Looks Unfamiliar

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is writer Genevieve Jenner, who's tilting the high school soda vending machine in search of any trace of The Hilarious House Of Frightenstein, What A Way To Go! and karmically aware soft drink Fruitopia. Along the way we'll be debating whether Count Chocula is an appropriate breakfast option for 'special occasions', critically assessing Michael Powell's Xtro, shuddering at the thought of The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow's most repulsive exhibit and and revealing why the hippy trail is strewn with striking dustbins, cough medicine and Crown Court.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Genevieve on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Boomerang, Over The Top, Bossa Nova, Thorazine Shuffle by Bongos Bass And Bob, Wizard’s Hall by Jane Yolen an

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is novelist and screenwriter Adam S. Leslie, who's fiddling with the radio in the hope of picking up stray mysterious signals containing evidence of Maths-In-A-Box, I Heard Your Name by Martin Rev, Noble And Silver: Get Off Me!, The Great Reality TV Swindle, Codename MAT and 1, 2, 3 And Away!. Along the way we'll be encountering a Folk Horror Sean Maguire, listening to a 1970s heroin-y version of They Might Be Giants, recalling your school's 'Special Space Treat Day' and arguing over whether the best Catatonia album was the first one or the first one.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. If bloody Codename MAT doesn't zap the mug out of space first.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is writer and soprano Suzy Robinson, who's pressing the Magic Button in the hope of conjuring up recollections of Crown Court, Now That's What I Call Music! 4, Nicol Williamson's reading of The Hobbit, Floodtide and Gus Honeybun's Magic Birthdays. Along the way we'll be finding out how Morten Harket accidentally ended up in Dorking, writing in to Stanley Spencer's Magic Birthdays, revealing when BBC Test Card F might actually be your less terrifying viewing option and debating whether J.R.R. Tolkien's prose is better enhanced by deeply ingrained record scratches or by Bernard Cribbins banging his head on the studio ceiling.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us  a coffe

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.This is a collection of highlights from Looks Unfamiliar featuring Lydia Mizon on Smashie And Nicey - The End Of An Era, Katy Brent on Global Hypercolor, Tim Worthington on Wonderwall by The Mike Flowers Pops and the BBC Pinocchio, Ricardo Autobahn on the Panther 6, Mitch Benn on BusyBodies, Joanne Sheppard on The Water Babies and Spine Chillers, Phil Norman on Spy Trap and Bob Fischer and Georgy Jamieson an dancing reindeer and school recorder ensembles. Along the way we'll be revealing how to avoid getting caught literally Global Hypercolor-handed, averting a Radio Times listing for Starved Robin Askwith, questioning why Richard Herring never has sports cars as guests on RHLSTP, debating the plural of ‘A Ghost Story For Christmas’ and querying the value of using Rentaghost as a sort of all-purpose philosophical yardstick.You

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is musician Ricardo Autobahn, who's studying radio signals from Melmac in the hope of finding any trace of Pull The Other One, the Pink Panther Bar, late seventies 'Car Of Tomorrow' the Panther 6, Hot Wheels Crack-Ups, ZX Spectrum game Explorer, Inside The Magic Rectangle by Victor Lewis-Smith, I Live In A Giant Mushroom by Eric The Gardener, sentient automobile horror movie The Car, The Sooty Show episode Fun Being Small and the long-lost genre of 'Thunderclap Pop'. Along the way we'll be debating how much boggling should appear in the opening titles of any self-respecting ITV sitcom, questioning why Richard Herring never has sports cars as guests on RHLSTP, trying to figure out how 'Star Wars on land' might work and vigorously disputing Pob's influence on eighties chart p

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is book reviewer Joanne Sheppard, who's putting a little bit in to get a little bit out of remembering 'keep fit'-themed magazine show Go For It!, Frank Muir's What-A-Mess, My Little Pony ancestor My Pretty Pony, John Carradine's The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, The Water Babies, The Magnificent Race, Amazon Adventure by Willard Price and Snapper Crocodiles. Along the way we'll be finding out how bending up and down while holding the back of a chair can make you the next Steve Ovett, meeting Frank Muir 'making friends', critically evaluating The Vintage Car Cinematic Universe and assessing just how useful My Little Pony would be for hand to hand combat, as well as debating Danny Kendall's hidden influence on modern society and culture.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamili

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is QI Elf Lydia Mizon, who's pushing the lever marked Let's Rock on Spice Girls Impulse Body Spray, Smashie And Nicey: The End Of An Era, The Adam And Joe XFM Podcast, Forklift Driver Klaus - The First Day On The Job, Look And Read: Through The Dragon's Eye and Cognoscenti Vs. Intelligentsia by The Cuban Boys. Along the way we'll gauging the optimal moment to set off a fire alarm during Father Ted, accusing Posh Spice of smelling like your nan, discussing why bad dangers should not be allowed anywhere near the Mobile Spice Phone and debating who would 'win' out of Ricardo Autobahn and Cliff Richard.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Lydia talking Stoppit And Tidyup, Fervour, Alphabet Castle, Roseanne And The Magic Mirror, Part

