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The Josie That Came Up Was Not The Josie That Went Down

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: David Quantick – We Were Excited Because We Saw Hugh Scully’s Makeup Chair
Looks Unfamiliar: David Quantick – We Were Excited Because We Saw Hugh Scully’s Makeup Chair
David joins me for a chat about Timeslip, Black Hearts In Battersea, Elephant's Eggs In A Rhubarb Tree, Mike Oldfield's Boxed, Bright's Boffins and more.

Looks Unfamiliar: Gareth Randall – Tony Hart’s Tin Machine
Looks Unfamiliar: Gareth Randall – Tony Hart’s Tin Machine
Gareth joins me for a chat about Screen Test Young Film-Maker entry Ice Cream, 'Where's Pepe?', Keep Your Pecker Up by Eugene And The Syncopaters, Captain Micro's Electronic Comic, Tim And The Hidden People, Master Maze, Skirrid, Darren Kimpton, Take Hart On Holiday and more.

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.

New Features

Doogy Rev!
Doogy Rev!
Need some tips on how to get past The Vortex? It's the story of BBC2's Douglas Adams and Dungeons And Dragons-inspired game show, The Adventure Game!

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?

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.

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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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The Larks Ascending by Tim Worthington

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