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Author: Tim Worthington

Writer. Occasional Broadcaster. TV's 'Clangers Expert'.
September 29, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Still A Police Box, Why Hasn’t It Changed? Part Twenty Four – Salateen, Look At You Now

September 28, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: X-Men ’97 Season 2 With Mic Wright

September 23, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Mic Wright – I Have Achieved Some Things

September 20, 2026September 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

Wake Up Sunday!

September 12, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Daredevil: Born Again With Garry Abbott

September 10, 2026 Tim Worthington

“It’s Nearly Time For The News”, Said Florence

September 8, 2026September 12, 2026 Tim Worthington

Through The Square Window: Chigley, Capaldi And Carnival Of Light

September 7, 2026September 12, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar’s New Season: Bob Fischer And Georgy Jamieson – The Kraken’s Big Night In

August 28, 2026August 29, 2026 Tim Worthington

The Marvel And DC Of Ice Cream Part Two: You Can’t Help Falling For A Wall’s

August 25, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: Brand New Day With Gabby Hutchinson Crouch

August 24, 2026 Tim Worthington

Doctor Who 70-79

August 21, 2026September 10, 2026 Tim Worthington

Ah, Would That It Were…

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The Golden Age Of Children's TV

The Golden Age Of Children's TV by Tim Worthington

The story of children's television from Play School and Pipkins to Pob's Programme and Press Gang and everything in between - get it in all good bookshops and from Waterstones here, Amazon here or from the Kindle Store here. Find out more about what you can find in it here.

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It’s Still A Police Box, Why Hasn’t It Changed? Part Twenty Four – Salateen, Look At You Now
It’s Still A Police Box, Why Hasn’t It Changed? Part Twenty Four – Salateen, Look At You Now
It's 1984, and for Doctor Who it's a year of two Doctors - and they're starting to look at risk of outnumbering the viewers...

Wake Up Sunday!
Wake Up Sunday!
What would you have been watching first thing on a Sunday morning in the seventies and eighties... and why could nobody quite work out whether they actually enjoyed any of it or not?

It’s Nearly Time For The News, Said Florence
“It’s Nearly Time For The News”, Said Florence
BOING - it's the story of the BBC's wittily redubbed five-minute pre-News quasi-psychedelic masterpiece, The Magic Roundabout!

Latest Podcasts

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: X-Men '97 With Mic Wright
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: X-Men '97 With Mic Wright
Mic joins me for a chat about Jean Grey battling to save a timeline where The Young Person’s Guide To Becoming A Rock Star hasn’t happened yet in X-Men '97.

Looks Unfamiliar: Mic Wright – I Have Achieved Some Things
Looks Unfamiliar: Mic Wright – I Have Achieved Some Things
Mic joins me for a chat about the NatWest Piggies, Eerie, Indiana, Musical Chairs by Kinky Friedman, High On A Rocky Ledge by Moondog, The National Record Of Achievement and more.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Daredevil: Born Again With Garry Abbott
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Daredevil: Born Again With Garry Abbott
Garry joins me for a chat about Wilson Fisk asserting that he’s better than Chuck Swirsky – frickin’ liberal – in Daredevil: Born Again.

Doctor Who 70-79

Doctor Who 70-79

Includes a chapter by me on Doctor Who's unexpected moment of mass popularity over the summer of 1979. Find out more here.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Countdown To Avengers: Doomsday

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Countdown To Avengers: Doomsday
Looking for a quicker - and only moderately more sarcastic - way of getting caught up on Marvel's watch list ahead of Avengers: Doomsday? You'll find one here.

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter – Original Soundtrack Selections

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter – Original Soundtrack Selections

Laurie Johnson's great lost soundtrack for Hammer's original Vampire Slayer - available at last! Includes sleevenotes from me on the background to the Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter score. Find out more here.

So Disappointed: Whatever Happened To The Future?

So Disappointed: Whatever Happened To The Future?
I join Paul Whitelaw and Wendy Jordan for a look at why The BBC's science magazine show Tomorrow's World never quite delivered on what it promised, but not in the way we might have expected - listen to it here.

RHLSTP Book Club: The Golden Age Of Children's TV

RHSLTP Book Club: The Golden Age Of Children's TV
A chat with Richard Herring about The Golden Age Of Children's TV and thoughts on some of our favourite and indeed least favourite children's television shows - listen to it here.

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It's Still A Police Box, Why Hasn't It Changed? Part Twenty Three - Come And Give Me Some Of That Yum Yum Chocolate Chip Honey Dip Can I Get A Time Scoop?
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