Tim Worthington

Tim Worthington

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

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Tag: The Beach Boys

Now - The Christmas Album (Virgin/EMI, 1985).
December 23, 2019November 15, 2020 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar Now The Christmas Album Extra: “Just Cross That Four Out And Put A Five In”

Cover of Now - The Summer Album (EMI/Virgin, 1986).
July 23, 2019February 7, 2021 Tim Worthington

You Can’t Imagine Summer Without It

Psychedelia And Other Colours by Rob Chapman (Faber & Faber, 2015).
February 12, 2018December 28, 2020 Tim Worthington

You Can’t Seem To Find How You Got There, So Just Blow Your Mind

August 27, 2017November 10, 2020 Tim Worthington

All That I Can See With My Mind’s Eye

SMiLE by The Beach Boys (Capitol, 1966).
August 22, 2017February 1, 2021 Tim Worthington

All Fall Down And Lost In The Mystery

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Looks Unfamiliar #74: Matt Lee - If The 1950s Produced A Videogame This Would Be It

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Looks Unfamiliar with Matt Lee Looks Unfamiliar #74: Matt Lee - If The 1950s Produced A Videogame This Would Be It
Matt Lee joins Tim for a chat about They Might Be Giants' 'Dial-A-Song' Service, Park St. Under, Wake Up! With Libby And Jonathan, an attempted regional ban on Garbage Pail Kids and more.

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 in Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D..

Looks Unfamiliar with Samira Ahmed Looks Unfamiliar #73: Samira Ahmed - The Fifth Beatle Of The Magic Roundabout World
Samira Ahmed joins Tim for a chat about Selfridges' Space: 1999 walkthrough, Dairy Council advice booklet Good Looks Ahead, The Fun Food Factory and more.

It's Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: Far From Home It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: Far From Home
 Gabby Hutchinson Crouch joins Tim to chat about Peter Parker trying to recreate National Lampoon’s European Vacation while being interrupted by a giant steam monster in Spider-Man: Far From Home.

It's Good, Except It Sucks: Avengers: Endgame It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Avengers: Endgame
 Ben Baker joins Tim to chat about the aftermath of Thanos’ plan to leave everyone arguing over whether Die Hard is a time travel movie in Avengers: Endgame.


New Features

Bob Dylan in The Madhouse On Castle Street (BBC, 1963) Desert Island Dylan
Nobody knows very much about Bob Dylan's appearance in the BBC play The Madhouse On Castle Street - but you can find details about it in the most unlikely places...

Take A Giant Step
A look back at The Monkees - or at least The Monkees as we would have seen it on the BBC...

TV's Newest Series
A look at the most brilliantly ridiculous television series ever made... Skiboy!


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Not On Your Telly by Tim Worthington

You can currently get Not On Your Telly with 15% off in paperback (Code AUTHOR15) 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.


(Music For) The Head Ballet: I’m Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek



I have a chat with Paul Abbott about the story behind the bizarre 1964 'Dalekmania' cash-in single. You can listen to it here.


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.
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