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Author: Tim Worthington

Writer. Occasional Broadcaster. TV's 'Clangers Expert'.
October 28, 2025October 30, 2025 Tim Worthington

The Looks Unfamiliar Bonfire Night Spooky Display Spectacular: Bob Fischer And Georgy Jamieson – Hashtag Wotsit Slurry

October 26, 2025 Tim Worthington

The Josie That Came Up Was Not The Josie That Went Down

October 23, 2025October 23, 2025 Tim Worthington

The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – Now In Paperback!

October 10, 2025October 10, 2025 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Deadpool And Wolverine With Joanne Sheppard

October 3, 2025 Tim Worthington

Wolfshead

September 29, 2025December 30, 2025 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Adam S. Leslie – Full Richard Harris Intensity

September 23, 2025October 24, 2025 Tim Worthington

F.A.B.

September 15, 2025 Tim Worthington

Through The Square Window: Snowmen, Snow Coach And Foxy-Faced Charles

September 12, 2025September 14, 2025 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Ste Brotherstone – A Third Person Videogame With Colin Bennett

August 27, 2025December 16, 2025 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Deadpool 2 With Joanne Sheppard

August 21, 2025September 4, 2025 Tim Worthington

I Can Hear That Sound Again

August 15, 2025September 17, 2025 Tim Worthington

Goon Pod: Pickwick

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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.

New Features

Through The Square Window: Orbit, Hamble And How Do You Do!
Through The Square Window: Orbit, Hamble And How Do You Do!
Another collection of highlights from the archives, including more than a few items that humourless bores would probably rather stayed in the archives - or possibly even weren't in them to begin with...

Michael Caine Appears In Pulp On Tuesday
Michael Caine Appears In Pulp On Tuesday
It's late December, it's late at night on BBC1, and that can only mean one thing...

What Has Happened To Shaky This Christmas?
What Has Happened To Shaky This Christmas?
Time to spread ever more Christmas 'cheer' - it's a look at the 1989 Christmas issue of Smash Hits!.

Latest Podcasts

A Perfect Looks Unfamiliar Christmas: Tim Worthington – You’re Not Doing Toast Properly
A Perfect Looks Unfamiliar Christmas: Tim Worthington – You’re Not Doing Toast Properly
I join Joanne Sheppard for a chat about Merry X-Mess by Rotterdam Termination Source, The Wassailing Song by Blur, BBC2’s A Perfect Christmas, Victoria Wood With All The Trimmings, Victor Lewis-Smith’s Bumper Christmas Cracker Cliché, The Hudsucker Proxy and more.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: No Way Home With Joanne Sheppard
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: No Way Home With Joanne Sheppard
Joanne joins me for a chat about Doctor Strange inadvertently presenting compelling evidence why he is no longer Sorcerer Supreme in Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Looks Unfamiliar’s Box Of Delights: Richard Marson – I Suspect The Binmen Were Probably Not In That Year’s Review Of The Year
Looks Unfamiliar’s Box Of Delights: Richard Marson – I Suspect The Binmen Were Probably Not In That Year’s Review Of The Year
Richard joins me for a chat about Jackanory, Play School, Swap Shop, John Craven's Newsround Grange Hill, Blue Peter and more.

Completing The Circle

Completing The Circle
My book about the making of Children Of The Stones and other spooky seventies ITV children's serials is now available again from 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.

Journey To The Unknown

Journey To The Unknown
Join me for a nerve-jangling selection of little-heard spooky pop discs from the sixties here.

Goon Pod: Pickwick

Goon Pod: Pickwick
A chat with Tyler Adams about Harry Secombe's acclaimed turn in the sixties-dominating Charles Dickens-inspired stage musical smash Pickwick - listen to it here.

Wolfshead

Wolfshead

Hammer's great lost Robin Hood television pilot comes to Bluray - and decent picture quality - at last. Find out more here.

Patreon

Patreon
New reviews, obscurities from the archives, nonsense about old newspaper ads, exclusive audio and commentaries and much more besides. Find out more here!

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If you enjoy what I do, coffees are very gratefully received here. Do they still do Maxwell House?

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Looks Unfamiliar
The Camberwick Green Procrastination Society
I Just Wanna Be A Winner
Through The Square Window: Orbit, Hamble And How Do You Do!
It's Good, Except It Sucks: Fantastic Four With Garry Abbott
Through The Square Window: Board Games, Barnaby And 'Belouis' 'Some'
Don't Write An Essay On It, Mate
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Well At Least It's Free by Tim Worthington

You can currently get Well At Least It's Free in paperback with 10% off (code PROSE10) from here.

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