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October 2, 2020February 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Avengers: Infinity War (Part One) With Martin Ruddock

September 20, 2020February 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Black Panther With Shanine Salmon

September 19, 2020February 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Mic Wright – A Very Fall Type Sweet

September 15, 2020February 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Runaways With Miriam Kent

September 12, 2020January 8, 2026 Tim Worthington

S Club 7 – Back To The ’50s

September 10, 2020February 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: The Punisher With Mic Wright

September 7, 2020February 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Thor: Ragnarok With Garreth Hirons

September 1, 2020February 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Inhumans With Phil Catterall

August 25, 2020February 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: The Defenders With Tim Worthington

August 23, 2020February 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Mark Thompson – It Ended Up Underneath The Leg Of A Chair

August 19, 2020February 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: Homecoming With Anna Cale

August 14, 2020February 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 With Emma Burnell

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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

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: The Punisher: One Last Kill With Mic Wright
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: The Punisher: One Last Kill With Mic Wright
Mic joins me for a chat about Frank Castle going for a stroll around the block only with more hooting in The Punisher: One Last Kill.

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.

New Features

Return Of The Revenge Of TV That Time Forgot
Return Of The Revenge Of TV That Time Forgot
An assortment of programmes - though not including The Computer Programme - that have fallen off the edge of the Radio Times listings.

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?

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.

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.

Patreon

Patreon
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: Bibi Lynch - I'd Go Out Looking Like An Extreme Adam Ant
It's Good, Except It Sucks: The Punisher: One Last Kill With Mic Wright
The Golden Age Of Children's TV
It's Still A Police Box, Why Hasn't It Changed? Part Three: Su-Su-Su-Subotksy!
The Golden Age Of Children's TV - "Anything Of The Daleks"
Return Of The Revenge Of TV That Time Forgot
It's Good, Except It Sucks
It's Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse With David Smith
It's Still A Police Box, Why Hasn't It Changed? Part Two: Koquillion It Was Really Nothing

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Top Of The Box by Tim Worthington

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