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November 18, 2018February 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Mark Thompson – Libby’s Difficult Second Carton Drink

November 14, 2018May 14, 2026 Tim Worthington

And You And I Would Call Them Dragonflies

October 29, 2018February 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: John Rain – They Probably Made Mick Fleetwood And Samantha Fox Look Like The Hitman And Her

October 25, 2018September 23, 2024 Tim Worthington

Dr. Pod

October 2, 2018May 6, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Phil Norman – Salvador Dali’s Scalextric Set

September 26, 2018May 5, 2025 Tim Worthington

It’s Not Hard To Find, You’ve Got It In Your Mind

September 20, 2018May 10, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Jenny Morrill – I Just Get Pictures Of Actual Boots

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The Books I Couldn’t Help Thinking About

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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.

New Features

Through The Square Window: Lionel Nimrod, Boss Cat And The Morok Messenger
Through The Square Window: Lionel Nimrod, Boss Cat And The Morok Messenger
In this week's Radio Times - Doctor Who, The Monkees, Belle And Sebastian, Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World and Jailhouse Rock. Not THAT Belle And Sebastian. But also them too.

They've Been Taken Back To The Wilderness
They've Been Taken Back To The Wilderness
Doctor Who has been cancelled... so what happens next?

Return Of The Revenge Of TV That Time Forgot
Return Of The Revenge Of TV That Time Forgot
An assortment of programmes - though not including The Computer Programme - that have fallen off the edge of the Radio Times listings.

Latest Podcasts

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: The Punisher: One Last Kill With Mic Wright
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: The Punisher: One Last Kill With Mic Wright
Mic joins me for a chat about Frank Castle going for a stroll around the block only with more hooting in The Punisher: One Last Kill.

The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – Anything Of The Daleks
The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – “Anything Of The Daleks”
Watch with Jim Sangster on Mr. Benn, Richard Littler on The Magic Ball, Andy Miller on Jackanory, Rae Earl on Camberwick Green and Tim Worthington on The Banana Splits.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Eyes Of Wakanda With Al Kennedy
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Eyes Of Wakanda With Al Kennedy
Al joins me for a chat about the Hatut Zeraze very gradually recovering a very small quantity of Vibranium in Eyes Of Wakanda.

Britcom Goes To The Movies: The Young Poisoner's Handbook

Britcom Goes To The Movies: The Young Poisoner's Handbook
I join Guy Walker and Rob Heath for a look at twistedly comic mid-nineties horror movie that has since effectively disappeared The Young Poisoner's Handbook - listen to it here.

The DNA Of Doctor Who: The Graham Williams Years

The DNA Of Doctor Who: The Graham Williams Years

A new book about Doctor Who in the late seventies, including a chapter by me on the impact that Star Wars had on the then-struggling show. Find out more here.

Shatter – Original Soundtrack Selections

Shatter – Original Soundtrack Selections

Hammer's great lost funked-out soundtrack - available at last. Includes sleevenotes from me on the background to the Shatter score. Find out more 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.

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.

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.

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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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Through The Square Window: Lionel Nimrod, Boss Cat And The Morok Messenger
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It's Good, Except It Sucks: Venom: Let There Be Carnage With Garreth Hirons
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It's Good, Except It Sucks: Werewolf By Night With Vikki Gregorich
Late Night Line-Up: "Isn't It Hot?", Said Florence
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