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The Keep Dancing Podcast
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An unofficial fan podcast, celebrating the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing.
Episodes
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KDP S11 E3: Protect The Dolls
https://notaphase.org/ No theme, no slogans, no logos, but plenty of hot takes. AJ sits in as host and is joined by Ewan, Elliot, Asha and Jo to take it apart. Also discussed: - Shout out to Gnomeo & Juliet - Shout out to the Costco massive - https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-mental-health-day…
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KDP S11 E2: A Night With The Hoist Operator
Movies Week is upon us far sooner than anyone could have hoped. Ellie is joined by AJ and Asha to try and make some sort of sense of it all. This one goes out to all the Furries <3 Also discussed: - Global warming - Some nice rendering from 1991 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iQBC2EMPao -...
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KDP S11 E1: The Proven Improvers
They’re dancing! They’ve got to keep dancing! Ellie is joined by Ewan and Elliott to rapidly recount all 15 first dances from the 2026 series. Insert apparently compulsory Gavin & Stacey reference!? Also discussed: - Strictly needs a third space? - Are you doing a cha cha or are you getting a cha...
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KDP S11 E0: How Soft Is Your Reboot?
Keep Dancing Podcast S11 E0: How Soft Is Your Reboot? As the real world crashes apocalypsewards, we deserve a little strictly, as a treat. Ellie is joined by AJ, Asha, Elliott and Ewan to jump to conclusions and extrapolate from zero data points about our upcoming dance themed themed dance Q4...
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KDP S11 E0: How Soft Is Your Reboot?
Keep Dancing Podcast S11 E0: How Soft Is Your Reboot? As the real world crashes apocalypsewards, we deserve a little strictly, as a treat. Ellie is joined by AJ, Asha, Elliott and Ewan to jump to conclusions and extrapolate from zero data points about our upcoming dance themed themed dance Q4...
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KSP S4 E8: And Stick To It
Who’s in Marlon Brando’s Vegan Biker Gang? Ellie and Asha are here for leather, hem and LBD discourse. Also discussed: - Good leather - Plant leather https://alternativeleathers.com/products/desserto-cactus-leather?variant=41589542027404 - Dear god please do something else with the transformation...
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KSP S4 E7: Flaps Accuracy
Huge cheers to Rebecca for having one of the most effective Sewing Bee stints in history. A super new wardrobe! Awesome friends! Accommodations! Worker’s rights! Ellie is joined by AJ & Asha to pretend to know what constitutes a gap and pretend not to know about Roald Dahl’s views about women....
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KSP S4 E6: Pants Trauma
Keep Sewing Podcast S4 E6 - Pants Trauma It turns out that children are people! Ellie, AJ and Asha investigate clothes, but smaller. It all ends in discourse, naturally. Diversions include: - Supermarket kids clothes genders - The Magic of Dance with Margot Fonteyn...
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KSP S4 E5: A Safe Space To Be Wacky
Sports week! What *do* men like? Surprising numbers of mentions of The Stranglers, maybe? Ellie is joined by AJ and Asha to talk about sewing stuff for jigging about in. We wish we were at the Jamboree. - Modern Pentathlon obstacle course I AM NOT MESSING WITH YOU...
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KSP S4 E4: Sexy Tom Jones Outfit
We’re off to Mexico and we might never shut up about it! Ellie is joined by AJ and Asha to talk trim, fann(y)ing about and ribbons. It’s a bit of a rapid run through but we bid farewell to a real one. - Prepare for your in-depth lecture on Mexican weaving...
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KSP S4 E3: Bowception
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Returns! Let’s upcycle our way out of this modern hell! This episode starts out with Ellie, Asha and Elliott talking about our favourite ecohabits then we actually get to talking about the Sewing Bee. Sorry for being depressing, but it makes you think dunnit. - Miniml...
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KSP S4 E2: He’s Edged Too Close To The Sun
AJ sits in and is joined by Ariadne and Elliot in an industrial complex on the M60 to pick apart the latest episode of the UK’s favourite fabric-based light entertainment show! Featuring: - Summer matcha shaming - The mortifying ordeal of Lewis being perceived - Sam’s Mrs Overall tribute - The...
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KSP S4 E1: Mr Timnus
The Haberdashery has been restocked! Ellie is joined by AJ, Asha and Elliott to chat topstitching, aprons and our ideal summer days. Also discussed: - The Year of the Soft Reboot! - In defence of the ergonomic apple picking bag, sorta - Freehand embroidery explained (not well) - Light menswear...
