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My 70s TV Childhood: The Sunday Gang

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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.

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Wake Up, Be Bright, Be Golden And Light
Wake Up, Be Bright, Be Golden And Light
Once upon a time, not so long ago, there was a programme and its name was Bagpuss...

Through The Square Window: The Dorris, Dayv And The Original Peter
Through The Square Window: The Dorris, Dayv And The Original Peter
Why don't you just switch off your television set and read about some mundane old cultural ephemera and listen to Paul Abbott on Looks Unfamiliar instead?

Through The Square Window: Beach Boys, Bad Wolf And Balloonist Benn
Through The Square Window: Beach Boys, Bad Wolf And Balloonist Benn
It was a hot afternoon, on the last day of June, and the archives were full of Mr. Benn, Now That's What I Call Music!, Melanie Williams on Looks Unfamiliar and more...

Latest Podcasts

Looks Unfamiliar: Mitch Benn – Sam Raimiesque CD-Vision
Looks Unfamiliar: Mitch Benn – Sam Raimiesque CD-Vision
Mitch joins me for a chat about Hippies, Rock Around The Clock by Telex, Dark Angel, Star Wars And Other Galactic Funk and more.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Avengers: Endgame Encore With Paul Abbott
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Avengers: Endgame Encore With Paul Abbott
Paul joins me for a chat about Peggy Carter mumbling behind a glass door only this time it’s in ‘InfinityVision’ in Avengers: Endgame Encore.

Looks Unfamiliar: Nina Buckley – Egon Is In Everything Forever More
Looks Unfamiliar: Nina Buckley – Egon Is In Everything Forever More
Nina joins me for a chat about Colin's Sandwich, Baby Boom, Hinge And Bracket and more.

Doctor Who 70-79

Doctor Who 70-79

Includes a chapter by me on Doctor Who's unexpected moment of mass popularity over the summer of 1979. Find out more here.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Countdown To Avengers: Doomsday

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Countdown To Avengers: Doomsday
Looking for a quicker - and only moderately more sarcastic - way of getting caught up on Marvel's watch list ahead of Avengers: Doomsday? You'll find one here.

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter – Original Soundtrack Selections

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter – Original Soundtrack Selections

Laurie Johnson's great lost soundtrack for Hammer's original Vampire Slayer - available at last! Includes sleevenotes from me on the background to the Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter score. Find out more here.

So Disappointed: Whatever Happened To The Future?

So Disappointed: Whatever Happened To The Future?
I join Paul Whitelaw and Wendy Jordan for a look at why The BBC's science magazine show Tomorrow's World never quite delivered on what it promised, but not in the way we might have expected - listen to it 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.

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