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April 16, 2022 Tim Worthington

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

Top Of The Box Vol. 2

Top Of The Box Vol. 2 by Tim Worthington

You can currently get Top Of The Box Vol. 2 with 15% off in paperback (Code PUMPKIN15) from here.

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It's Good, Except It Sucks: Morbius with James Cooray Smith

It's Good, Except It Sucks: Morbius with James Cooray Smith
James Cooray Smith joins Tim for a chat about Doctor Michael Morbius apparently being infected with nineties industrial-goth photoshoot energy as well as vampirism in Morbius.

Looks Unfamiliar: Al Kennedy – All The Personality Of A Damp Ryvita Crispbread

Looks Unfamiliar: Al Kennedy – All The Personality Of A Damp Ryvita Crispbread
Al Kennedy joins Tim for a chat about The High Life, The Golden Cagoule, Flipsiders, the SAM Coupé, Steeleye And The Lost Magic and more.

It's Good, Except It Sucks: Avengers Assemble with Joanne Sheppard

It's Good, Except It Sucks: Avengers Assemble with Joanne Sheppard
Joanne Sheppard joins Tim for a chat about Loki’s complete failure to understand what Doc Brown was actually up to at the Clock Tower in Avengers Assemble.

Looks Unfamiliar: Carrie Dunn – Some Strange Woman On The Northern Line Didn’t Say Hello To Him

Looks Unfamiliar: Carrie Dunn – Some Strange Woman On The Northern Line Didn’t Say Hello To Him
Carrie Dunn joins Tim for a chat about Just A Gigolo, Don't You Worry by Madasun, Rent Remixed, the ZX Spectrum + 2 James Bond Action Pack, Channel 4's Women's FA Cup coverage and more.

It's Good, Except It Sucks: Thor: Love And Thunder with Catrin Lowe

It's Good, Except It Sucks: Thor: Love And Thunder with Catrin Lowe
Catrin Lowe joins Tim for a chat about Jane Foster putting a new spin on asking your ex for your stuff back in Thor: Love And Thunder.

New Features

The 100 Greatest Films Ever Made?
The 100 Greatest Films Ever Made?
How does Empire Magazine's 1995 list of The 100 Greatest Films Ever Made stand up now...?

Katarina Amongst The Pigeons
Katarina Amongst The Pigeons
My favourite Doctor Who companions are Katarina and Sara - and apparently, they don't count...

Trumptonshire
Trumptonshire Architecture
An only very slightly academic study of the houses, buildings, shops, sheds, walls, windmills and cider presses that appeared in Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley.

Never Call Me Jack Or James
Never Call Me Jack Or James
Singing and dancing Watch With Mother bear Barnaby used to be all over television - and then he wasn't...

With These Pocket Coffee You Are Spoiling Us
With These Pocket Coffee You Are Spoiling Us
A voyage through the biggest, grandest, and most expensive and unattainable chocolate assortment of them all - Ferrero Prestige!

From The Archive

It's Good, Except It Sucks: X-Men: First Class with David Smith

It's Good, Except It Sucks: X-Men: First Class with David Smith

David Smith joins me for a chat about Charles Xavier drumming his fingers waiting for The Men From The Ministry to start in X-Men: First Class.

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The Owl Service And The Intruder

The Owl Service

The Intruder

Two spooky children's serials are coming back to haunt you... with commentaries by me! Find out more here.

Bank Holiday Blockbusters!

Bank Holiday Blockbusters

Have a listen to me on the radio playing some of my favourite movie themes here!

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