Toxic Town, Fear, and Get Millie Black

Toxic Town, Fear, and Get Millie Black

Author: Empire Magazine March 3, 2025 Duration: 1:22:27

This week’s show sees us dealing with industrial pollution alongside Jodie Whittaker and Aimee Lou Wood in Toxic town on Netflix (46:06), being terrorised by Martin Compston and Anjli Mohindra’s neighbour from hell in Fear on Prime Video (1:06:24), and heading to Kingston with Tamara Lawrance in Get Millie Black on Channel 4 (58:37). Plus Boydy lays down the law with regard to The White Lotus, James reveals a bold new era for Pilot+ subscribing, and Kay asks which shows should have stopped after a single season and put us all our of our misery.

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