Hey gang — quick pit stop in your feed to let you know things are shifting. After four seasons of Television Times, we're swerving into a new lane. Same host, same questionable judgement — just a wider map and fewer guardrails. From Season 5, the show becomes All My Clothes Need Burning. We'll still be talking to brilliant guests about what they do and how they got there — but leaning harder into travel disasters, production chaos, and stories of things going gloriously wrong, whether that's somewhere far-flung or right on the doorstep. So nothing's really changing. Apart from the name, the direction, and the increased risk of mild peril.

New title. Bigger adventures. Possibly worse decisions. Season 5 boarding soon.

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Paul Critoph returns for the annual TV debrief — a builder who didn't have the right tool, a cat called Dumpling, and approximately four hours of opinions about 2025 television.

Paul Critoph is an actor and regular friend of the podcast, joining Steve for the third consecutive end-of-year television review — the one where they figure out which shows they've actually both watched.

• Why Alien Earth started brilliantly and then made its xenomorphs bulletproof in broad daylight — and why that ruins everything
• Squid Game 2 and 3: the hide and seek episode that was genuinely brilliant, the policeman on a boat for far too long, and why the ending made them angry instead of emotional
• The Summer I Turned Pretty — a show aimed at teenage girls that Paul's wife binged entirely while Paul occasionally wandered in to ask who Conrad and Jeremiah were
• Why Andor is the best Star Wars thing since The Empire Strikes Back — and why it's really a show about fascism and how it gets its tendrils into communities
• Black Mirror's return to form — and why the Bandersnatch multiple-choice situation still annoys Steve
• The Bear: essentially someone chopping a radish very slowly while looking moody, for weeks on end

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In this Christmas week bonus episode, Steve Otis Gunn steps away from the guest format for a candid solo chat — reflecting on a pivotal fourth season, sharing the behind-the-scenes realities of producing the show single-handed, and hinting at what might change in season five. There's listener feedback, favourite podcasts of the year, a pitch for a new comedy character inspired by his former life as a sound engineer, and somehow both a flu jab and a treacherous journey through Bolivia end up in the mix. Honest, funny, and unfiltered.

Originally released under the podcast's former name: Television Times.

Steve Otis Gunn is a Podcaster, Writer/Performer, and former sound engineer known for his distinctive blend of dark humor, storytelling, and vulnerability. After years of working behind the scenes in the world of theatre, Steve stepped into the spotlight, transforming personal awkwardness into a rich source of comedy. His debut solo show, Steve Otis Gunn is Uncomfortable, premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2024, earning a ★★★★ review for its bold, brutally funny exploration of growing up in a criminal environment and the lingering discomfort that shaped his perspective.

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