Tim Worthington

Tim Worthington

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

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June 18, 2020November 10, 2020 Tim Worthington

You Belong In Rock’n’Roll

The Mary Whitehouse Experience - Hugh Dennis, David Baddiel, Steve Punt and Rob Newman - on Comic Relief Day in 1991.
March 15, 2019November 10, 2020 Tim Worthington

It’s Time For… It’s Time For… Comic Relief!

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The Books I Couldn't Help Thinking About
Doctor Who Magazine #558
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All Its Wonder To Know
Looks Unfamiliar #72: Sophie Davies - We Can Blame Biggins For Everything Now
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Looks Unfamiliar #71: Will Maclean - The Radio Telescope End Of Hauntology
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You Shall Have It Under Your Hand Today
It's Good, Except It Sucks: Doctor Strange

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Latest Podcasts

Looks Unfamiliar #72: Sophie Davies – We Can Blame Biggins For Everything Now
Sophie Davies on AD/BC: A Rock Opera, *allSTARS, InseKtorS, The All Star Impressions Show and more.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Avengers: Infinity War (Part Two)
 Martin Ruddock joins Tim to talk about how Thanos giving The Avengers the ultimate half price concession.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
 David Smith joins Tim to talk about how many Peter Parkers it’s possible to get in the same place at the same time (especially if some of them are women).

Looks Unfamiliar #71: Will Maclean – The Radio Telescope End Of Hauntology
Will Maclean on the Zegazoid Chew Bar, The Song And The Story, Look And Read: The King’s Dragon, The Fourth Pan Book Of Horror Stories, The Weekend Book Of Ghosts And Horror, Photographs Of The Unknown and more.

Looks Unfamiliar #70: Catrin Lowe – A Comedy Panorama Report Meets A Superhero Film
Catrin Lowe on Singing In The Band, Chef!, Heartthrob, Good Health, BBC2’s The Marriage Of Figaro, Vanilla and more.


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Stay Alert!
Across the stars it's on its way... the story of sci-fi puzzle show Captain Zep - Space Detective.

The Road To Rawlinson End
English as tuppence, changing yet changeless as canal water... but did the saga of Rawlinson End start with Viv Stanshall's unsuccessful hard rock band biG GRunt?


Book Offer



You can currently get Can't Help Thinking About Me with 30% off in paperback (Code BFCM30) from here.


Not All The Albums Again



I've written the sleevenotes for a box set of the Not The Nine O'Clock News albums. Find out more here.


Album To Album: Holy Holy



I have a chat with Arsalan Mohammad about David Bowie's 'lost' 1971 single Holy Holy. You can listen to it here.


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.
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