Tim Worthington

Tim Worthington

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

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Tag: Loungecore

Enoch Light And The Light Brigade - Spaced Out (Project 3, 1969)
January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 Tim Worthington

Go Down Record Huntin’ (In Charity Shops)

The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995) as discussed by Tim Worthington and Garreth F. Hirons in Looks Unfamiliar.
October 10, 2019October 10, 2019 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar #50: Tim Worthington – That Perfect Collision Of Time, Place And Loud Ties

Some Compilation Tapes.
March 17, 2019May 7, 2019 Tim Worthington

Tim Worthington Presents… Tape Over This And I Will Thump You

Soundtracks For Living by The Gentle People
January 27, 2019January 20, 2020 Tim Worthington

I Love The Gentle People

Bang On A Drum - Songs From Play School And Play Away (BBC Records And Tapes, RBT17, 1972).
January 16, 2019January 17, 2020 Tim Worthington

Listen With Hamble

1968 by France Gall (Philips, 1968).
January 8, 2018October 24, 2019 Tim Worthington

Je Suis Perdue Dans La Nuit, Dans Cette Ville Où Je Vis

Popular Features

Come With Me Now, Into The Swirling Mists Of Human Inadequacy...
Looks Unfamiliar #35: Stephen Brotherstone And Dave Lawrence - We'll Definitely Eat These Meatballs
Amongst Them Trevor The Sheep
And You And I Would Call Them Dragonflies
The $1,000,000 Collection
Looks Unfamiliar
That Was This Life That Was
The Ten Least Effective Protest Songs
About
The Pilots That Time Forgot

Tim Worthington’s Newsround

Latest Podcasts

Looks Unfamiliar #55: Lydia Mizon – There Was No Dicaprio Rhyme
QI Elf Lydia Mizon tells us about Stoppit And Tidyup, Fervour, Roseanne And The Magic Mirror, Alphabet Castle, Party Mania and more. Listen to it here.

Looks Unfamiliar Now The Christmas Album Extra: "Just Cross That Four Out And Put A Five In"
Ben Baker joins us to talk about the mysteriously airbrushed from history original version of Now - The Christmas Album. Listen to it here.

Looks Unfamiliar Christmas Extra: "It's Like A Choose Your Own Adventure Of News"
Phil Catterall joins us to talk about the Christmas Specials of On The Hour, The Chris Morris Music Show and Lee And Herring. Listen to it here.


New Features

The $1,000,000 Collection
A critic's eye view of some remarkable UK sixties jazz cover art - and the equally remarkable music.

The Ten Least Effective Protest Songs
A look at the songs that were never going to change the world...

Go Down Record Huntin’ (In Charity Shops)
A deep dive into that mouldy box of records in your local charity shop with some of my best, worst and just plain weirdest finds - and stories to match...

The Pilots That Time Forgot
The tryouts for hit telecision shows that almost got it right... but not quite.

Never Too Quickly, Never Too Slowly
A look at the episode of Trumpton where the telephone lines got mixed up, thanks to Miss Lovelace's dogs...


Book Offer



You can currently get The Larks Ascending with 10% off in paperback (Code LULU10) from here.


Not All The Albums Again



I've written the sleevenotes for a box set of the Not The Nine O'Clock News albums. Find out more here.


The Zeitgeist Tapes



I'm on The Zeitgeist Tapes with Emma Burnell and Steve Fielding talking about Vote For Froglet, the election special of Clangers. You can listen to it here.


Go Down Record Huntin’ (In Charity Shops)



A deep dive into that mouldy box of records in your local charity shop with some of my best, worst and just plain weirdest finds - and stories to match... hear it here.


From The Archive


Looks Unfamiliar #12: Steve O’Brien – E.T. Pretzel Design
KP Sky Divers, Brat Farrar, Simon In The Land Of Chalk Drawings and more...

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