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 Anna Cale, who’s trying to collect a full set of everyone who remembers the Neighbours sticker album, Australian comedy film Wendy Cracked A Walnut, early ‘dungeon crawl’ computer game Rogue, vegetarian DIY wonderfood Sosmix, schools television programme Secrets Of The Sea and the Shackleton’s High Seat Chairs advert. Along the way we’ll be finding out how not to cosplay as Jason Donovan, why rock star makeup is not appropriate for your local youth club, and the only possible way of finishing Bugaboo The Flea.

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About Anna

Anna Cale is a writer; you can find Anna’s website here, and follow her on Twitter at @real_meaning. Anna’s Diana Dors biography The Real Diana Dors is available here.

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Further Listening

You can also find Anna on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Sport Billy, Silly Games by Lindy Layton, Joni Jones, The Girl In The Picture, Return To Eden, The Incredible Hulk Smash-Up Action Game, Trev & Simon’s Stupid Video and Dors’ Dozen here and Dooby Duck’s Disco Bus, Grange Hill‘s Ronnie Birtles’ shoplifting storyline, Ken Loach’s McDonald’s advert, Nelson’s Column, The Doberman Gang, fashion craze ‘hair jewels’ and Radio 1 phone-in competition 31 Days In May here.

Anna has also appeared on Tim’s Marvel Cinematic Universe podcast It’s Good, Except It Sucks talking about Spider-Man: Homecoming here, Captain Marvel here and The Marvels here.

You can hear more about the exploits of the singing Neighbours stars – and in particular an indescribable record made by Madge and Harold – in Looks Unfamiliar with Stephen O’Brien here. There’s more about dubious video shop rental choices including Rutger Hauer vehicle Split Second in Looks Unfamiliar with Emma Burnell here.

Anna also appears in The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar alongside Paul Abbott on The Compleat Beatles, Jim Sangster on The Ballad Of Lady Di by The Hon. Nick Jones and Ian Macrae, Melanie Williams on Rimmel Coffee Shimmer, Pete Prodge on The Evil Horde, Chris Hughes on the British Banknote Keyring and a hopeless attempt by Tim and assorted past guests at successfully playing some TV tie-in DVD games, which you can find here.

Further Listening

There’s more early home computing fun – in the sense of you having to make your own fun in those days – in A Funny Old Game here.

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