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December 1, 2021November 21, 2025 Tim Worthington

The Watch Nativity Follows Shortly…

September 10, 2021July 8, 2025 Tim Worthington

The Singing Ringing Tree

September 6, 2021July 31, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Joanne Sheppard – Not Really The Modus Operandi Of Your Average Ghoul

June 16, 2021July 31, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Joanne Sheppard – It’d Be Like Taking A Bungalow For A Walk

January 29, 2021July 31, 2026 Tim Worthington

Take A Giant Step

December 24, 2020July 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Stephen O’Brien – Whether They Had A Million Pounds Or One Pound, They’d Always Give It A Go

November 16, 2020January 14, 2026 Tim Worthington

Stay Alert!

July 15, 2020February 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Jane Hill – It Was Quite A Dungaree Based Film

June 7, 2020July 27, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Gabby Hutchinson Crouch – He Was Condemned For Being A Time Yewtree

May 19, 2020December 21, 2025 Tim Worthington

The Top Ten Most Least Best Worst Underrated Overrated Up And Down In And Out Round About Eeny Meeny Macka Racka Rare Are Dominacka Shickeypoppa Dickywhoppa Om Pom Stick TV Programmes In The World… Ever!

December 24, 2019November 15, 2025 Tim Worthington

Christmas With Children’s BBC: Play School, Christmas Eve 1970

December 23, 2019November 13, 2025 Tim Worthington

Christmas With Children’s BBC: Bod’s Present

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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

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.

New Features

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

Wake Up, Be Bright, Be Golden And Light
Wake Up, Be Bright, Be Golden And Light
Once upon a time, not so long ago, there was a programme and its name was Bagpuss...

Through The Square Window: The Dorris, Dayv And The Original Peter
Through The Square Window: The Dorris, Dayv And The Original Peter
Why don't you just switch off your television set and read about some mundane old cultural ephemera and listen to Paul Abbott on Looks Unfamiliar instead?

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

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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Doctor Who Chronicles: 1972
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The Singing Ringing Tree
Looks Unfamiliar: Donna Rees - Michael Palin Is Almost Like A Suit
It's Good, Except It Sucks: The Punisher (1989) With Miriam Kent
Andy Pandy's Coming To Play!
Goon Pod: Pickwick
Brothers In Erm

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