The Keep Dancing Podcast

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 over from cultural celebration into cultural appropriation (in the end we decided that we don’t get to decide) We ask if Joanne is trying to hide a love-bite with that spangly polo neck? Tables in dance routines: good...

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 money's worth from Neil Jones - Would Cersei Lannister flash her knickers in a paso doble? Yes, she would. - Are our winter party looks based on our favourite childhood party frocks? - We are all basically Team Oti in t...

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 Playlist of Unbridled Joy - We want to steal Daisy's moves - We uncover a shocking omission from The Spreadsheet and get Ellie's views on Ceefax. - We love Rob Rinder’s authentic self and demand that he does a rumba to...

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. - What did we see in Strictly this week that we usually only see on Ru Paul’s Drag Race? - A bit of a stats moment over Score Inflation - Lisa turns into the embodiment of the heart-eyes emoji for Rob Rinder - Huge appre...

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 edge out of Harley Quinn? - Would you stop your mate Becky going as a moth for Halloween? - Is the Strictly Rule Book the sort of enchanted tome where the text flows and changes within the course of a singl...

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 discreetly supply us with a file entitled ‘StrictlyOfficialRules2016final.pdf’? - Should the podcast crew be getting sidetracked by Anastacia posting nudes on twitter? - Should Lisa be enraged by spurious Parisian them...

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 everything we’ve seen so far in the series has been Act One: lots of exposition, setting up the storylines, introducing characters and conflicts that culminated in last week’s mano-a-mano duel between Danny and O...

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? - We’re getting freaked out by the infantilisation of grown adult & Olympian, Claudia. - We wonder where you can obtain a medium sized dragon and if you break the terms of the lease by bedazzling it. - Is Daisy’s rumba...

Got a question or comment? @keepdancingpod on twitter or keepdancingpodcast@gmail.com In Episode 8, we settle down with popcorn and some slightly laboured Hollywood jokes to examine Movie Week. We’re talking about our love for Greg and Ore’s respective American Smooths (Americans Smooth? How does that pluralise?), but we also cover the more important topics like: - Will Young Shoe Speculation - wh...

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 a bad thing for the show.

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 in solidarity with Anastacia. Plus our new regular feature ‘Ten Minutes of Bum Chat’, this week featuring Greg. In our weekly awards ceremony Ellie attempts to award Dress of the Week to a dress which te...

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 waltzes, 2 tangos, 2 jives and a Week One Paso, which we think might be a clever strategic move. To help make sense of what we’ve just seen, we'll talk it through together. Our podcast team was: Ellie, Lisa, Michelle, R...

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 Support Group. Follow her at @scd_support to join in!

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 with the news about the Bake Off, the success of a show generally requires the whole package. It’s the difference between buying The Great British Bake Off and spending 25 million on the concept of putti...

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 entertainmentodds.com, who tells us about the drama of gambling on reality TV, keeps us informed about the Dark Arts and has some strong views on the X Factor. Contributors: Ellie, Rob

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? Contributors: Ellie, Lisa, Michelle and Richard

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 know who they are? Contributors: Ellie, Lisa and Michelle.