Dave and Elizabeth are joined by friends as they discuss around popular media. Sometimes silly, sometimes serious but never boring (OK, occasionally boring), PDAIS is unlike anything else you'll hear.
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The Professor Dave's Ark in Space podcast is a true gem in the world of pop culture analysis. Hosted by the delightful Professor Dave, Lillibit, and a rotating cast of co-hosts, this podcast offers a rollicking good time filled with insightful discussions and hilarious banter. From television shows to films, books to plays, and even painting, the topics covered are wide-ranging and sure to entertain any listener.
One of the best aspects of The Professor Dave's Ark in Space podcast is the dynamic energy between the hosts. Their chemistry is undeniable and their camaraderie is infectious. The grumpy man with his encyclopedic knowledge of pop culture serves as the perfect foil for the chirpy girl who adds her own brand of whimsy to their conversations. This juxtaposition creates a delightful dynamic that keeps listeners engaged throughout each episode.
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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 discuss the 1970's Quatermass and Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars.
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 all for being with us. I love you.
PDAIS looks at the good, the not bad and the downright ugly of The Mummy Trilogy that began in 1999
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
A grumpy man and a chirpy girl look at Bernard Black, grumpy proprietor of Black Books, and Randy Rainbow, chirpy producer of satirical tunes
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
Dave and Elizabeth wonder if Trog is the worst film they have looked at, Night of the Lepus says "Hold my jacket"
A grumpy man and a chirpy girl sail the seas with assorted Sinbads to celebrate the craft of Ray Harryhausen
We look at Frankie Howerd, a comedy great, and his most successful series Up Pompeii, a great comedy
PDAIS looks at the glorious Dame Margaret Rutherford, including her appearances in Blithe Spirit and as Miss Marple
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.
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
We look back at the seventies Britcom The Good Life with a few distractions along the way
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 the CHIPS episode which was meant to be a pilot for a spin off show called Force Seven Dimensions in Time was a Children in Need Special and you can contribute to that charity using this link https://donate.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/
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
We look back at Cliff Richard's first three films - Serious Charge, Expresso Bongo and The Young Ones
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
Seventies sitcoms have their knockers but we have no objection to getting stuck in to the glory that is Are You Being Served
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
We go overground and underground looking back at The Wombles in print, on television and in music. Oh, and we watch the film
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
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
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
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!
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
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.
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
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
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 three Friday the 13th films Edgar Allan Poe 0:00 minutes Friday the 13th 45:00 minutes
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
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
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
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.
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 in the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe film
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
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!
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 times and the medium over the past 87 years
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
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 40.50 mark https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/profdave/PDAIS_3.49_I_Tonya.mp3 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/profdave/PDAIS_3.57_Arlo_Guthrie__Sarah_Lee_Guthrie_and_The_Favourite.mp3
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 the Dead at the 46.31 mark
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 and an unusually grumpy girl to suffer
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
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
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
A grumpy man and a chirpy girl talk pop culture. This episode two primal creatures fight for dominance then discuss Godzilla vs Kong
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!
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
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
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
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.
A grumpy man and a chirpy girl talk pop culture. This time they look at two rather different takes on alien invasion. From the United States we have the 1983 miniseries V and from Britain the radio series Welcome to our Village, Please Invade Carefully
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