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Professor Dave's Ark in Space
by PDAIS
A grumpy man and a chirpy girl talk pop culture
Episodes
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The Flashing Blade Live Show 200
To celebrate Siobhan's 200th episode of the Flashing Blade Live, and as she's the fairy godmother of PDAIS, I am proud to share with you this special podcast version of the Flashing Blade Twitch show. Your hosts are Siobhan, Brian, Elizabeth (Lillibet), with special guest Toby Hadoke, and we...
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PDAIS 5.31 Our Final Episode: The Cool Ones and Rub a Dub Sub
This is the final episode of the Professor Dave's Ark in Space podcast. Dave passed away on November 3, 2022. This episode was pre-recorded several months ago, and really is us just being us, laughing over two very very silly films. Join us on one last journey to the Ark in Space. And thank you…
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PDAIS 5.30 The Mummy 1999
PDAIS looks at the good, the not bad and the downright ugly of The Mummy Trilogy that began in 1999
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PDAIS 5.29 Rollercoaster and When Time Ran Out
We looked at the 1977 thriller Rollercoaster and, having decided that it was not an absolute stinker, we watched the 1980 disaster (in every sense of the word) film When Time Ran Out... We suffer so you don't have to
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PDAIS 5.28 Black Books & Randy Rainbow
A grumpy man and a chirpy girl look at Bernard Black, grumpy proprietor of Black Books, and Randy Rainbow, chirpy producer of satirical tunes
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PDAIS 5.27 Lionesses and Gregory's Girl
Dave and Elizabeth are joined by Karen from the Staggering Stories podcast to celebrate the England Lionesses' victory at UEFA 2022 and Karen's experiences of women's football (it is not soccer!). Then Dave and Elizabeth look at the classic film Gregory's Girl
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PDAIS 5.26 Night of the Lepus and Trog
Dave and Elizabeth wonder if Trog is the worst film they have looked at, Night of the Lepus says "Hold my jacket"
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PDAIS 5.25 Ray Harryhausen Sinbad films
A grumpy man and a chirpy girl sail the seas with assorted Sinbads to celebrate the craft of Ray Harryhausen
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PDAIS 5.24 Frankie Howerd Up Pompeii
We look at Frankie Howerd, a comedy great, and his most successful series Up Pompeii, a great comedy
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PDAIS 5.23 Margaret Rutherford, Blithe Spirit and Miss Marple
PDAIS looks at the glorious Dame Margaret Rutherford, including her appearances in Blithe Spirit and as Miss Marple
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PDAIS 5.22 Eurovision UK
We are joined by Thomas as we look back at the UK's Eurovision history which includes five wins and five Nil Points. We look at the Good, the Bad, and the Gemini.
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PDAIS 5.21 Ben Aaronovitch
We look back at Ben Aaronovitch's Doctor Who scripts - Remembrance of the Daleks and Battlefield - then come up to date with Amongst Our Weapons, the latest Rivers of London book featuring Peter Grant
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PDAIS 5.20 The Good Life
We look back at the seventies Britcom The Good Life with a few distractions along the way
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PDAIS 5.19 Crossovers
We look at Television crossovers, those weird episodes where shows collide such as Murder She Wrote going to Hawaii and meeting Magnum, Charlie's Angels on The Love Boat or Doctor Who goes to Albert Square, home of the Eastenders As a bonus, after the end music we have included our snarkalong for...
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PDAIS 5.18 Revenge of the Creature and Jaws 3D
This episode we look at two films seperated by nearly thirty years which are set in Florida marine parks, shot in 3 D and in which you will side against the humans. Listen to us laugh at (or have our spirits broken by) Revenge of the Creature and Jaws 3-D
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PDAIS 5.17 Cliff - Serious Charge, Expresso Bongo and The Young Ones
We look back at Cliff Richard's first three films - Serious Charge, Expresso Bongo and The Young Ones
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PDAIS 5.16 Dracula Prince of Darkness
Dave and Elizabeth are joined by Mr Paul as they take a jolly carriage ride to Karlsbad for a liquid lunch with Dracula Prince of Darkness
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PDAIS 5.15 Are You Being Served
Seventies sitcoms have their knockers but we have no objection to getting stuck in to the glory that is Are You Being Served
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PDAIS 5.14 Day of the Triffids
In which a grumpy old man brings flowers to a chirpy girl. Unfortunately the flowers are Triffids which insist on discussing the 1981 BBC TV version of Day of the Triffids as well as the 1962 film
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PDAIS 5.13 The Wombles
We go overground and underground looking back at The Wombles in print, on television and in music. Oh, and we watch the film
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PDAIS 5.12 Melody (SWALK) and Bugsy Malone
We look back at the early days of Sir Alan Parker's career with his first script Melody (released as SWALK) and his directorial debut Bugsy Malone
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PDAIS 5.11 BBC One Christmas Day 1976
We look back at the BBC One lineup for Christmas Day 1976 which included Morecambe and Wise, Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game, Top of the Pops, the films Oliver! and Airport as well as the traditional message from The Queen
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PDAIS 5.10 Beyond the Poseidon Adventure & Jaws The Revenge
Michael Caine is one of our finest actors with an enviable body of work stretching over six decades. Anyway, we look at Beyond the Poseidon Adventure and Jaws the Revenge - enjoy
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PDAIS 5.09 Phantom of the Opera and Schmigadoon!
