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

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Tag: Smash Hits

December 13, 2025 Tim Worthington

What Has Happened To Shaky This Christmas?

July 8, 2024July 19, 2025 Tim Worthington

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

October 14, 2020July 1, 2025 Tim Worthington

The Dance Floor Monsters That We’re All Getting Down To Right Now

July 23, 2019July 14, 2025 Tim Worthington

You Can’t Imagine Summer Without It

The Books I Couldn't Help Thinking about by Tim Worthington.
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The Books I Couldn’t Help Thinking About

March 25, 2018July 10, 2025 Tim Worthington

2 Hours Of Wicked Mixes To Keep You Moving All Night Long

January 23, 2018May 20, 2025 Tim Worthington

We Are Very Quiet Persons Who Do Not Like To Brag

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.

New Features

Michael Caine Appears In Pulp On Tuesday
Michael Caine Appears In Pulp On Tuesday
It's late December, it's late at night on BBC1, and that can only mean one thing...

What Has Happened To Shaky This Christmas?
What Has Happened To Shaky This Christmas?
Time to spread ever more Christmas 'cheer' - it's a look at the 1989 Christmas issue of Smash Hits!.

Through The Square Window: Clowns, Colin Zeal And The Utarg Of Utarg
Through The Square Window: Clowns, Colin Zeal And The Utarg Of Utarg
Another collection of highlights from the archives. Can you guess what is in it today? Well it's BBC Records And Tapes, Jimi Hendrix, Emma Burnell, Blur and a proliferation of TV 'Clowns'...

Latest Podcasts

A Perfect Looks Unfamiliar Christmas: Tim Worthington – You’re Not Doing Toast Properly
A Perfect Looks Unfamiliar Christmas: Tim Worthington – You’re Not Doing Toast Properly
I join Joanne Sheppard for a chat about Merry X-Mess by Rotterdam Termination Source, The Wassailing Song by Blur, BBC2’s A Perfect Christmas, Victoria Wood With All The Trimmings, Victor Lewis-Smith’s Bumper Christmas Cracker Cliché, The Hudsucker Proxy and more.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: No Way Home With Joanne Sheppard
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: No Way Home With Joanne Sheppard
Joanne joins me for a chat about Doctor Strange inadvertently presenting compelling evidence why he is no longer Sorcerer Supreme in Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Looks Unfamiliar’s Box Of Delights: Richard Marson – I Suspect The Binmen Were Probably Not In That Year’s Review Of The Year
Looks Unfamiliar’s Box Of Delights: Richard Marson – I Suspect The Binmen Were Probably Not In That Year’s Review Of The Year
Richard joins me for a chat about Jackanory, Play School, Swap Shop, John Craven's Newsround Grange Hill, Blue Peter 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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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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On A Cold Winter Night That Was So Deep
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Christmas With Children's ITV: Quincy's Quest
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Can't Help Thinking About Christmas by Tim Worthington

You can currently get Can't Help Thinking About Christmas in paperback with 10% off (code ADVENTURE10) from here.

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