Tim Worthington

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Bailey's Comets, as discussed by Tim Worthington and Beatle Academic Chris Shaw in Looks Unfamiliar.
May 11, 2019May 20, 2019 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar #41: Chris Shaw – It’s Half Three And Something Is Happening

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Looks Unfamiliar #41: Chris Shaw - It's Half Three And Something Is Happening
Beatle Academic Chris Shaw on Bailey's Comets, Evoluon, Rock School, Fighting Fantasy phone-in games and more. Listen to it here.


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The story of The Flashing Blade, the dubbed imported serial that the BBC never quite got round to showing in full.

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The story of Belle And Sebastian, the dubbed imported serial that gave the band their name.

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Jailhouse Rock is on at the cinema and Elvis' fans are as rowdy as ever...

Come With Me Now, Into The Swirling Mists Of Human Inadequacy...
Looking back at Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World, and the time I saw it 'live'.

All We Do Is Stand Around
Are episodes Two to Four of the Doctor Who story The Space Museum as dull as everyone seems to think?


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Hear me talking to Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge about the last ever episode of the Trumptonshire saga 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



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Trick Sticks, Screw-Top Virgin Marys, why asking about 'Mr. Benn Men' in school is frowned on and much more. Listen to it here.

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