Looks Unfamiliar: Mark Thompson – I’m Almost Certain No Battle Elves Appeared In This

Made In USA by Pizzicato Five (Matador, 1994) - listen to Mark Thompson 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 political commentator Mark Thompson, who’s off on the campaign trail in search of anyone who remembers Twiggy Twiggy (Twiggy Vs. James Bond) by Pizzicato Five, Your Party Needs You, Jasper Carrott’s I’ve Got This Mole, Society, Lost In Austen, Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo and Shadow Chasers. Along the way we’ll be debating the the importance of elongated faces in topical satire, revealing how to avert attacks by ‘soldier ants’, setting the Time Variance Authority on ITV schedulers and maybe, just maybe, finding out why Week Ending used Party Fears Two as its theme music…

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Your Party Needs You by Simon Farrell And Jon Sutherland (Dragon, 1987) - listen to Mark Thompson and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Jasper Carrott: I've Got This Mole (1980) - listen to Mark Thompson and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Society (1989) - listen to Mark Thompson and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Lost In Austen (ITV, 2008) - listen to Mark Thompson and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Shadow Chasers (ABC, 1985) - listen to Mark Thompson and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

About Mark

Mark Thompson is a political commentator, radio host and poker enthusiast. You can find his blog Mark Reckons here and follow him on Bluesky at @markreckons.bsky.social.

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Further Listening

You can also find Mark on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Whiz Kids, Crash ZX Spectrum, Night Shift, Public Information Film family The Blunders, The Last Train, and The Drak Pack here, Libby’s Moonshine, A. Mazing Monsters, Agony, Being Erica, Hawkeye Collins And Amy Adams – Can You Solve The Mystery? and We Know Where You Live here and V: The Series, Dirty Dick, The Giftie, The Mad Death, The Different Story (World Of Lust And Crime) by Peter Schilling and Space Shuttle here, as well as Running Scared on The Golden Age Of Children’s TV here.

Mark has also appeared on Tim’s Marvel Cinematic Universe podcast It’s Good, Except It Sucks talking about Iron Man 2, which you can find here.