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

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April 13, 2025February 23, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Donna Rees – As Soon As The Ink Was Dry On The Script It Was Out Of Date

April 10, 2025March 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

Dead Ink Books In Conversation: The Golden Age Of Children’s TV

April 8, 2025November 24, 2025 Tim Worthington

Through The Square Window: Bookshelves, Bowie And Queen Caroline

April 1, 2025April 24, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Georgy Jamieson – Pot Noodle With A Top Hat And A Monocle

March 28, 2025September 10, 2025 Tim Worthington

Shatter

March 27, 2025October 3, 2025 Tim Worthington

The Way Back

March 18, 2025March 8, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Mark Thompson – I’m Almost Certain No Battle Elves Appeared In This

BBC Test Card F, as seen on BBC2.
March 18, 2025September 13, 2025 Tim Worthington

Now We Return You To The Test Card, And Some Music…

March 17, 2025March 2, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Madame Web With James Cooray Smith

March 4, 2025October 20, 2025 Tim Worthington

The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – “The Grasshopper That Barely Moved”

March 2, 2025April 28, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man 3 With Garry Abbott

February 21, 2025November 12, 2025 Tim Worthington

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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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Buckley At The Beeb
Buckley At The Beeb
What actually went on during Tim Buckley's long-lost and surprisingly numerous BBC television and radio appearances?

Through The Square Window: Villa Rosie, Humphrey Plugg And The Half-Open University
Through The Square Window: Villa Rosie, Humphrey Plugg And The Half-Open University
Tune in for more highlights from the archives featuring Scott Walker, Blur, Peter Cook, Chris Morris and a book about comedy on BBC Radio 3. Oh and plenty of insulting of Enoch Powell.

It’s Still A Police Box, Why Hasn’t It Changed? Part Twenty Two – When You Feel Your Body Shake, Snakedance Snakedance, Then You Know You’ve Got The Break
It’s Still A Police Box, Why Hasn’t It Changed? Part Twenty One – When You Feel Your Body Shake, Snakedance Snakedance, Then You Know You’ve Got The Break
It's 1983, and Doctor Who is celebrating twenty years on air. But you really, really wouldn't know it.

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.

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.

ALFsplaining: Teatime Without ALF

ALFsplaining: Teatime Without ALF
I join Ben Baker and John Matthews for another look at some of the flimsy imports that ITV regions used to pad out Saturday afternoons with when they couldn't be bothered showing ALF - listen to it here.

Vintage Rock Presents: The Rolling Stones – The Complete Albums Guide

Vintage Rock Presents: The Rolling Stones – The Complete Albums Guide

Including features by me on Performance, The Rolling Stones' early television appearances and more. 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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Shatter - Original Soundtrack Selections
That Was This Life That Was
Looks Unfamiliar: Ste Brotherstone - A Third Person Videogame With Colin Bennett
I Can Hear That Sound Again
The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: It Was Very Rare To See Something Like A Chocolate Biscuit Acknowledged By Children's Television
Through The Square Window: Moonshine, Madeleine And Oink
Buckley At The Beeb
It's Still A Police Box, Why Hasn't It Changed? Part Eighteen - Erato, Erato, Put Your Hands All Over My Body
Andy Pandy's Coming To Play!
Goon Pod: Pickwick

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The Larks Ascending by Tim Worthington

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