Looks Unfamiliar: Donna Rees – Michael Palin Is Almost Like A Suit

The Monty Python Matching Tie And Handkerchief (Charisma, 1973) - listen to Donna Rees 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 actor Donna Rees, who’s hoping that the double groove will land on eerie ITV children’s serial King Of The Castle, The Monty Python Matching Tie And Handkerchief, The Innes Book Of Records and early seventies romantic teen comedy Melody. Along the way we’ll be revealing why The Milky Bar Kid is more attractive when ‘in space’, pouring scorn on Nigel Farage’s prowess as a long-haulage lorry driver, lamenting the loss of a shed autographed by Eric Idle and revealing what happens if you tell a Starbucks barista your name is ‘Throat-Wobbler Mangrove’…

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King Of The Castle (ITV/HTV, 1977) - listen to Donna Rees and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

The Innes Book Of Records (BBC2, 1979-81) - listen to Donna Rees and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Melody (1971) - listen to Donna Rees and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

About Donna

Donna is an actor; you can find her on Bluesky at @donnarees.bsky.social.

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Further Listening

You can also find Donna on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Cupid And Psyche ’85 by Scritti Politti, Ripping Yarns: Golden Gordon, The Rise And Rise Of Michael Rimmer, Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind The Green Door and Gonks Go Beat here, and on The Golden Age Of Children’s TV talking about Mr. Benn here.

Donna also appears in The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar alongside Joanne Sheppard on Fax, Mitch Benn on The Deceivers, Mark Thompson on Your Party Needs You, Georgy Jamieson on Go For Broke!, Steve Berry on MB Games’ Hangman, Tim Worthington on Outa-Space!, Ben Baker on Roland’s Yuletide Binge and Mic Wright on Solitary Fitness, which you can find here.

Like The Jolly Christmas Lights Of Regent Street, They Are To Prove Sadly Deceptive takes a look at Michael Palin’s return to London at the conclusion of Around The World In 80 Days; you can find it here. There’s also a look at the staggering degree of ‘total comedy’ on display in the opening titles of Monty Python And The Holy Grail in Special Møøse Effects: Olaf Prot here.