Tim Worthington

Tim Worthington

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

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January 20, 2020August 9, 2021 Tim Worthington

The $1,000,000 Collection

Saint Etienne Presents Songs For A London Winter (Croydon Municipal, 2014).
December 4, 2019August 3, 2021 Tim Worthington

Christmas Time In London Town

September 7, 2019July 21, 2021 Tim Worthington

Sweet Georgie Fame

February 28, 2019June 21, 2021 Tim Worthington

Diggin’ The Dankworths

February 26, 2019June 20, 2021 Tim Worthington

Sounds Of The 60s

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It's Good, Except It Sucks: The Amazing Spider-Man
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Hang On A Minute Lads, I've Got A Great Idea...
Christmas With Children's BBC: Bod's Present
A Fast Exciting All-Action Game
Stay Alert!
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Looks Unfamiliar: Stephen O'Brien - The Classic 'Four Calculators' Sketch
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Latest Podcasts

Looks Unfamiliar with Joanne Sheppard Looks Unfamiliar: Joanne Sheppard – Not Really The Modus Operandi Of Your Average Ghoul
Joanne Sheppard joins Tim for a chat about The Bump by MC Mallett, The Strange Affair Of Adelaide Harris, Matchbox Fighting Furies, All Aboard!, The Guinness Book Of Pet Records and more.

Looks Unfamiliar with Deborah Tracey Looks Unfamiliar: Deborah Tracey – Relax Now, Dammit
Deborah Tracey joins Tim for a chat about Hardwicke House, Five To Eleven, Kwik Snax, Bring Me The Head Of Mavis Davis and more.

It's Good, Except It Sucks: The Punisher (1989) with Miriam Kent It's Good, Except It Sucks: The Punisher (1989)
Miriam Kent joins Tim for a chat about Frank Castle temporarily sharing a flat with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in The Punisher.

It's Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man 2 with Sophie Davies It's Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man 2
Sophie Davies joins Tim for a chat about Doctor Octopus getting some free garlic bread when his pizza turns up late in Spider-Man 2.


New Features

Emergency Questions Emergency Questions
Richard Herring asked some Emergency Questions - and I answered...

Brothers In Erm Brothers In Erm
'Classic' albums and good albums are not necessarily always the same thing...

The Ten Most Non-Canonical Non-Canonical Cartoon Characters The Ten Most Non-Canonical Non-Canonical Cartoon Characters
From 7-Zark-7 and Firestar to Mr. Cool and Bat-Mite, a look at the hastily added new characters that not EVERYBODY loved...


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Fun At One by Tim Worthington

You can currently get Fun At One with 15% off in paperback (Code INSPIRE15) from here.


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The Singing Ringing Tree

The Singing Ringing Tree

The legendary eerie psychedelic dubbed imported children's serial is now out on Blu-ray - and I've written a book to go with it. Find out more here.


Vintage Rock Presents The Rock'n'Roll Years

Vintage Rock Presents The Rock'n'Roll Years

I've written a feature on legendary Marlon Brando movie The Wild One for this bookazine looking at the earliest days of rock'n'roll. Find out more here.


Goon Pod - Peter And Sophia

Peter And Sophia by Peter Sellers And Sophia Loren (Parlophone, 1960)

I have a chat with Tyler Adams about Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren's comedy album, which tends to get overlooked because of one particular song. You can listen to it here.


Go Down Record Huntin’ (In Charity Shops)

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

It's Good, Except it Sucks: Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Part Three) It's Good, Except it Sucks: Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Part Three)
David Smith joins Tim for a chat about the wild time-hopping genre-switching alternate reality-bending mission to stop history being entirely rewritten by aliens with access to TV Tropes.
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  • Hang On A Minute Lads, I've Got A Great Idea...
  • Christmas With Children's BBC: Bod's Present
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