Tim Worthington

Tim Worthington

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

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Tag: ZX Spectrum

Bandslam (2009), as discussed by Tim Worthington and David Smith in Looks Unfamiliar.
May 15, 2020 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar #60: David Smith – Every Third Word Is The Word Clown

Pitfall! for the Atari 2600, as discussed by Tim Worthington and Lisa Parker And Andrew Trowbridge in Looks Unfamiliar.
May 5, 2020May 15, 2020 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar #59: Lisa Parker And Andrew Trowbridge – Once Upon A Time Gyles Brandreth Was Quite A Cool Name

Alias The Jester (Thames/Cosgrove Hall, 1985) - listen to Tim Worthington and Al Kennedy chatting about it in Looks Unfamiliar.
April 6, 2020 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar #57: Al Kennedy – Maggie Thatcher Is Coming To Steal Your Gold Coins

Karen Gillan as Amy Pond in Doctor Who - The Wedding Of River Song (BBC1, 2011).
December 1, 2019December 8, 2019 Tim Worthington

Dear Father Christmas, I Would Like The Following (In 1986)

Dai-X from Star Fleet (Fuji TV, 1980).
October 23, 2019March 28, 2020 Tim Worthington

The Sci-Fi That Time Forgot

School Fun comic (Fleetway, 1983-84), as discussed by Tim Worthington and comedian Pete Prodge in Looks Unfamiliar.
September 13, 2019June 8, 2020 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar #48: Pete Prodge – Paul Nuttalls Of The UCHIPS

The Persuaders! meet Rupert Bear.
March 2, 2019May 7, 2020 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar #37: Michael Livesley – He Was Pitching His Fellow Potatoes Into The Fat

ZX Spectrum game Deus Ex Machina, as discussed by Tim Worthington and writers Stephen Brotherstone and Dave Lawrence in Looks Unfamiliar.
February 4, 2019January 22, 2020 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar #35: Stephen Brotherstone And Dave Lawrence – We’ll Definitely Eat These Meatballs

The Royal Potwasher, as discussed by Tim Worthington and journalist Emma Burnell in Looks Unfamiliar.
December 31, 2018June 10, 2020 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar #33: Emma Burnell – They’re Only Eating Macaroni

Discontinued soft drink Quatro, as discussed by Tim Worthington and Garreth F. Hirons in Looks Unfamiliar.
July 17, 2018May 3, 2020 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar #24: Garreth F. Hirons – I Backed The Betamax Of Nirvana Spinoffs

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Looks Unfamiliar #20: Paul Kirkley - The Most Memorable Movie Ferret Sacrifice Ever
One! Two! How Do You Do!
Looks Unfamiliar #35: Stephen Brotherstone And Dave Lawrence - We'll Definitely Eat These Meatballs
A Fast Exciting All-Action Game
The Camberwick Green Procrastination Society
It's Good, Except It Sucks: Daredevil
Doctor Who And The Rosa
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Looks Unfamiliar #2: Garreth F. Hirons - Piers Morgan, I Want My Sizzlin' Bacon Back
It's Good, Except It Sucks: Iron Man

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Latest Podcasts

The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: That Terrible Stereotyped Evil James Galway Look
Highlights from Looks Unfamiliar with Shanine Salmon, Lydia Mizon, Al Kennedy, Jenny Morrill, David Smith, Lisa Parker And Andrew Trowbridge and Meryl O'Rourke. Listen to it here.

It's Good, Except It Sucks: Jessica Jones
Miriam Kent joins Tim to talk about Jessica swapping a life of costumed superheroics for drunkenly pulling cars out of tow zones. Listen to it here.

Looks Unfamiliar #64: Carrie Dunn – They Just Shoved People Into Swimming Pools
Carrie Dunn on The Glam Metal Detectives, Handful Of Promises by Big Fun, Shock Treatment, The Karen Carpenter Story and more. Listen to it here.

It's Good, Except It Sucks: Ant-Man
Ben Baker joins Tim to talk about Scott Lang falling through a procession of plugholes. Listen to it here.

Looks Unfamiliar #63: Justin Lewis – Tommy Vance's Pages From Ceefax
Justin Lewis on the original Only Fools And Horses theme, Anglo American by Golden, The Rock Year Book, Stand In Line by Impelliteri and more. Listen to it here.

It's Good, Except It Sucks: Avengers: Age Of Ultron
Garreth Hirons joins Tim to talk about the race to stop two stroppy teenagers and a mardy robot who’s swallowed a dictionary. Listen to it here.

It's Good, Except It Sucks: Daredevil
Gary Bainbridge joins Tim to talk about Matt Murdock beating up gangs in Hell’s Kitchen while never quite being sure which costume to wear. Listen to it here.

It's Good, Except It Sucks: Agent Carter
Hanna Flint joins Tim to talk about Peggy Carter trying to make it in a post-War man’s world full of malevolent alien sludge. Listen to it here.

Looks Unfamiliar #62: Gabby Hutchinson Crouch – He Was Condemned For Being A Time Yewtree
Gabby Hutchinson Crouch on Parallel 9, Feed The Tree by Belly, The Revenger's Tragedy, Discworld Noir and more. Listen to it here.


New Features

You Belong In Rock'n'Roll
There are many 'difficult' corners of David Bowie's catalogue, so why do Tin Machine get singled out as the one to forget about?

All The Fun Of The Flares
The pilot of That '70s Show is one of the best sitcom episdes ever. The pilot of UK remake Days Like These isn't. Where did it all go wrong?

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...


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You can currently get The Larks Ascending with 10% off in paperback (Code SAVE10) 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


Opening Theme, Two Bands Of Incidental Music And Closing Theme
A look at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop's soundtrack from The Changes.
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