Podcasts by The Keep Dancing Podcast
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KDP S6E14: Glassy Eyed & Hopeful from 2022-01-03T18:07:59
Sometimes Christmas specials are weirdly timed and low effort spectacles that don’t stand up to much scrutiny. Here’s one of those.
Ellie is joined by Milly and Vikki live on the call and ...
KDP S6E13: Kai’s Power Goo from 2021-12-14T10:25
Everyone is feeling even more buoyant than normal as we get the final that we want and wave our demanding little fists in the air. Ellie is joined by AJ, Ann, Ariadne, Meg and Milly to not be in an...
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KDP S6E12: What A Beautiful Leg from 2021-12-06T21:52:43
Quarter finals! Where the bold and the brave get dropped on their bums - both literally and metaphorically. Ellie is joined by AJ, Ariadne, Emily, Meg and Vikki to go through the missed lifts frame...
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KDP S6E11: The Semiotics of the Shimmy from 2021-11-29T21:51:15
As the end draws near, there’s a sense of jeopardy and tension on the dancefloor. Ellie is joined by Ann, Vikki and Milly to enjoy dramatic readings of Elliot’s whatsapps as we pick apart week 10 o...
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KDP S6E10: Dave Arch’s Musical Themed Sausage from 2021-11-23T11:51:02
Thanks to an extraordinary guest judge booking, Musicals week proves to have all the drama and hilarity of [insert your personal fave show here] and we are HERE FOR IT.
This week’s big qu...
KDP S6E9: Sexy Toffee Penny from 2021-11-15T17:36:35
As promised, this week’s episode is mainly gnashing and wailing about the dance off and the continued success of slightly mediocre men. Ellie is joined by Ann, Meg, Emily and Elliot to wave goodbye...
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KDP S6E8a: It’s Storylines All The Way Down from 2021-11-11T19:36:11
As a special halfway-through-the-series treat, Ellie is joined by Ariadne and Ewan to look at Strictly storylines over this series, the past few series and the whole 19 year life of the show so far...
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KDP S6E8: A Bedazzled Modesty Panel from 2021-11-08T15:11:17
A couple of things have gone missing: the post theme week score reset and also the cold open to this episode. Oops. Ellie is joined by Ann, Meg and Milly to ponder upon it all.
The big top...
KDP S6E7: Touching Profundities from 2021-11-02T18:26:29
Halloween! And what a heady bouquet of nonsense we have prepared for you. Ellie is joined by AJ, Elliot and Meg to debrief the group after a particularly disturbing set of pro dances. Tag Yourselve...
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KDP S6E6: Leaning Into The Thirst from 2021-10-25T14:58:17
What a beautiful night in the Strictly ballroom! Ellie is your host and is joined by AJ, Ann, Elliot, Meg and Vikki to wax lyrical about the RETURN OF BALLROOM.
This week’s big topics:
KDP S6E5: Talk About The Dancing! from 2021-10-20T09:23:28
Ellie returns to somewhat loosely host a podcast and survey the post-Movie Week wreckage of our celebs dance dreams. She is joined by Meg, Elliot and Vikki to ask the big questions:
- Are fring...
KDP S6E4: A Little Too Close To Fursona from 2021-10-12T20:18:23
Movies Week! And there are still 14 of them and TOO MANY are doing routines that should be in musicals week. This week, due to what can only be described as Circumstances, Meg is your host and is j...
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KDP S6E3: Aljaz, With Puppies from 2021-10-04T14:01:38
The difficult second week of Strictly sees a fave leaving too soon, and huge changes in the KDP WhatsApp group. Your host Ellie is joined by Milly and Elliot to pick over the pieces.
The ...
KDP S6E2: I Fear Your Party Latin from 2021-09-27T11:08:10
Only 15 dances into the new Strictly season and it is ALL KICKING OFF. Your host Ellie is joined by AJ, Milly, Elliot and Meg to review as much of it as we can in an hour.
The big questio...
KDP S6E1 - Eschewing His Buttons from 2021-09-20T12:43:54
The Keep Dancing Podcast is back to bring you a moderately-informed run down of the 2021 cohort on Strictly Come Dancing. Your host Ellie is joined by AJ, Ann, Elliot and Meg to preview all the pai...
