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Tim Worthington

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

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December 23, 2025December 23, 2025 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: No Way Home With Joanne Sheppard

July 27, 2025December 6, 2025 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Kraven The Hunter With Mic Wright

March 17, 2025September 14, 2025 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Madame Web With James Cooray Smith

March 2, 2025December 12, 2025 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man 3 With Garry Abbott

November 26, 2024December 26, 2025 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Venom: The Last Dance With David Smith

June 9, 2023December 19, 2025 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse With David Smith

October 19, 2022January 22, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Venom: Let There Be Carnage With Garreth Hirons

October 2, 2022January 22, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Morbius With James Cooray Smith

May 16, 2022January 26, 2026 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Venom With Garreth Hirons

January 15, 2022November 25, 2025 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: No Way Home With Gabby Hutchinson Crouch

August 6, 2021July 14, 2025 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man 2 With Sophie Davies

November 2, 2020August 1, 2025 Tim Worthington

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse With David Smith

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

It’s Still A Police Box, Why Hasn’t It Changed? Part Nineteen – Everything Starts With An E-Space
It’s Still A Police Box, Why Hasn’t It Changed? Part Nineteen – Everything Starts With An E-Space
It's 1980, and Doctor Who's new producer has some big ideas for big changes - but are they necessarily for the better...?.

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...

Latest Podcasts

Looks Unfamiliar: Athena Kugblenu – FANCY THIS MAN!
Looks Unfamiliar: Athena Kugblenu – FANCY THIS MAN!
Athena joins me for a chat about Street Hawk, Bad Influence!, Murder One, Due South, The Dreamstone and more.

The Golden Age Of Children's TV - Ivor The Engine: The Next Generation
The Golden Age Of Children's TV - Ivor The Engine: The Next Generation
Mitch Benn on Clangers, Hilary Machell on Go With Noakes, Garry Abbott on Button Moon, Paul Kirkley on Saturday Superstore and Andy Lewis on The Changes.

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.

From The Archive

I’ve Heard Of Politics, But This Is Ridiculous
I’ve Heard Of Politics, But This Is Ridiculous
How I found a book in a charity shop and everything changed... into black and white.

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.

Patreon

Patreon
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 Still A Police Box, Why Hasn't It Changed? Part Nineteen - Everything Starts With An E-Space
Looks Unfamiliar: Grace Dent - We Fed A Lot Of These People After Midnight
It's Good, Except It Sucks: Werewolf By Night With Kirsten Howard
Thing With Cliff Richard In
It's Good, Except It Sucks: Ironheart With Mic Wright
Could It Be Magic?
Looks Unfamiliar: Lucy Pope - There's No Glamour In Barcodes
Looks Unfamiliar: Becky Darke - It's Not One Of Those Mr. Frosty Situations
It's Good, Except It Sucks: Blade With Sophie Davies
It Would Make Your Tea Sweet?

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Higher Than The Sun by Tim Worthington

You can currently get Higher Than The Sun in paperback with 15% off (code BOOKBUNDLE15) from here.

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