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December 24, 2019November 17, 2025 Tim Worthington

Christmas With Children’s ITV: Magpie, Christmas Eve 1976

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.

New Features

Michael Caine Appears In Pulp On Tuesday
Michael Caine Appears In Pulp On Tuesday
It's late December, it's late at night on BBC1, and that can only mean one thing...

What Has Happened To Shaky This Christmas?
What Has Happened To Shaky This Christmas?
Time to spread ever more Christmas 'cheer' - it's a look at the 1989 Christmas issue of Smash Hits!.

Through The Square Window: Clowns, Colin Zeal And The Utarg Of Utarg
Through The Square Window: Clowns, Colin Zeal And The Utarg Of Utarg
Another collection of highlights from the archives. Can you guess what is in it today? Well it's BBC Records And Tapes, Jimi Hendrix, Emma Burnell, Blur and a proliferation of TV 'Clowns'...

Latest Podcasts

Looks Unfamiliar’s Box Of Delights: Richard Marson – I Suspect The Binmen Were Probably Not In That Year’s Review Of The Year
Looks Unfamiliar’s Box Of Delights: Richard Marson – I Suspect The Binmen Were Probably Not In That Year’s Review Of The Year
Richard joins me for a chat about Jackanory, Play School, Swap Shop, John Craven's Newsround Grange Hill, Blue Peter and more.

Looks Unfamiliar: Tim Worthington – The Old Nationwide Theme
Looks Unfamiliar: Tim Worthington – The Old Nationwide Theme
I join Paul Abbott for a chat about mid-nineties 'loungecore' compilation series The Sound Gallery.

Looks Unfamiliar: Mitch Benn – Argos Blade Runner
Looks Unfamiliar: Mitch Benn – Argos Blade Runner
Mitch joins me for a chat about Channel 4's launch previews, Space Sentinels, Imagination by Belouis Some, How To Be A Complete Bastard by Adrian Edmondson, Simon Dutton as The Saint, Maskatron and more.

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.

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.

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.

Goon Pod: Pickwick

Goon Pod: Pickwick
A chat with Tyler Adams about Harry Secombe's acclaimed turn in the sixties-dominating Charles Dickens-inspired stage musical smash Pickwick - listen to it here.

Wolfshead

Wolfshead

Hammer's great lost Robin Hood television pilot comes to Bluray - and decent picture quality - at last. Find out more here.

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Can't Help Thinking About Christmas by Tim Worthington

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