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Category: Looks Unfamiliar

November 22, 2019February 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: I Never Thought I’d Think Tom Baker Was Going On Too Much

October 31, 2019May 28, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Richard Littler – This Is All That Is Left… Of A Wall

October 26, 2019April 4, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Suzy Norman – I Kept This Sweaty Scarf In My Drawer For About Two Years

October 19, 2019April 22, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Darrell Maclaine – Imperial Phase Matthew Corbett

October 10, 2019February 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Tim Worthington – That Perfect Collision Of Time, Place And Loud Ties

October 3, 2019February 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Mitch Benn – The Marvel And DC Of Ice Cream

September 13, 2019February 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Pete Prodge – Paul Nuttalls Of The UCHIPS

August 27, 2019May 28, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Jim Sangster – A Horrible Bee-In-A-Jar Type Noise

August 8, 2019April 8, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Paul Abbott – So I Started Writing Stories About Gobots Instead

July 29, 2019April 9, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Melanie Williams – She Was Just Completely Expunged From The Girl-Verse

July 16, 2019February 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: I Personally Blame Mr. Brackett For That

July 8, 2019April 16, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Chris Hughes – The Mr. Willmott-Brown Of Chocolate Bars

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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.

Latest Podcasts

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: The Punisher: One Last Kill With Mic Wright
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: The Punisher: One Last Kill With Mic Wright
Mic joins me for a chat about Frank Castle going for a stroll around the block only with more hooting in The Punisher: One Last Kill.

The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – Anything Of The Daleks
The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – “Anything Of The Daleks”
Watch with Jim Sangster on Mr. Benn, Richard Littler on The Magic Ball, Andy Miller on Jackanory, Rae Earl on Camberwick Green and Tim Worthington on The Banana Splits.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Eyes Of Wakanda With Al Kennedy
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Eyes Of Wakanda With Al Kennedy
Al joins me for a chat about the Hatut Zeraze very gradually recovering a very small quantity of Vibranium in Eyes Of Wakanda.

New Features

Return Of The Revenge Of TV That Time Forgot
Return Of The Revenge Of TV That Time Forgot
An assortment of programmes - though not including The Computer Programme - that have fallen off the edge of the Radio Times listings.

The Satirical Panther
The Satirical Panther
How do you prop up TV Comic's ailing fortunes in the age of home video and Kajagoogoo? By getting The Pink Panther to do topical satire, apparently.

Buckley At The Beeb
Buckley At The Beeb
What actually went on during Tim Buckley's long-lost and surprisingly numerous BBC television and radio appearances?

Britcom Goes To The Movies: The Young Poisoner's Handbook

Britcom Goes To The Movies: The Young Poisoner's Handbook
I join Guy Walker and Rob Heath for a look at twistedly comic mid-nineties horror movie that has since effectively disappeared The Young Poisoner's Handbook - listen to it here.

The DNA Of Doctor Who: The Graham Williams Years

The DNA Of Doctor Who: The Graham Williams Years

A new book about Doctor Who in the late seventies, including a chapter by me on the impact that Star Wars had on the then-struggling show. Find out more here.

Shatter – Original Soundtrack Selections

Shatter – Original Soundtrack Selections

Hammer's great lost funked-out soundtrack - available at last. Includes sleevenotes from me on the background to the Shatter score. Find out more 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.

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.

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.

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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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Looks Unfamiliar: Bibi Lynch - I'd Go Out Looking Like An Extreme Adam Ant
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It's Good, Except It Sucks: The Punisher: One Last Kill With Mic Wright
Looks Unfamiliar: Bob Fischer - The Thinking Man's Custard Pie
The Golden Age Of Children's TV
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It's Still A Police Box, Why Hasn't It Changed? Part Three: Su-Su-Su-Subotksy!
It's Still A Police Box, Why Hasn't It Changed? Part Four: Last Train To Trantis/Sentreal

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Top Of The Box by Tim Worthington

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