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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.

New Features

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'...

The Josie That Came Up Was Not The Josie That Went Down
The Josie That Came Up Was Not The Josie That Went Down
What happened when Josie And The Pussycats found themselves possessed by a malevolent spirit...

F.A.B.
F.A.B.
Thunderbirds is back and looking better than ever... but didn't it always look great?

Latest Podcasts

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.

The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – His Hair Represents Something Or Other
The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – “His Hair Represents Something Or Other”
Watch with Ste Brotherstone on Grange Hill, Martin Ruddock on The Adventure Game, Juliet Harris on The Sooty Show, Danny Kodicek on Big John Little John and Paul Whitelaw on The Monkees.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Ironheart With Mic Wright
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Ironheart With Mic Wright
Mic joins me for a chat about Riri Williams suddenly finding herself having to choose between The Hood and The Hood in Ironheart.

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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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?

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Looks Unfamiliar: Mic Wright - This Is The Kind Of Thing You Do Not Get From Jane Fonda
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The Christmas Gift You've All Been Looking For...
Christmas With Children's ITV: Quincy's Quest
Looks Unfamiliar: Lydia Mizon - There Was Real Peril And Also Vowels And Consonants
...And That's Christmas - On BBC1!

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Top Of The Box by Tim Worthington

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