Assuming that you’ve already perused the list of my available books here – Amazon shoppers beware; I am not actually responsible for that A History Of Fenceposts thing that someone has listed me as the author of – listened to Looks Unfamiliar here and It’s Good, Except It Sucks here and followed me on Bluesky here, you can find some links below to other sites I enjoy reading and shows I enjoy listening to. Think of it as being like one of those broadsheet newspaper arts section lists of highbrow cultural recommendations, only with more ALF.

Further Reading

The Year Of Listing Dangerously – Phil Norman’s wryly exasperated look at the more humdrum corners of the television schedules from this week in history, with constantly shifting, frequently surprising and often wildly contradictory answers to the question of whether TV was better back then or not.

Psychic Paper – James Cooray Smith’s personal analytical take on every Doctor Who story in the order in which he first saw them.

Under Three Hundred – the ‘random witterings’ of writer Jonny Morris.

First Last Anything – Justin Lewis’ chats with notable enthusiasts about their personal musical tastes.

Everybody’s Number One To Someone – Dave Bryant reviews every chart-topper from the NME Indie Charts.

Atomic Sourpuss – Garreth Hirons’ thoughts on David Bowie, The Simpsons, Formula One, Final Fantasy, Glam Rock, Punk Rock and much much more.

The Haunted Generation – Bob Fischer explores the eerie battered film stock world of ‘Hauntology’, complete with a library of musty books found in second hand shops and its own spinoff radio show.

Dirty Feed – John Hoare takes an acerbic but fascinated look at the overlooked nuts and bolts of television production.

Escape To Danger – Jim Sangster’s collection of reviews of Doctor Who tie-in novelisations.

The Skittish Library – Estelle Hargraves’ collection of out of print oddities and oddments.

Gypsy Creams – Tanya Jones with ‘a box of old magazines, a scanner and some server space’.

This Way Up – entertainment reviews with a pop culture slant from John Connors.

Further Listening

The Big Beatles Sort Out – Paul and Garry Abbott rank every Beatles-related recording based on a never less than contentious scoring system. Currently working their way through every UK Number One single of the sixties.

ALFsplaining – Ben Baker and John Matthews take a frequently baffled look at the eighties’ premier puppet alien living with a suburban family sitcom, ALF.

Goon Pod – Tyler Adams and guests on the assorted comic – and sometimes entirely serious – escapades of Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine.

Retrospecticus – The Simpsons and Modern History – Together At Last! with Tom Williamson and Garreth Hirons.

Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast – RHLSTP!

The Zeitgeist Tapes – Emma Burnell and Steve Fielding investigate the point where politics and pop culture collide.

Crushed – Margaret Cabourn-Smith and guests of the people in their lives who turn them bright red.

Don’t You Want Me? – Rich Nelson and Catrin Lowe on the torrid and turbulent history of romance on the big screen.

Hammer Time – Becky Darke and Kevin Lyons conduct a survey of the Hammer House of Horror.

Drunk Women Solving Crime – Detectives Hannah George and Taylor Glenn join a guest on the trail of a real-life historical mystery.

Telefantasy Time Jump – Paul Cornell and Lizbeth Myles revisit a UK-made fantasy or sci-fi show for every year from 1953 onwards.

Backlisted – the many books read by Andy Miller and company.

Toby Hadoke’s Time Travels – a collection of real-time reactions to, behind-the-scenes deep dives on and philosophical ruminations about Doctor Who.

Round The Archives – Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge’s sideways look at forgotten television, sometimes forgotten with good reason, and the many hats of William Mervyn.

It’s An S Pod Thing! – Sophie Davies and guests on the bizarre world of S Club 7’s small-screen adventures.

Don’t Point That Horror At Me – Jill Nolan and Becky Darke’s epic re-read of the Point Horror novels.

Back To Now – revisiting every Now That’s What I Call Music! compilation with Iain McDermott and friends.

Through The Square Window – Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White take a look back at this month in television history.

Fingers On Buzzers – Lucy Porter and Jeni Ryan’s twenty questions on all things quiz.

Box Of Delights – Julia Raeside and guests lift the lid on all television history.

Comfort Blanket – Joel Morris and company on the films, television, music and books that they turn to for a bit of reassurance.

Comfort Eating – Grace Dent grills the great and the good about what they grill.

Curiously Drawn – Gabby Hutchinson Crouch explores the world of cartoon crushes.

Album To Album – Arsalan Mohammad chats about David Bowie with the people who listen to him and the people who worked with him.

Why Are You Doing This To Me? – Sara Gibbs makes her friends hate-watch horrible movies and then wonders why nobody wants to hang out.

World Of Telly – Neil Perryman and John Williams watch old television so you… do have to?

© Tim Worthington.
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