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January 23, 2026January 23, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Athena Kugblenu – FANCY THIS MAN!

January 10, 2026January 23, 2026 Tim Worthington

The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – “Ivor The Engine: The Next Generation”

January 6, 2026 Tim Worthington

Through The Square Window: Orbit, Hamble And How Do You Do!

December 23, 2025December 23, 2025 Tim Worthington

A Perfect Looks Unfamiliar Christmas: Tim Worthington – You’re Not Doing Toast Properly

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It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: No Way Home With Joanne Sheppard

December 15, 2025December 26, 2025 Tim Worthington

Michael Caine Appears In Pulp On Tuesday

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Looks Unfamiliar’s Box Of Delights: Richard Marson – I Suspect The Binmen Were Probably Not In That Year’s Review Of The Year

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What Has Happened To Shaky This Christmas?

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The Looks Unfamiliar Sound Spectrum: Tim Worthington – The Old Nationwide Theme

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Through The Square Window: Clowns, Colin Zeal And The Utarg Of Utarg

November 19, 2025December 26, 2025 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Mitch Benn – Argos Blade Runner

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The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – “His Hair Represents Something Or Other”

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The Golden Age Of Children's TV

The Golden Age Of Children's TV by Tim Worthington

The story of children's television from Play School and Pipkins to Pob's Programme and Press Gang and everything in between - get it in all good bookshops and from Waterstones here, Amazon here or from the Kindle Store here.

Latest Podcasts

Looks Unfamiliar: Athena Kugblenu – FANCY THIS MAN!
Looks Unfamiliar: Athena Kugblenu – FANCY THIS MAN!
Athena joins me for a chat about Street Hawk, Bad Influence!, Murder One, Due South, The Dreamstone and more.

The Golden Age Of Children's TV - Ivor The Engine: The Next Generation
The Golden Age Of Children's TV - Ivor The Engine: The Next Generation
Mitch Benn on Clangers, Hilary Machell on Go With Noakes, Garry Abbott on Button Moon, Paul Kirkley on Saturday Superstore and Andy Lewis on The Changes.

A Perfect Looks Unfamiliar Christmas: Tim Worthington – You’re Not Doing Toast Properly
A Perfect Looks Unfamiliar Christmas: Tim Worthington – You’re Not Doing Toast Properly
I join Joanne Sheppard for a chat about Merry X-Mess by Rotterdam Termination Source, The Wassailing Song by Blur, BBC2’s A Perfect Christmas, Victoria Wood With All The Trimmings, Victor Lewis-Smith’s Bumper Christmas Cracker Cliché, The Hudsucker Proxy and more.

New Features

Through The Square Window: Orbit, Hamble And How Do You Do!
Through The Square Window: Orbit, Hamble And How Do You Do!
Another collection of highlights from the archives, including more than a few items that humourless bores would probably rather stayed in the archives - or possibly even weren't in them to begin with...

Michael Caine Appears In Pulp On Tuesday
Michael Caine Appears In Pulp On Tuesday
It's late December, it's late at night on BBC1, and that can only mean one thing...

What Has Happened To Shaky This Christmas?
What Has Happened To Shaky This Christmas?
Time to spread ever more Christmas 'cheer' - it's a look at the 1989 Christmas issue of Smash Hits!.

Completing The Circle

Completing The Circle
My book about the making of Children Of The Stones and other spooky seventies ITV children's serials is now available again from here.

RHLSTP Book Club: The Golden Age Of Children's TV

RHSLTP Book Club: The Golden Age Of Children's TV
A chat with Richard Herring about The Golden Age Of Children's TV and thoughts on some of our favourite and indeed least favourite children's television shows - listen to it here.

Journey To The Unknown

Journey To The Unknown
Join me for a nerve-jangling selection of little-heard spooky pop discs from the sixties here.

Goon Pod: Pickwick

Goon Pod: Pickwick
A chat with Tyler Adams about Harry Secombe's acclaimed turn in the sixties-dominating Charles Dickens-inspired stage musical smash Pickwick - listen to it here.

Wolfshead

Wolfshead

Hammer's great lost Robin Hood television pilot comes to Bluray - and decent picture quality - at last. Find out more here.

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Looks Unfamiliar
Looks Unfamiliar: Athena Kugblenu - FANCY THIS MAN!
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Time And Tide Melts The Snowman: Part Seven
Time And Tide Melts The Snowman: Part Six
Time And Tide Melts The Snowman: Part Two
Time And Tide Melts The Snowman: Part Five
Looks Unfamiliar: Rose Ruane - By Leaves, About Leaves, Maybe Not For Leaves

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Not On Your Telly by Tim Worthington

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