Tim Worthington

Plays For Yesterday How much really survives of the big hit sixties stage shows that – at least back then – were sometimes bigger than radio and television combined?

Always odd to think how in the fifties and sixties hit stage shows were often bigger than television and radio combined, yet there's so little left of them beyond posters and the odd soundtrack album now...

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If I don't get my full size Ronnie Corbett pinball machine, then I don't know what I'm paying my licence fee for.

Looks Unfamiliar: Darrell Maclaine – Imperial Phase Matthew Corbett Looks Unfamiliar with Darrell Maclaine talking to Tim Worthington about Luv’d Up by Crush, Trev And Simon’s World Tour, Blockbusters Bubble Gum, Learn With Sooty: Be Safe, Find Out More…

Darrell Maclaine joins me for a chat about Luv'd Up by Crush, Trev And Simon's PG Tips giveaway tape, Blockbusters Bubble Gum, Learn With Sooty: Be Safe, Find Out More magazine, Spike Milligan's cameo in Steps Into Summer and more...

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The Sci-Fi That Time Forgot From Battle Of The Planets to The Boy From Space, it’s the sci-fi you used to turn to when there wasn’t enough of it to go round…

Battle Of The Planets! V! Star Fleet! The Boy From Space! It's... The Sci-Fi That Time Forgot!

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Sounding more and more like that "that's very funny - a fly marrying a bumblebee" bloke from Ren And Stimpy by the minute.

Looks Unfamiliar: Suzy Norman – I Kept This Sweaty Scarf In My Drawer For About Two Years Looks Unfamiliar with Suzy Norman talking to Tim Worthington about Sugar Box by Then Jerico, Hugo The Hippo, Jennifer And Josephine, ‘Cat And Mouse’ on EastEnders, Chambourcy Real Choco…

Suzy Norman joins me for a chat about an annoying chocolate mousse advert, Then Jerico's OTHER hit, that time Arthur Fowler was on a fictional game show in EastEnders and much more besides. Including a longstanding Weetaflakes mystery...

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Looks Unfamiliar: Richard Littler – This Is All That Is Left… Of A Wall Looks Unfamiliar with Richard Littler talking to Tim Worthington about the episode of The Waltons with a poltergeist, Star Wars at Blackpool Illuminations, Ghost Special No.2, Maskatron, The Finish…

Come Back Lucy, The Finishing Line, the episode of The Waltons with a poltergeist and tons more...

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Do Not Viddy This, My Brothers! The story of how I DIDN’T see A Clockwork Orange…

The story of how I *didn't* see A Clockwork Orange...

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Vote For Froglet The Zeitgeist Tapes is a podcast hosted by Emma Burnell and Steve Fielding looking at the point where politics and pop culture collide. I’m the guest on this edition, talking about Vote For F…

In 1974, a little-seen Election Special saw Oliver Postgate trying to explain the importance of party politics and election sloganeering to some profoundly sceptical Clangers. No, this really did happen...

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Books Books by writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington.

Like what I do? Well if you feel like reading even more of it there's loads of books by me here. 10% off all paperbacks with code BCORP10.

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Wella Shaders And Toners - mid-nineties one-and-a-half-wash new you for an evening (until it starts raining) instant pizzazz for anyone wanting to jazz up their 'The Rachel' before hitting the town to get hammered on Alcopops and dance to Blueboy.

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Rewatched all of these recently. Some have not aged well, but some, especially monkey hands and the picnic episode, are INCREDIBLE.

What was the most thrillingly ropey now-defunct theme park you ever went to? The sort of one where the rides were sponsored by Beef Hula Hoops and opened 'by' the stars of Eldorado? Any where the best description was 'Not Alton Towers', basically...

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Harry Hill's Fruit Fancies - little seen early surreal silent shorts shot on floury black and white film stock, full of escalating slapstick and odd faded celebrity fixation. Might come as a surprise to anyone who liked the Phil Mitchell jokes on TV Burp.

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"I Can't Get Through" is one of the best record fair finds I've ever made (for a fiver). The stall owner laughed at me for buying it and shook his head, which is the exact point I lost all sympathy for his pricing mistake.

