Tim Worthington

Tim Worthington

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

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Tag: The A-Team

The Kids From Fame Again, as discussed by Tim Worthington and writer Paul Kirkley in Looks Unfamiliar.
May 27, 2018July 12, 2019 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar #20: Paul Kirkley – The Most Memorable Movie Ferret Sacrifice Ever

Popular Features

Come With Me Now, Into The Swirling Mists Of Human Inadequacy...
Listen Here
The Zeitgeist Tapes: Vote For Froglet
That Was This Life That Was
Doctor Who Magazine #545
Looks Unfamiliar: Shows 37 - 42
The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar #3: Morph's BBC Fakery
Fun At One
Looks Unfamiliar
And The Senses Being Dulled Are Mine

Tim Worthington’s Newsround

Latest Podcasts

Looks Unfamiliar #53: Richard Littler – This Is All That Is Left... Of A Wall
Scarfolk creator Richard Littler on the episode of The Waltons with a poltergeist, Star Wars at Blackpool Illuminations, Maskatron, The Finishing Line, Sound Effects No. 13 - Death And Horror, Come Back Lucy and more. Listen to it here.

Looks Unfamiliar #52: Suzy Norman – I Kept This Sweaty Scarf In My Drawer For About Two Years
Novelist Suzy Norman tells us about Sugar Box by Then Jerico, Hugo The Hippo, Jennifer And Josephine, EastEnders game show Cat And Mouse, Chambourcy Real Chocolate Mousse and more. Listen to it here.

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

And The Sense Being Dulled Are Mine
Why I don't really listen to The Smiths as much any more, and why this is really quite sad...

Do Not Viddy This, My Brothers!
The story of how I didn't see A Clockwork Orange...

The Sci-Fi That Time Forgot
From Battle Of The Planets to The Boy From Space, it's the sci-fi you used to resort to when there wasn't enough to go round...!

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


Book Offer



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


Not All The Albums Again



I've written the sleevenotes for a box set of the Not The Nine O'Clock News albums. Find out more here.


The Zeitgeist Tapes



I'm on The Zeitgeist Tapes with Emma Burnell and Steve Fielding talking about Vote For Froglet, the election special of Clangers. You can 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


You Shall Have It Under Your Hand Today
The long hunt for the soundtrack from The Box Of Delights.

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