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KDP S5E10 - The Show Must Go On from 2020-12-21T16:38:09
Episode 10: The Show Must Go On
Ellie is joined by Elliot, Meg, Vikki, AJ, Milly and Ann (plus special guests) to squeal inaudibly about the Strictly Grand Final.
Topics include:<...
KDP S5E9 - Why Not A Rumba? from 2020-12-14T22:34:45
Ellie is joined by Elliot, Meg, Ann and AJ to review the Strictly Semi Final and look forward to one of the weirdest finals ever.
Topics include:
- Outdoor socially distant salsa part...
KDP S5E8 - Elvis, For Personal Reasons from 2020-12-07T22:08:27
Ellie is joined by Vikki, Meg, Emily and AJ to try and enjoy some musical theatre in trying circumstances.
Topics include:
- What is and is not a waste of license payers money
- ...
KDP S5E7 - BTEC Flailing from 2020-12-01T13:52:36
Episode 7: BTEC Flailing
Ellie is joined by AJ and Emily (with interjections from a remote, delayed Elliot) to survey the post-Blackpool reset wreckage.
Note: we lost some of the ...
KDP S5E6 - Dancing On The Edge from 2020-11-23T21:58:31
Episode 6: Dancing On The Edge
Ellie is joined by Ann, AJ, Meg, Emily and Vikki to ponder a trip to an imaginary Blackpool.
Topics include:
- Is Bill subverting the paradigm?...
KDP S5E5 - Suckers for a Pinstripe from 2020-11-16T19:34:16
Episode 5: Sucker for a Pinstripe
Ellie is joined by Ann, AJ, Meg and Emily to scream defiance in the face of Coronavirus. And review some dances?
We ponder over:
- Who is pro...
KDP S5 It Takes (At Least) Two Cynics 1 from 2020-11-13T12:26:12
ITTC 1: It Takes (At Least) Two Cynics
Amidst a coronavirus news storm, Ellie meets up with a team of experts to try and work out what Strictly 2020 actually *means*. On the panel are:
KDP S5E4 - A Series of Really Cool TikToks from 2020-11-09T19:01:35
Episode 4: A Series of Really Cool TikToks
Ellie is joined by Ann, Meg and Elliot at the movies (or is it Musical Week Part 1?) where weirdness reigned and nothing made vast amounts of sen...
KDPS5E3 - Really Expensive Upholstery from 2020-11-02T15:49:38
Ellie is joined by AJ, Emily and Elliot to talk about the second competitive week of Strictly.
- Max Wanted can finally be his own, wholesome man
- Elliot reacts live to the potential...
KDP S5E2 - Technical Difficulties from 2020-10-27T22:01:18
Ellie is joined (even more remotely than usual) by AJ, Emily, Elliot and Meg to talk about the first competitive week of Strictly.
We’ve had a bit of an epic technical fail so the format ...
KDP S5E1 - Communicating Joy from 2020-10-19T16:04:28
Ellie is joined by Anne, AJ, Emily, Elliott and Meg to cast their eye over our twelve brand pairs competing for the sanitised, socially-distant 2020 glitterball. Our predictions are historically en...
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KDP S5E0: Tripping Over The Glittery Biscuit from 2020-09-09T14:10:21
It’s the Keep Dancing Podcast preview of the 2020 series of Strictly Come Dancing. Ellie is joined by the full pod roster of Ann, Elliot, Milly, Meg and Vikki and we have a lot of questions, includ...
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Keep Sewing 10: Significant Digressions from 2020-06-28T12:29:29
The finale of Sewing Bee contains some incredible sewing, dizzying heights of embellishment and significant others.
?The finale of Keep Sewing contains incredible chat, dizzying heights of doub...
Keep Sewing 9: Catastrophic Magpie from 2020-06-21T12:17:49
Film week seems to have not been a terrific box office hit, but there’s always something to discuss. Ellie is joined by Meg and Milly to talk screen lewks. Featuring:
- Milly has fantastic fabr...
Keep Sewing 8: We Never Liked Theme Weeks Anyway from 2020-06-14T12:33:58
The loosely themed ‘international’ week provides plenty of cause for digression. Join Ellie, Meg and Milly to talk about another week of the Sewing Bee! Includes:
- Would we prefer technique ba...