We chat with the rather wonderful Deb about the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical The Phantom of the Opera and her backstage experiences on the how before travelling to Schmigadoon!
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PDAIS 5.08 The Omen & Friday the 13th
The anti-Christ is born and Jason Voorhees is reborn, it's a whole nature/nurture episode as we look at The Omen and bring our Friday the 13th retrospective to a close looking at the 2009 remake and Jason Rising before giving our countdowns of the films - there are words
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PDAIS 5.07 Shocktober Kolchak The Night Stalker and Friday the 13th
Carl Kolchak battles evil on the mean streets of Las Vegas, no Seattle, wait Chicago. He gets around as does Jason Voorhees who grabs his machete and stomps across to New Line. PDAIS is a free podcast in which a grumpy man and a chirpy girl discuss pop culture.
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PDAIS 5.06 Shocktober The Devil Rides Out, Legend of Hell House and Friday the 13th
PDAIS is a free podcast in which a grumpy man and a chirpy girl discuss pop culture. This time they look at the many faces of Dracula in the Universal films before Dave is joined by Mr Paul Heath from the Pharos Project to look at the Friday the 13th Tommy Jarvis trilogy
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PDAIS 5.05 Shocktober Dracula and Friday the Thirteenth parts 4-6
PDAIS is a free podcast in which a grumpy man and a chirpy girl discuss pop culture. This time they look at the many faces of Dracula in the Universal films before Dave is joined by Mr Paul Heath from the Pharos Project to look at the Friday the 13th Tommy Jarvis trilogy
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PDAIS 5.04 Shocktober Edgar Allan Poe and Friday the 13th
PDAIS is a free podcast in which a grumpy man and a chirpy girl discuss pop culture. This time they start their celebration of Shocktober! with Edgar Allan Poe and the 1963 very loose film adaptation of The Raven before Dave is joined by Mr Paul Heath from the Pharos Project to look at the first...
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PDAIS 5.03 Shakespeare
PDAIS is a free podcast in which a grumpy man and a chirpy girl discuss pop culture. This time they look at the influence of William Shakespeare on modern culture from Altair IV to Ta Lo with natters about Forbidden Planet, Kiss Me Kate and Shang Chi among others
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PDAIS 5.02 Fawlty Towers
PDAIS is a free podcast in which a grumpy man and a chirpy girl discuss pop culture. This time they are joined by Thomas (he's been to Barcelona) to look at Fawlty Towers
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PDAIS 5.01 The Blue Lamp, Dixon of Dock Green and Hell Drivers
PDAIS is a free podcast in which a grumpy man and a chirpy girl discuss pop culture. This time they look at the classic British film The Blue Lamp and the resulting television series Dixon of Dock Green as well as Hell Drivers, which starred an all star cast shortly before they became stars
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PDAIS 4.54 V The Final Battle and Doctor Who - The Dalek Invasion of Earth
PDAIS is a free podcast in which a grumpy man and a chirpy girl discuss pop culture. This time they battle alien invasion on both sides of the Atlantic. V The Final Battle sees America fighting back while in the UK Doctor Who battles The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
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PDAIS 4.53 Evel Knievel, Viva Knievel, and Black Widow
PDAIS is a free podcast in which a grumpy man and a chirpy girl discuss pop culture. This time they rev up and celebrate the life and career of the legendary Evel Knievel and two of his films – Evel Knievel and Viva Knievel – before saying a fond farewell to Scarlett Johansson as the Black Widow…
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PDAIS 4.52 Caddyshack, National Lampoon's Vacation and The Tomorrow War
PDAIS is a free podcast in which a grumpy man and a chirpy girl discuss pop culture. This time they celebrate American leisure looking at Caddyshack and National Lampoon's Vacation then arm up for the future and The Tomorrow War
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PDAIS 4.51 Hi-De-Hi
PDAIS is a free podcast in which a grumpy man and a chirpy girl discuss pop culture. This time they are joined by a wise old owl as they travel back to a carefree time as the fifties turned into the sixties and campers at Maplins greeted the day with a merry HI-DE-HI!
