The Keep Dancing Podcast

AJ, Ariadne, Asha, Mark and Martin take on the second episode of the UK’s premier lycra-clad athletics-based light entertainment show! Featuring: Cyclone fangirling Alan Bennett-esque Walsh fanfic The referee monastic tradition A sensation of pizza Giant’s 4 Lads Outside All Bar One tribute Viper job of the Weeeek! Episode links: Crowdfunder for Carel Struycken https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-c...

KEEP WATCHING PODCAST E4: WE’RE JUST NORMAL GLADS, INNOCENT GLADS AJ, Asha, Ellie and Mark [with a bonus voice note Martin] take a look at the latest episode of the UK’s favourite lycra-clad athletics-based pantomime. Featuring: Deconstructing the circular brilliance of dad jokes Apollo, at least you tried AO3 shipping update VAR the panto villain A plea for Junior Gladiators Fury’s detective spin...

AJ, Asha and Mark dive into another hour of the UK’s favourite lycra-clad athletics-based pantomime, this time with 50% more innuendo! Featuring: A dinnerlady spy adventure coming to Netflix soon Apollo image rehabilitation Floppy doodah physics Pottery Throwdown sponge crossover Giving the BBC socials folk their flowers Gladiators Epic Pranks Episode links: The People’s Friend https://www.thepeop...

WP S1 E6: Doing Dynamite Things AJ, Asha, Mark and Martin take another dive into this week’s Gladiators action! Featuring: A collective exasperated sigh at Andy Just doing Dynamite things

AJ, Asha, Mark and Martin dive into the first quarterfinal of the UK’s favourite lycra-clad athletics-based pantomime! Featuring: Legend’s highbrow era Apollo’s lowbrow era Welcome Hammer! Gladiators Spring plumage Standard Banana Units A Viper quiz! Episode links: Mr Bean’s Twiglets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JniNaDReqUk Gladiators Ready book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gladiators-COMPANION-FAV...

Ellie is joined by Ariadne, AJ & Asha to go through what we’ve kept watching in January. It’s another experimental format and this time it’s show and tell of what we’ve been watching, what we got out of it and what you could try watching in the future! Featured shows: - The Great Pottery Throw Down - The Junior Bake Off - Snooker (all of it, all the time) - The Last Kingdom - The Traitors - Talkin...

It’s CHRIIIIIISTMAAAAAAS! So it’s time for something a little bit silly (and also a clip show). Ellie is joined by Meg and AJ to sift through the leftovers. We’re a little late because nobody knows what day it is. Merry Christmas x

KDP S9E14: Claudia’s Liminal Space We bid farewell to Strictly’s most unhinged series yet with a late and live and out of order pod. Ellie is joined by AJ and Meg and Vikki (by voice note) to join in a great big blubby group hug. Also covered: - Commissioning guidelines for road trip TV series - Vito’s trousers (RIP sound effect) - Love for Chris and Dianne - Love for all our finalists - Love for...

Double the trouble and double the fun in the semi-finals! It’s all playing out basically as expected and Ellie is joined by AJ, Meg and Milly to bid farewell to the first person ever to stop being an inexplicable grudge during a series. Also discussed: - Some lifts we don’t want to see - Brief digression about the absolute state of the 2019 series - Don’t play any Sting at a wedding - It takes a v...

After a week of normal dance-themed dances, the producers dive once more into the magic of themes as we discuss the experience that is Musicals Week on Strictly Come Dancing. AJ has the playbill, with Millie, Vikki, Elliot, and Ewan in the grand circle.

It’s the post-Blackpool week of dance-themed nice ballroom dances! Surely some mistake? Ellie is joined by AJ, Elliott, Meg and Vikki to sigh over the Sambathon. Apologies for Ellie’s audio, she is occasionally trapped in a fish tank and can’t work out what happened. Also discussed: - Pete’s arc is complete? - Wicked discourse - Are they overworking them on Eastenders? - The role of a comedian on...

The majesty of Blackpool is on show this week, as AJ works through the dance card with Ellie, Meg and Ewan. Also discussed - The condiment conundrum. - Disney’s greatest dancing queen. - A matte painting and the trapdoor. -D ave Arch’s Monday morning reactions. If you’d like to get in touch with us, email us at keepdancingpodcast@gmail.com or follow us on instagram at @keepdancingpod. Keep Dancing...

Blackpool qualification week gives us a lot to chew on. Ellie is joined by Vikki, Meg, Milly, Ariadne and Elliott munch on some warm carbohydrates. Also discussed: - Presented without comment https://www.instagram.com/rpdr_nolimbs/ - Strictly gender studies: Who goes ‘shopping’? - A Heather Small deep cut - How can you jive as chips? - Are all the Dance Anthems Pasos because of Insomnia? There’s a...

