Looks Unfamiliar: Tim Worthington – Can I Have Some Gold Bullion And Pop Tarts Please?

The Chronicles Of Narmo by Caitlin Moran (Corgi, 1992) - listen to Tim Worthington and Paul Abbott 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.

This time Tim’s the guest, joining Paul Abbott for a chat about California Fever, Galloping Galaxies!, inappropriately scheduled horror film Bad Ronald, the In-Flight Entertainment compilation series, The Chronicles Of Narmo by Caitlin Moran, Pirate Radio Four, The Collings And Herrin Podcast and Children’s BBC music show What’s That Noise?. Along the way we’ll be finding out the correct manner in which to address multiple instances of Pete Waterman, meeting Robert Bloch’s Pantomime Horse, revealing how Craig Charles facilitated the demolition of a school wall and catapulting all known copies of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men into the sun.

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The Hoarding Extra – “Watch It Instead Of Ghostwatch”

Karen Gillan in The Hoarding (2020) - listen to Tim Worthington and Paul Abbott talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Here’s some extra Looks Unfamiliar chat as Tim Worthington joins Paul Abbott to talk about The Hoarding, a horror short written by, directed by and starring Karen Gillan that found itself getting a little bit lost at the height of lockdown. As well as taking a look at Karen’s under-celebrated spooky and creepy film-making catalogue, there’s also room for some thoughts on what makes a good horror film and why nobody might have wanted one while the world was at a virtual standstill, a look at the movies that sneaked out when cinemas briefly reopened and almost immediately closed again, and a brief impersonation of Paul Daniels. Not a lot of one though.

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In-Flight Entertainment (Deram, 1996) - listen to Tim Worthington and Paul Abbott talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Further In-Flight Entertainment (Deram, 1997) - listen to Tim Worthington and Paul Abbott talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Espresso Espresso (Deram, 1996) - listen to Tim Worthington and Paul Abbott talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Dig It! The Sound Of Phase 4 Stereo (Deram, 1997) - listen to Tim Worthington and Paul Abbott talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Collings And Herrin - The Best Of Earth Wind And Fire* (*And Water) (GoFasterStripe, 2010) - listen to Tim Worthington and Paul Abbott talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Bad Ronald (ABC, 1974) - listen to Tim Worthington and Paul Abbott talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Galloping Galaxies! (BBC1, 1985-86) - listen to Tim Worthington and Paul Abbott talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

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Further Listening

You can also find Tim as the guest on Looks Unfamiliar talking about The Only Way by Lisa Stansfield, The Brain, the Jackanory adaptation of Starstormers, a Public Information Film about boat safety, I Was Made To Love Magic by Nick Drake, Secrets From The School Underground, Skyman and Rubovia here, 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, 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, Pickwick Talking Books’ Doctor Who: State Of Decay, the BBC Pinocchio, Doctor Who: Variations On A Theme, The Paradise Of Death and The Ghosts Of N-Space, Doctor Who: The Ultimate Adventure, The Sally Lockhart Mysteries, Katarina, David Tennant and Catherine Tate’s Much Ado About Nothing, Meet The Thirteenth Doctor, that time a Dalek turned up on the BBC Schools programme W.A.L.R.U.S. and Doctor Who: The Interactive Electronic Board Game here, comedy on BBC Radio 3 here, Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride here, EastEnders spinoff single Something Outa Nothing by Letitia Dean And Paul J. Medford here and Wonderwall by The Mike Flowers Pops here. You can also find Tim on The Golden Age Of Children’s TV talking about The Magic Roundabout here.

You can also find Tim as the guest 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 Gabby Hutchinson Crouch on Mr. Men Songs, Hilary Machell on Enamel Bedroom Door Name Plates, Juliet Brando on The Telebugs, Bibi Lynch on You Just Might See Me Cry by Our Kid, Mic Wright on Sharky And George and Grace Dent on The Max Headroom Broadcast Signal Intrusion Incident, which you can find here.