Here are all of my books; some of them are on specific subjects and some of them are collections of various pieces of writing. With the emphasis very much on ‘various’. They’re all available in paperback and from the Kindle Store. There’s often handy discount offers on the paperbacks too – you’ll find details of the latest one over in the sidebar. Enjoy!

The Golden Age Of Children’s TV From Play School and Pipkins to Pob’s Programme and Press Gang and everything in between – the story of how children’s television came up with so many shows that so many viewers loved at a time when nobody still really quite knew how to make it. Find out more here. Paperback – Kindle

Keep Left, Swipe Right A collection of thoughts from uncollected times and how I kept myself sane – and didn’t – while the world swung off its hinges. Loss, love, lockdown, laughter, lying politicians and lots of watching Agent Carter and Fist Of Fun. Find out more here. Paperback – Kindle

Top Of The Box Vol. 2 The story behind every album released by BBC Records And Tapes, from Play School Play On to Russell Grant’s Zodiac Jukebox. Find out more here. Paperback – Kindle

Can’t Help Thinking About Me An hilarious tour of how and why I ended up on the BBC News channel with a big caption saying ‘CLANGERS EXPERT’. From growing up in a noisy household with clowns on the Christmas Tree to asking some elderly Elvis Presley fans if they’d mind keeping the volume down, you’ll find the answers to so many questions nobody ever asked in here. There’s sex, there’s drugs, there’s rock’n’roll… and there’s Skiboy! Find out more here. Paperback – Kindle

Not On Your Telly A collection of columns and features with an archive TV, films and music slant, looking at the lost, the forgotten, the censored and the just plain ignored. Includes a complete history of the BBC’s ‘Sunday Classics’ slot alongside features on Doctor Who, Play School, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Lee & Herring and more. Find out more here. Paperback – Kindle

Fun At One The story of comedy at BBC Radio 1, from Kenny Everett to Chris Morris and beyond. Features the full behind-the-scenes story of Fist Of Fun, The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Blue Jam and more, along with Armando Iannucci, Vivian Stanshall, Lenny Henry, Mark Radcliffe, and pretty much anyone who ever made a joke in front of Radio 1 microphone. Find out more here. Paperback – Kindle

Well At Least It’s Free My first published anthology, featuring columns and features on all kinds of cult television programmes and movies. Includes tons on lost black and white Doctor Who and the full text of the booklet from the unreleased Hardwicke House DVD. Find out more here. Paperback – Kindle

The Larks Ascending A complete guide to comedy, humour and downright oddness on BBC Radio 3, from Kenneth Williams’ archival documentaries about strolling players who never existed, through Rowan Atkinson’s academic profiles of public figures who never existed, right up to Armando Iannucci’s interval talks about composers who did exist, but they’re fitting around him and his using his ears whether they like it or not. Find out more here. Paperback – Kindle

Top Of The Box The story behind every single released by BBC Records And Tapes, from Every Loser Wins to Awesome Dood. Find out more here. Paperback – Kindle

The Camberwick Green Procrastination Society A collection of in-depth context-heavy historical studies of subjects that are not even remotely important. From Rubik’s Magic to Battle Of The Planets, you’ll never have been more educated on less significant topics. Find out more here. Paperback – Kindle – Full Colour eBook

Higher Than The Sun The story of Screamadelica by Primal Scream, Foxbase Alpha by Saint Etienne, Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub, Loveless by My Bloody Valentine and how, long before Britpop, Creation Records took on the world and almost won. Find out more here. Paperback – Kindle

Completing The Circle A book about the eerie sci-fi/fantasy children’s serials that HTV made for the ITV network in the seventies. Available with the DVD release of Children Of The Stones. Buy it from Amazon here.

Sapphire & Steel A book about the story of the cult late seventies sci-fi series, which revealed for the first time what would have happened if the series had continued. Buy it from Amazon here.

TV Cream Toys I’m one of the contributors to this Action Man to Zoids of the toys that everyone wanted but never actually got. Buy it from Amazon here.

© Tim Worthington.
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