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KDP S11 E-1: We Swear We Did Not Know About Delta
There’s been a lot of Events in the Strictly Universe and I guess we ought to podcast about it? It’s the second year of our Casting Predictions game, which we tried to get in before it was rendered entirely moot. Topics include: - Expressive noises - The Eastender is selected - Heads & Tails...
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KDP S10 E15: None Of This Matters
Ellie, Asha and AJ get together to enjoy some festive specials of Strictly and Sewing Bee. None of it matters and there’s an extended trifle metaphor for you to enjoy. Also discussed: - A Paul Chuckle update - All the news that’s fit to repeat - Sewing Bee is Strictly adjacent and we love it -...
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KDP S10 E14: Be Cringe Live Free
It’s the Grand Finale, time to review the winners and the people who won without winning. Ellie is joined by a bumper crop of pod friends - AJ, Asha, Ewan, Elliot, Jo and Mark. Do *you* remember Icons Week? Also discussed: - Amber’s LinkedIn profile - A totally out of context DWTS Italy update…
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KDP S10 E13: We've Had A Horse In Here
It's semi-final week, and it's time for our celebrities to bring two dances to the dancefloor to gather enough points to get to next week's grand final. AJ has baton to conduct Asha, Elliot and Ewan as the music plays and a ticket to the show dance is within reach. Also discussed - Sexy toilet…
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KDP S10 E12: Enter The Ringerdome
The first real crying pod of the series as we lose the last of our ‘nailed on finalists’ (we were wrong, we’re always wrong) and we’re not ok. But can we make sense of why it all went down like that? Ellie is joined by Asha, Vikki, Ewan and Jo to find out. Also discussed: - We’re stanning Alexis...
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KDP S10 E11: Tess and Clauds Generation Game
The instant dance crashes through the podcast and takes out a definitely not injured (right?) fave. Ellie is joined by Milly, Elliot, Mark and a special guest mini-lecture on variety from Ewan. Elliot’s audio is better than last time he was on, but please forgive the odd bit of hiss. Also...
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KDP S10 E10: Paul Chuckle Up Front
Keep Dancing Podcast S10 E10: Paul Chuckle Up Front We bid farewell to game-changing avatar of light entertainment, La Voix. Ellie is joined by Asha, AJ, and Ewan to comment on the Blackpool rock of it all. Also discussed: - Our hand in production - What is there even to say about a really good...
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KDP S10 E9: Deep In The Spreadsheets
Keep Dancing Podcast S10 E9: Deep In The Spreadsheets Blackpool Qualification week was lovely, but it’s been rapidly overtaken by events. DIVA DOWN! PRAYER CIRCLE ROUND LA VOIX! Ellie is joined by a super size panel of AJ, Milly, Asha, Mark, Vikki and Jo to cast the runes. - Crowning the bottom…
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KDP S10 E8: Not One Of The Big Weeks
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Keep Dancing Podcast S10 E7: A Genuine 40
Ellie has gone missing! Elliot hosts the annual scream into the void about the nature of Strictly Halloween, with Asha, Milly and Ewan for moral support. Also discussed: - The lighting (cursed) - Some of the arrangements (cursed) - La Voix wrestling control of the narrative - La Voix wrestling...
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KDP S10 E6: If Dolly Can Do It
Keep Dancing Podcast S10 E6: If Dolly Can Do It Icons Week continues to make us go HMM. Ellie is joined by Elliot, AJ, Ewan and Asha to react to the news that Tessbot is going to version 2.0 at the end of the series and Claud is going to be spending more time in fingerless gloves. Also discussed…
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KDP S10 E5: Dave Arch Loves It
Once more we record and breaking news happens! We all hope Stefan’s calf gets better quickly and that he has a lovely dance with Gail. In other news, we had an unthemed week… but nobody told La Voix. Ellie is joined by Ewan, Elliot, Mark, Milly and Asha to pick holes in it all. Also discussed…
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Keep Dancing Podcast S10 E4: They Knew What They Were Doing
Cinema is dead, everything is either television or a musical! Ellie is joined by AJ, Asha, Milly, Mark and Ewan to pop the bluray of obsolescence into the player of Strictly. Also discussed: - Movies week: Less cursed than usual but also more forced? - Does the show need to have more confidence…
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KDP S10 E3: Your Safe Word Is Dave Arch
Eliminations begin in Strictly, but will the Paul Chuckle Update survive? Ellie is joined by AJ, Asha, Elliot, Ewan, Milly, Mark and Vikki to engage in dance themed chat. We had a problem with the recording which means the volumes for the last few sections is a bit off but everything is still...
