Tim Worthington

Tim Worthington

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

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) - hear Tim Worthington and Stephen O'Brien talking about it in It's Good, Except It Sucks.
April 14, 2020 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) - hear Tim Worthington and Melanie Williams talking about it in It's Good, Except It Sucks.
March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Captain America: The First Avenger

Fiendish Feet, as discussed by Tim Worthington and Ben Baker in Looks Unfamiliar.
September 8, 2017May 21, 2020 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar #5: Ben Baker – The Famous Fourth Universal Monster

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The Fear Of A Clown
Ferry Cross The Mersey (Unless It's Raining)
Amongst Them Trevor The Sheep
When The Levity Breaks
Looks Unfamiliar #20: Paul Kirkley - The Most Memorable Movie Ferret Sacrifice Ever
Time Will Crawl
Looks Unfamiliar Halloween Extra: "Last Play School House On The Left"
Creation Records Interview

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Latest Podcasts

Looks Unfamiliar #60: David Smith – Every Third Word Is The Word Clown
David Smith on Bandslam, Earthworm Jim, Little Clowns Of Happytown and more. Listen to it here.

Looks Unfamiliar #59: Lisa Parker And Andrew Trowbridge – Once Upon A Time Gyles Brandreth Was Quite A Cool Name
Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge on Pitfall!, So Haunt Me, Le Petit Nicolas, Furzlin' With Shag Connors And The Carrot Crunchers and more. Listen to it here.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Marvel Cinematic Universe Comics
Tim Worthington takes us through some of the lesser known adventures of Gamora, Rocket, Ant-Man, Agent May, Captain Marvel and company. Listen to it here.

Looks Unfamiliar #58: Shanine Salmon – Maybe He Felt This Was Going To Be The New Modern Hymn
Shanine Salmon on the 1993 EastEnders theme, Kings Of Comedy, Sack Race, Jerry Hall's Kept and more. Listen to it here.


New Features

Ferry Cross The Mersey (Unless It’s Raining)
The seasick story of television's most weather-prone Saturday Morning children's show - The Mersey Pirate.

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!
What are the Most Underrated TV Shows Of All Time? And Overrated? I've got absolutely no idea, and what's more I could not care less...

Orbiter X
The story of the BBC's 1959 Cold War-themed radio sci-fi thriller Orbiter X.

Doctor Who And The Bells Of Saint John
How I reacted to other people's reactions to The Bells Of Saint John...

The Fear Of A Clown
How do you watch a television programme when you're frightened of the opening titles? And why??

I Get So ‘Emotional’ Baby, Every Time I Think Of Who
I stopped reviewing Doctor Who partway through Matt Smith's run, and this was the reason why...


Book Offer



You can currently get The Larks Ascending with 15% off in paperback (Code LULU15) from here.


Doctor Who Magazine



You can still get my feature on BBC Records And Tapes' Doctor Who-related albums and singles here.



You can also get my feature on the late sixties Doctor Who promotional tie-in by Wall's Sky Ray ice lollies here.



My feature on Doctor Who musician Richard Hartley is also available 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.


The Zeitgeist Tapes: The Prisoner



I have a chat with Emma Burnell and Steve Fielding about Patrick McGoohan’s hallucinogenic Cold War nightmare from 1967. You can find it here.


Confined To Barracks



I’m on Mitch Benn’s new podcast Confined To Barracks, with suggestions for ideas of what you might like to read, watch, listen to and do while we’re all being encouraged to stay indoors as much as possible. You can find it here.


I Am The Eggpod: Yellow Submarine



It's the Beatles album nobody ever talks about... but you can hear me talking about 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.


From The Archive


Looks Unfamiliar #18: Una McCormack – Revolution 9 For Descant Recorder And Woodblock
Jackanory , Trick Sticks, Screw-Top Virgin Marys and more...
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