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.This time, in a special festive edition, Tim, Bob Fischer and Georgy Jamieson are all crowding into a paper chain-strewn local radio studio ready to take your calls and chat about some of the signs that Christmas was coming that you just don't seem to get any more. So that's Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson being used to back every single local news feature, School Christmas Fairs, weird decorations that were still in use long past their cultural sell-by date, Advent Calendars with no chocolate but plenty of pictures of Shepherds sort of leaning sideways a bit, the toy pages in 'The Catalogue', the bitter rivalry between the Christmas double issues of Radio Times and TV Times, Channel 4 flinging out angular festive fare like Santa Claus Conquers The Martians, festive replacements for the BBC Globe, The Middlesborough M

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.This time Tim’s joining guest host Garreth Hirons for a festively-tinged chat about unlikely Christmas Hit and possibly the most mid-nineties artefact there is, the CD Single of Wonderwall by The Mike Flowers Pops. Along the way we'll be revisiting Andrew Collins' superhero origin story. averting the musical equivalent of Shovelware, and revealing why Lou Reed has never seen a chicken in any degree of proximity to a road but still finds the thought of it getting to the other side hilarious.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.You can also find Tim and Garreth chatting about I Was Born On Christmas Day by Saint Etienne Featuring Tim Burgess, Ferrero Prestige, Bod’s Present, A Merry Jingle by The Greedies, Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion by Jenny T. Colgan, Mariah Carey’s rendition

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is writer Phil Norman, who's swinging by the sweat room for some punishment with Pertwee in the hope of finding any trace of BBC junior science show Over The Moon, Amityville (The House On The Hill) by Lovebug Starski, I Am The Cheese by Robert Cormier, WFLA Milkshake, Children's BBC game show Spy Trap, educational textbook Mediamind, The Black Tower, Soul Train by Swans Way and Paul And Peta Page's 'Hot Dogs'. Along the way we'll be charting the rise and fall of 'Frisps Chic', assessing the commercial viability of a Hauntological Space Hopper, speculating on whether Derek Griffiths' vocal extemporisations were a coded warning about AI, listening to Morrissey's Classic Horror Impressions and trying to determine the difference between a Home Bargains Morph and Bloke Who S

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is novelist Katy Brent, who's scouring 'the market' for any trace of Round The Twist, Ewoks, Global Hypercolor, Boglins, Out Of This World, Defenders Of The Earth and Garbage Pail Kids. Along the way we'll be discussing the ethical ramifications of a relationship founded on the Round The Twist theme, debating the plural of Those Spidery Octopus Things That Rolled Down Windows, revealing how to avoid getting caught literally Global Hypercolor-handed and estimating the street value of Corroded Charlie and his likely effect on the plot development of any further series of The Wire.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. In a heat-activated colour-changing mug, obviously.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.This time Tim's the guest, celebrating sixty years of Doctor Who by joining Paul Abbott for a chat about Pickwick Talking Books' Doctor Who: State Of Decay, the 1978 BBC version of Pinocchio, Doctor Who: Variations On A Theme, Jon Pertwee radio serials The Paradise Of Death and The Ghosts Of N-Space, the Doctor Who stage musical The Ultimate Adventure, Billie Piper's turn in The Sally Lockhart Mysteries, forgotten mid-sixties regular character Katarina, David Tennant and Catherine Tate in Much Ado About Nothing, Jodie Whittaker's introductory mini-episode Meet The Thirteenth Doctor, that time a Dalek turned up on the BBC Schools programme W.A.L.R.U.S. and Doctor Who: The Interactive Electronic Board Game. Along the way we'll be pondering the difference between a Square CD and a 'Square' CD, attempting to

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time for a suitably spooky chat is book reviewer Joanne Sheppard, who's braving the walk home from Brownies and all the witches she can't leave the house without tripping over to tell the world about Dramarama: The Exorcism Of Amy, Children's BBC Ghost Story slot Spine Chillers, Blue Peter's Witch Puppet Make, Monsters Of The Movies by Denis Gifford, Nothing To Be Afraid Of by Jan Mark, Paperhouse, Dekker Toys' Movie/TV Horror Make-Up Kit and Remus Playkits Identispook, plus there's an extra bit of chat with Tim about that time that Josie And The Pussycats were possessed by a vengance demon. Along the way we'll be leafing through M.R. James' Whistle And I'll Be Some Stairs, debating the plural of 'A Ghost Story For Christmas', witnessing a rare sighting of the Blue Peter

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is musician, comedian and writer Mitch Benn, who's standing behind one of those big studio microphones clutching his headphones while telling everyone about all-star Heavy Metal famine relief fundraising single Stars by Hear'n'Aid, Gerry Anderson's Into Infinity. The Humanoid, A Man Called Sloane, Playmobil clones BusyBodies and The Kids Are Alright by The Pleasers, Along the way we'll be debating the efficacy of an army of giant robot replicas of Keir Starmer, discussing the suitability of Noel Edmonds hairstyles for secret agents, finding out when Brian Blessed is not actually Brian Blessed and assessing the physical plausibility of the angle that eighties television presenters would crane their necks by to get noticed by cameras filming charity singalong choirs.You can find more editions

