Looks Unfamiliar: Tim Worthington – People Don’t Really Go On About Psychedelic Blue Peter

King Boris and Pongo The Dragon from Rubovi (BBC1, 1976) - listen to Tim Worthington talking to Stephen O'Brien 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.

This time the guest is Tim himself, who’s talking to Stephen O’Brien about the fact that even he has never met anyone has ever heard of The Only Way by Lisa Stansfield, sixties crime caper movie The Brain, Jackanory‘s adaptation of Starstormers by Nicholas Fisk, the ‘There Were Three Of Them, In A Boat…’ Public Information Film, the original version of I Was Made To Love Magic by Nick Drake, trashy teen novel Secrets From The School Underground, early Mark Radcliffe vehicle Skyman and forgotten ‘fourth’ Trumptonshire series Rubovia, not to mention a certain less than reputable unidentified film that used to show up on German cable channels late on Saturday Nights. Along the way we’ll be finding out whether Kim Wilde Doing Abba is preferable to Abba Doing Kim Wilde, tuning in for the Welsh Brass Eye, fondly reminiscing about when Billy Elliot exploded (and even then wasn’t as good as Musical Youth), and getting annoyed at a fictional schoolboy’s opinions on Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

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The Only Way by Lisa Stansfield (Polydor, 1982).

Starstormers by Nicholas Fisk (Knight Books, 1980).

Time Of No Reply by Nick Drake (Hannibal, 1987).

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If you’ve enjoyed this, you’ll also enjoy 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.

You can also find a feature on Rubovia in Not On Your Telly, a collection of columns and features with an archive television slant, available in paperback here or from the Kindle Store here. There’s a detailed look at Skyman and Mark Radcliffe’s career in general in Fun At One – The Story Of Comedy At BBC Radio 1, available in paperback here or from the Kindle Store here.

Alternately, if you’re just feeling generous, you can buy me a coffee here. There’s always that one Lisa Stansfield didn’t have time for in The Only Way of course.

Further Listening

Tim has also appeared as the guest on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Stop-Go!, It’s A Shame by Kris Kross, Spider-Woman, I Wanted To See You To See If I Wanted You by Moose, The ITV Encyclopedia Of Adventure, The Young Poisoner’s Handbook, the original version of Right Here by SWV and Radio Tip Top here, California Fever, Galloping Galaxies!, Bad Ronald, In-Flight Entertainment, The Chronicles Of Narmo by Caitlin Moran, Pirate Radio Four, The Collings And Herrin Podcast and What’s That Noise? here, I Was Born On Christmas Day by Saint Etienne Featuring Tim Burgess, Ferrero Prestige, Bod’s Present, A Merry Jingle by The Greedies, Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion by Jenny T. Colgan, Mariah Carey’s rendition of God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman, Richard Herring’s Christmas Emergency Questions, Iron Man 3, Joe 90 Christmas Special The Unorthodox Shepherd and Merry Christmas Santa Claus (You’re A Lovely Guy) by Max Headroom here, The Hoarding here, comedy on BBC Radio 3 here, Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride here and EastEnders spinoff single Something Outa Nothing by Letitia Dean And Paul J. Medford here.

You can also hear Tim as the guest on his Marvel Cinematic Universe podcast It’s Good, Except It Sucks talking about Guardians Of The Galaxy here, The Defenders here, Ant-Man And The Wasp here, Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings here and The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special here.

Tim also appears in The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar alongside Martin Belam on the Laurel And Hardy cartoon, Jenny Morrill on The Just Seventeen Yearbook, Jack Kibble-White on Don’t Give Up Your Day Job by Richard Digance, Ben Baker on Looks Familiar, John Rain on Hello Mum and Phil Norman on The Country Life Christmas Box, which you can find here.