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October 31, 2024July 21, 2026 Tim Worthington

The Looks Unfamiliar Horror Bag: Steve Berry – Frankenstein’s Monster Ice Lolly Face Disappears When Ice Lolly Removed From Packet

October 31, 2024July 19, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Fantastic Four With Garry Abbott

October 24, 2024March 15, 2026 Tim Worthington

The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – “BBC Controlled Anarchy”

October 23, 2024July 19, 2026 Tim Worthington

The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: The Wheatmeal Man Came Round Every Thursday Week

October 21, 2024April 29, 2026 Tim Worthington

ALFsplaining: Prime Time

October 8, 2024October 12, 2025 Tim Worthington

The Golden Age Of Children’s TV

October 1, 2024May 8, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Donna Rees – Michael Palin Is Almost Like A Suit

September 26, 2024July 19, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Black Widow With Miriam Kent

September 24, 2024August 29, 2025 Tim Worthington

Through The Square Window: Jazz, Jackanory And Nailbrush

September 13, 2024October 21, 2025 Tim Worthington

Kick Out The Style, Bring Back The Jam

September 7, 2024April 7, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Danny Kodicek – The Bergerac-Pullover Crossover

August 24, 2024July 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Still A Police Box, Why Hasn’t It Changed? Part Fifteen: Borusa, Borusa, Borusa Ja Ja

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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: 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.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: X-Men '97 With Mic Wright
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: X-Men '97 With Mic Wright
Mic joins me for a chat about Jean Grey battling to save a timeline where The Young Person’s Guide To Becoming A Rock Star hasn’t happened yet in X-Men '97.

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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...

Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour!
Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour!
Stand By For Action - it's the story of the Supermarionation-powered adventures of the World Aquanaut Security Patrol... we are about to launch - Stingray!

It’s Still A Police Box, Why Hasn’t It Changed? Part Twenty Four – Salateen, Look At You Now
It’s Still A Police Box, Why Hasn’t It Changed? Part Twenty Four – Salateen, Look At You Now
It's 1984, and for Doctor Who it's a year of two Doctors - and they're starting to look at risk of outnumbering the viewers...

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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A Ghost Story For Christmas (For Children)
Up Above The Streets And Houses
Looks Unfamiliar: Ben Baker - Just Cross That Four Out And Put A Five In
The Nightmares Before (And After) Christmas
There Was A Gentleman From Way Up North, And Kije Was His Name
The Ten Most Non-Canonical Non-Canonical Cartoon Characters
It's Good, Except It Sucks: Deadpool And Wolverine With Gabby Hutchinson Crouch
The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: I Never Thought I'd Think Tom Baker Was Going On Too Much
Batman: Still Any Good?

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