Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: James Gent – A Cross Between The Prisoner And Test Match Special

BEEB Magazine (Polystyle Publications, 1985) - listen to James Gent and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.

Joining Tim this time is writer James Gent, who is using ‘computer graphics’ to link hazy archive recollections of The Golden Oldie Picture Show, When The Wind Blows by David Bowie, Beeb Magazine, T-Rex ‘Greatest Hits’ albums with none of the hits on them, Boxpops, and the Montreux Special of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Along the way we’ll be finding out what Clive Dunn being Grandad as Grandad looks like, where the whistling from Never Let Me Down was ‘borrowed’ from, and exactly where you can find an alarming amount of detail about Michael Sheard And His Pet Dogs.

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The Golden Oldie Picture Show (BBC1, 1985-88) - listen to James Gent and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.
The Golden Oldie Picture Show (BBC1, 1985-88) - listen to James Gent and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.
Boxpops (BBC2, 1988-92) - listen to James Gent and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.
When The Wind Blows by David Bowie (Virgin, 1986) - listen to James Gent and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.
Monty Python's Flying Circus: Montreux Special (BBC1, 1971) - listen to James Gent and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.
A shoddy T-Rex compilation without any of the hits on it - listen to James Gent and Tim Worthington talking about them in Looks Unfamiliar.

About James

James Gent is a writer and designer and the editor of the We Are Cult news and review website.

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There’s lots more about Beeb – not to mention its slightly more successful arch-rival Look-In – in The Golden Age Of Children’s TV, available in all good bookshops and from Waterstones here, Amazon here, from the Kindle Store here and directly from Black And White Publishing here.

There’s also a lot more about David Bowie’s ‘difficult’ eighties in Tim’s book Can’t Help Thinking About Me, a collection of columns and features with a personal twist. Can’t Help Thinking About Me is available in paperback here or from the Kindle Store here.

Alternately, if you’re just feeling generous, you can buy me a coffee here. Wonder if they ever did a Boxpops on the theme of ‘coffee’, with bits from a Panorama on global trade and an argument in the café in EastEnders or something?

Further Listening

James also appears in The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar alongside Darrell Maclaine on the Brennan JB7, Jonny Morris on Jesta Giggle by The Barron Knights, Ros Ballinger on Microsoft Explorapedia, Paul Kirkley on The Kids From Fame Again, Garreth Hirons on Sweet 75 and Tim on Betamax Video Club talking about Absolute Beginners, which you can find here.

Further Reading

You Belong In Rock’n’Roll is a feature outlining in no uncertain terms why Tin Machine are good, not bad like you thought; you can find it here.

Looks Unfamiliar - a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington chats to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.

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