Tim Worthington

Tim Worthington

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

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Tag: The Saturday Banana

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

Ferry Cross The Mersey (Unless It’s Raining)

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

Popular Features

Shindig: Tim Buckley At The Beeb
The TV That Time Forgot: Rubovia
Looks Unfamiliar #10: Mark Griffiths – It Was Definitely An Audience Member, If You'll Pardon The Pun
Looks Unfamiliar
Looks Unfamiliar #22: James Gent - A Cross Between The Prisoner And Test Match Special
Not On Your Telly
Looks Unfamiliar #40: Andy Lewis - It Was As Though Someone Had Phoned Through A Description Of What Coke Tasted Like
That Was This Life That Was
TV Cream Stays Indoors: Space Sentinels
I Am The Eggpod: Yellow Submarine

Tim Worthington’s Newsround

Latest Podcasts

Looks Unfamiliar #61: Tom Williamson – A Band My Word Processor Hates
Tom Williamson on Knightmare, Samurai Pizza Cats, Add N To (X), Life Story and more. Listen to it here.

Looks Unfamiliar #60: David Smith – Every Third Word Is The Word Clown
David Smith on Bandslam, Earthworm Jim, Little Clowns Of Happytown and more. Listen to it here.

Looks Unfamiliar #59: Lisa Parker And Andrew Trowbridge – Once Upon A Time Gyles Brandreth Was Quite A Cool Name
Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge on Pitfall!, So Haunt Me, Le Petit Nicolas, Furzlin' With Shag Connors And The Carrot Crunchers and more. Listen to it here.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Marvel Cinematic Universe Comics
Tim Worthington takes us through some of the lesser known adventures of Gamora, Rocket, Ant-Man, Agent May, Captain Marvel and company. Listen to it here.


New Features

The Abandoned Planet
How am I coping with lockdown? Not as well as I'd like, but better than many of the people in charge...

Ferry Cross The Mersey (Unless It’s Raining)
The seasick story of television's most weather-prone Saturday Morning children's show - The Mersey Pirate.

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!
What are the Most Underrated TV Shows Of All Time? And Overrated? I've got absolutely no idea, and what's more I could not care less...

Orbiter X
The story of the BBC's 1959 Cold War-themed radio sci-fi thriller Orbiter X.

Doctor Who And The Bells Of Saint John
How I reacted to other people's reactions to The Bells Of Saint John...

The Fear Of A Clown
How do you watch a television programme when you're frightened of the opening titles? And why??


Book Offer



You can currently get The Larks Ascending with 15% off in paperback (Code SAVE15) from here.


Shindig!



You can get my feature for Shindig! on Tim Buckley's BBC television and radio performances 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.


TV Cream Stays Indoors: Space Sentinels



I have a chat with TV Cream about Filmation's 1977 genre-defining Disco Sci-Fi effort, Space Sentinels. You can find it here.


The Zeitgeist Tapes: The Prisoner



I have a chat with Emma Burnell and Steve Fielding about Patrick McGoohan’s hallucinogenic Cold War nightmare from 1967. You can find 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


The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar #1: Captain Peacock Is Pompous, Move Back Three Spaces
Fiendish Feet, TV tie-in board games, The Patchwork Monkey and more...
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