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KDP S10 E2: A Nice Normal Man
We welcome all our dancers to the competitive part of the series, those we knew about already and those who have come as something of a surprise. Ellie is joined by AJ, Elliot, Vikki, Mark and Ewan to update you on all that and Paul Chuckle. Also discussed: - Hurrah for Amber and all the swings...
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KDP S10 E1: Light Entertainment Bottle Episode
It’s finally here, the Strictly launch show! We meet our pairs and try to work out how they’re going to get on. It’s 100% vibes based! Ellie is joined by Ewan, AJ, Asha, Elliot and Mark to revel in it all. We recorded this the day before the news about Dani’s ankle came out. UGH so sorry Dani…
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KSP S3 E10 - The Haberdashery of their Minds
Attention citizens! Do not look directly into the brown tulle vortices! It’s the grand final and Ellie is joined by AJ, Asha, Ariadne and Elliot to congratulate all our finalists. Also discussed: - Glasgow undergraduate unwise fashion spotting - In-depth chat about French seam failure modes -...
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KSP S3 E9 - Nice Girls Love A Sailor (Suit)
We gather to commemorate on of the great crash outs of our time. Ellie is joined by AJ, Asha and Milly to dissect a 1920s themed semi-final shock boot for the ages. Also discussed: - We are pro-wool for everything except sportswear - The uncanny valley of pattern matching - Barnsley Market…
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KDP S10 E0: 2025 Preview
Everything continues to be FINE just FINE in Strictlyland (another kerfuffle broke between us recording this and me fixing the edit) and we’re going to try to prepare you for it. Topics: - Yay Alex Kingston! - Who is short? - Who is just a guy? - The winner of our Low Low Scoring Predictions game…
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KBP S1 E1: Happy Little Bakes
AJ, Asha and Jo don their aprons and dive into the UK’s favourite cake-based entertainment show for the first time! Featuring: - A plea for Fifteens sponsorship - The Yeastie Boy fanclub assembles - The producers plot arc goldmine - Technical Discourse - Hassan’s radioactive hedgehog - A Dead Nan...
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Keep Sewing Podcast S3 E8 - Pressing Matters
Smell the celluloid! It’s Movie Week! Ellie is joined by AJ, Asha, Elliot and Milly for a cinematic spectacle like no other. It’s certainly got more gussets than your average. Also discussed: - The Yellow Submarine film - Iron everything. Give them time to iron everything. - Ruby Tandon’s essay…
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Keep Sewing Podcast S3 E7: Grace *and* Perry?
“Yes, but is it art?”, we ask as we sift through another batch of garments. Ellie is joined by Asha and Milly for a podcast which, believe it or not, has actually had the hyper-specific anecdotes edited out. Also discussed: - Reality skill TV alumni going on other reality skill shows - More...
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KSP S3 E6: Sensible Children
The Sewing Bee reaches the traditional Small Mannequin Destruction point of Kids Week! Why is small so difficult? Also discussed: - The wider world of adaptive clothing - The brand semiotics of children’s prints - Gaynor’s sensible grandkids - Memphis Design...
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KSP S03E05 RRR
It’s Reduce, Reuse, Recylce week; and when the regular host is away, the class will play… AJ is joined by Ariadne, Asha, and Ewan to decide just how many reusable items makes something reused. Also discussed. - Colin Baker’s sartorial choices. - The politics of luxury communism. - Who’s holding…
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KSP S3 E4 - Half a Hanbok
Korean week is here and we’re talking…. hat. Ellie is joined by Asha, Ariadne, Meg, Milly and Elliot to get that stitch well and truly in the ditch. Also discussed: - Novello’s Hat - The concept of Hallyu, which I learned about in Civ 6 - Constructing tubes technique chat - Should the party be…
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KSP S3 E3: Totally Chintzpunk
We’re feeling iconic! It goes wrong almost immediately as we consider the semiotic journey of the wrap dress, invent Chintzpunk and develop an explicable grudge. Ellie is joined by Asha, Ariadne, Milly, Meg and Elliot to complain about fabric. Also discussed: - Walkaway dress pattern challenge...
