This week Pete and Elton cover the 2013 film RUSH Rush is a British-German biographical sports drama film centered on the rivalry between race car drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One motor-racing season. It is honestly a fantastic film so please do check it out. Shonky Lab is a proud member of the ROGUE TWO PODCAST NETWORK Please drop by roguetwo.com and check out other…

Pete and Elton are hitting the LOST pilot this week and what better way to celebrate this than making this the first (of many) LIVE episode of Shonky Lab. Not happy with broadcasting the show Live, the guys also let you lovely lot call into the Lab. Bonkers right? Many thanks to the listeners in…

Pete and Elton, with a little help from the wonderful emailers, discuss their favourite Aliens from Sci-Fi. Hopefully they cover one of yours including the obvious ones, Alien, Star Wars Aliens and a few from Doctor Who. Before that there is the usual chit chat and news section, most of the stories have been posted…

It’s that time of year again where your two favorite lab technitions talk about the upcoming movies of 2014. But before that, Pete and Elton talk about how their Christmases went, what they got and how. Elton finally got around to playing his first game of Risk, bought a PS3 game that everyone hated for…

With Christmas just around the corner, Elton and Pete talk about their own memories of past years. Everything* from getting the Christmas decorations down to the meal itself is covered, so sit back, open that tin of chocolates and enjoy Shonky Lab. *not everything   Thanks for sticking with us, Merry Christmas and enjoy a…

Hello you lovely lot, this is Part 2 of The X-Files pilot rewatch. This time you’ll find agent Pete Kelk, agent Elton McManus and special agent Emma Hyam mulling over the awesome feedback that has been sent in. Enjoy. Very soon you’ll be able to find Emma hosting a brand new Dr Who podcast over at simplysyndicated.com ”The…

The X-Files (tv show) is 20 years old this September…. I know, it makes you feel older than you want. Well to celebrate feeling old and of course, one of the greatest tele-box sci-fi shows ever, the guys from the Shonky Lab will be ditching their lab coats and stepping into some sharp ’90s suits…

Welcome to Shonky Lab, this week you find Pete with a mashed up foot after a lady danced on it and he has also signed up to a 24hr bike ride from London to the Paris. Elton has run a ring main for his kitchen and ended up 50cm too short, got cross with his…

We are back after four weeks off. We’d like to say sorry……. but thats just the way it goes sometimes. Anyway, thanks for sticking with us.   So whats been going on with Pete and Elton during this time?   Well, Pete has been to see the Princess Bride at an outdoor showing, went to…

This week your favorite Shonky Lab presenters compare and contrast the book and film of World War Z. How do they stack up against each other? do they match up against each other or not? Well, please press play and find out. There are spoilers from the start so be warned. “United Nations employee Gerry…

WARNING – “If you are reading this, then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second of your life. Don’t you have other things to do? Is your life so empty you can’t honestly think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you…

We start the show by eating some funky chocolate bars kindly food dropped by Louisa Scrase to the Shonky Lab. Many Thanks. Elton is has finally finished World War Z and is looking forward to seeing the film. Also got around to seeing Blade Runner on Blu-Ray and it was good although saxophone are a…

Pete went tramp fighting and nearly go run over whilst out on his bike. Very exciting stuff. Elton didn’t do anything. News… Russian Terminator. Man has bullet removed from his head with a set of ropy looking plies. http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/18/russian-terminator-soldier-has-bullet-removed-from-forehead-with-pliers-3796073/   http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3cys6my-H7k   Man goes to the Doctors and finds out he’s a woman. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/man-goes-doctors-swollen-stomach-1930427   Crumbs!…

D.I.Y expert Chris Lancaster, Laura Fox and The Black Dog guys Darren Barnard and Lee – oh this flat pack furniture should take only 10 minutes – Medcalf join Pete and Elton for a discussion about DIY.   There are a couple of work related stories in there for good measure so please enjoy.  …

Timmy Robinson’s best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when FIDO eats the next-door neighbor, Mom and Dad hit the roof, and Timmy has to go to the ends of the earth to keep Fido a part of the family. A boy-and-his-dog movie for grown ups,…

Chocolate bars are on the agenda this week but before you hear all about our friend of years gone by theres News, opening with a jingle. In News…. Angry Maserati owner hires men to sledgehammer his car A furious motorist hired four men to smash up his luxury Maserati Quattroporte with sledgehammers outside a car show…

Pete and Elton forgot to read out a bit of feedback during the recording of the Dr Who Blink episode. Sorry about that but they did make a special effort to pop back into the lab and record it.   Hope you enjoy and see you for the next episode Chocolate bars. Please check the…

Welcome dear listener to another episode of Shonky Lab.   This week Pete and Elton are joined by Firefly expert Odile Thomas (Sending a Wave) to talk about that highly rated episode of Dr Who, Blink. Will Odile talk the guys into loving it or will our favourite Labsters mock the Dr? Press play and find…

Pete and Elton are here this week, after a week off again…. sorry about that, to talk about Robots in Sci-Fi. Before that there is a bit of chat and news… 1. Fake funeral service proving popular after student holds her own false ceremony   http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/12/fake-funeral-service-proving-popular-after-student-holds-her-own-false-ceremony-3613269/ Following the revelation a Chinese student staged her own funeral so she could…

Join Pete and Elton as the discuss the 2012 movie Dredd.

This week Pete and Elton talk about their personal bucket lists. How were their weeks? Well Pete went all posh on us and went to the theatre with his wife, Odile (Sending a wave – A Firefly podcast) and her husband. Elton spent a week in a caravan and got far to excited playing bingo….

Mr Jim Moon from Hypnobobs joins Pete and Elton as they take a spoiler filled journey into the first part of the three part series from the BBC, In The Flesh. Before that the guys talk about Hypnobobs going bi-weekly, Eltons black eye and Pete did something. In the news….  A man smuggled cocaine in…