Tim Worthington

Tim Worthington

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

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October 14, 2020September 5, 2021 Tim Worthington

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

July 23, 2019July 12, 2021 Tim Worthington

You Can’t Imagine Summer Without It

The Books I Couldn't Help Thinking about by Tim Worthington.
August 25, 2018May 31, 2021 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, 2018August 16, 2021 Tim Worthington

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

January 23, 2018June 26, 2021 Tim Worthington

We Are Very Quiet Persons Who Do Not Like To Brag

Popular Features

Take Five Really Swings!
Shine Like Stars
You Belong In Rock'n'Roll
Doctor Who And The Long Game
Looks Unfamiliar: Emma Burnell - They're Only Eating Macaroni
Looks Unfamiliar: Gary Bainbridge - There Must Be Some Kid Getting A Hundred And Fifty Grand
The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: What Were They Copying In That - Goonreel?
Looks Unfamiliar: Justin Lewis - It Sounds Like Regional Sweep
Looks Unfamiliar
Ghosts, Monsters And Legends (And Tennis Prodigies)

Tim Worthington’s Newsround

Latest Podcasts

Highlights from Looks Unfamiliar featuring Tim Worthington chatting to Joel Morris, Joanne Sheppard, Emma Burnell, Samira Ahmed, Jonny Morris, Matt Lee, Shanine Salmon and Anna Cale. The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: What Were They Copying In That – Goonreel?
Highlights from Looks Unfamiliar featuring Joel Morris, Joanne Sheppard, Emma Burnell, Samira Ahmed, Jonny Morris, Matt Lee, Shanine Salmon and Anna Cale.

Looks Unfamiliar with Joanne Sheppard Looks Unfamiliar: Joanne Sheppard – Not Really The Modus Operandi Of Your Average Ghoul
Joanne Sheppard joins Tim for a chat about The Bump by MC Mallett, The Strange Affair Of Adelaide Harris, Matchbox Fighting Furies, All Aboard!, The Guinness Book Of Pet Records and more.

Looks Unfamiliar with Deborah Tracey Looks Unfamiliar: Deborah Tracey – Relax Now, Dammit
Deborah Tracey joins Tim for a chat about Hardwicke House, Five To Eleven, Kwik Snax, Bring Me The Head Of Mavis Davis and more.

It's Good, Except It Sucks: The Punisher (1989) with Miriam Kent It's Good, Except It Sucks: The Punisher (1989)
Miriam Kent joins Tim for a chat about Frank Castle temporarily sharing a flat with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in The Punisher.


New Features

Emergency Questions Emergency Questions
Richard Herring asked some Emergency Questions - and I answered...

Brothers In Erm Brothers In Erm
'Classic' albums and good albums are not necessarily always the same thing...

The Ten Most Non-Canonical Non-Canonical Cartoon Characters The Ten Most Non-Canonical Non-Canonical Cartoon Characters
From 7-Zark-7 and Firestar to Mr. Cool and Bat-Mite, a look at the hastily added new characters that not EVERYBODY loved...


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Fun At One by Tim Worthington

You can currently get Fun At One with 15% off in paperback (Code INSPIRE15) from here.


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The Singing Ringing Tree

The Singing Ringing Tree

The legendary eerie psychedelic dubbed imported children's serial is now out on Blu-ray - and I've written a book to go with it. Find out more here.


Vintage Rock Presents The Rock'n'Roll Years

Vintage Rock Presents The Rock'n'Roll Years

I've written a feature on legendary Marlon Brando movie The Wild One for this bookazine looking at the earliest days of rock'n'roll. Find out more here.


Goon Pod - Peter And Sophia

Peter And Sophia by Peter Sellers And Sophia Loren (Parlophone, 1960)

I have a chat with Tyler Adams about Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren's comedy album, which tends to get overlooked because of one particular song. You can listen to it here.


Go Down Record Huntin’ (In Charity Shops)

Go Down Record Huntin' In Charity Shops

A deep dive into that mouldy box of records in your local charity shop with some of my best, worst and just plain weirdest finds - and stories to match... hear it here.


From The Archive

It's Good, Except it Sucks: Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Part Three) It's Good, Except it Sucks: Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Part Three)
David Smith joins Tim for a chat about the wild time-hopping genre-switching alternate reality-bending mission to stop history being entirely rewritten by aliens with access to TV Tropes.
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  • The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: What Were They Copying In That - Goonreel?
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