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

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September 8, 2026September 12, 2026 Tim Worthington

Through The Square Window: Chigley, Capaldi And Carnival Of Light

November 19, 2025September 16, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Mitch Benn – Argos Blade Runner

Doctor Who: The Invisible Enemy (BBC1, 1977).
January 21, 2025July 31, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Still A Police Box, Why Hasn’t It Changed? Part Sixteen: Marco! Herrick! Terry Lee! Gary Tibbs And Yours Truly!

August 24, 2024July 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Still A Police Box, Why Hasn’t It Changed? Part Fifteen: Borusa, Borusa, Borusa Ja Ja

October 3, 2019June 25, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Mitch Benn – The Marvel And DC Of Ice Cream

July 11, 2019December 5, 2025 Tim Worthington

A Fast Exciting All-Action Game

Can't Help Thinking About Christmas by Tim Worthington.
December 1, 2018September 17, 2026 Tim Worthington

Can’t Help Thinking About Christmas

April 3, 2018August 23, 2026 Tim Worthington

The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: Captain Peacock Is Pompous, Move Back Three Spaces

September 8, 2017September 4, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Stephen O’Brien – The Classic ‘Four Calculators’ Sketch

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.

New Features

Wake Up Sunday!
Wake Up Sunday!
What would you have been watching first thing on a Sunday morning in the seventies and eighties... and why could nobody quite work out whether they actually enjoyed any of it or not?

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.

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.

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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New reviews, obscurities from the archives, nonsense about old newspaper ads, exclusive audio and commentaries and much more besides. Find out more here!

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If you enjoy what I do, coffees are very gratefully received here. Do they still do Maxwell House?

What’s Popular?

I Can Hear That Sound Again
Looks Unfamiliar: Phil Catterall - It's Like A Choose Your Own Adventure Of News
Twelve Radio Programmes That Need To Be Given A Proper Release
Things Aren't So Bad, They're Just More Wrong Than Right
The Golden Age Of Children's TV
Looks Unfamiliar: Garreth Hirons - Piers Morgan, I Want My Sizzlin' Bacon Back
Wake Up Sunday!
Through The Square Window: Snowmen, Snow Coach And Foxy-Faced Charles
Late Night Line-Up: "Isn't It Hot?", Said Florence
It's Time For... It's Time For... Comic Relief!

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Top Of The Box Vol. 2 by Tim Worthington

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