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 broadcaster Georgy Jamieson, trying to distribute heat evenly between her recollections of the EKCO Hostess Trolley, Terry’s Spartan, A Sharp Intake Of Breath, John Cleese’s How To Win Holes By Influencing People, Charlie Chester’s Sunday Soapbox and the lost art of tuning your radio in to the television signal. Along the way we’ll be declining to try Heston Blumenthal’s Bouncing Casserole, finding out when Ronnie Corbett looks more like Ronnie Corbett than Ronnie Corbett, trying not to think about what a ‘Super-Bath’ might involve and watching what happens when Peter Cook takes John Cleese’s advice on how to write a letter to Bob Fischer…

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About Georgy

Georgy Jamieson is a broadcaster. You can find Georgy’s website here and follow her Bluesky at @georgyjamieson.bsky.social.

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Further Listening

You can also find Georgy on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Indoor League, Re-Joyce!, the Animals In The Box sketch, the Paul Squire Fan Club, Pippa Dolls, Pig In The Middle and Good Winter Telly here and Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, Go For Broke!, Last Chance Lottery, Fry’s Five Centres and Vesta Ready Meals here. as well as joining Bob Fischer for a festively tinged chat about some of the signs that Christmas was coming that you just don’t get any more here and a similarly Kiss Me Quick Hat-averting Summer-themed chat here, standing well back for a joint Halloween slash Bonfire Night party here and trying to stage their own ill-advised ‘Easter Parade’ here. Georgy also gave us her milkshake-questioning thoughts on Bod in The Golden Age Of Children’s TV here.

Further Reading

You can find Extra ‘Extra’ Python with a look at Michael Palin’s not especially merry festively-trimmed return from his round-world trip in Like The Jolly Christmas Lights Of Regent Street, They Are To Prove Sadly Deceptive here.

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