Looks Unfamiliar: Melanie Williams – She Was Just Completely Expunged From The Girl-Verse

Kelly Monteith (BBC2, 1979-84), - listen to Melanie Williams 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 academic Melanie Williams, who’s in search of primary sources on American-at-the-BBC sitcom-sketch show hybrid Kelly Monteith, absurdist cartoon Aubrey, Kellogg’s Rise & Shine, Girl Magazine comic strip Patty’s World, Jackie Magazine’s ‘Mustard Mind’ column, The Man Who Juggled Blocks On Variety Shows and Rimmel Coffee Shimmer. Along the way we’ll be finding out why you should never take dating tips from The Two Ronnies, learning juggling by post, debating the merits of Mark Ellen In A Big Shirt, and tactfully avoiding the weakest Weak Lemon Drink in history.

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Looks Unfamiliar #45 Extra: “Puzzling, Impressive And Very French”

Mr. Rossi Looks For Happiness (Bruno Bozzetto Film, 1978) - listen to Melanie Williams and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

You can find some extra chat with Melanie about previous Looks Unfamiliar choices Dead Ernest, Once Upon A Time… Man, Battle Of The Planets and The Legend Of Tim Tyler along with some additional thoughts on Star Fleet, Ulysses 31 and Mr. Rossi Looks For Happiness – not to mention what pushed the Bristol Evening Post too far, what Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand should have said to Andrew Sachs, and the unlikely identity of Blur’s original spiritual guru – here.

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Aubrey (DP Films, 1980) - listen to Melanie Williams and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Patty's World from Girl Magazine - listen to Melanie Williams and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Kellogg's Rise And Shine - listen to Melanie Williams and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

About Melanie

Melanie Williams is a film historian and writer. You can follow her on Bluesky at @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social and find Melanie’s book Transformation And Tradition In 1960s British Cinema on Amazon here

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There’s lots more about Aubrey and tons of other long-forgotten cartoons from the furthest reaches of the Children’s ITV schedules in The Golden Age Of Children’s TV, available in all good bookshops and from Waterstones here, Amazon here and directly from Black And White Publishing here.

You can read much more about Kelly Monteith as part of ‘The TV That Time Forgot’ in Tim’s book Not On Your Telly, a collection of columns and features with a ‘forgotten television’ theme. Not On Your Telly is available in paperback here or from the Kindle Store here.

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Further Listening

You can find Melanie talking about Captain America: The First Avenger on Tim’s Marvel Cinematic Universe podcast It’s Good, Except It Sucks here. You can also find Melanie on The Golden Age Of Children’s TV talking about Jamie And The Magic Torch here.

Melanie also appears in The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar alongside Paul Abbott on The Compleat Beatles, Anna Cale on Wendy Cracked A Walnut, Jim Sangster on The Ballad Of Lady Di by The Hon. Nick Jones And Ian Macrae, Pete Prodge on The Evil Horde, Chris Hughes on The British Banknote Keyring and a very unsuccessful attempt by several previous guests at playing Tom Baker’s Ultimate Sci-Fi Quiz, which you can find here.