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 and editor Justin Lewis, who’s hoping that while you may not know what night is bins, you might remember Neither Fish Nor Flesh by Terence Trent D’Arby, Radio 4’s ‘dangerous’ comedy show In One Ear, the London Symphony Orchestra’s version of Tommy, HTV children’s programme Orbit, Radio 2 quiz show Pop Score, and The Welsh-Language Dubbed Version Of Trumpton. Along the way we’ll be finding out how to tell if there’s some comedy coming up (even if it’s Fresh Fields), who would win out of two giant robot dinosaur things and an otter, the correct manner in which to formally address one of The Chippendales, and what the theme music from William Orbit’s sitcom would have sounded like.

Justin would like to acknowledge that since this was recorded, Neither Fish Nor Flesh has been officially credited to Sananda Maitreya.

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About Justin

Justin Lewis is a writer and editor. You can find Justin’s ‘On This Day’ project When Was Things on Twitter at @WhenIsBirths, and his official website with details of how to get personalised When Is Births cards here.

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There’s lots more about Orbit and tons of other bizarre regional BBC and ITV children’s shows in The Golden Age Of Children’s TV, available in all good bookshops and from Amazon here, Waterstones here and directly from Black And White Publishing here.

If you’ve enjoyed this, you’ll 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.

Alternately, if you’re just feeling generous, you can buy me a coffee here. I mean it’s possible that someone was designated perchennog caffi in Welsh Trumpton.

Further Listening

Justin has also appeared on Looks Unfamiliar talking about the original Only Fools And Horses theme tune, Anglo American by Golden, The Rock Year Book, Joy by Isaac Hayes, Thomas, Stand In Line by Impelliteri, Selwyn and the Glamorgan Tiles advert here and I Hate J.R. by The Wurzels, The Uncyclopedia Of Rock, Friends by The Police, Geometry Of Circles, Walk Right Through by Raissa, Nicholas And The Gang by Rene Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempé and Very Hard Questions here.

You can hear more about Hello Mum, the somewhat less fondly remembered television adaptation of In One Ear, in Looks Unfamiliar with John Rain here.

Justin also appears in The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar alongside Emma Burnell, Stephen O’Brien, Garreth F. Hirons, Vikki Gregorich And Jeff Jewis, Mark Thompson, Stephen Brotherstone And Dave Lawrence and Paul Cornell, and Tim on Perfect Night In talking about the BBC edits of The Monkees, which you can find here.

Further Reading

Never Too Quickly, Never Too Slowly is a look at the episode of Trumpton where Miss Lovelace’s dogs cause the telephone lines to get mixed up; you can find it here.

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