Tim Worthington

Tim Worthington

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

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Tag: 1986

October 14, 2020November 10, 2020 Tim Worthington

The Dance Floor Monsters That We’re All Getting Down To Right Now

September 30, 2020November 10, 2020 Tim Worthington

Hits 5 Revisited

August 15, 2020April 3, 2021 Tim Worthington

That’s Motivation

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 543, including an interview with The Trial Of A Time Lord musician Richard Hartley by Tim Worthington.
April 29, 2020November 10, 2020 Tim Worthington

Doctor Who Magazine: Let’s Do The Mindwarp Again

Karen Gillan as Amy Pond in Doctor Who - The Wedding Of River Song (BBC1, 2011).
December 1, 2019December 10, 2020 Tim Worthington

Dear Father Christmas, I Would Like The Following (In 1986)

Girls On Top (ITV/Central, 1985-86).
November 21, 2019March 11, 2021 Tim Worthington

Thanks For Dropping By

Cover of Now - The Summer Album (EMI/Virgin, 1986).
July 23, 2019March 29, 2021 Tim Worthington

You Can’t Imagine Summer Without It

July 18, 2018May 30, 2021 Tim Worthington

Betamax Double-Bill: Morons From Outer Space And Absolute Beginners

Popular Features

Come On And Love Me Now
Looks Unfamiliar: Joanne Sheppard - It'd Be Like Taking A Bungalow For A Walk
Hallo My Dalek! - Doctor Who Chronicles: 1975
Wrapped Up In Books
Looks Unfamiliar: Vikki Gregorich And Jeff Lewis - No It's Just A Radio That's Been Left On
Funny Ha Ha And Funny Peculiar
Looks Unfamiliar: Mark Thompson - Libby's Difficult Second Carton Drink
Can We Hear It Back Now?
Looks Unfamiliar
Listen With Hamble

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Latest Podcasts

Looks Unfamiliar with Joanne Sheppard Looks Unfamiliar: Joanne Sheppard - It'd Be Like Taking A Bungalow For A Walk
Joanne Sheppard joins me for a chat about The December Rose, Timbuctoo, KP Wickers, Major Morgan The Electronic Organ, Brontosaurus, Will You Wait For Me? by David Bellamy, The Enchanted Castle and more.

It's Good, Except It Sucks: The Falcon And The Winter Soldier with Stephen O'Brien It's Good, Except It Sucks: The Falcon And The Winter Soldier
Stephen O'Brien joins Tim for a chat about Baron Zemo saying it before and saying it again dance while the record spins in The Falcon And The Winter Soldier.

The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: The Acceptable Mike Reid
Highlights from Looks Unfamiliar featuring Mitch Benn, Catrin Lowe, Mic Wright, Darrell Maclaine, Mark Thompson, Will Maclean, Stephen O'Brien, Sophie Davies and more.


New Features

The Camberwick Green Music Box Wound Up And Ready To Play
You probably saw the first episode of Camberwick Green dozens of times - but why was it different to what viewers saw in 1966?

Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd performing Astronomy Domine on The Look Of The Week (BBC, 1967) That Sight, Those Sounds...
When critics started to take pop music seriously in the mid-sixties, Pink Floyd and The Jimi Hendrix Experience began to turn up on television in some very unlikely places...

Bitter Sweet Symphony Let The Melody Shine, Let It Cleanse My Mind
Sometimes, a song is so powerful that it transcends what you think of an artist - and that's exactly what Bitter Sweet Symphony did.


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Not On Your Telly by Tim Worthington

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Doctor Who Chronicles: 1975

Doctor Who Chronicles: 1975

Includes a feature by me on various Doctor Who spoofs and sendups including Basil Brush, Spike Milligan, Crackerjack, Disney Time and more. Find out more here.


Vintage Rock Presents The Beach Boys

Vintage Rock Presents The Beach Boys

I've written a feature on The Beach Boys' legendary unreleased album SMiLE - and lots more besides - for this bookazine celebrating their career. Find out more here.


My 70's TV Childhood - Pinocchio

The BBC Pinocchio (1978)

I have a chat with Oliver Colling about the BBC’s terrifying art-nouveau re-imagining late seventies adaptation of Pinocchio, with absolutely no comedy crickets or wishing upon a star, but plenty of screeching splintery puppets. You can listen to it here.


Go Down Record Huntin’ (In Charity Shops)

Go Down Record Huntin' In Charity Shops

A deep dive into that mouldy box of records in your local charity shop with some of my best, worst and just plain weirdest finds - and stories to match... hear it here.


From The Archive

Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. It's Good, Except It Sucks: Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Part Three)

David Smith joins Tim for a chat about Phil Coulson's time-hopping genre-switching alternate reality-bending mission to stop history being entirely rewritten by aliens with access to TV Tropes.
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