Tim Worthington

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

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Category: Sociocultural Ponderings

Richard Herring in Punk's Not Dead (1996).

August 7, 2019 Tim Worthington

Pining For The Punk Fjords

Michael Caine tries to retrieve the gold at the end of The Italian Job (1969).

July 20, 2019July 25, 2019 Tim Worthington

Hang On A Minute Lads, I’ve Got A Great Idea…

Sylvia Anderson with Space Doctor Venus from Fireball XL5.

December 28, 2018August 16, 2019 Tim Worthington

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Latest Podcast

Looks Unfamiliar #46: Paul Abbott – So I Started Writing Stories About Gobots Instead
Musician Paul Abbott on The Compleat Beatles, Rock Lords: Narlies, Crab E. Crab, The Commodore Plus/4 and more. Listen to it here.

New Features

The Original Peter
BBC2's 1970 Arts-Jazz happening is here to blow your mind and get stuck in your head.

A Funny Old Game
Is Nintendo World Cup 1990 the most dated computer game ever - on every imaginable level?

Pining For The Punk Fjords
A look back at the lost are of post-punk railway station graffiti.

Time Will Crawl
During the school Summer Holidays, the BBC would sometimes show programmes so boring that time actually stood still...

This, He Thought, Is How The Clouds Must Feel
Why isn't the Balloon Race music from Mr. Benn available? Well, actually, it sort of is...

Party To 18 Of The Hottest Summer Hits
A look at 1990's Summer Chart Party, not only one of the worst compilations ever but also in no way connected to 'Summer'.

You Can't Imagine Summer Without It
A look at 1986's long-forgotten Now That's What I Call Music! spinoff, Now - The Summer Album.

Hang On A Minute Lads, I've Got A Great Idea...
Some thoughts on how to do an ending properly. Whether for a film, a television programme or a Teletext service...

Book Offer

You can currently get The Larks Ascending with 15% off in paperback (Code ONEFIVE) from here.

Don't Let's Chart

I make a guest appearance on the latest edition of Don't Let's Chart With Ben And Phil counting down... well, it's a bit hard to explain really... listen to it 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

It's Not Hard To Find, You've To It In Your Mind
How many great songs did The Goodies record while nobody was looking?

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