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KSP S3 E2: You Can’t Bodge A Backseam
Ellie and the Keep Sewing Crew are joined by An American, BEN! (@benmsmith.com on Bluesky) to discuss Sports week with its hat-based eye crimes and stretch fabric hubris. Topics discussed: - Bagging out - Minty abomination away kits at Euro 2025 - Italy we are particularly disappointed with you…
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KDP S10 E-1: The Strictly Predictions Game
The Keep Dancing Podcast crew return to play a low scoring game of 'Predict who will be in the 2025 Strictly cast'. If you’d like to play along at home, email us at [email protected] or follow us on Instagram at @keepdancingpod and Bluesky at @keepdancingpodcast.bsky.social. Don’t…
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KSP S3 E1 - Skanklet Cheans Pablum Peplum
Ellie and the BIGGEST POD GANG EVER (possibly?) convene to ask each other if they wear clothes. Are ruffle blouses too difficult? Are circle skirts too round? WHAT CONSTITUTES A PLEAT? These and other questions will be asked. No answers will be given. Also discussed: - Tilly and the Buttons...
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KWP TM E10 - The Beautiful Burnt Toast Crouton of Competency
AJ is joined by Asha, Ellie, Jo, Mark and Martin for the final dive into the UK’s favourite task-based chaos gremlin show! Featuring: Murder bin day etiquette H&S in the country park A new niche life drawing idea Fizzy coleslaw trauma An epic Podmaster final showdown! Show links: That Liz Truss...
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KWP TM E9: Testicles 101
AJ is joined by Asha, Ellie, Joe, Mark and Martin to examine the penultimate episode of the UK’s favourite task-based chaos gremlin show! Featuring: Decolonialising the BM with jelly Anticarceral loos A racy Back To The Future remake Nish Kumar’s new mannequin-based home Pipe Beast live at the...
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KWP TM E8 - Nonbinary Hobbits
KWP S2 E8: Nonbinary Hobbits AJ is joined by Asha, Ellie, Ewan, Mark and Martin to pick apart the UK’s favourite task-based chaos gremlin show! Featuring: Good Housekeeping pelvic exerciser update A bowling steward’s enquiry A plea for hobby-based sponsorship Sapphic Witch King fangirling...
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KWP TM E7 - A Horny Goblin Woman
AJ is joined by Asha, Ellie, Ewan, Jo, Mark and Martin to fill the leaky hot take bucket on the UK’s favourite task-based chaos gremlin show! Featuring: MI5’s role in the Big Crisp conspiracy Podcaster bag content Some very niche magazine chat Shout out to Northern Mam Humour A plea for Olympics...
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KWP May Round-Up: The Existential Horror of Rylan
KWP May Round-Up: The Existential Horror of Rylan Is your show In Crisis? Would you know? Is it even a real thing? Ellie is joined by AJ,Asha, Ewan and Mark to chat about the choicest chunks of content. Also… introducing the concept of being Star Wars Straight Edge Kidfluencers...
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KWP TM E6: Latin Rab C Nesbitt
AJ is joined by Asha, Ewan and Mark to pick apart the UK’s favourite task-based chaos gremlin show! Featuring: Fatiha’s brat top energy Easyjet dead dog policies Release the 233 Question Cut! JB Martzoukas Roofers Extraordinaire A plea for Baynton folk horror Scatological credits Show links…
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KWP TM E5 - All Roads Leads To Alan
KWP S2 E5: All Roads Lead To Alan AJ is joined by Asha, Ewan, Mark and Martin (plus Jo in absentia) to pick apart the UK’s favourite task-based chaos gremlin show! Featuring: Bishcourse Alan Bennett’s Taskmaster Some A-level English revision tips More BBC road trip suggestions An artistic…
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KWP TM E4 - Viscountess Mincey Tiptoe-Walker
KWP TM E4: VISCOUNTESS MINCY TIPTOE-WALKER AJ is joined by Asha, Ellie, Ewan, Mark and Martin for an especially unhinged exploration of the UK’s favourite task-based chaos gremlin show! Featuring: A big cock debate The perfect museum heist guide Mannequin graveyard analysis Teen movie pitch…
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