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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. Find out more about what you can find in it here.

Latest Podcasts

The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – Anything Of The Daleks
The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – “Anything Of The Daleks”
Watch with Jim Sangster on Mr. Benn, Richard Littler on The Magic Ball, Andy Miller on Jackanory, Rae Earl on Camberwick Green and Tim Worthington on The Banana Splits.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Eyes Of Wakanda With Al Kennedy
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Eyes Of Wakanda With Al Kennedy
Al joins me for a chat about the Hatut Zeraze very gradually recovering a very small quantity of Vibranium in Eyes Of Wakanda.

Looks Unfamiliar: Garry Abbott – You’d Have To Go On A Nerds Quest
Looks Unfamiliar: Garry Abbott – You’d Have To Go On A Nerds Quest
Garry joins me for a chat about Lovelife by Lush, Nerds, Challenger – The Adventure Machine, Matchbox Connectables, Kellogg’s Corn Flakes Baking Soda-Powered Submarine, The Vibes And Livelee Mixtape and more.

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.

New Features

The Satirical Panther
The Satirical Panther
How do you prop up TV Comic's ailing fortunes in the age of home video and Kajagoogoo? By getting The Pink Panther to do topical satire, apparently.

Buckley At The Beeb
Buckley At The Beeb
What actually went on during Tim Buckley's long-lost and surprisingly numerous BBC television and radio appearances?

Through The Square Window: Villa Rosie, Humphrey Plugg And The Half-Open University
Through The Square Window: Villa Rosie, Humphrey Plugg And The Half-Open University
Tune in for more highlights from the archives featuring Scott Walker, Blur, Peter Cook, Chris Morris and a book about comedy on BBC Radio 3. Oh and plenty of insulting of Enoch Powell.

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.

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.

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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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