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March 28, 2026June 5, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Tom Williamson – You Stick Them In And They Go FH-DNK

March 27, 2025October 3, 2025 Tim Worthington

The Way Back

BBC Test Card F, as seen on BBC2.
March 18, 2025August 1, 2026 Tim Worthington

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

December 24, 2024July 21, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar’s Yuletide Binge: Ben Baker – The Fickleness Of The Long Distance Ratter

August 16, 2024May 1, 2026 Tim Worthington

The Looks Unfamiliar Summertime Special: Bob Fischer And Georgy Jamieson – Why Would Anyone Want To Eat A Foot-Shaped Ice Cream?

December 24, 2023July 19, 2026 Tim Worthington

The Looks Unfamiliar Local Radio Countdown To Christmas: Bob Fischer And Georgy Jamieson – Hot Girl-On-Pudsey Action

December 12, 2023June 3, 2026 Tim Worthington

Like The Jolly Christmas Lights Of Regent Street, They Are To Prove Sadly Deceptive

September 30, 2023July 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Georgy Jamieson – The Les Dawson Of Darts

March 18, 2023January 16, 2026 Tim Worthington

Time And Tide Melts The Snowman: Prologue

May 14, 2022December 12, 2025 Tim Worthington

Never Call Me Jack Or James

December 22, 2021August 1, 2026 Tim Worthington

…And That’s Christmas – On BBC1!

August 31, 2021February 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Deborah Tracey – Relax Now, Dammit

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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.

Latest Podcasts

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Daredevil: Born Again With Garry Abbott
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Daredevil: Born Again With Garry Abbott
Garry joins me for a chat about Wilson Fisk asserting that he’s better than Chuck Swirsky – frickin’ liberal – in Daredevil: Born Again.

Looks Unfamiliar’s New Season – Bob Fischer And Georgy Jamieson – The Kraken’s Big Night In
Looks Unfamiliar’s New Season – Bob Fischer And Georgy Jamieson – The Kraken’s Big Night In
Bob and Georgy are back for a chat about the NEW SEASON and all the exciting shows coming to your TV this autumn. But where is The Kraken??

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: Brand New Day With Gabby Hutchinson Crouch
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: Brand New Day With Gabby Hutchinson Crouch
Gabby joins me for a chat about Yelena Belova demonstrating why she should never be counted on to keep an eye on a grocery store in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

New Features

It’s Nearly Time For The News, Said Florence
“It’s Nearly Time For The News”, Said Florence
BOING - it's the story of the BBC's wittily redubbed five-minute pre-News quasi-psychedelic masterpiece, The Magic Roundabout!

Through The Square Window: Chigley, Capaldi And Carnival Of Light
Through The Square Window: Chigley, Capaldi And Carnival Of Light
Go To The Archives. Go Directly To The Archives. Do not pass The Beatles. Do not collect Doctor Who, Looks Unfamiliar or a load of ropey TV tie-in board games.

The Marvel And DC Of Ice Cream Part Two: You Can’t Help Falling For A Wall’s
The Marvel And DC Of Ice Cream Part Two: You Can’t Help Falling For A Wall’s
Wall's or Lyon's Maid? The battle for the newsagent's freezer continues...

Doctor Who 70-79

Doctor Who 70-79

Includes a chapter by me on Doctor Who's unexpected moment of mass popularity over the summer of 1979. 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

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.

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