The Split Up

I will definitely be watching more of The Blame.

And the final new show that I've watched this week is The Split Up.

Which is a spin-off

Ah.

But it's nice to know that Kathryn liked the first, like, The Split.

Yeah.

She's not a big fan of The Split Up.

No. [laughs]

They've also ordered a new straight drama called Witch Hunt, which stars Sarah Lancashire, which of course most people know is a police officer from Happy Valley.

It's a six-part thriller written by Abby Morgan, who is the person behind The Split, The Split Up, wrote Bridget Jones, Mad About the Boy, Eric, a bunch of other things.

Lancashire is playing a woman released from prison after being convicted of drowning three of her young daughters.

She plays August Howell, who has spent 30 years behind bars.

I'm just saying, you never know.

He's right that it was split up in a strange way.

What I liked about...

I'm just barging in.

What have you got? I've gone for...

That went well.

I've gone for The Split Up.

I am very surprised.

Congratulations on being such a great actor.

Uh, can you tell us a bit about The Split Up, your new BBC drama?

Um, The Split Up is a, um, a brand-new drama.

It, it, uh, it, it comes out of Abbi Morgan's, uh, TV series, which is called The Split, that was very, very popular, and this is a kind of reboot of that with, uh, a twist.

It's a, it's a South Asian, uh, law firm, divorce firm in Manchester, and it's just about this firm and the people that are in it.

[laughs] I have to kick myself up the ass and get going again.

Um, with the...

You know, we talked about you wanting to, to bring people up and your passion for diversity and, and you talked, you talked about that in The Split Up.

[upbeat music] On Pilot TV this week, we are wrestling with the traumas of 50-something life with Sharon Horgan in Youth on HBO Max, investigating a murder and institutional misogyny with The Blame on ITV, and tackling marital strife in and out of the courtroom in The Split Up on BBC One.

Plus, we are joined not only by Sharon Horgan this week, but Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan, who come in to talk about MobLand.

I'm James Dyer, and welcome to Pilot TV, your essential guide to every show that matters.

Oh, dear.

Right.

Next, and finally, we should say we have Manchester set The Split up.

So this is a spin-off from The Split, and you had Boyd, he talked to Sanjeev Bhaskar about this only last week, and this is like a high-powered family legal firm, and they're thrust into succession turmoil when Sanjeev's outgoing patriarch reluctantly hands the reins over to his daughter, here played by Ritu Arya.

Uh, or does he? Et cetera, et cetera.

And Esther, will you tell us, there's a drama starting on BBC One tonight at 9pm and it's a spin off from another drama that was really popular.

It's called The Split Up.

Yeah, so it's a spin-off from The Split and this is The Split Up.

The Split was set in London.

This one's set in Manchester.

Plus, we have not one, but two guests this week because Patrick Brammall joins us to chat all things Colin from Accounts, and lest we forget, Last Seen on Apple TV+.

Plus, Sanjeev Bhaskar is here chatting to Boyd about The Split Up.

I'm James Dyer, and welcome to Pilot TV, your essential guide to every show that matters.

Uh, how are we both? No protracted tales of bodily injury-

Then more, more in our wheelhouse.

Mm.

I've been watching The Split Up, which is a spin-off of The Split.

For Sanjeev Bhaskar.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Sindhu V is a comedian, writer, actor and former investment banker, well known for her successful stand-up tours and television appearances, not only on comedy staples like Live at the Apollo, QI and Have I Got News For You, but acting in series like Sex Education, Starstruck and a new BBC series, The Split Up.

She's just started a new and really quite enormous UK tour called Swanky, which will take her across the country into 2027.

Is it quite daunting when you look at your tour dates?