Keep Sewing 7: Wipe Down & Stain Resistant from 2020-06-07T18:17:24
Ellie, Milly and Meg go back to the Imaginary Eighties, where everyone is a power suited capitalist monster.
- A mathematical description of a tailors ham
- What are the washing instruction...
Keep Sewing 6: A Honk On The Asymmetry Klaxon from 2020-05-31T13:11:35
Ellie and Meg try to make something new out of a bag of old bits in Reduce Reuse Recycle week. Featuring:
- Varying levels of nostalgia for charity shops
- We’re living for small, peculiar ...
Keep Sewing 5: Lacey Bazongas from 2020-05-24T10:20:07
It’s lingerie week and Ellie, Milly and Meg have loaded up our massive brassiere cannon with double entendres for you to enjoy. This episode contains:
- A brief foray into the fashion welding o...
Keep Sewing 4: Examine Your Placket from 2020-05-17T11:21:54
We’re making masks alongside our regular sewing! Mask patterns available from:
Hobbycraft https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/ideas/sewing/how-to-make-a-face-mask
Big community sew https://www.big...
Keep Sewing 3: She’s Made A Spreadsheet from 2020-05-10T16:33:44
Children’s week shows who’s got precision and detail and who just rips the arms off the doll when faced with a challenging fit.
- They’ve run out of pom pom trim!
- Ellie hates mustard (the...
Keep Sewing 2: I Think It’s To Do With Your Sewing from 2020-05-02T17:56:43
Keep Sewing 2: I Think It’s To Do With Your Sewing
It’s holiday sewing! Loud patterns and towelling and unwise decisions regarding pockets
- Palazzo pants: there’s a but there, and it’...
Keep Sewing 1: And That’s The Tea (Dress) from 2020-04-24T18:46:50
The Keep Dancing Podcast crew celebrate Achievement In Frocks by examining the BBC’s new series of Sewing Bee. Ellie is joined by Emily, Elliot and Meg to judge the seams.
- Wrap skirts an...
KDP Emergency Pod 1: Glitter On The Horizon from 2020-04-14T17:10:55
The Keep Dancing Podcast crew convene in their separate living rooms to keep you company. Ellie, Anne, Elliot and Vikki are in varying degrees of isolation and have gone varying degrees of stir cra...
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KDP S4E14 - The Season of the Samba from 2019-12-16T10:42:29
It’s been a long old Q4 but finally we end up back where we began: Kelvin and Oti’s victory makes this the season of The Samba. Ellie is joined by Emily, Elliot, Meg, Vikki and Anne to wrap it all...
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KDP S4E13 - Hardcore Dance Zealots from 2019-12-09T22:00:33
We have finalists! By default! Ellie is joined by Vikki, Elliot and Meg to review the eight semi final dances and look ahead to the smorgasbord of delights that will be the Grand Final.
A...
KDP S4E12 - A Nice Way To Close The Show from 2019-12-02T18:52:41
Musicals Week! Everyone loves a musical, a lovely festive treat for the whole family on topics such as Victorian child abuse, grinding poverty, dying cats and weird vintage racist tropes. With song...
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KDP S4E11 - Chekhov's Samba Goes Off from 2019-11-25T21:42:30
The post Blackpool reset hits hard! We’re less grumpy than Craig but that’s not saying much. Ellie is joined by Vikki, Anne and Emily to review a worryingly short show.
- Bruno’s routine descr...
KDP S4E10 - I'll Give You My Hairpiece from 2019-11-18T19:08:57
S4E10 - I’ll Give You My Hairpiece!
It’s been Blackpool! Ellie is joined by Meg and Elliot to battle multiple health & safety failures to bring you tales of hoists, big rooms and sprung fl...
KDP S4E9 - Dignity and a Nice… Conga? from 2019-11-13T18:52:16
An episode delayed, but well worth it. A very tired Ellie is joined by Meg, Elliott and Anne to talk over the dramatic week before Blackpool, where everyone suddenly gets serious. We recorded on Mo...
