooking competition The Great British Bake Off.
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This week on Skip Intro we dive into the explosive new episode of House of the Dragon, and check out the new British thriller The Control Room. John and Ali trade recommendations with Veep and the WWE.
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This week on Skip Intro we are joined by political reporter Sam Clench to discuss the latest episode of House of the Dragon, and the brand new political drama This England starring Kenneth Branagh about the UK governments early response to the pandemic.
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This week on Skip Intro we are joined by entertainment journo Jonathon Moran as we reach the half way point of House of the Dragon, and we also check out BINGE's first original comedy special Jimmy Rees Meanwhile In Australia.
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This week on Skip Intro we're joined by entertainment reporter Lexie Cartwright to discuss a very steamy episode four of House of the Dragon (spoiler alert), along with the new HBO doco series The Anarchists.
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This week on Skip Intro we are joined by Smartdaily entertainment editor James Wigney to discuss episode three of House of the Dragon (spoiler alert) along with the new UK series The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe and Emmy favourite The White Lotus.
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This week John is joined by political reporter and GoT expert Sam Clench to discuss episode two of House of the Dragon (spoiler alert) along with the new HBO doco series The Last Movie Stars and everyones other favourite drama about succession... Succession.
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This week on Skip Intro we discuss the biggest new show in the world House of the Dragon! John and Ali are joined by entertainment reporters Jonathon 'J.Mo' Moran and Lexie Cartwright to talk all things Westeros, Game of Thrones and the premiere episode of House of the Dragon.
WARNING: SOME SPOILERS FROM EPISODE ONE!
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This week on Skip Intro we dive into the thrilling new BBC drama Sherwood and uncover one of Canada's most notorious crimes in the Ken & Barbie Killers. John and Ali trade recommendations with the HBO comedies Hung and The Rehearsal.
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This week on Skip Intro we discuss the new British thriller Our House starring Martin Compston, and head to the metaverse for the groundbreaking documentary We Met In Virtual Reality. John and Ali trade recommendations with two iconic series Six Feet Under and Doctor Who.
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This week on Skip Intro we return to the world of The Sopranos with the prequel film The Many Saints of Newark, and head back to Oklahoma for the new season of Reservation Dogs.
John and Ali swap recommendations with the very chilly Alone: Frozen and the very warm The White Lotus.
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This week on Skip Intro we are beyond excited for the return of HBO/BBC series Industry with season two about to hit our screens, along with the brand new Pretty Little Liars Original Sin. John and Ali swap recommendations with Avatar: The Last Airbender and the iconic 70's film Love Story.
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This week on Skip Intro we get our hands dirty with The Great Pottery Throwdown, check in for a new season of American Horror Stories and swap recommendations with Rap Sh!t and Somebody Somewhere.
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This week on Skip Intro we are very excited about Nathan Fielder's return to television in the ambitious and brilliant new comedy series The Rehearsal, and then head to the Mediterranean for the new British thriller The Holiday.
John and Ali trade recommendations with the brand new and explosive documentary Trump Unprecedented and the comedy series What We Do In The Shadows which returns for a new season this week.
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This week on Skip Intro we discuss two of the nineties most influential comedies with The Larry Sanders Show and NewsRadio and our dinner party recommendations How To Make It In America and The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling.
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This week on Skip Intro we head to the courtroom for the new Australian drama The Twelve, travel the globe in Around The World in 80 Days and swap our dinner party recommendations with The Premise and Grand Designs.
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This week on Skip Intro we head to Miami for the Cuban-American inspired remake of Father of the Bride, and travel to Puerto Rico and beyond for the rise and fall of boy band Menudo.
John and Ali trade recommendations with Catfish The TV Show and Nancy Meyers film It's Complicated.
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This week on Skip Intro we look at two brand new series both taking place in 1985: the true crime documentary Mind Over Murder and the family comedy Gordita Chronicles.
John and Ali swap recommendations with The Last Cruise, and a trio of recently renewed series Our Flag Means Death, Shining Vale and Julia.
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This week on Skip Intro we realise some people (John included) still haven't watched Game of Thrones, but thankfully there is plenty of time to watch before House of the Dragon.
Ali and John discuss the compelling new HBO documentary The Janes and trade park based recommendations with Jurassic Park and Parks & Recreation.
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This week on Skip Intro we discuss the new drama series Irma Vep which is a remake of a movie about remaking a movie, and explore the life and legacy of an iconic comedian in George Carlin's American Dream.
John talks at length about his love of Canberra thanks to the HBO documentary Our Towns and Ali has the need for speed (and all things Tom Cruise) with Top Gun.
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This week on Skip Intro we fall into a deep 90 Day Fiancé rabbit hole and rave about the BBC/HBO period drama Gentleman Jack.
John and Ali trade recommendations with doco series The Crime of the Century and submarine drama Vigil.
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This week on Skip Intro we dive into the Music Box documentary collection from HBO, the new lifestyle series The Repair Shop Australia and John and Ali swap recommendations with How To With John Wilson and BlacKkKlansman.
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This morning BINGE's very first original series Love Me scored seven Logie nominations!
