Looks Unfamiliar: Lydia Mizon – There Was Real Peril And Also Vowels And Consonants

Smashie And Nicey Present Let's Rock! (1992) - listen to Lydia Mizon 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 QI Elf – and Only Connect champion – Lydia Mizon, who’s pushing the lever marked Let’s Rock on Spice Girls Impulse Body Spray, Smashie And Nicey: The End Of An Era, The Adam And Joe XFM Podcast, Forklift Driver Klaus – The First Day On The Job, Look And Read: Through The Dragon’s Eye and Cognoscenti Vs. Intelligentsia by The Cuban Boys. Along the way we’ll gauging the optimal moment to set off a fire alarm during Father Ted, accusing Posh Spice of smelling like your nan, discussing why bad dangers should not be allowed anywhere near the Mobile Spice Phone and debating who would ‘win’ out of Ricardo Autobahn and Cliff Richard.

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Spice Girls Impulse Body Spray - listen to Lydia Mizon and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Look And Read: Through The Dragon's Eye (BBC2, 1989) - listen to Lydia Mizon and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

The Adam And Joe Show (XFM, 2003-06) - listen to Lydia Mizon and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Cognoscenti Vs. Intelligentsia by Cuban Boys (EMI, 1999) - listen to Lydia Mizon and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

About Lydia

Lydia Mizon is a quiz show champion and researcher for QI. You can follow Lydia on Bluesky at @lydiamizon.bsky.social.

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Further Listening

You can also find Lydia Looks Unfamiliar talking about Stoppit And Tidyup, Fervour, Alphabet Castle, Roseanne And The Magic Mirror, Party Mania and a book about Lydia who hated cress here and Look Around You, Mongrels, Karma Hotel by Spooks, The Smurfs Go Pop!, Lift Off, Secret Agent: The Hunt For Red Rock Rover, Math Rescue, Ceefax Backchat and 4-Tel MegaZine here. You can also find Lydia on The Golden Age Of Children’s TV talking about Fun House here.

Lydia also appears in The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar alongside 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, Joanne Sheppard on The Water Babies and& Spine Chillers, Phil Norman on Spy Trap and Bob Fischer and Georgy Jamieson on dancing reindeer and school recorder ensembles, which you can find here.