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KDP S4E8 - There Are No Rules from 2019-11-05T19:57:49
S4E8 - There Are No Rules
We’re just getting on with it. Ellie is joined by Meg, Vikki and Emily to get one precious week closer to Blackpool.
- References that are too old for Ka...
KDP S4E7 - Fuming! from 2019-10-28T21:56:49
S4E7 - Fuming!
It’s not so much a podcast as a live group therapy session, as we work through a whole load of feelings about the absolutely cursed Halloween episode of Strictly. Ellie is j...
KDP S4E6 - What Is The Purpose Of Art? from 2019-10-21T20:02:13
After a brief moment of excitement caused by a Eurovision song on the results show, Ellie is joined by Elliot, Anne and Meg to ask the tough questions.
- Is Kelvin more of a leather jacket man ...
KDP S4E5 - Chaotic Neutral from 2019-10-15T19:29:47
The Big Twist occurs and Dev and Dianne get the ‘we’ll try to make it up to you at Christmas’ early shock eviction. Ellie is joined by Emily, Meg, Elliot and Vikki to try and make sense of it all. ...
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KDP S4E4 - A Strong Foundation With Sparkle On Top from 2019-10-07T23:07:11
It’s Movie Week and Ellie is joined by Elliot, Anne, Emily and Meg as we ladle on the convoluted cinema metaphors to review the dances and share our confusion as we try to work out just exactly who...
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KDP S4E3 - Containing The Brooding Masculinity from 2019-09-30T13:45:19
The first elimination week provides dubious thrills. Join Ellie, Elliot, Meg and Vikki to review this week’s dances, skilfully avoid libel and get deep about the psychology of reality TV.
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KDP S4E2 - We're Making So Much Content from 2019-09-24T21:53:19
The gang convenes to discuss the first 15 dance megashow of the Strictly 2019 season! Ellie, Emily, Elliot, Meg and Vikki are here and they’re making SO. MUCH. CONTENT.
We’re very sorry ab...
KDP S4E1 - Dignity Free & Up For Anything from 2019-09-17T19:17:34
Ellie is joined by Emily and Elliot as we take a look at the State of the Mirrorball at the start of the 2019 Series of Strictly Come Dancing. It’s our fourth series, so we’re knee-deep in in-jokes...
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KDP S3E14 - Finally The Bride (Grand Final Hot Takes) from 2018-12-16T21:00:23
Immediately after the Grand Final, Ellie, Elliot and Meg got together to record some hot takes and immediate reactions to a spectacular Strictly Grand Final. Emily and Anne supply some slightly mor...
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KDP S3E13a - Grand Final Warmup With Dave Thorp from 2018-12-13T21:32:12
We're getting ready for the Grand Final and chatting with Dave Thorp, who runs the Strictly Spoiler website. We talk about his adventures running an important fan resource, how he's enjoyed the Cla...
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KDP S3E13 - Dignity and a Nice Frock from 2018-12-10T21:33:57
Another batch of contextualised grousing from the podcast gang. Ellie is joined by Elliot, Emily and Meg to chew over the semi-final results. Also featuring:
- KDP Investigates: Stacey Dooley’s...
KDP S3E12 - Emotionally and Spiritually Lifted from 2018-12-03T19:58:39
Musicals week allows us to feel the full range of emotions: from excitement to disgust, from joy to fear. Join us on a journey into the heart of staginess as we try to work out who is the biggest h...
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KDP S3E11 - The Pool Table Was Inside You All Along from 2018-11-26T16:13:09
The post Blackpool lull descends into chaos with a lumpy, partial score reset, troubling hair and the regulation shock dance off. Elliot, Emily, Vikki and Anne join Ellie to pick the delicious danc...
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KDP S3E10 - An Erotic Chicken Dance In A Winnebago from 2018-11-19T20:50:26
An Erotic Chicken Dance In A Winnebago
We’ve got through another Blackpool week and all the plot elements are starting to slot into place, as is Craig’s 10 paddle. We’ve also definitely ha...
KDP S3E9a - It Takes Two Cynics 2: Electric Booglaoo from 2018-11-17T23:40:46
At the crucial Blackpool phase of this Strictly series, new media storytelling expert Ewan Spence returns to try to make sense of the meta-narrative. Has the narrative collapsed or just fragmented?...