Ellie is joined by Ewan to talk about the role of reality TV narrative shaping in Strictly, and how it’s all on show this year. NOTE: We recorded this last Saturday morning, before the news about Amy not being able to participate in the rest of the series. I think the points still hold together. Topics discussed: - Charlie Brooker on The Edit: https://youtu.be/BBwepkVurCI?si=IVKX3JFjEcsBnDfb - Par...

What is Icon? Ellie voyages to the outer limits of what constitutes iconicity with Ariadne, AJ, Vikki, Milly and Elliott. Also discussed: - Pete’s commitment to the bit - The Silly Train vs Taylor Swift - Romeo & Juliet (Zefferelli’s version) - BLACK SABBATH BALLET https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM0IaQGsKBz - The art of the YouTube thumbnail - Substitute Pro Anecdotes - Couples Choice: we’ll allo...

RE YOU SPOOKY!? Ellie is joined by Elliott, Ariadne, AJ and Meg to watch Strictly from behind the communal sofa. Elliott once more on the motorway. We’ve asked him to make a nest of egg boxes and cushions, or failing that, bring back the owl. Also discussed: - GET WELL SOON AMY xxxx - Comments on Gene Simmons which have already aged like milk - Follow Dr Liz Gloyn for more on Bromans and also actu...

Rail metaphors abound as we find that the winner train is at least delayed. Ellie is joined by AJ, Ariadne, Elliott and Meg to examine the conundrum that is Week 5 on Strictly. Also discussed: - The .io domain name and some ISO chat - Alternative formats for the show that don’t feel so long - Lack of suitable songs for the Viennese - A cursed mini-segment - Pumpkin farming - Artisan roll topping t...

Everything is FINE in Strictlyland, nothing is at all amiss. Ellie is joined by AJ, Meg, Milly and Elliott to talk new themes, old themes, frocks, shocks and occasionally some dance themed content. Content warning for general discussion of workplace sexual harassment. Apologies for Elliott’s audio and noises off, once again he is broadcasting from the central reservation of the M62. Also covered:...

Once more Movies Week brings brow-furrowing scoring, costuming and CGI and a slightly predictable denouement. Ellie is joined by AJ, Elliott, Meg and Vikki to string together a loosely connected collection of Bond jokes. Also discussed: - Pierce Brosnan - A slow, gentle roast of Neil Jones - A request for feedback on the flat shoe jive case - Spoilers for the Barbie movie and also The Prime of Mis...

The first dance-off of the 2024 series delivers a HMM?! Ellie is joined by AJ, Ariadne, Milly and Meg to wonder in passing about Craig’s wig. Lots of fire in this episode. But there are some nice storylines too. Topics discussed: - The fringe to stoning continuum - Content note: exactly one new sound effect - Demands to see The Farm - Chaperone Alcove drinking game - New James Bond casting ideas -...

It’s the first actual dances of the series! Ellie is joined by Elliott, Milly and Meg for a medium-sized podcast about a very long show. - Thinking about how retroreflector tape works - A whole new medium-sized prop! - Beaming personalities down the camera: a skill - A good pro: someone who makes the most of their celeb - Speaking of… YAY CHRIS and YAY DIANNE! - Gladiators and DWTS US digressions

The new season is here. AJ works through our new dance partnerships with Meg and Ewan. Also discussed - That beard. - The Countryfile vote. - Educating through public service broadcasting. - Dave Arch’s Monkey’s Paw. If you’d like to get in touch with us, email us at keepdancingpodcast@gmail.com or follow us on instagram at @keepdancingpod. Keep Dancing Pod supports the work of Gendered Intelligen...

Ellie is joined by AJ, Milly, Meg, Elliot and Vikki to voyage into the past and appreciate the very first episode of Strictly in glorious standard definition technicolour potatovision! Do topics arising from the dawn of the show shine some light on the current Discourse? You’ll have to listen to find out. Plus: a quick assessment of the cast of the 2024 series. Are they WHO? or THEM! Also discusse...

It’s over! Ellie is joined by Ariadne, AJ and Milly for an episode covering the final and semi-final of the Sewing Bee and making concerned hoots about safeguarding in Strictly. Topics covered: - Another name for elbow length gloves - Another challenge direct from our family dressing up box - Ailsa made a lot of really hot garments - Unexpected Keith Floyd reference in the podcasting area - YAY LU...

Get yourselves ready, it’s another combination Strictly Newsblast and Divas Week recap. Is divas week just drag week for cowards? The makes are incredible either way. Topics covered: - A continued lack of legally actionable content! - Ellie’s tripartite theory of musicals - The Duchess of Crotch, origin story - Suzy’s winter big coat - Ailsa: prophet Watch this for more sewing: https://www.bbc.co....