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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: Mark Thompson – It’s Great For Your Gel Pen Needs
Looks Unfamiliar: Mark Thompson – It’s Great For Your Gel Pen Needs
Mark joins me for a chat about Lenny Henry's Square Crisps adverts, Allied Lyons - A Great British Company, The Quiet Earth, Illuminati, The Optimist, Father's Day and more.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: The Punisher: One Last Kill With Mic Wright
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: The Punisher: One Last Kill With Mic Wright
Mic joins me for a chat about Frank Castle going for a stroll around the block only with more hooting in The Punisher: One Last Kill.

The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – Anything Of The Daleks
The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – “Anything Of The Daleks”
Watch with Jim Sangster on Mr. Benn, Richard Littler on The Magic Ball, Andy Miller on Jackanory, Rae Earl on Camberwick Green and Tim Worthington on The Banana Splits.

New Features

Through The Square Window: Lionel Nimrod, Boss Cat And The Morok Messenger
Through The Square Window: Lionel Nimrod, Boss Cat And The Morok Messenger
In this week's Radio Times - Doctor Who, The Monkees, Belle And Sebastian, Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World and Jailhouse Rock. Not THAT Belle And Sebastian. But also them too.

They've Been Taken Back To The Wilderness
They've Been Taken Back To The Wilderness
Doctor Who has been cancelled... so what happens next?

Return Of The Revenge Of TV That Time Forgot
Return Of The Revenge Of TV That Time Forgot
An assortment of programmes - though not including The Computer Programme - that have fallen off the edge of the Radio Times listings.

Britcom Goes To The Movies: The Young Poisoner's Handbook

Britcom Goes To The Movies: The Young Poisoner's Handbook
I join Guy Walker and Rob Heath for a look at twistedly comic mid-nineties horror movie that has since effectively disappeared The Young Poisoner's Handbook - listen to it here.

The DNA Of Doctor Who: The Graham Williams Years

The DNA Of Doctor Who: The Graham Williams Years

A new book about Doctor Who in the late seventies, including a chapter by me on the impact that Star Wars had on the then-struggling show. Find out more here.

Shatter – Original Soundtrack Selections

Shatter – Original Soundtrack Selections

Hammer's great lost funked-out soundtrack - available at last. Includes sleevenotes from me on the background to the Shatter score. Find out more 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.

Completing The Circle

Completing The Circle
My book about the making of Children Of The Stones and other spooky seventies ITV children's serials is now available again from here.

Journey To The Unknown

Journey To The Unknown
Join me for a nerve-jangling selection of little-heard spooky pop discs from the sixties here.

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