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Doctor Who And The Rosa

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Amongst Them Trevor The Sheep

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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

Looks Unfamiliar: Tom Williamson – You Stick Them In And They Go FH-DNK
Looks Unfamiliar: Tom Williamson – You Stick Them In And They Go FH-DNK
Tom joins me for a chat about Going For Gold, Duel by Propaganda, the Mr. Blobby VHS, The Adam And Joe Show and more.

The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: The Dublin Gang – Infinity War
The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: The Dublin Gang – Infinity War
Mitch Benn on Channel 4's pre-launch trailers, Ricardo Autobahn on Roadmaker, Donna Rees on The Rise And Rise Of Michael Rimmer, Paul Whitelaw on The Secret Vampire Soundtrack EP by Bis, Ste Brotherstone on TV Tops, Adam S. Leslie on Mystery Train and more.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Wonder Man With Tim Worthington
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Wonder Man With Tim Worthington
Tim joins David Smith for a chat about Simon Williams possibly taking the idea of ‘playing’ Wonder Man on the playground a little too far in Wonder Man.

New Features

It’s Still A Police Box, Why Hasn’t It Changed? Part Twenty One – Deva Loka Is A Female Version Of A Hustla
It’s Still A Police Box, Why Hasn’t It Changed? Part Twenty One – Deva Loka Is A Female Version Of A Hustla
It's 1982, and Peter Davison is the first new Doctor Who in almost a decade - and he's in a timeslot where not everyone can actually see him...

Delegation’s What You Need, If You Wanna Have A Twelve-Part-Epic-Inspirin’ Blue-Peter-Episode-Stealin’ Tarranium-Core-To-Mavic-Chen-Handin’ Merry-Christmas-To-All-Of-You-At-Home-Wishin’ Time Destructor, Mmmmmm!
Delegation’s What You Need, If You Wanna Have A Twelve-Part-Epic-Inspirin’ Blue-Peter-Episode-Stealin’ Tarranium-Core-To-Mavic-Chen-Handin’ Merry-Christmas-To-All-Of-You-At-Home-Wishin’ Time Destructor, Mmmmmm!
To celebrate the return of two episodes of Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan, here's a look I took at the story a very long time ago...

Through The Square Window: Milly, Modesty And First Band On The Moon
Through The Square Window: Milly, Modesty And First Band On The Moon
A shared house's worth of highlights from the archives including thoughts on The Cardigans, This Life and Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth, Paul Cornell on Looks Unfamiliar, and some sixties pop singles being played at six in the morning...

From The Archive

Looks Unfamiliar: Paul Kirkley – The Most Memorable Movie Ferret Sacrifice Ever
Looks Unfamiliar: Paul Kirkley – The Most Memorable Movie Ferret Sacrifice Ever
Paul joins me for a chat about The Kids From Fame Again, The Saturday Picture Show, the The A-Team novels, the Adam Ant comic strip, Del Amitri's first album and more.

Completing The Circle

Completing The Circle
My book about the making of Children Of The Stones and other spooky seventies ITV children's serials is now available again from 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.

Journey To The Unknown

Journey To The Unknown
Join me for a nerve-jangling selection of little-heard spooky pop discs from the sixties here.

Goon Pod: Pickwick

Goon Pod: Pickwick
A chat with Tyler Adams about Harry Secombe's acclaimed turn in the sixties-dominating Charles Dickens-inspired stage musical smash Pickwick - listen to it here.

Wolfshead

Wolfshead

Hammer's great lost Robin Hood television pilot comes to Bluray - and decent picture quality - at last. Find out more here.

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New reviews, obscurities from the archives, nonsense about old newspaper ads, exclusive audio and commentaries and much more besides. Find out more here!

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Looks Unfamiliar: Paul Abbott - Don't Make A Puppy A Stage Manager
That Was This Life That Was
Looks Unfamiliar: Katy Brent - I've Never Been Though Because Spiders
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I'm Just Gonna Keep On Waiting Underneath The Mistletoe

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Fun At One by Tim Worthington

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  • Delegation’s What You Need, If You Wanna Have A Twelve-Part-Epic-Inspirin’ Blue-Peter-Episode-Stealin’ Tarranium-Core-To-Mavic-Chen-Handin’ Merry-Christmas-To-All-Of-You-At-Home-Wishin’ Time Destructor, Mmmmmm!
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