Looks Unfamiliar Spooky: Joanne Sheppard – Everyone Knows That’s How Hands Work

Blue Peter's Witch Puppet Make (BBC1, 1970) - listen to Joanne Sheppard 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 for a suitably spooky chat is book reviewer Joanne Sheppard, who’s braving the walk home from Brownies and all the witches she can’t leave the house without tripping over to tell the world about Dramarama: The Exorcism Of Amy, Children’s BBC Ghost Story slot Spine Chillers, Blue Peter’s Witch Puppet Make, Monsters Of The Movies by Denis Gifford, Nothing To Be Afraid Of by Jan Mark, Paperhouse, Dekker Toys’ Movie/TV Horror Make-Up Kit and Remus Playkits Identispook, plus there’s an extra bit of chat with Tim about that time that Josie And The Pussycats were possessed by a vengeance demon. Along the way we’ll be leafing through M.R. James’ Whistle And I’ll Be Some Stairs, debating the plural of ‘A Ghost Story For Christmas’, witnessing a rare sighting of the Blue Peter Haunted Galleon, remembering that time Magnus Magnusson picked a fight with TV ‘Clown’ and calling the selection criteria for ‘King Of The Gorillas’ into question.

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Dramarama: The Exorcism Of Amy (Thames, 1983) - listen to Joanne Sheppard and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Spine Chillers (BBC1, 1980) - listen to Joanne Sheppard and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Monsters Of The Movies by Denis Gifford (Carousel, 1977) - listen to Joanne Sheppard and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Paperhouse (1988) - listen to Joanne Sheppard and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Josie And The Pussycats: Vengeance From The Crypt (Archie Comics, 1973) - listen to Joanne Sheppard and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Dekker Toys' Movie/TV Horror Make-Up Kit - listen to Joanne Sheppard and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

About Joanne

Joanne Sheppard is a book reviewer. You can find her website Breakfast At Libraries here or follow her on Bluesky at @redskyatnight.bsky.social.

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There’s lots more about Dramarama, Spine Chillers and tons of other children’s shows that would have seemed far too terrifying even at 9pm on ITV 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 find much more about spooky children’s television drama of the seventies and eighties in Tim’s book Well At Least It’s Free, available in paperback here or from the Kindle Store here.

Alternately, if you’re just feeling generous, you can buy me a coffee here. If the handle’s come off the mug, DO NOT try sticking it back on with that Dekker stuff.

Further Listening

Joanne has also been on Looks Unfamiliar talking about The December Rose, Colorado Beetle paranoia, Brontosaurus, Will You Wait For Me? by David Bellamy, Timbuctoo, KP Wickers, The Enchanted Castle, Major Morgan The Electronic Organ and Wilderness Road here, The Bump by MC Mallett, Horror Chews, The Strange Affair Of Adelaide Harris, Matchbox Fighting Furies, Mouthtrap, Connoisseur, World Magazine, All Aboard! and The Guinness Book Of Pet Records here, Go For It!, What-A-Mess, My Pretty Pony, The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, The Water Babies, The Magnificent Race, Amazon Adventure by Willard Price and Snapper Crocodiles here and Fax, First Born, Chimera, Next Of Kin, Mother Love, I’m Your Number One Fan, The History Trail, The Yolk Folk, Victoria Plum and televised Cluedo here. You can also find Joanne on The Golden Age Of Children’s TV talking about The Baker Street Boys here.

You can also find Joanne on Tim’s Marvel Cinematic Universe podcast It’s Good, Except It Sucks talking about Blade II here, Blade: Trinity here, Avengers Assemble here, Avengers: Infinity War here, Avengers: Endgame here and Deadpool And Wolverine here.

Joanne also appears in The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar alongside Lydia Mizon on Smashie And Nicey – The End Of An Era, Katy Brent on Global Hypercolor, Tim Worthington on Wonderwall by The Mike Flowers Pops and the BBC Pinocchio, Ricardo Autobahn on the Panther 6, Mitch Benn on BusyBodies, Phil Norman on Spy Trap and Bob Fischer and Georgy Jamieson on dancing reindeer and school recorder ensembles, which you can find here.