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PDAIS 4.50 Flashdance and Academy Award Best Songs
PDAIS is a free podcast in which a grumpy man and a chirpy girl discuss pop culture. This time they experience a Flashdance looking back at the 1983 musical directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Jennifer Beals then have a discussion about how the Academy Awards for Best Song have reflected the…
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PDAIS 4.49 Nickelodeon and Punky Brewster
PDAIS, a grumpy man and a chirpy girl discuss pop culture. This time they look back to the golden - or should that be Orange - era of Nickelodeon as well as both versions of Punky Brewster
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PDAIS 4.48 Something Wicked This Way Comes and Cruella (spoilers)
PDAIS is a free podcast in which a grumpy man and a chirpy girl discuss pop culture. This time they discuss the Ray Bradbury novel Something Wicked This Way Comes and it's Disney adaptation. Then they leave the library and get dressed up for the movies and a spoilerish review of Cruella at the...
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PDAIS 4.47 The Batwoman (1968), Santo in the Treasure of Dracula and Army of the Dead
PDAIS is a free podcast in which a grumpy man and a chirpy girl discuss pop culture. This time they are joined by Katie! to discuss two classic Mexican wrestling films - The Batwoman and Santo in the Treasure of Dracula then Paul from the Pharos Project joins Dave to discuss Zack Snyder's Army of...
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PDAIS 4.46 Eurovision 2020 and Cats
PDAIS is a free podcast in which a grumpy man and a chirpy girl discuss pop culture. This time they are joined by a wise old owl and juries from the podcast community to see who would have won the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. Everyone runs away when the Cats DVD comes out leaving the grumpy man...
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PDAIS 4.45 The Mummy series and Doctor Who Pyramids of Mars
PDAIS is a free podcast in which a grumpy man and a chirpy girl discuss pop culture. This time they look back at The Mummy (1932) and it's rebooted sequels The Mummy's Hand, The Mummy's Tomb, The Mummy's Ghost and The Mummy's Curse as well as the Doctor Who story Pyramids of Mars
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PDAIS 4.44 Children's Film Foundation and The Boy from Space
A grumpy man and a chirpy girl talk pop culture. This episode the old fella waxes lyrical about the Children's Film Foundation and The Boy from Space
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PDAIS 4.43 Justice League of America
A grumpy man and a chirpy girl talk pop culture. This episode they rathey enjoy Justice League First Frontier, despite what we call it on the podcast, then experience, yes let's say experience, the 1997 Justice League of America TV movie
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PDAIS 4.42 Godzilla vs Kong
A grumpy man and a chirpy girl talk pop culture. This episode two primal creatures fight for dominance then discuss Godzilla vs Kong
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PDAIS 4.41 Wandavision
A grumpy man and a chirpy girl talk pop culture. A woman whose incredible powers are not fully explored yet and her husband with an English accent move to a new neighbourhood. Enough about why we have been away, we are back and looking at Wandavision!
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PDAIS 4.40 Miranda, Call Me Kat and The Watch
A grumpy man and a chirpy girl talk pop culture. This time they look at Brit-Com Miranda and it's American adaptation Call Me Kat as well as The Watch, oh for shame BBC America
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PDAIS 4.39 Revolution of the Daleks, Soul & Wonder Woman 84
A grumpy man and a chirpy girl talk pop culture. This time they celebrate the festive season by watching the Doctor Who special Revolution of the Daleks, Pixar's Soul and Wonder Woman 84. It's a slump in the chair and watch TV special
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PDAIS 4.38 Scrooged, A Very Murray Christmas and On the Rocks
A grumpy man and a chirpy girl talk pop culture. This time they celebrate Bill Murray through a two thirds festive selection of films - Scrooged, A Very Murray Christmas and On the Rocks
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PDAIS 4.37 Dolly Parton 9-5 and Christmas on the Square
A grumpy man and a chirpy girl talk pop culture. This time they look at Miss Dolly Parton's first film 9-5 and her latest Christmas on the Square.
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