The New Goodies LP - Bill, Tim and Graeme captured almost live at the Cricklewood Rainbow at the height of their Woolworths ad-straddling-straddling massiveness, featuring The Funky Gibbon, Wild Thing and lots of slam down funk about Cricklewood.

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I still think there's mileage in a compilation of genuine belters by comedians.

"I don't like Bill Oddie, he's a grumpy little man" said one of my greatest musical collaborators. "Hang on a minute" I said. "Did you know he did all the music for The Goodies? Was a massive soul and funk fan?" I'll have to play them Cricklewood next time we're together. It'll blow their mind!

Looks Unfamiliar: Gabby Hutchinson Crouch – Catherine Catherine One Two Three Looks Unfamiliar with Gabby Hutchinson Crouch talking to Tim Worthington about Cricklewood by The Goodies, Harry Hill’s Fruit Fancies, The American Adventure, L.A. Noire, Wella Shaders And To…

Gabby Hutchinson Crouch (@scriblit.bsky.social) joins me for a chat about Wella Shaders And Toners, Cricklewood by The Goodies, Harry Hill's Fruit Fancies, L.A. Noire, The American Adventure Theme Park, 'Catherine' her school ghost and more...

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He's nothing more than just a photo in the background of a scene occasionally now. But he was a real person who, no matter how briefly, lit up the screen, and then when he didn't he died for the same audience's 'entertainment' too.

I still think quite a lot about David Scarboro, hounded to suicide by the tabloids after he was written out of the show as the character wasn't working. They reported his decline with glee simply because attacking the BBC sold papers.

On account of how often it was heard in the background in early EastEnders, I always associate Johnny Come Home with David Scarboro, the original Mark Fowler, which makes it weirdly more haunting than it really should be.

And The Senses Being Dulled Are Mine Why I don’t really listen to The Smiths as much any more, and why that really is quite sad…

Why I don't really find myself wanting to listen to The Smiths as much any more - and why this really is a bit of a shame...

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You honestly don't have to show me what Twitter's saying. That's why I'm here and not there.

Through The Square Window: Oddie, Jodie And Just Seventeen A platform-shoed leap through the archives with Ben Baker, Jenny Morrill and Phil Norman on Looks Unfamiliar, a look at some of the lost music from The Goodies and my reactions to Jodie Whittaker&#…

Take a platform-shoed leap through the archives with a look at the lost music from The Goodies, Looks Unfamiliar looking at early daytime ITV and nightmarish Country Life adverts, and what I thought about Jodie Whittaker's first appearance in Doctor Who...

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Thanks For Dropping By The story behind Alternative Comedy’s forgotten sitcom – Girls On Top.

The story behind Alternative Comedy's forgotten sitcom - Girls On Top.

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The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: I Never Thought I’d Think Tom Baker Was Going On Too Much Highlights from Looks Unfamiliar featuring Paul Abbott on The Compleat Beatles, Anna Cale on Wendy Cracked A Walnut, Jim Sangster on The Ballad Of Lady Di by The Hon. Nick Jones and Ian Macrae, Mel…

Highlights from Looks Unfamiliar featuring the Telly Addicts DVD Game, the British Banknote Keyring, Rimmel Coffee Shimmer, The Compleat Beatles and much much more...

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Some Unspoken Thing I love Guardians Of The Galaxy with a thumping, pounding heart, and no amount of condescending claptrap about Marvel movies can ever change that.

I love Guardians Of The Galaxy with a thumping, pounding heart and no amount of condescending claptrap about 'Marvel Movies' can change that.

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Looks Unfamiliar: Gary Bainbridge – There Must Be Some Kid Getting A Hundred And Fifty Grand Looks Unfamiliar with Gary Bainbridge talking to Tim Worthington about Screen Two: Coast To Coast, Deadly Boring, Supersonic Man, Audisee’s The War Of The Worlds, Limp-Along Leslie, That Look…

Gary Bainbridge joins me for a chat about Coast To Coast, Jack Your Body parody Deadly Boring, Ace Reports, Unbranded Soluble Cola Tablets, Limp-Along Leslie and more...

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