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Tag: The Beatles

July 20, 2020January 3, 2026 Tim Worthington

Ringing On The Engine Bell

April 3, 2020December 9, 2025 Tim Worthington

The Alternative Anthology

March 31, 2020February 11, 2025 Tim Worthington

In The Town Where I Was Born…

February 29, 2020December 4, 2025 Tim Worthington

Meet The Mono Beatles!

November 22, 2019November 24, 2025 Tim Worthington

The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: I Never Thought I’d Think Tom Baker Was Going On Too Much

October 6, 2019November 24, 2025 Tim Worthington

When The Levity Breaks

August 8, 2019April 27, 2025 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Paul Abbott – So I Started Writing Stories About Gobots Instead

July 23, 2019July 14, 2025 Tim Worthington

You Can’t Imagine Summer Without It

Paul McCartney in Abbey Road around the time of Carnival Of Light.
June 30, 2019November 24, 2025 Tim Worthington

Can We Hear It Back Now?

May 11, 2019November 24, 2025 Tim Worthington

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

Some of the podcasts I listen to. And Looks Unfamiliar.
April 13, 2019November 20, 2025 Tim Worthington

What We Just Listened To

December 9, 2018November 2, 2025 Tim Worthington

Black And White Christmas

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The Golden Age Of Children's TV

The Golden Age Of Children's TV by Tim Worthington

The story of children's television from Play School and Pipkins to Pob's Programme and Press Gang and everything in between - get it in all good bookshops and from Waterstones here, Amazon here or from the Kindle Store here.

New Features

Through The Square Window: Orbit, Hamble And How Do You Do!
Through The Square Window: Orbit, Hamble And How Do You Do!
Another collection of highlights from the archives, including more than a few items that humourless bores would probably rather stayed in the archives - or possibly even weren't in them to begin with...

Michael Caine Appears In Pulp On Tuesday
Michael Caine Appears In Pulp On Tuesday
It's late December, it's late at night on BBC1, and that can only mean one thing...

What Has Happened To Shaky This Christmas?
What Has Happened To Shaky This Christmas?
Time to spread ever more Christmas 'cheer' - it's a look at the 1989 Christmas issue of Smash Hits!.

Latest Podcasts

A Perfect Looks Unfamiliar Christmas: Tim Worthington – You’re Not Doing Toast Properly
A Perfect Looks Unfamiliar Christmas: Tim Worthington – You’re Not Doing Toast Properly
I join Joanne Sheppard for a chat about Merry X-Mess by Rotterdam Termination Source, The Wassailing Song by Blur, BBC2’s A Perfect Christmas, Victoria Wood With All The Trimmings, Victor Lewis-Smith’s Bumper Christmas Cracker Cliché, The Hudsucker Proxy and more.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: No Way Home With Joanne Sheppard
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: No Way Home With Joanne Sheppard
Joanne joins me for a chat about Doctor Strange inadvertently presenting compelling evidence why he is no longer Sorcerer Supreme in Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Looks Unfamiliar’s Box Of Delights: Richard Marson – I Suspect The Binmen Were Probably Not In That Year’s Review Of The Year
Looks Unfamiliar’s Box Of Delights: Richard Marson – I Suspect The Binmen Were Probably Not In That Year’s Review Of The Year
Richard joins me for a chat about Jackanory, Play School, Swap Shop, John Craven's Newsround Grange Hill, Blue Peter and more.

Completing The Circle

Completing The Circle
My book about the making of Children Of The Stones and other spooky seventies ITV children's serials is now available again from here.

RHLSTP Book Club: The Golden Age Of Children's TV

RHSLTP Book Club: The Golden Age Of Children's TV
A chat with Richard Herring about The Golden Age Of Children's TV and thoughts on some of our favourite and indeed least favourite children's television shows - listen to it here.

Journey To The Unknown

Journey To The Unknown
Join me for a nerve-jangling selection of little-heard spooky pop discs from the sixties here.

Goon Pod: Pickwick

Goon Pod: Pickwick
A chat with Tyler Adams about Harry Secombe's acclaimed turn in the sixties-dominating Charles Dickens-inspired stage musical smash Pickwick - listen to it here.

Wolfshead

Wolfshead

Hammer's great lost Robin Hood television pilot comes to Bluray - and decent picture quality - at last. Find out more here.

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New reviews, obscurities from the archives, nonsense about old newspaper ads, exclusive audio and commentaries and much more besides. Find out more here!

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It's Good, Except It Sucks: The Marvels With Una McCormack
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The Golden Age Of Children's TV
Can't Help Thinking About Me
The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: The Wheatmeal Man Came Round Every Thursday Week
Emergency Questions
Looks Unfamiliar: Donna Rees - Michael Palin Is Almost Like A Suit
Time And Tide Melts The Snowman: Part Nine
Trumptonshire Architecture

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