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KDP S3E9 - Waiting For The Wow Moment from 2018-11-12T21:02:59
Everyone wants to go to Blackpool! This series of Strictly continues to be absolutely all over the place. Nothing is certain, everything is topsy-turvy. The only thing that remains constant and rel...
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KDP S3E8 - The Converse Curse Gets Worse from 2018-11-06T18:51:38
The Converse Curse Gets Worse
We thought we’d seen the last of them, but they won’t go away. Inappropriate footwear is haunting the Strictly Ballroom!
This episode also contains:<...
KDP S3E7 - This Hollow Charade from 2018-10-29T21:16:05
The podcast gang review the Halloween episode of our favourite musical soap opera with some nice frocks in it. Be very afraid.
This episode also contains:
- A canon-compatible Doctor Who c...
KDP S3E6 - Twelve Lifts and an Air Grab from 2018-10-22T20:14:31
With the scoring set to ‘RANDOM’ and the Couple’s Choice adding an extra level of confusing subjectivity to the proceedings, we find ourselves bereft as Vick falls foul of Shirley’s Serious Glasses...
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KDP S3E5 - Totally Wholesome Family Show from 2018-10-15T20:54:42
It’s an absolutely normal week for our favourite reality dance show! Do not think about The Event!
In this weekend’s episode:
- The first rumba of the series leads us to ask ‘What’s t...
KDP S3E4 - A Stumble Away From Perfection from 2018-10-08T20:32:48
A Stumble Away From Perfection
PLEASE NOTE: This episode was recorded on Sunday evening just after the Results Show, and completed just after Rebecca Humphries released her statement on Mo...
KDP S3E3a - It Takes Two Cynics: Narrative Collapse from 2018-10-04T21:28:48
Ellie talks to new media storytelling expert Ewan Spence about how to construct a storyline, why planning a series of Strictly is like making an hour of the Radio 2 Breakfast Show and why we’re all...
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KDP S3E3 - Anton Du Not Come Beke from 2018-10-01T19:10:01
Anton Du Not Come Beke
The combination of a weird atmosphere on the show, a few puzzling dances and a dawning realisation that Joe is probably unstoppable made Week 2 a bit… odd. Are we se...
KDP S3E2 - Strictly No Faffing from 2018-09-24T17:18:59
No mess, no fuss, just fifteen dances and a whole new fresh series of Strictly stretching out ahead of us. It’s all downhill to Christmas from here. Polish the mirrorball and get your spray tan on....
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KDP S3E1 - Embracing The Absurdity Of It All from 2018-09-10T22:32:13
We’re back on Planet Glitterball for another series of Strictly! Ellie, Emily, Elliot, Anne and Lisa cast their eyes over the class of 2018. Who do we think will struggle? Who’ll be on an improveme...
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Keep Dancing Preview: When Ellie Met Oti from 2018-06-10T16:30:07
Hello! It’s the middle of the summer but the dancing never stops. Ellie went to give Oti’s new dance class Shake It a try. We gave everything a good shake for 2 glorious hours, then sat down for a ...
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A Big Posh Panto from 2018-01-28T16:53:20
The Chalkley family go to see the Strictly Live tour en masse, and have views on glitter, merchandise and problems distinguishing badgers from badges.
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Grand Final Hot Takes from 2017-12-18T07:12:23
We round off the competitive part of the 2017 Strictly series with some hot takes from the night that Joe’s spirited execution of Katya’s choreography claimed the glitter ball!
Featuring Ellie,...
The Spirit of Light Entertainment from 2017-12-13T03:27:22
It’s semi finals week and we’ve got the whole podcast gang on at once. Chaos reigns and hilarity ensues. Which thing is not a thing? Who is launching a range of body washes? Who is wearing the wron...
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Fifty Shades of Wrong from 2017-12-04T22:03:16
It’s the shortest show of the Strictly year and we’re off to the musicals, darling. We’re also very cross about the animosity towards two of our leading ladies in various dark corners of the intern...
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Don't Call It A 'Thon' from 2017-11-27T20:27:06
We pick up the pieces after Susan and Kevin are knocked out of the competition and it looks like we’ve got a new winner elect. Also featuring:
- Do you need a risk assessment to go up a girder ...
