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

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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.

New Features

It’s Still A Police Box, Why Hasn’t It Changed? Part Twenty One – Deva Loka Is A Female Version Of A Hustla
It’s Still A Police Box, Why Hasn’t It Changed? Part Twenty One – Deva Loka Is A Female Version Of A Hustla
It's 1982, and Peter Davison is the first new Doctor Who in almost a decade - and he's in a timeslot where not everyone can actually see him...

Delegation’s What You Need, If You Wanna Have A Twelve-Part-Epic-Inspirin’ Blue-Peter-Episode-Stealin’ Tarranium-Core-To-Mavic-Chen-Handin’ Merry-Christmas-To-All-Of-You-At-Home-Wishin’ Time Destructor, Mmmmmm!
Delegation’s What You Need, If You Wanna Have A Twelve-Part-Epic-Inspirin’ Blue-Peter-Episode-Stealin’ Tarranium-Core-To-Mavic-Chen-Handin’ Merry-Christmas-To-All-Of-You-At-Home-Wishin’ Time Destructor, Mmmmmm!
To celebrate the return of two episodes of Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan, here's a look I took at the story a very long time ago...

Through The Square Window: Milly, Modesty And First Band On The Moon
Through The Square Window: Milly, Modesty And First Band On The Moon
A shared house's worth of highlights from the archives including thoughts on The Cardigans, This Life and Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth, Paul Cornell on Looks Unfamiliar, and some sixties pop singles being played at six in the morning...

Latest Podcasts

The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: The Dublin Gang – Infinity War
The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: The Dublin Gang – Infinity War
Mitch Benn on Channel 4's pre-launch trailers, Ricardo Autobahn on Roadmaker, Donna Rees on The Rise And Rise Of Michael Rimmer, Paul Whitelaw on The Secret Vampire Soundtrack EP by Bis, Ste Brotherstone on TV Tops, Adam S. Leslie on Mystery Train and more.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Wonder Man With Tim Worthington
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Wonder Man With Tim Worthington
Tim joins David Smith for a chat about Simon Williams possibly taking the idea of ‘playing’ Wonder Man on the playground a little too far in Wonder Man.

Looks Unfamiliar: Garreth Hirons – Old Jeeves’ Special Truffle And Cheese Popcorn
Looks Unfamiliar: Garreth Hirons – Old Jeeves’ Special Truffle And Cheese Popcorn
Garreth joins me for a chat about Copper Blue by Sugar, Crusader Nuts, The Hobbit on the ZX Spectrum, Too Sussed? by These Animal Men, Spring 1994 by S*M*A*S*H and more.

From The Archive

Looks Unfamiliar: Jonny Morris – What Was Actually In The Dandy?
Looks Unfamiliar: Jonny Morris – What Was Actually In The Dandy?
Jonny joins me for a chat about Mr. Spendy, Jack Silver, the BBC Micro Welcome cassette, Jesta Giggle by The Barron Knights and more.

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.

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.

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.

Goon Pod: Pickwick

Goon Pod: Pickwick
A chat with Tyler Adams about Harry Secombe's acclaimed turn in the sixties-dominating Charles Dickens-inspired stage musical smash Pickwick - listen to it here.

Wolfshead

Wolfshead

Hammer's great lost Robin Hood television pilot comes to Bluray - and decent picture quality - at last. Find out more here.

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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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The Wind Cries Mickey Murphy
Looks Unfamiliar: Mark Thompson - I'm Almost Certain No Battle Elves Appeared In This
Listen With Hamble
It's Good, Except It Sucks: The Fantastic Four: First Steps With Garreth Hirons

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Fun At One by Tim Worthington

You can currently get Fun At One in paperback with 15% off (code NARRATIVE15) from here.

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  • Delegation’s What You Need, If You Wanna Have A Twelve-Part-Epic-Inspirin’ Blue-Peter-Episode-Stealin’ Tarranium-Core-To-Mavic-Chen-Handin’ Merry-Christmas-To-All-Of-You-At-Home-Wishin’ Time Destructor, Mmmmmm!
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