Tim Worthington

Tim Worthington

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

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Radio Times illustration for Orbiter X (BBC Light Programme, 1959).
May 8, 2020May 19, 2020 Tim Worthington

Orbiter X

Tim Worthington and Andy Lewis on Soho Radio.
March 16, 2020 Tim Worthington

Soho Radio: Andy Lewis 22/02/2020

BBC Third Programme.
November 27, 2019September 10, 2020 Tim Worthington

Rule Of Third

Dai-X from Star Fleet (Fuji TV, 1980).
October 23, 2019September 2, 2020 Tim Worthington

The Sci-Fi That Time Forgot

Radio Times preview for Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 - Air Lock (BBC1, 1965).
September 25, 2019August 9, 2020 Tim Worthington

Drahvin Saturday

The Psychedelic Spy (BBC Radio 4, 1990)
June 20, 2019February 26, 2020 Tim Worthington

Twelve Radio Programmes That Need To Be Given A Proper Release

Blue Jam.
May 22, 2019February 20, 2020 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, 2019August 14, 2020 Tim Worthington

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

The Larks Ascending - a guide to comedy on BBC Radio 3 by Tim Worthington.
April 6, 2019February 11, 2020 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, 2019August 31, 2020 Tim Worthington

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

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It's Number Two Hundred, It's Top Of The Pops!
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Doctor Who And Sky Ray
Great Lost Synth Sounds Of The Eighties
Looks Unfamiliar #9: Martin Ruddock - I Made A Plasticine Harold Macmillan
The Greatest Hits Of Outer Space!
It's Good, Except It Sucks: The Incredible Hulk
Looks Unfamiliar #25: Tim Worthington - People Don't Really Go On About Psychedelic Blue Peter
It's Good, Except It Sucks: Black Panther

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It's Good, Except It Sucks: Black Panther
Anna Cale joins Tim to talk about Peter Parker taking dating tips from a voice inside a costume. Listen to it here.

Looks Unfamiliar #68: Mic Wright – A Very Fall Type Sweet
Mic Wright on The Adventures Of Pete And Pete, Emergency by 999, Rock On by David Essex, Army And Navy Sweets Thunderbirds comic, a certain murky playground rumour and more. Listen to it here.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Thor: The Punisher
Mic Wright joins Tim to talk about about Frank Castle taking out the corrupt in authority and knocking over a few bins along the way. Listen to it here.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Thor: Ragnarok
Garreth Hirons joins Tim to talk about about the galaxy’s most gambled on game of rock paper scissors. Listen to it here.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Inhumans
Phil Catterall joins Tim to talk about about that stupid dog and that drippy girl doing absolutely nothing whatsoever. Listen to it here.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: The Defenders
Tim joins Garreth Hirons to talk about about Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones and Daredevil protecting some dragon bones by punching buildings really bloody hard. Listen to it here.

Looks Unfamiliar #67: Mark Thompson – It Ended Up Underneath The Leg Of A Chair
Mark Thompson on V: The Series, The Mad Death, The Giftie, The Different Story (World Of Lust And Crime) by Peter Schilling and more. Listen to it here.


New Features

Ho Ho, Very Satirical...
Who should satire be aimed at, and why... and is it ever genuinely 'biased'?

That's Motivation
The Absolute Beginners soundtrack is even more overlooked than the movie itself - and it's about time that changed...

We're All Gonna Rock To The Rules That I Make
How can you discuss Glam Rock when you're not supposed to discuss some of the key participants?


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You can currently get Higher Than The Sun with 15% off in paperback (Code READ15) from here.


Not All The Albums Again



I've written the sleevenotes for a box set of the Not The Nine O'Clock News albums. Find out more here.


It’s An S Pod Thing!: S Club 7 – Back To The ’50s



I have a chat with Sophie Davies about S Club 7's ludicrous time travel-themed TV Movie. You can listen to it here.


Go Down Record Huntin’ (In Charity Shops)



A deep dive into that mouldy box of records in your local charity shop with some of my best, worst and just plain weirdest finds - and stories to match... hear it here.


From The Archive


Looks Unfamiliar #26: Martin Belam – It’s Not Funny Having A Piano Fall On Your Head If Someone’s Just Drawn It
The Laurel And Hardy cartoon, Top Of The Pops censorship, a missing scene from Flash Gordon and more...
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