Sofasodes – WHERE EAGLES DARE

https://archive.org/download/wed-51-llama-karma-drama/WED51%20-%20Llama%20Karma%20Drama.mp3 Join Pete and Dave for another visit to the world of May 1985 with the then new and improved Eagle and Tiger issues 163 – 166.  This time we have double trouble for Doomlord, skeletal surprises for Dan Dare, a new job for Max, and funny turn for the Golden Boy.  All this and … Continue reading WED51 &...

Yes, it has been a while. But Peter has returned with special guest Richard Sheaf of the Boy’s Adventure Comic blog for a rundown on the history and content of the Tiger comic on the eve of Where Eagles Dare covering the merging of the two titles.

Join Pete an Dave for a trip down memory lane... or at least some dodgy parts of the London Underground as we revisit the 1986 Scream Holiday Special

After something of a hiatus – we’re back!

Join Pete and Dave for a festive Halloween trip for Scream Comics rise from the grave for it’s 1985 Holiday Special!

Join Pete and Dave for a star-studded night in their quarantine bunker for the 1984 Ernies. Marvel at the best scripts, art and covers! Be astounded at the MVP-84 award, and the Mike Reid Special award for Least Liked Thing.  Be totally flabbergasted we actually got to the end of this year……all this and more Where … Continue reading WED 45 – The 1984 Ernies

With the sad news of Ian Kennedy’s passing earlier this week – join Pete and Dave for an impromptu roundup of his life and works, before revisiting an interview with the man himself and Pat Mills from last years “Lawless” online convention.

Join Pete and Dave for Festive Fun, as Doomy gets gloomy, Max and Jerry duke it out, Gahork finally makes an appearance in Dan Dare, and Danny Pike faces a fake fowl of fickle fortune.

It’s Christmas Time – and there’s no need to be afraid (unless you’re in One-Eyed Jack’s way, of course)Join Peter and David and special guest Phillip Vaughan as we unravel our stockings and delve into the 1985 Annual, with a full-colour Doomlord, Oliver Frey-drawn Dan Dare, TWO One-Eyed Jacks, a Manix text story… and the … Continue reading WED 43 Hey Jimm...

Join Pete and Dave for issues 136-140 of the Eagle comics for November 1984. Inside Doomlord gets batty, Dan Dare and Danny Pike Box clever, Bloodfang tries Hautse Cuisine, and we bear with Max on the 13th Floor. All this and more… Where Eagles Dare.

In the mood for one last ghost story before midnight? How about the phantasmagoric ‘The House of Daemon’, from Eagle’s first year – from the pens of Alan Grant and John Wagner, and the brilliant brush of Jose Ortiz. Join Peter and David in an omnibus re-telling of this classic, and expect thrills, chills, and … Continue reading Eagle Data File 4: The House of Dae...

Join Pete and Dave for the long-awaited Scream and Eagle merger, where Doomlord gets fishy, Max gets buggy, and Danny Pike returns. All this and more, including new story The Time Machine, and an extra special post credits “hidden track”… Where Eagles Dare!

Leading up to the Scream! and Eagle merger in episode 40 of Where Eagles Dare, we present a new Eagle Data File for the two Scream! imports, covering the story so far from the pages of Scream! In this episode: Alan Grant and John Wagner’s ‘The Thirteenth Floor’, illustrated by Jose Ortiz. Step inside ultra-modern … Continue reading Eagle Data File No 3:The Thirteenth F...

Leading up to the Scream! and Eagle merger in episode 40 of Where Eagles Dare, we present a new Eagle Data File for the two Scream! imports, covering the story so far from the pages of Scream! In this episode: Alan Moore, Alan Grant and John Wagner’s story ‘Monster’, illustrated by Heinzl and Jesus Redondo. … Continue reading Eagle Data File No. 2: Monster

Join Pete and Dave for an Olympic-tastic run of issues of Eagle magazine for boys from August 1984.It’s an episode of endings as we bid farewell to the Gemini Plague, Bloodfang enjoys the meal of champions, The Marathon Man takes a bullet, the Brothers face “retirement”, and News Team sign off.  All this and more…Where … Continue reading Where Eagles Dare 39 – Going for Gold.

Hello reader and welcome to another brief Eagle Hotline. In this bulletin we spruik our involvement in the forthcoming Lawless virtual Comicon just over a week away, a Kickstarter for Battle Action Force, the face of Doomlord can be YOURS - oh, and a quick update on Where Eagles Dare. We're still here, honest!

Join Pete and Dave for our final look at IPC’s Scream! comic, with fishy themed issues 13-15 under the microscope with our special guest, podcasting legend and master librarian Mr Jim Moon of the Hypnogoria podcast.

It’s April 2020, and beside a lot of other things going on, the original Eagle comic and its most famous comic strip are turning 70. Join Peter and Dave in a short news round-up and commemorative chat during our Year of Dare. Special focus in this episode is given to our friends at Comic Scene, … Continue reading Birthday Hotline

Peter, Dave and special guest Jono from Zeus Plug take a look at the best and only episode of Doctor Who in 2019 – Resolution, as well as a roundup of thoughts for Season 11.

Join Pete and Dave for a final roundup of the last three episodes of Doctor Who series 11, that's The Witchfinders, It Takes You Away, and the Battle of Vowels and Consonants.

Join Pete and Dave in this somewhat belated episode, as they look back on Doctor Who Season 11, Episodes 5,6, & 7 (The Tsuranga Conundrum, Demons of the Punjab, and Kerblam!) as well as a midpoint roundup of new season to date.

Pete and Dave review episodes 2-4 of the new season of Doctor Who, race to the Ghost Monument, hop on a bus with Rosa, and try to come up with a better title than Spiders in Sheffield.

Well, this one’s a bit special. Past listeners of Beyond the Sofa may remember our very good friend Al, who has been absent from the pod for a couple of years, because among other things, he’s written a book! In a Beyond the Sofa Halloween Special Peter is joined by now first-time author Alistair Hughes, … Continue reading BTS 37 – Hammering Halloween

Beyond the Sofa returns! It’s time for a new Doctor, and a new Doctor Who. Join Peter and Dave with The Woman Who Fell to Earth, the Sheffield-est episode of this podcast yet! Postscript: Peter’s wife liked the new episode. “She’s good! … A great improvement” Peter’s Wife https://archive.org/download/BTS36SnakesOnACrane/BTS%2036%20Snakes%20on%20a%20Crane.m...

Golden Dawn or Golden Death? BTS reads the news again in another bijoux broadcast, this time looking at: the new logo! The new promo! The departure of Murray Gold and his music and… whatever next? That all-important URL: https://archive.org/download/BTS35GoingForGold/BTS_35_Going%20for%20Gold.mp3