Tim Worthington

Tim Worthington

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

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The Books I Couldn't Help Thinking about by Tim Worthington.
August 25, 2018April 25, 2019 Tim Worthington

The Books I Couldn’t Help Thinking About

Cover of Now Dance (EMI/Virgin, 1985), the first ever Now That's What I Call Music! spinoff.
March 25, 2018July 17, 2019 Tim Worthington

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

Sylvia Patterson, author of I'm Not With The Band.
January 23, 2018July 15, 2019 Tim Worthington

We Are Very Quiet Persons Who Do Not Like To Brag

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Hang On A Minute Lads, I've Got A Great Idea...
Top Of The Box
Looks Unfamiliar #19: Jonny Morris - What Was Actually In The Dandy?
Twelve Radio Programmes That Need To Be Given A Proper Release
Looks Unfamiliar
The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar #1: Captain Peacock Is Pompous, Move Back Three Spaces
Looks Unfamiliar #20: Paul Kirkley - The Most Memorable Movie Ferret Sacrifice Ever
Can We Hear It Back Now?
The Larks Ascending
Doctor Who And The Thin Ice

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Latest Podcast

Looks Unfamiliar #44: Chris Hughes - The Mr. Willmott-Brown Of Chocolate Bars
Writer Chris Hughes on Buzzfax, The Gilette Video Show, Load Runner, the rave version of the Inspector Morse theme and more. Listen to it here.


New Features

Hang On A Minute Lads, I've Got A Great Idea...
Some thoughts on how to do an ending properly. Whether for a film, a television programme or a Teletext service...

A Fast Exciting All-Action Game
A look at the jaw-dropping - sometimes for all the wrong reasons - TV tie-in board games produced by Denys Fisher Toys.

Doctor Who And The Thin Ice
A review of the racist-punching belter of episode from 2017.

Can We Hear It Back Now?
What is Carnival Of Light by The Beatles, and why hasn't it been heard anywhere outside of an arts 'happening' in early 1967?.


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You can currently get The Larks Ascending with 15% off in paperback (Code ONEFIVE) from here.


Don't Let's Chart



I make a guest appearance on the latest edition of Don't Let's Chart With Ben And Phil counting down... well, it's a bit hard to explain really... listen to it here.


Tape Over This And I Will Thump You



A C90's worth of songs I originally discovered through Compilation Tapes, featuring Tim Buckley, France Gall, The Free Design, Traffic and more. Hear it here.


From The Archive


Looks Unfamiliar #26: Martin Belam – It’s Not Funny Having A Piano Fall On Your Head If Someone’s Just Drawn It
A touring space shuttle, Top Of The Pops censorship, a lost scene from Flash Gordon and more...

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