Tim Worthington

Tim Worthington

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

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Tag: Trumpton

Trumpton - Telephone (BBC1, 1967).
January 3, 2020January 2, 2020 Tim Worthington

Never Too Quickly, Never Too Slowly

Rubovia (BBC Records And Tapes, 1976)
June 12, 2019July 15, 2019 Tim Worthington

The TV That Time Forgot: Rubovia

Chigley - opening caption.
March 1, 2019April 19, 2019 Tim Worthington

Round The Archives: A Present For Lord Belborough

Neither Fish Nor Flesh by Terence Trent D'Arby (Columbia, 1989) as discussed by Tim Worthington and writer and editor Justin Lewis in Looks Unfamiliar.
January 12, 2019January 16, 2020 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar #34: Justin Lewis – It Sounds Like Regional Sweep

Are You Experienced? by The Jimi Hendrix Experience - back cover of UK edition.
January 4, 2019January 13, 2020 Tim Worthington

The Wind Cries Mickey Murphy

King Boris and Pongo The Dragon from Rubovia, as discussed by Tim Worthington in Looks Unfamiliar.
July 27, 2018November 28, 2019 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar #25: Tim Worthington – People Don’t Really Go On About Psychedelic Blue Peter

Popular Features

Come With Me Now, Into The Swirling Mists Of Human Inadequacy...
Looks Unfamiliar #35: Stephen Brotherstone And Dave Lawrence - We'll Definitely Eat These Meatballs
Amongst Them Trevor The Sheep
And You And I Would Call Them Dragonflies
The $1,000,000 Collection
Looks Unfamiliar
That Was This Life That Was
The Ten Least Effective Protest Songs
About
The Pilots That Time Forgot

Tim Worthington’s Newsround

Latest Podcasts

Looks Unfamiliar #55: Lydia Mizon – There Was No Dicaprio Rhyme
QI Elf Lydia Mizon tells us about Stoppit And Tidyup, Fervour, Roseanne And The Magic Mirror, Alphabet Castle, Party Mania and more. Listen to it here.

Looks Unfamiliar Now The Christmas Album Extra: "Just Cross That Four Out And Put A Five In"
Ben Baker joins us to talk about the mysteriously airbrushed from history original version of Now - The Christmas Album. Listen to it here.

Looks Unfamiliar Christmas Extra: "It's Like A Choose Your Own Adventure Of News"
Phil Catterall joins us to talk about the Christmas Specials of On The Hour, The Chris Morris Music Show and Lee And Herring. Listen to it here.


New Features

The $1,000,000 Collection
A critic's eye view of some remarkable UK sixties jazz cover art - and the equally remarkable music.

The Ten Least Effective Protest Songs
A look at the songs that were never going to change the world...

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...

The Pilots That Time Forgot
The tryouts for hit telecision shows that almost got it right... but not quite.

Never Too Quickly, Never Too Slowly
A look at the episode of Trumpton where the telephone lines got mixed up, thanks to Miss Lovelace's dogs...


Book Offer



You can currently get The Larks Ascending with 10% off in paperback (Code LULU10) 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.


The Zeitgeist Tapes



I'm on The Zeitgeist Tapes with Emma Burnell and Steve Fielding talking about Vote For Froglet, the election special of Clangers. 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 #12: Steve O’Brien – E.T. Pretzel Design
KP Sky Divers, Brat Farrar, Simon In The Land Of Chalk Drawings and more...

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