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Tim Worthington

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

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April 28, 2025October 11, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Agatha All Along With Una McCormack

April 19, 2025March 9, 2026 Tim Worthington

I’m Wanda, And I’m Known By Many Names…

June 1, 2022July 27, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness With Elly-Mae Gadsby

April 19, 2021October 25, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: WandaVision With Hanna Flint

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

It’s Still A Police Box, Why Hasn’t It Changed? Part Twenty Five – We Were Never Being Borad
It’s Still A Police Box, Why Hasn’t It Changed? Part Twenty Five – We Were Never Being Borad
It's 1985, and The Doctor is in distress... but will ANYONE answer his SOS?

BAD GIRL WARNING
BAD GIRL WARNING
The Worst Mistake They Ever Made? It's the story of the Worst Girl In The World, Marmalade Atkins!

May We Come With You?
May We Come With You?
Sound the Six O'Clock Whistle - it's time for the story of Chigley!

Latest Podcasts

Looks Unfamiliar: Tim Worthington – A Standard Issue Sweary Three-Year-Old
Looks Unfamiliar: Tim Worthington – A Standard Issue Sweary Three-Year-Old
I join Mark Thompson for a chat about Secret Valley, Let My People Go-Go by The Rainmakers, The Grimleys, Whatever Happened To Harold Smith?, Where Did It All Go Right? by Andrew Collins, Britain's Best Drives With Richard Wilson, Sarah Millican's Support Group, a mysterious omission from the Pretty In Pink soundtrack and more.

Looks Unfamiliar: Mitch Benn – Sam Raimiesque CD-Vision
Looks Unfamiliar: Mitch Benn – Sam Raimiesque CD-Vision
Mitch joins me for a chat about Hippies, Rock Around The Clock by Telex, Dark Angel, Star Wars And Other Galactic Funk and more.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Avengers: Endgame Encore With Paul Abbott
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Avengers: Endgame Encore With Paul Abbott
Paul joins me for a chat about Peggy Carter mumbling behind a glass door only this time it’s in ‘InfinityVision’ in Avengers: Endgame Encore.

Doctor Who 70-79

Doctor Who Chronicles: 1972

Includes a feature by me looking at how Jon Pertwee made a bid for pop stardom with a little help from Deep Purple. Find out more here.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Countdown To Avengers: Doomsday

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Countdown To Avengers: Doomsday
Looking for a quicker - and only moderately more sarcastic - way of getting caught up on Marvel's watch list ahead of Avengers: Doomsday? You'll find one here.

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter – Original Soundtrack Selections

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter – Original Soundtrack Selections

Laurie Johnson's great lost soundtrack for Hammer's original Vampire Slayer - available at last! Includes sleevenotes from me on the background to the Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter score. Find out more here.

So Disappointed: Whatever Happened To The Future?

So Disappointed: Whatever Happened To The Future?
I join Paul Whitelaw and Wendy Jordan for a look at why the BBC's science magazine show Tomorrow's World never quite delivered on what it promised, but not in the way we might have expected - listen to it here.

RHLSTP Book Club: The Golden Age Of Children's TV

RHLSTP 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.

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Looks Unfamiliar
...And That's Christmas - On BBC1!
Looks Unfamiliar: Darrell Maclaine - The Russ Abbot's Madhouse Cosplay Kit
It's Still A Police Box, Why Hasn't It Changed? Part Fifteen: Borusa, Borusa, Borusa Ja Ja
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Looks Unfamiliar: Martin Belam - It's Not Funny Having A Piano Fall On Your Head If Someone's Just Drawn It
The Golden Age Of Children's TV

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