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Looks Unfamiliar: Gareth Randall – Tony Hart’s Tin Machine

Skirrid (Skirrid Company Of Great Britain Ltd, 1977) - listen to Gareth Randall 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 broadcast historian Gareth Randall, who’s trying to decide whether he’d really rather not have any confirmation of his recollections of notorious Screen Test Young Film-Maker Of The Year entry Ice Cream, Pepe Jeans’ ‘Where’s Pepe?’ advertising campaign, Keep Your Pecker Up by Eugene And The Syncopaters, Captain Micro’s Electronic Comic, Tim And The Hidden People by Sheila K. McCullagh, Master Maze, Skirrid, ‘one-man body band’ Darren Kimpton and Take Hart On Holiday. Along the way we’ll be assessing the commercial potential of the Lib Dems of jeans, finding out how to get two Blue Peter badges by mistake, casting an eye over the Paul Daniels Video Nasty, explaining why Morph is legally ‘different’ if he has a mohican but not if he has a knotted handkerchief on his head and cheering on a team of swearing nuns. Plus there’s yet another attempt at answering the longstanding question of whether Mike Oldfield really did the theme music for Aubrey…

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Captain Micro's Electronic Comic (IPC, 1984) - listen to Gareth Randall and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.
Screen Test (BBC1, 1970-84) - listen to Gareth Randall and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.
Master Maze (3M, 1978) - listen to Gareth Randall and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.
Pepe Jeans' 'Where's Pepe?; advert - listen to Gareth Randall and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.
Skirrid (Skirrid Company Of Great Britain Ltd, 1977) - listen to Gareth Randall and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.
Skirrid (Skirrid Company Of Great Britain Ltd, 1977) - listen to Gareth Randall and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.
Darren Kimpton on Blue Peter (BBC1, 1982) - listen to Gareth Randall and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.
Dawn French's UK Cable Communications Association advert (1996) - listen to Gareth Randall and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

About Gareth

Gareth Randall is a broadcast historian; you can find his YouTube channel here and follow him on Bluesky at @gwr.bsky.social.

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Further Listening

You can find some behind-the-scenes revelations about Blue Peter‘s eccentric guest-booking policy in Looks Unfamiliar with Richard Marson here.

Further Reading

There’s more about yet another inappropriately scheduled horror film considered entirely appropriate for family viewing hours in You’re Weird, Ronald here.

Looks Unfamiliar - a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington chats to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.

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