Tim Worthington

Tim Worthington

Writer. Occasional Broadcaster. TV's 'Clangers Expert'.

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David Cain of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop writes to The Listener to correct them on something...
June 3, 2019 Tim Worthington

Round The Archives: The Larks Ascending

Blue Jam.
May 22, 2019May 22, 2019 Tim Worthington

E Arth Welcome… In Blue Jam

Armando Iannucci, Stewart Lee, Richard Herring and Rebecca Front in Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World.
April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 Tim Worthington

Come With Me Now, Into The Swirling Mists Of Human Inadequacy…

April 6, 2019April 17, 2019 Tim Worthington

The Larks Ascending

Why Bother? by Chris Morris and Peter Cook, as discussed by Tim Worthington and Garreth F. Hirons in Looks Unfamiliar.
April 6, 2019April 17, 2019 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar The Larks Ascending Extra: “You Can’t Exactly Wash The Dishes To You Suffer By Napalm Death”

The Mary Whitehouse Experience - Hugh Dennis, David Baddiel, Steve Punt and Rob Newman - on Comic Relief Day in 1991.
March 15, 2019April 22, 2019 Tim Worthington

It’s Time For… It’s Time For… Comic Relief!

Blue Jam.
January 30, 2019March 13, 2019 Tim Worthington

Amongst Them Trevor The Sheep

Popular Features

Opening Theme, Two Bands Of Incidental Music And Closing Theme
Welcome To Looks Unfamiliar!
Looks Unfamiliar #26: Martin Belam - It's Not Funny Having A Piano Fall On Your Head If Someone's Just Drawn It
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Looks Unfamiliar #34: Justin Lewis - It Sounds Like Regional Sweep
If You're Feeling Happy, Tap Your Feet
Looks Unfamiliar #40: Andy Lewis - It Was As Though Someone Had Phoned Through A Description Of What Coke Tasted Like
Looks Unfamiliar #25: Tim Worthington - People Don't Really Go On About Psychedelic Blue Peter

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Latest Podcast

Looks Unfamiliar #42: Bob Fischer - False Flag Giant Hogweed
Broadcaster Bob Fischer on The Tom O'Connor Roadshow, How To Be A Wally, Can't Get A Ticket (To The World Cup) by Peter Dean and more. Listen to it here.


New Features

The TV That Time Forgot: Rubovia
A look at the series that came after Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley that almost nobody remembers.

Just What Is It That You Want To Do?
A look at how, just when the odds were stacked against them, Primal Scream came up with Loaded.

And If You Want Me, You Can Find Me Ironing My Shirt
A look at Grace Petrie's latest album Queer As Folk.

BWAMmM it’s ZOKKO!
The story of BBC1's head-hurting psychedelic sci-fi Saturday Morning show Zokko!.

E Arth Welcome... In Blue Jam
The story behind Chris Morris' late-night night comedy nightmare.

You've Got To Fight For What You Want
The story of The Flashing Blade, the dubbed imported serial that the BBC never quite got round to showing in full.


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You can currently get The Larks Ascending with 10% off in paperback (Code LULU10) from here.


Round The Archives



Hear me talking to Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge about The Larks Ascending and comedy on BBC Radio 3 here.


Tape Over This And I Will Thump You



A C90's worth of songs I originally discovered through Compilation Tapes, featuring Tim Buckley, France Gall, The Free Design, Traffic and more. Hear it here.


From The Archive


If You're Feeling Happy, Tap Your Feet
So many commercially released versions of the Play Away theme, and none of them quite what you heard on screen...

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