To celebrate the nominations we wanted to share with you a special Love Me panel that Skip Intro co-host and BINGE's executive director Alison Hurbert-Burns moderated at the Screen Forever conference. Enjoy!
Vote now for Love Me at https://tvweeklogiesvote.com/
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This week on Skip Intro check out Steven Moffat's adaptation of The Time Traveler's Wife, check in the with The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and take a look behind the mythology in The Secrets of Playboy.
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This week on Skip Intro we discuss the highly anticipated drama The Staircase starring Colin Firth and Toni Collette based on the iconic true crime documentary. John and Ali also suggest you check out the twisty new doco series The Invisible Pilot, and gear up for election season with the movie Game Change.
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This week on Skip Intro we head to the streets of Baltimore for David Simon's new drama We Own This City, explore motherhood in the new comedy horror The Baby and John and Ali trade recommendations The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin and the iconic HBO series Girls.
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This week on Skip Intro its the long awaited return of Barry and The Flight Attendant, and John and Ali swap recommendations with A Teacher and Band of Brothers.
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This week on Skip Intro we discuss the extraordinary true story of one mother’s fight for justice in the new UK drama Anne, and dive into the ugly side of the beauty industry in the documentary series Not So Pretty.
For our long weekend recommendations John and Ali recommend some genre bending comedies with the thriller Run and the sci-fi inspired Avenue 5.
John also finds an excuse to talk about about the time travelling romcom About Time.
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This week on Skip Intro we head to Sweden for the new comedy series Lust before taking a trip to Mars in the new romcom Moonshot.
John also suggests you check out the brand new stand up special Rothaniel by Jerrod Carmichael and Ali recommends we all catch up on the first season of The Flight Attendant ahead of season two launching on April 21st on BINGE.
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This week on Skip Intro we get very excited about the new HBO Max drama Julia about the birth of TV cooking and the rise of Julia Child and get a little reflective with Brené Brown's new series Atlas of the Heart looking at the world of human emotions.
John and Ali share their dinner party recommendations with Ava DuVernay's new behind the scenes of film making series One Perfect Shot and Amy Schumer's pregnancy journey in Expecting Amy.
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This week on Skip Intro fan favourite Sanditon returns with a new season and we discuss the chilling true crime series Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall.
John and Ali swap recommendations with HBO comedy Bored to Death and acclaimed mini series Chernobyl.
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This week on Skip Intro we head to the DMZ for HBO Max's latest DC adaptation from Ava DuVernay and talk about Phoenix Rising, the new documentary following Evan Rachel Wood as she takes her experience as a survivor of domestic violence to pursue justice.
John and Ali trade recommendations with festival fave Shiva Baby and reality series Hoarders.
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This week on Skip Intro we discuss the new Courtney Cox comedy horror series Shining Vale and the new Steven Soderbergh directed film Kimi.
John and Ali trade recommendations with HBO doco Americans In Bed and a little show called Euphoria.
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This week on Skip Intro we discuss the brand new series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty from executive producer Adam McKay (Succession, Don't Look Up, The Big Short) and then hit the high seas for pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death starring Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi.
John and Ali trade recommendations with lifestyle hit Escape to the Chateau and the HBO series Looking.
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This week on Skip Intro we discuss the acclaimed new BBC medical drama This Is Going To Hurt starring Ben Whishaw, and the HBO realIty series We're Here.
John and Ali trade recommendations with true crime series The Jinx and news satire Last Week Tonight.
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This week on Skip Intro we discuss the new British thriller The Girl Before and head to the Canadian wilderness in the reality series Alone.
John and Ali trade recommendations with Michaela Coel's award winning drama I May Destroy You and comedy panel show 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
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This week on Skip Intro we head to the Italian Riviera for the new British period drama Hotel Portofino and look back on the first season of And Just Like That.
We wrap things up with John and Ali trading recommendations with doco series Q: Into The Storm and Stephen King adaptation The Outsider.
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This week on Skip Intro we dive into two of BINGE's latest non-English language series with the Swedish crime drama Beartown and HBO Max's first Danish original Kamikaze. And we wrap things up with John and Ali trading recommendations with 15 Minutes of Shame and Devils.
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This week on Skip Intro the return of The Righteous Gemstones, the premiere of new film The Fallout, and John and Ali trade recommendations with Sally4Ever and Below Deck.
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This week on Skip Intro we head back to high school for HBO drama Euphoria, travel to Kansas for Bridget Everett's new comedy Somebody Somewhere and John and Ali share some recommendations from the BINGE library.
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This week on Skip Intro we dive into the DC Extended Universe with Peacemaker starring John Cena and head back to the nineties for the new documentary Beanie Mania. John and Ali also share some recommendations including Mrs Fletcher and The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley. (Small language warning, and apologies for the number of times John manages to say "fascinating").
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This week on Skip Intro we Return to Hogwarts for the Harry Potter 20th Anniversary and Hogwarts Tournament of Houses. We also take a look at the year ahead with some of 2022's most anticipated new series including The Staircase and Winning Time.
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This week on Skip Intro we look back on the year as Ali and John talk through some of their favourite shows and hidden gems of 2021.
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This week on Skip Intro we discuss the return of Sex and the City, our shared love of Succession and BINGE's first original series Love Me.
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