Tim Worthington

Tim Worthington

Writer. Occasional Broadcaster. TV's 'Clangers Expert'.

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February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 Tim Worthington

Knocking On Doors, Opening Windows…

February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 Tim Worthington

My 70s TV Childhood: The Sunday Gang

February 18, 2021February 23, 2021 Tim Worthington

Desert Island Dylan

February 4, 2021February 13, 2021 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar #74: Matt Lee – If The 1950s Produced A Videogame This Would Be It

January 31, 2021 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Part Three)

January 29, 2021January 31, 2021 Tim Worthington

Take A Giant Step

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar #73: Samira Ahmed – The Fifth Beatle Of The Magic Roundabout World

January 21, 2021January 29, 2021 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: Far From Home

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Avengers: Endgame

January 4, 2021 Tim Worthington

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Knocking On Doors, Opening Windows...
The Fear Of A Clown
...And Looks Into 1967
Looks Unfamiliar #19: Jonny Morris - What Was Actually In The Dandy?
Looks Unfamiliar #39: Paul Putner - There's No Drill Version Of The Theme To Hunted
'Noddy Holder Men And Motors' Anecdote Not Included
Desert Island Dylan
It's Good, Except It Sucks: The Incredible Hulk

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Looks Unfamiliar with Matt Lee Looks Unfamiliar #74: Matt Lee - If The 1950s Produced A Videogame This Would Be It
Matt Lee joins Tim for a chat about They Might Be Giants' 'Dial-A-Song' Service, Park St. Under, Wake Up! With Libby And Jonathan, an attempted regional ban on Garbage Pail Kids and more.

It's Good, Except It Sucks: Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Part Three) It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Part Three)
 David Smith joins Tim for a chat about the wild time-hopping genre-switching alternate reality-bending mission to stop history being entirely rewritten by aliens with access to TV Tropes in Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D..

Looks Unfamiliar with Samira Ahmed Looks Unfamiliar #73: Samira Ahmed - The Fifth Beatle Of The Magic Roundabout World
Samira Ahmed joins Tim for a chat about Selfridges' Space: 1999 walkthrough, Dairy Council advice booklet Good Looks Ahead, The Fun Food Factory and more.

It's Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: Far From Home It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: Far From Home
 Gabby Hutchinson Crouch joins Tim to chat about Peter Parker trying to recreate National Lampoon’s European Vacation while being interrupted by a giant steam monster in Spider-Man: Far From Home.

It's Good, Except It Sucks: Avengers: Endgame It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Avengers: Endgame
 Ben Baker joins Tim to chat about the aftermath of Thanos’ plan to leave everyone arguing over whether Die Hard is a time travel movie in Avengers: Endgame.


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Knocking On Doors, Opening Windows...
A look back at the BBC's devotional children's show - with resident screeching puppet mouse - The Sunday Gang.

Bob Dylan in The Madhouse On Castle Street (BBC, 1963) Desert Island Dylan
Nobody knows very much about Bob Dylan's appearance in the BBC play The Madhouse On Castle Street - but you can find details about it in the most unlikely places...

Take A Giant Step
A look back at The Monkees - or at least The Monkees as we would have seen it on the BBC...


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Higher Than The Sun by Tim Worthington

You can currently get Higher Than The Sun with 10% off in paperback (Code SPRING10) from here.


Not All The Albums Again



I've written the sleevenotes for a box set of the Not The Nine O'Clock News albums. Find out more here.


My 70's TV Childhood - The Sunday Gang



I have a chat with Oliver Colling about BBC1’s early morning religiously-slanted children’s programme featuring a mob of wacky teenagers presenting their somewhat individual slant on Bible stories while a puppet mouse screeched at them in the corner The Sunday Gang. You can listen to it here.


Go Down Record Huntin’ (In Charity Shops)



A deep dive into that mouldy box of records in your local charity shop with some of my best, worst and just plain weirdest finds - and stories to match... hear it here.
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