Tim Worthington

Tim Worthington

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

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Tag: Smash Hits

Cover of Now - The Summer Album (EMI/Virgin, 1986).
July 23, 2019 Tim Worthington

You Can’t Imagine Summer Without It

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 (Sphere, 2016)
January 23, 2018August 19, 2019 Tim Worthington

We Are Very Quiet Persons Who Do Not Like To Brag

Popular Features

Looks Unfamiliar #45: Melanie Williams - She Was Just Completely Expunged From The Girl-Verse
Party To 18 Of The Hottest Summer Hits
Looks Unfamiliar #10: Mark Griffiths – It Was Definitely An Audience Member, If You'll Pardon The Pun
Looks Unfamiliar #34: Justin Lewis - It Sounds Like Regional Sweep
Doctor Who Magazine #544
Top Of The Box
Looks Unfamiliar #9: Martin Ruddock - I Made A Plasticine Harold Macmillan
Plays For Yesterday
It's Not Hard To Find, You've Got It In Your Mind
The Camberwick Green Procrastination Society

Tim Worthington’s Newsround

Latest Podcasts

Looks Unfamiliar #51: Darrell Maclaine – Imperial Phase Matthew Corbett
Writer Darrell Maclaine tells us about Luv'd Up by Crush, Trev And Simon's World Tour (PG Tips Edition), Blockbusters Bubble Gum, Learn With Sooty: Be Safe, Find Out More, and Spike Milligan's cameo in Steps Into Summer. Listen to it here.


Looks Unfamiliar #50: Tim Worthington – That Perfect Collision Of Time, Place And Loud Ties
Tim appears as the guest to talk about Stop-Go!, It's A Shame by Kris Kross, Spider-Woman, I Wanted To See You To See If I Wanted You by Moose, The ITV Encyclopedia Of Adventure, the original version of Right Here by SWV, The Young Poisoner's Handbook and Radio Tip Top. Listen to it here.


Looks Unfamiliar #49: Mitch Benn – The Marvel And DC Of Ice Cream
Comedian and Musician Mitch Benn tells us about Nobody's House, Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 by The Police, Cyborg And Muton, Orion, Two Stage Self-Assembly Ice Cream Cones and Get Stuffed. Listen to it here.


New Features

Plays For Yesterday
What really survives of stage smashes that - back in the sixties at least - were probably bigger than radio and TV combined?

When The Levity Breaks
Some sixties 'rock bores' were funnier than you might think. They just don't like to remind us of it...

It's A Well-Worn Scene, Man
A look at the infamous 'drug party' episode of Hadleigh, and how it ended up on a cable channel in the early nineties.

Drahvin Saturday
A look at what was on television - and radio - on 25th September 1965. Including Doctor Who, Juke Box Jury and WAY too much politics...

The Truth That Killed
The story of Georgi Markov, a writer assassinated in one of the Cold War's darkest moments.

And An Extra Point For Being So Clever!
A look at Ask The Family,a highbrow BBC1 family quiz show with strange theme music and even stranger opening titles.


Book Offer



You can currently get The Larks Ascending with 10% off in paperback (Code LULU10) 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


'Noddy Holder Men And Motors' Anecdote Not Included
A look at How Does It Feel? by Mark Kermode and the 'art' of being in unsuccessful bands.

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