Happy Face, Gangs Of London, and Protection. With guest Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù

Pilot TV

Empire Magazine

Tv & Film, Tv Reviews

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Gangs Of London star Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù is our guest on this week’s show (32:20) as we suit up for another instalment of bloody murder on the streets of the capital in Season 3 (1:20:55). Plus, we’re testing the boundaries of paternal relations in Happy Face on Paramount+ (1:12:59), in which Annaleigh Ashford stars as the daughter of Dennis Quaid’s serial killer, and going on the lam with Siobhan Finneran in protective custody thriller Protection on ITV (1:28:52).

(Episode 328)

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0:00.0	On Pilot TV this week, we're back in the seedy underbelly of the capital's criminal underworld with Chopin de Risu in Gangs of London Season 3 on Sky.
0:16.8	And Shope himself is on the show a bit later to talk about that.
0:19.9	Plus, we're finding out what it's like when your dad's a serial killer in Happy Face on Paramount Plus,
0:25.5	and heading into protective custody with Chivorne Finneran in protection on ITV.
0:32.5	I'm James Dyne, and welcome to Pilot TV.
0:34.5	You're a central guide to every show that matters.
0:36.4	Here are my two co-pilots.
0:38.8	Egregious Lord of the Rings hater, Boyd Hilton. And dare I say it, recent Wheel of Time
0:44.9	Convert, Kay Ribeiro, who I should probably say is currently ripped to the tits on Moe, which she didn't
0:50.8	want me to share with you. But, you know, I feel it is my duty to be honest
0:54.8	with the listeners.
0:55.9	So if you're going to turn up to work,
0:57.6	three sheets to the wind, you deserve to be outed for it.
1:00.1	Listen, you're overplaying it.
1:01.6	Am I?
1:02.1	You are.
1:02.9	I've had one glass, I confided you in confidence.
1:04.9	Uh-huh, yeah.
1:05.9	It's not going to affect my performance. It just makes me a little bit giggly. I'll find you more funny. If anything, I'll find you more funny.
1:12.0	You think? That's a positive of you guys.
1:13.4	This could be like one of those special drunk episodes.
1:15.4	They do a podcast.
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