You *Can* Get Cappucinos In The North from 2017-11-21T10:07:40
Blackpool time comes around again and we begin by deconstructing the iconography and symbolism of Northernness as displayed in Strictly.
- Which podcast team member hasn’t actually seen S...
One Lift Short Of An American Smooth from 2017-11-14T21:31:51
One Lift Short Of An American Smooth
After Strictly finally take Mum’s advice and ditch the theming and comedy VTs, the Keep Dancing Pod team have gone mad with power. We swoon over Susan’...
No Alarms and No Surprises Please from 2017-11-06T23:46:15
After a troubling, yet exciting week the Random Theming Crisis of Strictly 2017 claims a big name in nailed-on finalist Aston Merrygold. Ellie, Emily and Mum Julia analyse the dances, the frocks an...
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The Night Is Dark & Full Of Medium Sized Dragons from 2017-10-30T19:05:58
We lost some of the podcast during recording, and then found some of it during editing. So Ellie frankensteined the two files into a single show and now we’re here for the hoopla. Apologies if ther...
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I Like Big Props And I Cannot Lie from 2017-10-23T21:35:56
Strictly is working its way through the stragglers, like raptors in Jurassic park. In this week of random theming and random Bruno disappearances, we struggle with AJ’s dock, adore Jonnie and Oti’s...
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Susan's Tribute To Morecambe and Wise and Joy from 2017-10-16T16:18
Is it really never too early for a ten from Shirley? That's just one of the questions we seek to answer this week.
Ellie is joined by Lisa, Ann, Richard and new voice Jon for almost 2 hou...
Ten More Minutes Of Bum Chat from 2017-10-10T07:14:17
Movie Week! We take our film criticism very seriously indeed and get into Jonnie's posterior positioning, swoon over Susan's samba, debate Debbie in-depth and get swept away to the Russian romance ...
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This Time With Swizzle! from 2017-10-02T06:06:55
After week 2, we've got all sorts of strong views, especially about the end result. We're sorting the Improvers from the Dead Ringers with the help of new crew member Ann - she's sort of like our S...
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Surprises Within Reasonable Parameters from 2017-09-26T20:37:23
After the first live show, we try to work out who meets our expectations, who confounds our expectations and what our expectations were in the first place. Ellie is joined by Lisa, Emily and Richar...
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Episode 2 - They're Not Just Interchangeable Pecs from 2017-09-06T21:14:09
In our 2017 Strictly Come Dancing preview show, Ellie, Lisa and Emily assess the new contestants, make tentative forecasts on who would be their most suitable partners, bid a fond farewell to Bruce...
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Keep Dancing Series 2 Episode 1 - Glittery Greetings And Goodbyes from 2017-06-30T18:48:27
We're back for more Strictly chat with a new judge, three new dancers and the first hints of the Strictly Class of 2017. Ellie and Lisa are your hosts and there's a couple of special, unexpected ca...
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Episode 18 - How Grand Was That Final? from 2016-12-19T19:22:21
In Episode 18, we're recording straight after the result and we have a special guest - Ellie and Emily's mum, Julia.
- Did we approve of the judge's choice selections?
- Was the big prop ...
Episode 17 - Go The Full Pineapple Or Nothing At All from 2016-12-13T06:37:28
In Episode 17, it's the Semi Final and we're not so much angry as disappointed. Between the baffling scores and random judges comments we didn't get the best possible final line up.
Also this w...
Episode 16 - Aiming For Fred Astaire, But Coming Out As Brucie from 2016-12-05T21:08:04
Musicals week showcases the very best and very worst of Strictly's theme week excesses. In homage, this podcast contains some of our very best and very worst jokes.
We're sad about Rob Ri...
Episode 15 - Doublé Bublé from 2016-11-28T21:41:04
Episode 15 - Goodbye and thanks for all the GIFs.
We bid a sort-of fond goodbye to Ed Balls and tie ourselves in utter knots trying to work out if Danny & Oti’s incredible samba tips ...
Episode 14 - Hupty bupty. It's a technical term from 2016-11-21T21:38:02
In Episode 14 we're chatting Blackpool and everything is at a sort of fever-pitch.
