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

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The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – “Anything Of The Daleks”

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Through The Square Window: Jazz, Jackanory And Nailbrush

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Through The Square Window: Smash Hits, Sky Divers And Keyop

March 23, 2020February 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

The Looks Unfamiliar Listener Request Show!

Billy Liar (Anglo-Amalgamated, 1963).
November 30, 2019October 10, 2024 Tim Worthington

Or Do You Get Paid By The Joke?

April 5, 2018February 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: Morph’s BBC Fakery

January 29, 2018May 28, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Rae Earl – I Think It Was A Cerebral Cheggers Plays Pop

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.

New Features

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?

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.

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.

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?

What’s Popular?

They've Been Taken Back To The Wilderness
Looks Unfamiliar: Bibi Lynch - I'd Go Out Looking Like An Extreme Adam Ant
It's Good, Except It Sucks: Fant4stic With Mic Wright
A New Programme With New People
Looks Unfamiliar: Nina Buckley - We're Not Very Sax Positive These Days
The Golden Age Of Children's TV - "Anything Of The Daleks"
It's Good, Except It Sucks - The Incredible Hulk (1977) With Gary Bainbridge
Goon Pod: Tales Of Old Dartmoor
The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: Chekhov's Fire Brigade Band Concert Poster
Good Luck, Good Hunting, Good Friends

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Top Of The Box by Tim Worthington

You can currently get Top Of The Box in paperback with 10% off (code PAGES10) from here.

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