This is a collection of highlights from Looks Unfamiliar featuring Georgy Jamieson on Indoor League, Nina Buckley on Murun Buchstansangur, Rose Ruane on Poochie, Bibi Lynch on Head Over Heels In Love by Kevin Keegan, Bob Fischer on Tucker's Luck and Gabby Hutchinson Crouch on Wella Toners And Shaders. Along the way we'll be querying when International Murun's Day is, finding out why The Get-Along Gang should never be given the vote, looking back on Richie Manic's 'Poochie' Phase, listening to a polite King Kurt and giving out fashion tips for anyone who wants to either look like a low budget Phyllis Off Coronation Street or get a Non-Copyright ‘The Rachel’. Plus you can also hear Tim on BBC 6Music talking to Stuart Maconie about Music Time and BBC Test Card F, and joining Back To Now to enthuse ever so slightly over Clouds Across The Moon by The RAH Band...You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is broadcaster Georgy Jamieson, who's hoping that nobody's been putting it about that she's barmy for remembering Indoor League, Maureen Lipman's Re-Joyce!, the The Animals In The Box sketch, the Paul Squire Fan Club, Pippa Dolls, Pig In The Middle and the glory days of Good Winter Telly. Along the way we'll be finding out how to spice up your love life with a He's Pasquale - I'm Walsh tattoo, bidding for the Panzer Commander Pippa on eBay, debating how many episodes of My Awful Wedded Wife and My Giddy Aunt were actually transmitted, cueing up the perfect first dance record for Action Man's bigamous wedding and looking back on that time when Boy George won topical satire.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar,

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is comedy writer and author Gabby Hutchinson Crouch, who's trying to thoroughly rinse out her memories of Cricklewood by The Goodies, Harry Hill's Fruit Fancies, nineties theme park The American Adventure, Rockstar Games' L.A. Noire, Wella Shaders And Toners and her School Ghost 'Catherine'. Along the way we'll be giving out fashion tips for anyone who wants to look like a low budget Phyllis Off Coronation Street or a Non-Copyright 'The Rachel', refusing to go on the Lee Anderson Rollercoaster, debating the minimum qualifications for a 'Beast' and submitting topical one-liners to an Analogue Week Ending.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Gabby on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Parallel 9, The Llŷn Peninsula Ea

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is broadcaster and writer Bob Fischer, who's roaming the streets doing vox pops asking if anyone remembers Grange Hill spinoff Tucker's Luck, post-punk bin-clatterers Pookiesnackenburger, We Wanna Be Famous by Buster Gobsmack And Eats Filth who are not in any way the That's Life! team in disguise as 'punks', game show contestants' occupations being booed by the studio audience and the lost ancient art of the paper plate and shaving foam Custard Pie. Along the way we'll be meeting a Trade Union Uncle Fester, listening to a Polite King Kurt, trying to avoid being scammed by a Sicilian Jeremy Corbyn and a Blue Diana Dors, watching Jack Rosenthal's Play Your Cards Right, and debating whether Pearl Jam would have been improved by a well-timed plate of shaving foam in Eddie Vedder'

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is broadcaster and writer Bibi Lynch, who’s playing nostalgic keepie-uppie with Head Over Heels In Love by Kevin Keegan, Fleshpot Casserole Dishes, Jackie Magazine's makeup tips and the Starsky And Hutch-initiated craze for 'Starsky Cardigans'. Along the way we'll listening to Val Doonican singing Rafferty's Gran Torino With A White Stripe, trying to recall the plot of the episode with Hutch's pet snake, revealing how Butterscotch Angel Delight can give your eyebrows that extra sheen and definitely not pursuing a career in writing 'pron'...You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Bibi on Looks Unfamiliar chatting about The Amazing Cosmic Awareness Of Duffy Moon, Whistle Down The Wind, Look And Read: The Boy From Space, You J

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.This is a collection of highlights from Looks Unfamiliar featuring Gary Bainbridge on Googi The Liverpool Duck, Tim Worthington on Ferrero Prestige, Becky Darke on Tubby Turtle, Toby Hadoke on the BBC's After The Bomb season, Anna Cale on Grange Hill's Ronnie Birtles' shoplifting storyline, Genevieve Jenner on Boomerang and Mitch Benn on internationally famous celebrities acting in eighties pop videos. Along the way we'll be rifling through Billy Butler’s collection of white noise recordings, finding out what happens when you take the concept of 'Pocket Coffee' too literally, assessing which bath toys are most suitable for hand to hand combat, estimating how much money you can get on eBay for a decades-old combination of Matey, mud and jam, revealing how to thwart a vampire armed with just a duvet, debating