- Our props warehouse obsession continues
- The spreadsheet collapses in on itself
- You get your mon...
Episode 13 - Yes it's a car crash, but is it a write-off? from 2016-11-14T21:51:56
In Episode 13 we take a look at a show packed with incident, dense with desperation to get to the Blackpool Tower Ballroom.
In this episode:
- Emily gets put in charge of making the Playli...
Episode 12 - The Holy Trinity of Glitter, Sparkle and Frocks from 2016-11-07T23:27:29
In Episode 12, we rake over the embers of Bonfire night. Let’s light the blue touch paper and stand well back.
This week:
- We finally find out who is wearing the 4th Beatles wig.
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Episode 11: Camp To The Point Of Absurdity from 2016-10-31T22:02:38
It’s Episode 11 and Halloween has sent terrifying chills down all of our spines, and not all of them are related to Ed Balls. The burning issues this week include:
- How did Louise take all the...
Episode 10: Judge Rinder Is Perfectly Capable Of Blowing His Own Trumpet from 2016-10-24T20:07:54
After a weekend stricken by injury, illness and bodged lifts, we cling to our remaining celebs and pros like Lesley to Anton’s manly tango chest. In Episode 10, we ask:
- Can anyone discreetl...
Episode 9a - It Takes Two Cynics: A Play In Three Acts from 2016-10-21T18:39:35
A classic drama like Strictly Come Dancing has a pretty strong three act structure.
In Episode 9a, we have another It Takes Two Cynics discussion with Ewan Spence. We’re investigating how...
Episode 9 - I'd Like To Hire A Medium Sized Dragon from 2016-10-17T21:24:20
In Episode of 9 of the Keep Dancing Podcast, we go off on many tangents.
- The joys of cortisone injections (stay in school, kids!)
- We ask if gold lamé is too subtle for Strictly?<...
Episode 8 - Movie Week Maelstrom from 2016-10-10T21:37:19
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In Episode 8, we settle down with popcorn and some slightly laboured Hollywood jokes to examine Movie...
Episode 7a - It Takes Two Cynics: Anastaciagate from 2016-10-06T21:05:03
Following the weekend's dramatic dance-off with no dance-off we talk to friend of the show, Ewan Spence, about what happens when live broadcasts go off-script and how controversy is not necessarily...
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Episode 7 - Ed Balls' Banjography from 2016-10-03T23:02:49
In Episode 7 of The Keep Dancing Podcast, we work out what Eurovision and the yellow wagtail have to do with Laura and Giovanni’s romantic waltz, get effusive about Ed Ball’s banjography and stand ...
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Episode 6 - Week 1 Live Show Roundup from 2016-09-25T22:55:03
In Episode 6 of the Keep Dancing Podcast we’re still reeling from the back-to-back dazzling danceathon that was the opening weekend of the Strictly season.
We’ve seen 6 cha-chas, 4 waltze...
Episode 5 - Cassie's Strictly Support Group from 2016-09-22T19:29:29
In our last episode before the live shows start, we're talking to Cassie who turns Strictly into a year-round, multi-generational 360-degree whirlwind of positivity and friendship with her Strictly...
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Episode 4 - Ewan Spence's Grand Unified Theory of Strictly from 2016-09-17T12:06
There’s a long and storied history of people thinking that the success of a TV show is tied to one particular aspect, like the star or the format or the location. But as we’ve found just this week ...
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Episode 3 - Rob Furber And Defence Against The Dark Arts from 2016-09-11T18:21:40
In the downtime between the launch show and the start of the series proper, we take some time out to talk to some people who enjoy Strictly in different ways. First up, it's Rob Furber of entertain...
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Episode 2 - Launch Show Aftermath from 2016-09-05T20:32:27
We're already making adjustments to the spreadsheet as the Launch Show reveals more about our new batch of celebrities. Plus, what on earth is Tess wearing?
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Episode 1 - The Launch Show from 2016-09-03T08:10:37
It’s the very first episode of our Strictly Podcast and we’re looking over our brand new batch of contestants. Do we think they can dance? Do we think they might be quite short? Do we even really k...
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