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 broadcaster and writer Bibi Lynch, who’s playing nostalgic keepie-uppie with Head Over Heels In Love by Kevin Keegan, Fleshpot Casserole Dishes, Jackie Magazine’s makeup tips and the Starsky And Hutch-initiated craze for ‘Starsky Cardigans’. Along the way we’ll listening to Val Doonican singing Rafferty’s Gran Torino With A White Stripe, trying to recall the plot of the episode with Hutch’s pet snake, revealing how Butterscotch Angel Delight can give your eyebrows that extra sheen and definitely not pursuing a career in writing ‘pron’…
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105 – Bibi Lynch – I'd Go Out Looking Like An Extreme Adam Ant – Looks Unfamiliar
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About Bibi
Bibi Lynch is a broadcaster and writer. You can find Bibi’s website here and follow her on Bluesky at @bibilynch.bsky.social.
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If you’re interested in hearing about – though not necessarily interested in hearing – other similarly ill-advised cash-in singles from the seventies, you can find hundreds of them in Top Of The Box, the story behind every single released by BBC Records And Tapes. Top Of The Box is available in paperback here or from the Kindle Store here.
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Further Listening
You can also find Bibi on Looks Unfamiliar talking about The Amazing Cosmic Awareness Of Duffy Moon, Whistle Down The Wind, Look And Read: The Boy From Space, You Just Might See Me Cry by Our Kid and Spanish Gold Sweet Tobacco here, as well as taking a look at Playbus on The Golden Age Of Children’s TV here.
Bibi also appears in The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar alongside Georgy Jamieson on Indoor League, Nina Buckley on Murun Buchstansangur, Rose Ruane on Poochie, Bob Fischer on Tucker’s Luck and Gabby Hutchinson Crouch on Wella Toners And Shaders, which you can find here.
Further Reading
There weren’t too many singing footballers blasted off into orbit but you can read all about the strange interplanetary world of ‘disco sci-fi’ in The Greatest Hits Of Outer Space here.
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