DATS Life

Happy New Year! Join Dave and Tom as they say goodbye to 2025 and welcome in the New Year! As is tradition, they are making their New Year Non-resolutions. What will you be planning to NOT do in 2026? And will they be joined by Marc this time? Will he actually turn up? Plus, find out what happens in Part 2 of the DATS Life Christmas Story. And much, much more! Whatever you do this new year, stay s...

Well, hello old friends, and welcome to the DATS Life Christmas Special 2025. It may be well over a year since the last episode, but you can hardly tell (probably). A Christmas Quiz, questions from the "fans" and a Christmas Story, generated exclusively for us by our good friend AI. What more could you wish for this festive season! Plus, Tom finds out the hard way why you should never eat whilst y...

Who are you again? Oh hello! Yes, I remember now! It's been a while... Dave and Tom are back, and better than ever before (debatably). It is coming up to 10 years since DATS Life podcast was created, so to build up to the landmark on 12 September 2024 - aka DATS Life Day - we are back in the recording studio. What was going on in 2014 you may ask? Tom has devised a quiz, with a ridiculous name, al...

It has been a while. It really has. But if there is one day of the year that Dave and Tom love to record a podcast on... it's Halloween! After the usual rusty nature of a first podcast in well over a year, Dave and Tom soon get into their stride and discuss their favourite scary films, out of body experiences and facts to deprive you of sleep! Wherever you are and whatever you do this Halloween, w...

Well hello again! It's been a while but we have finally got our act together and picked the DATS Life Best British Sitcom! Will it be Blackadder, Black Books, Only Fools and Horses or Fawlty Towers? Find out what Dave and Tom think here, and have your say on the Twitter vote. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 5 already! Where do the weeks go! Dave and Tom look at Group D, the final group of British Sitcoms before the FINAL. The Vicar of Dibley takes on Friday Night Dinner takes on Fawlty Towers, three different eras but three great shows, and only one place in the final. Who will make it? Find out here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 4, Dave and Tom discuss Peep Show, Only Fools and Horse & The IT Crowd, and put their favourite through to the final. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sit back, relax and enjoy as Dave and Tom are joined by Tim to discuss the upcoming Formula one season. We look at each team's cars and evaluate their prospects for the new season, before throwing the gauntlet down and trying to predict the finishing positions... with unexpected results! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome, welcome, welcome, one and all. This is episode 3 of Series 2 of our Number 1 series of minipods. 10 minutes is all you need! (DISCLAIMER: You actually need 15 mins for this one) In this episode Dave and Tom discuss Black Books, Dad's Army and Father Ted, before putting their favourite through to the final. Remember, you can have your say in our weekly vote, or leave us a comment on Twitte...

AHA! Welcome to Episode 2 of DATS Lite Series 2, all about British Sitcoms. Now that we have split our 12 sitcom shortlist into four equal groups, we start with Group A: The Inbetweeners, Blackadder and I'm Alan Partridge, as we look to crown the DATS Life Best British Sitcom. What's your favourite? Do you agree with Dave and Tom? Did they send the right show through to the final? Let us know in t...

Hello and welcome to DATS Lite, Series 2! In this series we are talking British Sitcoms and voting for who we think should be crowned the DATS Life Best British Sitcom. We kick off the new series by taking our shortlist of 12 sitcoms and putting them into groups in the style of a World Cup Draw! Every subsequent episode will feature a different trio of sitcoms for Dave and Tom to discuss and, afte...

DATS LITE SERIES 2 IS ALMOST HERE! Listen to the trailer for the new series of 10 minute podcasts from DATS Life podcast, where Dave and Tom look at the "comedic aspect of Britain" - yes, that is a direct quote from the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s that festive time of year again! And Dave and Tom celebrate Christmas in the only way they know how.... with a autogenerated Christmas story! Is this the NEW greatest story ever told?? Probably not, but you can read and judge for yourself here: https://www.plot-generator.org.uk/1d3w2bfz/linda-clause-donkey.html   Merry Christmas from Dave and Tom at DATS Life! Hosted on Acast. See acast....

Boo! It’s been a few years, but it’s time for another...DATS DEATH Halloween special! We have a spooktacular episode lined up. Dave & Tom regale stories of a paranormal nature, find out what they should wear on Halloween, and play a horror themed choose your own path adventure story! If you want to play it yourself you can find it here - https://oldinklewriter.inklestudios.com/stories/jq8...

DATS Life goes back to their roots in this episode by quizzing themselves to find out how much of an "A" hole Tom and Dave really are with some surprising results! Dave also talks about his trip to the zoo (amazing!) and a trip down musical memory lane. Whereas Tom has some life changing news! This and much more on the latest episode of DATS Life! The greatest podcast you didn't know you needed to...

Welcome back to DATS Life, with Dave and Tom. And welcome (for the first time) to The Timilogy! We had special guest Tim, aka Timpanzee, aka the reigning Back of the Grid Prediction League Champion, on the show and it was so good we decided to turn it into a trilogy of podcasts. That's right, a trilogy... with Tim... which obviously makes its a Timilogy. Obviously. In the first of three episodes,...

Introducing the Timilogy. Dave and Tom are with special guest Tim (aka Timpanzee) for 3 episodes! This is the teaser for the first. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The now traditional DATS Sports 4U2U F1 preview show...released in July??? This review has been several months in the making. We recorded the first part back in March before the original season opener in Australia. I apologise for the poor audio levels in this preview, there was a big issue in post production - Dave did the editing!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It happened. Finally, after 5 long years it actually happened! DATS Life podcast were invited on to BBC Radio. This is the story of 2 young innocent boys who started with nothing but a distant dream, rose up through the crowds with hard work and their bare hands, striving day in and day out... okay, slight exaggeration. Dave and Tom sent their podcast to BBC Upload. Find out what happened next, ri...

When Dave and Tom uploaded their latest podcast to the BBC, they did not expect anything more to come of it. Check out the brand new episode from DATS Life, coming very soon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dave and Tom bring you a social distancing podcast with a special guest! In fact, today's guest is so special that he's been on the show before and actually (willingly) came back! Marc must either be a true fan of the show, or a little bit crazy! This podcast was recorded the day before Marcs' Birthday, and being in the middle of lockdown he was far from excited about it. So, for one time only, To...

Dave and Tom are back with a new lockdown podcast, featuring a returning guest! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did someone mention the C word? It's difficult to do anything at the moment without COVID-19, aka the Coronavirus, being mentioned. We are in the middle of a worldwide pandemic and it felt like the right thing to do to record our thoughts at this difficult time. We are in a period of history that will be long remembered and talked about, so this episode serves as much as a snapshot in time as it d...

Dave and Tom are FND SUPERFANS! Dave and Tom discuss their favourite moments from Channel 4's Friday Night Dinner and debate whether Martin and Jackie have jobs, and if so what they are? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IT'S THE SEASON FINALE! Episode 6 is all about where we are ... oh yeah COVID-19 happened ... where we WERE MEANT TO be going in 2020! This episode, and in fact the series, was recorded several months ago before we had even heard of the cornoavirus, so please bare that in mind when you listen! If you enjoyed DATS LITE Series 1, please give us a LIKE, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE! And if you have any ideas...