Tim Worthington

Tim Worthington

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

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September 19, 2020 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar #68: Mic Wright – A Very Fall Type Sweet

Popular Features

Looks Unfamiliar Halloween Extra: "Last Play School House On The Left"
All Dead, But Still Alive
Looks Unfamiliar
E Arth Welcome... In Blue Jam
Hits 5 Revisited
It's An S Pod Thing!: S Club 7 - Back To The '50s
It's Good, Except It Sucks: Black Panther
The Books I Couldn't Help Thinking About
Christmas Time In London Town
Looks Unfamiliar #62: Gabby Hutchinson Crouch - He Was Condemned For Being A Time Yewtree

Tim Worthington’s Newsround

Latest Podcasts

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.

Looks Unfamiliar #69: Mitch Benn – Thunderbird One Is Blue You Weirdo
Mitch Benn on 54321, the Logan's Run TV series, Matchbox Zoomy Balloonies, Atomic Man and Bullet Man, King Swamp, fifties nostalgia in the seventies and more.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Ant-Man And The Wasp
 Phil Catterall joins Tim to chat about Scott and Hope’s unfortunate tendency to change size in the heat of passionate moments.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Cloak And Dagger
 Ben Baker joins Tim to talk about Tandy and Ty healing the streets of New Orleans by shoplifting some Dr. Pepper.

The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar #11: This Car Has Abilities Beyond The Capabilities Of An Ordinary Car
 Highlights from Looks Unfamiliar featuring Justin Lewis, Jane Hill, Gabby Hutchinson Crouch, Carrie Dunn , Tom Williamson and Bob Fischer.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Avengers: Infinity War (Part One)
 Martin Ruddock joins Tim to talk about about Iron Man, Spider-Man and Doctor Strange re-enacting Three Men In A Boat in space.


New Features

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?

The Dance Floor Monsters That We’re All Getting Down To Right Now
A long time ago, I won a competition in Smash Hits - but I'm not quite sure how I won it and why...

Hits 5 Revisited
A look back at the late 1986 compilation of thirty two recent mid-chart hits, Hits 5.


Book Offer



You can currently get Well At Least It's Free with 10% off in paperback (Code SPOOKY10) 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.


It’s An S Pod Thing!: S Club 7 – Back To The ’50s



I have a chat with Sophie Davies about S Club 7's ludicrous time travel-themed TV Movie. 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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