Tim Worthington

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October 16, 2021October 16, 2021 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Grace Dent – We Fed A Lot Of These People After Midnight

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We Are Very Quiet Persons Who Do Not Like To Brag
Ben Baker's Christmas Box: The Watch Nativity
Looks Unfamiliar: Rae Earl - I Think It Was A Cerebral Cheggers Plays Pop
I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek
The Nightmares Before (And After) Christmas
It's Good, Except It Sucks: Blade II
Ghosts, Monsters And Legends (And Tennis Prodigies)
A Ghost Story For Christmas (For Children)
Emergency Questions
It's Good, Except It Sucks: Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2

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It's Good, Except It Sucks: Blade II with Joanne Sheppard It's Good, Except It Sucks: Blade II
Joanne Sheppard joins Tim for a chat about Eric Brooks finding that those raving vampires are still keeping him up all night in Blade II.

Looks Unfamiliar with Ben Baker Looks Unfamiliar: Ben Baker – Historical Sitcom Man
Ben Baker joins Tim for a chat about Adam And Joe's Fourmative Years, Mr. T's Christmas Dream, The Flint Street Nativity, the Bullseye Christmas Special, TFI 1998 and more.

It's Good, Except It Sucks: What If...? with Martin Ruddock It's Good, Except It Sucks: What If...?
Martin Ruddock joins Tim for a chat about a mindbending glimpse of alternate realities where everyone is different except Hawkeye in What If...?.

Looks Unfamiliar with Mitch Benn Looks Unfamiliar: Mitch Benn – Rumours Line-Up Rainbow
Mitch Benn joins Tim for a chat about Monday Morning 5.19 by Rialto, The Laughing Prisoner, Pocketeers, O.T.T., the original pre-Geoffrey Rainbow and more.


New Features

The Nation's Not-Quite-As-Favourite The Nation's Not-Quite-As-Favourite
Some time ago, I had an idea for a book about comedy on BBC Radio 1. It was the worst possible idea at the worst possible time...

Could It Be Magic? Could It Be Magic
Why didn't Rubik's Magic catch on in the same way as Rubik's Cube?

Wish I Could Sing It To You Wish I Could Sing It To You
A story about a CD I did for someone who didn't have a CD player...


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Can't Help Thinking About Christmas by Tim Worthington

You can currently get Can't Help Thinking About Christmas with 15% off in paperback (Code THANKS15) 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.


Ben Baker's Christmas Box: The Watch Nativity

Watch: The Nativity

I join Ben Baker for a chat about the television programme that has always meant 'Christmas' to me - BBC Schools show Watch doing The Nativity. You can listen to it here.


The Sitcom Club USA: Friends - The One With The Football

Friends - The One With The Football

I have a chat with George Grimwood about the episode of Friends where the gang's Thanksgiving plans are derailed by Monica and Ross' reginited childhood feud. 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: Spider-Man 2 It's Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man 2

Sophie Davies joins Tim for a chat about Doctor Octopus getting some free garlic bread when his pizza turns up late in Spider-Man 2.
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