Tim Worthington

Tim Worthington

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

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Tony Wilson.
April 2, 2019April 3, 2019 Tim Worthington

Manchester

The Wacky Races Annual 1970, as discussed by Ben Baker and Phil Catterall in Looks Unfamiliar.
April 1, 2019 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar Don’t Let’s Chart Extra: “Dust On Edge”

Damon Albarn in the promo video for For Tomorrow by Blur.
March 29, 2019March 29, 2019 Tim Worthington

London’s So Nice Back In Your Seamless Rhymes

Scott 4 by Scott Walker.
March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 Tim Worthington

Things Aren’t So Bad, They’re Just More Wrong Than Right

March 25, 2019April 3, 2019 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar #39: Paul Putner – There’s No Drill Version Of The Theme To Hunted

Some Compilation Tapes.
March 17, 2019April 17, 2019 Tim Worthington

Tim Worthington Presents… Tape Over This And I Will Thump You

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!

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All We Do Is Stand Around
Claws And FX
Looks Unfamiliar #22: James Gent - A Cross Between The Prisoner And Test Match Special
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Food Processors Are Great!
Looks Unfamiliar #40: Andy Lewis - It Was As Though Someone Had Phoned Through A Description Of What Coke Tasted Like
Looks Unfamiliar #36: Paul Cornell - You Don't Want A Less Powerful Mantra For Frippery Astral Travel
All Its Wonder To Know

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Looks Unfamiliar #40: Andy Lewis - It Was As Though Someone Had Phoned Through A Description Of What Coke Tasted Like
Musician Andy Lewis on The Aeronauts, The Secret Of Steel City, Vintage Anti-Enoch Powell Graffiti and more. Listen to it here.


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All We Do Is Stand Around
Are episodes Two to Four of the Doctor Who story The Space Museum as dull as everyone seems to think?

Manchester
Why we should all try to be a little more like Tony Wilson.

London's So Nice Back In Your Seamless Rhymes
Why are the two 'different' versions of For Tomorrow by Blur almost exactly identical?

Things Aren't So Bad, They're Just More Wrong Than Right
Why do people insist on treating Scott Walker as a deep existential genius when a lot of his music was quite, well, funny?


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


Doctor Who Magazine #537



I'm in the new issue of Doctor Who Magazine looking at some new soundtrack releases on vinyl. Find out more here.


Round The Archives



Hear me talking to Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge about the last ever episode of the Trumptonshire saga 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



Looks Unfamiliar #14: Samira Ahmed
Saturday Banana, Mary Quant's Havoc, The Changes and more. Hear it here

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