Black Rabbit, Gen V, and Juice. With guests Andrew Lincoln and David Ireland

Black Rabbit, Gen V, and Juice. With guests Andrew Lincoln and David Ireland

Author: Empire Magazine September 15, 2025 Duration: 1:20:27

We’re in Coldwater this week as Andrew Lincoln and writer David Ireland discuss the new ITV thriller (23:55-44:34). Plus Kay asks the question as to whether we take TV (or film, or book) recommendations from other people. And then there’s this week’s crop of shows, which includes Netflix’s brotherly strife miniseries Black Rabbit (53:45), Prime’s second series of The Boys spinoff Gen V (1:03:08), and the second series of Mawaan Rizwan’s Juice on BBC3 (1:10:25).

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