Tim Worthington

Tim Worthington

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

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Tag: The Mersey Pirate

The Mersey Pirate (ITV/Granada, 1979).
May 22, 2020 Tim Worthington

Ferry Cross The Mersey (Unless It’s Raining)

Chock-A-Block (BBC1, 1981).
May 19, 2020May 21, 2020 Tim Worthington

The Top Ten Most Least Best Worst Underrated Overrated Up And Down In And Out Round About Eeny Meeny Macka Racka Rare Are Dominacka Shickeypoppa Dickywhoppa Om Pom Stick TV Programmes In The World… Ever!

Mary Quant's doll Havoc, as discussed by Tim Worthington and journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed in Looks Unfamiliar.
February 25, 2018October 28, 2019 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar #14: Samira Ahmed – They All Had Hair Like Russ Tamblyn

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Christmas With Children's ITV: Magpie, Christmas Eve 1976
The Pilots That Time Forgot
Looks Unfamiliar #68: Mic Wright - A Very Fall Type Sweet
Looks Unfamiliar
Looks Unfamiliar #55: Lydia Mizon - There Was No Dicaprio Rhyme
Never Too Quickly, Never Too Slowly
Looks Unfamiliar #4: Stephen O'Brien - The Classic 'Four Calculators' Sketch
Looks Unfamiliar #56: Meryl O'Rourke - The Soup Of The Underwear World
Christmas With Children's BBC: Play School, Christmas Eve 1970
Listen With Hamble

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Latest Podcasts

Looks Unfamiliar #68: Mic Wright – A Very Fall Type Sweet
Mic Wright on The Adventures Of Pete And Pete, Emergency by 999, Rock On by David Essex, Army And Navy Sweets Thunderbirds comic, a certain murky playground rumour and more. Listen to it here.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Thor: The Punisher
Mic Wright joins Tim to talk about about Frank Castle taking out the corrupt in authority and knocking over a few bins along the way. Listen to it here.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Thor: Ragnarok
Garreth Hirons joins Tim to talk about about the galaxy’s most gambled on game of rock paper scissors. Listen to it here.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Inhumans
Phil Catterall joins Tim to talk about about that stupid dog and that drippy girl doing absolutely nothing whatsoever. Listen to it here.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: The Defenders
Tim joins Garreth Hirons to talk about about Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones and Daredevil protecting some dragon bones by punching buildings really bloody hard. Listen to it here.

Looks Unfamiliar #67: Mark Thompson – It Ended Up Underneath The Leg Of A Chair
Mark Thompson on V: The Series, The Mad Death, The Giftie, The Different Story (World Of Lust And Crime) by Peter Schilling and more. Listen to it here.

It's Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: Homecoming
Anna Cale joins Tim to talk about Peter Parker taking dating tips from a voice inside a costume. Listen to it here.


New Features

Ho Ho, Very Satirical...
Who should satire be aimed at, and why... and is it ever genuinely 'biased'?

That's Motivation
The Absolute Beginners soundtrack is even more overlooked than the movie itself - and it's about time that changed...

We're All Gonna Rock To The Rules That I Make
How can you discuss Glam Rock when you're not supposed to discuss some of the key participants?


Book Offer



You can currently get Not On Your Telly with 10% off in paperback (Code ORDER10) 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.


It’s An S Pod Thing!: S Club 7 – Back To The ’50s



I have a chat with Sophie Davies about S Club 7's ludicrous time travel-themed TV Movie. 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.


From The Archive


Looks Unfamiliar #25: Tim Worthington – People Don’t Really Go On About Psychedelic Blue Peter
I'm the guest for a chat about Rubovia, The Brain, Jackanory's adaptation of Starstormers and more...
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